Washington County Emancipation and Appearance Bonds
This collection houses four bonds issued in what is now Washington County, Tennessee. The first bond, issued by the short-lived State of Franklin, ensures that William Moore will appear to answer charges that John Waddle has brought against him regarding a debt of fifty pounds. The remaining bonds free four enslaved persons belonging to William Nodding and five enslaved persons belonging to William Calvert.
Dates
- 1786 May 7-1804 November 8
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This collection houses four bonds issued in what is now Washington County, Tennessee. The first bond, issued by the short-lived State of Franklin, ensures that William Moore will appear to answer charges that John Waddle has brought against him regarding a debt of fifty pounds. The remaining bonds free four enslaved persons belonging to William Nodding and five enslaved persons belonging to William Calvert.
Biographical/Historical Note
William Nodding (said to be from Yorkshire, England) and his wife Mary had at least seven children: Sarah (Nodding) McCray, Mary (Nodding) Bayless, William, Eleanor, Alice, John, and Elizabeth (Nodding) Calvert. The family emigrated from Virginia to Tennessee in about 1779 and Nodding bought land in Washington County in 1781. William Nodding died in about 1812 in Washington County, Tennessee.
William Kinte Calvert was born in Montgomery County, Maryland on February 26, 1757. He married Elizabeth Nodding (daughter of William Nodding above) and the couple had at least eleven children: John, William, Patrick, Nancy, Leonard, Sarah, Mary, Alice, Elizabeth, Nodding, and Jabez. William Calvert most likely died in 1834 in either Tennessee or Missouri.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
Alice Hunt Lynn Howell and Sarah O'Brien Lynn donated these papers to Special Collections.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository