William E. Bryan Account Book
This collection is an account book for a general store located in Henry Crossroads, Tennessee. Dates in the book run from 1831 to 1848. Some pages in the book also include what appears to be handwriting practice, likely from William Bryan's children.
Dates
- 1831-1848
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Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (One clamshell box)
Abstract
This collection is an account book for a general store located in Henry Crossroads, Tennessee. Dates in the book run from 1831 to 1848. Some pages in the book also include what appears to be handwriting practice, likely from William Bryan's children.
Biographical/Historical Note
William Enyard Bryan was born in November 1815 in Sevier County, Tennessee. He was the son of Thomas C. Bryan (1790-1867) and Elizabeth Nancy Cate (1790-1843), early settlers on the French Broad River near Kodak in Sevier County. William appeared in the census in 1850 in Sevier County listed as a farmer with wife Amanda Keener Bryan (1819-1897), married on April 25, 1843. The couple had 8 children: Mary, Margaret, Sarah, Martha, Nancy M., Rufus A., Allan Thomas, and Anne Lidia. Bryan died in 1907 and is buried in Sevier County.
Arrangement
This collection is in one box.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository