Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This folder contains four early militia documents on two sheets of paper from Nashville area dated 1793 and 1794. The first document -- dated July 23, 1793 -- reads in part, "I Morris Shean do hereby constitute and appoint Sampson William of Davidson County my Lawful Attorney to receive for me and my use of the Paymaster of the Militia of the Territory aforesaid, or of such person as shall be authorized to pay them for their services, the sum of three dollars and ten cents, being the pay due...