Overview

This collection contains financial documents belonging to the Cooper family of Bradley County, Tennessee, specifically Bennet Cooper and his oldest son Dempsey Cooper. These six documents range from 1839 to 1899. Also included are pages from an unknown book detailing some of the genealogy of the Cooper family, specifically the descendants of Erby Cooper, the second to last child of Bennet and his wife Lydia Cooper.

Abstract

Collection consists of an original form from the Tenth Annual East Tennessee Sunday School Convention filled out with information on Haye's Shed, a church in Bradley County, Tennessee. The form asks about attendance and programs the Sunday school offers in order to create a statistical report for the year ending April 15, 1880.

Abstract This collection consists of one sheet of paper containing two separate letters regarding the pension claim of a Mrs. Jamison. The first note is from John H. Crozier of Washington City, D.C. to Levi Truehitt about locating Mrs. Jamison's husband in the muster rolls to acquire a pension for her. The second note is from pension agent L. B. True of Washington City, D.C. about being unable to locate Mr. Jamison on the rolls. The notes date from January...

Abstract

The bulk of this book lists accounts held by such individuals as Avery Thompson, Luis Johnston, and J.W. Pangle. These records include entries regarding hauling, plowing, thrashing, work histories, and other financial matters. The end of the book contains a ballad entitled "The Home of the Soul" (written for Nancy Johnston by W. O. Ballew) and several pages listing vital information about Columbus Johnston's family.

Abstract

This collection consists of an indenture deed of conveyance for Robert M. and Issac N. Swan for a parcel of land in Cleaveland [Cleveland], Bradley County, Tennessee.

Overview

This collection contains financial documents from Dr. G. B. Thompson and J. H. Craigmiles of Cleveland, Tennessee, and span from 1863 to 1895. There are four bills of sale for enslaved men (John, William, Rhubin, and Charles) within the collection. Also included is a receipt of payment from 1862 when Craigmiles was the chief commissary agent of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Lastly, there are two checks written by Craigmiles from 1893 and 1895.