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Montgomery County (Tenn.) -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Consider Parish Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1946
Abstract

In this letter to John Mitchie, Reverend Consider Parish reports the formation of the Montgomery County Bible Society (an auxiliary of the American Bible Society) on June 17, 1837. The original letter was signed by Reverend H. F. Beaumont (President), John McHeage (Treasurer), and Reverend Consider Parish (Corresponding and Recording Secretary).

Dates: 1837 July 6

G. W. Young Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2240
Abstract

In a March 5, 1856 letter to his father in Chaplin, Connecticut, G. W. Young of Clarksville writes of the area's agricultural practices as well as the influence of a new railroad on coal mining and prices.

Dates: 1856 March 5

Unsigned Letter to My Dear Annie regarding the treatment of slaves

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2661
Abstract

Collection consists of part of an unsigned letter written to My dear Annie, dated July 4. The year not given, and the letter is incomplete, lacking one or more pages. Much of the letter deals with the writer defending the treatment of enslaved people by southerners. Also writes that her husband, a Presbyterian minister, and her had to move from Kentucky to Clarksville, Tennessee to avoid factionalism within the church.

Dates: circa 1850 July 4

William G. Brownlow Appointment of Joseph C. Gold

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1187
Abstract

This certificate, signed by William G. Brownlow on April 10, 1866, appoints Joseph C. Gold a Justice of the Peace in Montgomery County, Tennessee.

Dates: 1866 April 10