Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection includes four claims (photocopies) filed by John Baxter Edmondson on June 1, 1868 for compensation as a result of the Confederate Army using his farm for resources. The four documents filed by Edmondson state that the Confederate Army confiscated various goods and livestock from his farm in Knox County, Tenn. between October 25, 1862 and December 3, 1863. Edmondson, as well as two friends – J. M. Murphy and J. W. Fraker – signed these claims. Witnesses for the claims include...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection includes four claims (photocopies) filed by John Baxter Edmondson on June 1, 1868 for compensation as a result of the Confederate Army using his farm for resources. The four documents filed by Edmondson state that the Confederate Army confiscated various goods and livestock from his farm in Knox County, Tenn. between October 25, 1862 and December 3, 1863. Edmondson, as well as two friends – J. M. Murphy and J. W. Fraker – signed these claims. Witnesses for the claims include...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection includes four claims (photocopies) filed by John Baxter Edmondson on June 1, 1868 for compensation as a result of the Confederate Army using his farm for resources. The four documents filed by Edmondson state that the Confederate Army confiscated various goods and livestock from his farm in Knox County, Tenn. between October 25, 1862 and December 3, 1863. Edmondson, as well as two friends – J. M. Murphy and J. W. Fraker – signed these claims. Witnesses for the claims include...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection includes four claims (photocopies) filed by John Baxter Edmondson on June 1, 1868 for compensation as a result of the Confederate Army using his farm for resources. The four documents filed by Edmondson state that the Confederate Army confiscated various goods and livestock from his farm in Knox County, Tenn. between October 25, 1862 and December 3, 1863. Edmondson, as well as two friends – J. M. Murphy and J. W. Fraker – signed these claims. Witnesses for the claims include...