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Estelle Jarnagin Naff Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0123
Abstract

This collection consists of an article written by Estelle Jarnagin Naff entitled "The Battle of Mossy Creek: Yankees Defeat Rebels." This article ran in The Jefferson County Standard on Wednesday, January 6, 1954, and gives an account of the Battle of Mossy Creek that was fought on December 29, 1864, in what is now Jefferson City, Tennessee. Also included in the collection is a descriptive letter about the article. The letter is dated March 8, 1954.

Dates: 1954 January 6-March 8

Island Ford Mills Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0624
Abstract

The collection contains one handwritten account book for Island Ford Mills in Jefferson County, Tenn. from 1863-1867.

Dates: 1863-1867

Lonas Tarr Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3266
Abstract

This collection consists of a transcript of an interview with Lonas Tarr by G. Kurt Piehler and Kathryn P. O'Donnell conducted on March 7, 2003 in Knoxville, Tennessee as part of the Center for the Study of War and Society's Veteran's Oral History Project. Tarr speaks of his childhood in Jefferson City, his experiences in the Air Force during World War II, and his postwar life working as an American Airlines pilot in Europe.

Dates: 2003 March 7

Thomas Coffman Land Grants

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0060
Abstract

These two land grants gave Thomas Coffman and his heirs 375 acres of land in Jefferson County, Tennessee. They describe the locations of the land and are signed by Governor William Carroll.

Dates: 1827 February 10-1833 October 11