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Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Slavery.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

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Davis Tillson Note

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2220
Abstract

In a January 20, 1864, note from Knoxville, Tenn., Brigadier General Davis Tillson, Chief of Artillery for the Department of the Ohio, states that Mr. Mayberry has permission to take enslaved individuals found within the city limits to his farm.

Dates: 1864 January 20