Box 1
Container
Contains 44 Results:
State Warrant for Ady Knight, signed by T. L. Williford, J. P., and J. T. Ellison, D. S., 1923 September 25
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 19
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains about 30 documents from Henry County, Tenn., dated from the 1900s through the 1930s. These include warrants, promissory notes, replevins, magistrate's subpoenas and execution, an attachment, a bail bond, and a property description. Some of the signatures are of Justices of the Peace T. L. Williford, J. D. Morris, R. W. Lyon, and G. M. Street, as well as deputy sheriffs J. T. Ellison, G. E. Jackson, and W. E. Etheridge. Defendants and plaintiffs include A. B. & L....
Dates:
1923 September 25
State Warrant for [Leman] Kindlery, signed T. L. Williford, J. P., and J. T. Ellison, D. S., 1923 September 25
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 20
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains about 30 documents from Henry County, Tenn., dated from the 1900s through the 1930s. These include warrants, promissory notes, replevins, magistrate's subpoenas and execution, an attachment, a bail bond, and a property description. Some of the signatures are of Justices of the Peace T. L. Williford, J. D. Morris, R. W. Lyon, and G. M. Street, as well as deputy sheriffs J. T. Ellison, G. E. Jackson, and W. E. Etheridge. Defendants and plaintiffs include A. B. & L....
Dates:
1923 September 25
State Warrant for [Stigal] Dunlap, signed T. L. Williford, J. P., and J. T. Ellison, D. S., 1923 September 25
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 21
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains about 30 documents from Henry County, Tenn., dated from the 1900s through the 1930s. These include warrants, promissory notes, replevins, magistrate's subpoenas and execution, an attachment, a bail bond, and a property description. Some of the signatures are of Justices of the Peace T. L. Williford, J. D. Morris, R. W. Lyon, and G. M. Street, as well as deputy sheriffs J. T. Ellison, G. E. Jackson, and W. E. Etheridge. Defendants and plaintiffs include A. B. & L....
Dates:
1923 September 25
State Warrant for [Lion] King, signed T. L. Williford, J. P., and J. T. Ellison, D. s., 1928 September 17
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 22
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains about 30 documents from Henry County, Tenn., dated from the 1900s through the 1930s. These include warrants, promissory notes, replevins, magistrate's subpoenas and execution, an attachment, a bail bond, and a property description. Some of the signatures are of Justices of the Peace T. L. Williford, J. D. Morris, R. W. Lyon, and G. M. Street, as well as deputy sheriffs J. T. Ellison, G. E. Jackson, and W. E. Etheridge. Defendants and plaintiffs include A. B. & L....
Dates:
1928 September 17
Magistrate's Subpoena for Louis Auston, signed J. P. [Clenderin], J. P., 1937 November 29
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 23
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains about 30 documents from Henry County, Tenn., dated from the 1900s through the 1930s. These include warrants, promissory notes, replevins, magistrate's subpoenas and execution, an attachment, a bail bond, and a property description. Some of the signatures are of Justices of the Peace T. L. Williford, J. D. Morris, R. W. Lyon, and G. M. Street, as well as deputy sheriffs J. T. Ellison, G. E. Jackson, and W. E. Etheridge. Defendants and plaintiffs include A. B. & L....
Dates:
1937 November 29
Promissory Note from E. E. Griffin, C. H. Morris, and M. D. Valentine, 1937 November 29
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 24
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains about 30 documents from Henry County, Tenn., dated from the 1900s through the 1930s. These include warrants, promissory notes, replevins, magistrate's subpoenas and execution, an attachment, a bail bond, and a property description. Some of the signatures are of Justices of the Peace T. L. Williford, J. D. Morris, R. W. Lyon, and G. M. Street, as well as deputy sheriffs J. T. Ellison, G. E. Jackson, and W. E. Etheridge. Defendants and plaintiffs include A. B. & L....
Dates:
1937 November 29
Replevin Warrant against Ray Moore by M. D. Valentine, signed J. D. Culpepper, J. P., 1937 November 29
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 25
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains about 30 documents from Henry County, Tenn., dated from the 1900s through the 1930s. These include warrants, promissory notes, replevins, magistrate's subpoenas and execution, an attachment, a bail bond, and a property description. Some of the signatures are of Justices of the Peace T. L. Williford, J. D. Morris, R. W. Lyon, and G. M. Street, as well as deputy sheriffs J. T. Ellison, G. E. Jackson, and W. E. Etheridge. Defendants and plaintiffs include A. B. & L....
Dates:
1937 November 29
Handwritten fine for Evans and [Jird] Henry, 1939 March 4
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 26
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains about 30 documents from Henry County, Tenn., dated from the 1900s through the 1930s. These include warrants, promissory notes, replevins, magistrate's subpoenas and execution, an attachment, a bail bond, and a property description. Some of the signatures are of Justices of the Peace T. L. Williford, J. D. Morris, R. W. Lyon, and G. M. Street, as well as deputy sheriffs J. T. Ellison, G. E. Jackson, and W. E. Etheridge. Defendants and plaintiffs include A. B. & L....
Dates:
1939 March 4
Handwritten property line description, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 27
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains about 30 documents from Henry County, Tenn., dated from the 1900s through the 1930s. These include warrants, promissory notes, replevins, magistrate's subpoenas and execution, an attachment, a bail bond, and a property description. Some of the signatures are of Justices of the Peace T. L. Williford, J. D. Morris, R. W. Lyon, and G. M. Street, as well as deputy sheriffs J. T. Ellison, G. E. Jackson, and W. E. Etheridge. Defendants and plaintiffs include A. B. & L....
Dates:
undated
Edward Summers Letter, 1863 November 2
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Transcription of Letter
Winchester, TennesseeNovember 2nd, 1863Mr. Arthur Johnson,Dear Cousin, After my very best Love to you, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson and your Little Offspring, I again take my pen in hand for the fourth time Without and Answer to Let you know that I am Still On the Land amongst the Living. I can again Say I am Well and hope these few Lines may find you all Enjoying [the] Same Blessing. Peter Mann, Frank Trueax, F. W. Asbury, Alexander Curtis and all of Our...
Dates:
1863 November 2
Report of Soldiers Absent Without Leave from the 9th Tennessee Regiment, 1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection consists of a two-page report entitled Report of Absent without leave from 9th Tenn. Regt. Commanded by Col. H. L. Douglass. It is divided into five columns: Company, Name, Date of Absence, Residence, and Probable Present Locality. The report was prepared by Junius L. Hall, the unit's adjutant, and is signed by H. L. Douglass, the unit's commander.
Dates:
1862
"The Battle of Franklin" by Captain John K. Shellenberger, 1902
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection consists of a 29-page pamphlet by Captain John K. Shellenberger entitled "The Battle of Franklin." Its text constitutes a published version of a speech that Shellenberger gave before a meeting of the Minnesota Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the U. S. on December 9, 1902. In this work, Shellenberger describes tactical aspects of the Battle of Franklin, the condition of the Union soldiers before the battle, and the plight of the men wounded during the battle. He also...
Dates:
1902
John Bell Brownlow Letter, 1866 June 3
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Transcription of Letter
Nashville, June 3, 1866.My dear Sir:-In accordance with the promise I made you I send you, herewith, the photograph of the Rebel Gen. Morgan. It is a very fine likeness. When he was killed he had no beard on the sides of his face but wore a long mustache and goatee. The photograph of the monster and guerrilla chief Ferguson is a perfect likeness. By the hands and orders of this fiend no less than seventy beings were murdered. This number embraces...
Dates:
1866 June 3
Speech given in the House of Representatives by Robert Hatton, 1861
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection consists of an eight-page reprint of a speech that Robert Hopkins Hatton gave in the U. S. House of Representatives on February 8, 1861. It documents Hatton's opinion that secession from the United States would cause "our fair land [to be] scourged and blighted as by the hand of an angry God." Among the methods Hatton proposes to avert war are repealing personal liberty laws, amending the U. S. Constitution to prohibit the abolition of slavery, and resolving the question of...
Dates:
1861
Julius E. Thomas Diary, 1863-1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains the diary/scrapbook of Julius E. Thomas, a soldier with Company F of the 1st Tennessee Cavalry (Union) during the Civil War. The diary entries span from June 1, 1863 through August 4, 1864. The diary is not in strict chronological order.In the diary, Thomas describes his actions, travelling throughout the state of Tennessee. In the entries from early 1864, he describes his movements in East Tennessee. He writes of foraging and skirmishes in the area....
Dates:
1863-1864
Rugby (Tenn.) Colony Photograph, circa 1880s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection consists of one 8x10 black-and-white photograph of members of the Rugby, Tennessee, Colony participating in a summer outing.
Dates:
circa 1880s
John Lindsey Letter, 1860
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection consists of a four-page letter dated 1860 from John Lindsey in Hannibal, Tennessee, to his friend F. A. Stow. In it, Lindsey discusses business relating to his land in Hannibal, his plans for developing that land, his intention to open a saloon in collaboration with several other men, his opinions on slavery and slaves, and his opposition to a law compelling all free blacks to leave the state of Tennessee. He also inquires about his friend's family, passes on news of his own,...
Dates:
1860
Stephen B. Jones Bill of Sale, 1846
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Transcription of Letter
Know all men by these presents, that I Stephen B Jones of the County of Lafayette & State of Mississippi, For and in Consideration of Eighteen hundred Dollars, in hand paid, the recipt Whereof is hereby enclosed, have this day bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain sell & deliver to John W. Dillahoy of the County of Maury and the State of Tennessee, Six Negro Slaves To Wit Claborn a Man aged about forty four years, Leah his Wife aged about twenty two...
Dates:
1846
Professor P. H. Phafflin Broadside, 1911 December 29
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a broadside dated December 29, 1911, calling for the arrest of Professor Phafflin. According to the broadside, Professor Phafflin was a clairvoyant and was accused of operating under false pretenses.
Dates:
1911 December 29
Letter from Captain Cornelius Longfellow to his wife Lydia, 1862 December 2
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Transcription of Letter
Camp Perry Tennessee Dec 2 1862/Mrs Lydia LongfellowDear wife,We are now in Camp Near Memphis Tennessee about 640 miles from home. we had a very Pleasant trip down the Mississippi River. the weather was cold when we left Indianapolis But it is Quite Pleasant here. the air is cool and raw but not what we call cold in the norther. water does not freeze here and the inhabitants say that it never gets much colder hereI wrote you while I was at Indianapolis and I...
Dates:
1862 December 2