Bibliographic Records
Database:
Volunteer Voices: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee
Query:
vvcat: "A.4"
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| 476 |
Title: 1817 May 19, Highwassee [to] Col[onel] R[eturn] J. Meigs, Highwassee
Author : Russell Goodrich
Recipient : Return J. Meigs
Date Created: 1817-05-19
Abstract: This document is a letter dated May 19, 1817 and addressed to Return J. Meigs, agent to the Cherokee Nation, from Russell Goodrich. Goodrich writes to inform Meigs about work being done on a turnpike road between Georgia and Tennessee that will significantly decrease travel time between the two states. Goodrich also inquires if some land could be taken from the Cherokee Nation and given as a favor to a woman.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Penelope Allen Collection, 1801-1984
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003052
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| 477 |
Title: Sworn Statement by S.N. Clark
Author : S. N. Clark
Date Created: 1870-07-11
Abstract: Statement signed by S.N. Clark of Chicago, Illinois swearing that he has never supported any insurrection against the United States and promises to do his duty to the best of his ability in the office which he is about to enter.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: John Eaton Correspondence, 1865-1905
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001012
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| 478 |
Title: Court martial of William Natcher, ordered by Colonel S. R. Anderson
Author : S. R. Anderson
Associated name : William Natcher
Date Created: 1846-08-05
Abstract: This is one of two court martials of Private William Natcher during the Mexican War in the THS Miscellaneous Collection. Natcher was accussed of drunkenness and "raising quarrells and disturbances." Natches declined to defend himself, was found guilty, and sentenced to ninety-six hours of extra duty.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Tennessee Historical Society Miscellaneous Files, 1688-1951
Contributing Institution: Tennessee Historical Society
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002505
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| 479 |
Title: 1828 Jun. 1 [to] Sam Houston, Nashville, Tennessee
Author : S.T. Greenfield
Recipient : Sam Houston
Date Created: 1828-06-01
Abstract: This document is a letter written to Sam Houston regarding a slave belonging to S. T. Greenfield. Greenfield`s slave was accused of breaking into a store and Greenfield requests that Houston allow the slave to leave the state rather than be hung.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Governor Samuel Houston Papers, 1827-1829
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003017
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| 480 |
Title: State of Tennessee vs Peter Blanton and Mary Jane Williams, Colored
Signer; Witness : Hagler
Recipient : S.W. Cooley
Date Created: 1871-08-23
Abstract: A court summons issued by Clerk W.J. Hagler to S.W. Cooley, Sheriff of Stewart County, TN. Cooley is ordered to have witnesses Nelson Williams, William Clark, and Henry Payne, "colored," personally appear before the Circuit Court in order to give evidence in the case of the State vs Peter Blanton and Mary Jane Williams. The charge of adultery was brought against Blanton and Williams for cohabitating. Hagler filled out the summons and signed it as witness.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: State Circuit Court
Contributing Institution: Stewart County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002740
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| 481 |
Title: 1839 Jun. 18, Merry Oaks, Tennessee [to] Martha King, Madison County, Hazlegreen, Alabama
Author : Sally Gannaway
Recipient : Martha King
Date Created: 1839-06-18
Abstract: This is a letter dated June 18, 1839 from Sally Gannaway to her Aunt Martha King. This is a very personal letter, filled with the recollections and thoughts of day-to-day life concerning the family, as well as news of the impending death of her cousin Judy.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Colonel James Moore King Collection, 1792-1877
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002872
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| 482 |
Title: [Motion for Treaty to United States Senate, 1812 Jan. 10 ]
Secretary; Signer : Sam A. Otis
Associated name : Return J. Meigs, 1740-1823
Date Created: 1812-01-10
Abstract: This document is a motion to the United States Senate, dated January 10, 1812 regarding the ratification of a treaty made with the Cherokee Nation on December 2, 1807, at Chickamauga, on the Tennessee River. The senate unanimously voted no.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Penelope Allen Collection, 1801-1984
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003038
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| 483 |
Title: 1827 Nov. 22 [to] Sam Houston, Nashville, Tennessee
Author : Sam Brown
Recipient : Sam Houston
Date Created: 1827-11-22
Abstract: This document is a letter from Sam Brown dated November 22, 1827 to Governor Sam Houston of Tennessee. Brown requests that Governor Houston examine a proposal for establishing a public library in Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Governor Samuel Houston Papers, 1827-1829
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002924
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| 484 |
Title: 1824 Apr. 19, Washington [to] Mr. John Ross
Author : Sam Houston
Recipient : John Ross
Date Created: 1824-04-19
Abstract: This document is a letter dated April 19, 1824 written by Sam Houston, future governor of Tennessee, to John Ross, future chief of the Cherokee Nation. Houston writes in response to some questions posed by Ross in regards to John Spears, an interpreter for the Cherokee who served as a delegate on behalf of the Arkansas tribe of the Cherokee. There is apparently a controversy involving Lewis Ross over whether or not Spears was entitled to receive a plot of land.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Penelope Allen Collection, 1801-1984
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003054
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| 485 |
Title: Constitution of the Cherokee Nation, 1827 Jul. 24, New Town Echota
Scribe : Sam Houston
Date Created: 1827-07-24
Abstract: The following document is the constitution drafted on July 24, 1827 that sparked the beginning of the modern Cherokee Nation. The document was a product of a Constitutional Convention of 1827, headed by John Ross, who was elected the first Chief of the Cherokee Nation when the constitution was put into effect the following year. In the constitution, which was largely patterned after the United States`, the Cherokees referred to themselves as a sovereign entity and outlined three branches of government. Although the Constitution of the Cherokee Nation was largely developed in order to prevent the forced removal of the Cherokee, it was only ten years after its adoption that the Cherokee were ultimately displaced.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Tennessee State Library, Miscellaneous documents
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002936
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| 486 |
Title: Land Grant to James Martin, assignee of Floyd Bostick
Signer : Sam Houston
Associated name : Joseph K. Kent
Date Created: 1826-01-02
Abstract: Encapsulated for 200 acres.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: County Records
Contributing Institution: Lincoln County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003611
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| 487 |
Title: Order for the Paving and Graving of the Sidewalks of Franklin Street in Clarksville, Tennessee
Author : Sammuel McFall
Date Created: 1839-10-10
Abstract: Printed in the June 4, 1840 edition of the Clarksville Chronicle. The Mayor and Aldermen of Clarksville ordained that the owners of property on Franklin Street grade and pave their side walks by January 1st, with the instruction that the "pavement to be made of Brick & the curb stone not to exceed six inches above the curbing of the dranes." It seems interesting that this ad appears in the paper 5 months after the work should have been completed.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: General Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Clarksville Montgomery County Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003264
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| 488 |
Title: Hogg, Samuel, Washington, D.C. to Burford, Carthage, TN
Author : Samuel E. Hogg, 1783-1842
Recipient : David Burford, 1791-1864
Date Created: 1818-02-03
Abstract: Letter from Representative Samuel Hogg, Washington, D.C. to Burford, Carthage, Tennessee concerning Burford`s account as quartermaster. Also related news from Washington.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: David Burford Paper, 1814-1855
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001825
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| 489 |
Title: 1828 Mar. 14 [to] Governor Samuel Houston, Nashville, Ten [nessee]
Author : Residents of Canton County, Kentucky
Recipient : Samuel Houston
Date Created: 1828-03-14
Abstract: This document is a letter drafted by the residents of Canton County, Kentucky to Samuel Houston (1827-1829) dated March 14, 1828. The letter asks Governor Houston to use his influence with the Governor of Kentucky to settle a boundary dispute between two counties. The existing Walker line is in dispute with the citizens. The citizens have put their signatures on the letter requesting the assistance of Governor Houston.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Governor Samuel Houston Papers, 1827-1829
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002930
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| 490 |
Title: Samuel Houston in Washington, D.C. to George Smith
Correspondent : Samuel Houston
Date Created: 1826-01-21
Abstract: Note-Folder is labeled James Viverett vs. George Smith.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Wilson County Records
Contributing Institution: Wilson County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003608
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| 491 |
Title: Orville Bradley and others vs. Commissioners of Powell County et al.
Author : Bradley
Author : Samuel McPhetres
Date Created: 1839
Abstract: The state assembly has authorized the formation of a new county, Powell, from portions of Washington, Sullivan, Hawkins counties. Orville Bradley and Samuel McPheters (for themselves and on the behalf of the "divers citizens" of Hawkins County) argue in this complaint that the bill is unconstitutional. Filed in Chancery Court in Rogersville.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Hawkins County Archives
Contributing Institution: Hawkins County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002797
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| 492 |
Title: Certificate of scholarship and good character for James K. Polk
Author : Samuel P. Black
Associated name : James Knox Polk, 1795-1849
Date Created: 1815-10-05
Abstract: The Rector of Murfreesboro Academy, Samuel P. Black, wrote this letter certifying James K. Polk`s attendance, good character and academic accomplishment during the nine months previous at the academy.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Tennessee Historical Society Miscellaneous Files, 1688-1951
Contributing Institution: Tennessee Historical Society
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001689
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| 493 |
Title: Samuel Roberts Letters
Author : Samuel Roberts
Contributor : W. M. Corry
Contributor : W. Bebb
Date Created: 1865-04-29
Abstract: A letter in Robert`s handwriting, requesting Brownlow`s support for the completion of "the contemplated Midland line of railway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Knoxville, Tennessee, via point Burnside and the Elk Gap." Discusses the advantages of such a railroad. Written on the back of a broadside (dated 1860 with reprinted letters by Samuel Roberts, W.M. Corry, and W. Bebb).
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: William G. Brownlow Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001803
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| 494 |
Title: Sarah Moore in Rural Rest, Tennessee to Henry King in Ross Landing, Tennessee
Author : Sarah Moore
Date Created: 1838-06-01
Abstract: This is a letter dated June 1, 1838 from Sarah Moore to her cousin Henry King. She offers him news of the family as well as the status of their health. Moore also expresses concern over Henry King`s daily routine and safety.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Colonel James Moore King Collection, 1792-1877
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002917
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| 495 |
Title: Confederate Veterans
Photographer : Seat Studios
Date Created: 1930 - 1939
Abstract: A photo of Confederate veterans gathering in the 1930s at the Smith County Courthouse.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Smith County Museum
Contributing Institution: Smith County Heritage Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002358
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| 496 |
Title: 1831 Jan. 17, [to] James Moore King, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Author : Shubal S. King
Recipient : James Moore King
Date Created: 1831-01-17
Abstract: This is a letter dated January 17, 1831 from Shubal S. King to James M. King. The letter primarily concerns financial transactions, and cotton prices in different states.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Colonel James Moore King Collection, 1792-1877
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002894
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| 497 |
Title: 1837 Feb. between Spencer Jarnagin and the Cherokee Nation East
Signer : Spencer Jarnagin, 1792-1853
Date Created: 1837-02
Abstract: This is a legal document between the Cherokee Nation East and Spencer Jarnagin who served as attorney for them from 1820 to 1837. The document shows that the Cherokee Nation paid Mr. Jarnagin two hundred and fifty dollars per year for a total of four thousand dollars. The document then has a written statement from Mr. Jarnagin disputing the correctness of the amount paid to him.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Penelope Allen Collection, 1801-1984
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003067
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| 498 |
Title: 1836 Dec. 15, [to] Cass County, Georgia
Author : Spencer Jarnagin
Recipient : Georgia
Date Created: 1836-12-15
Abstract: This note, dated December 15, 1836, concerns payment of legal fees for services rendered in the courts of Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Penelope Allen Collection, 1801-1984
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003112
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| 499 |
Title: Land grant to Edmund Jones
Attributed name : State of Tennessee
Date Created: 1828-07-06
Abstract: 2 tifs. A land grant to Edmund Jones of one hundered and sixty acres in the Hiwassee District after Jones deposited $984.18 into the state treasury. The grant was witnessed by secretary Daniel Graham to Governor Samuel Houston. The document was also sealed by the State. The verso lists the document as the 998 listing in the register.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Lenoir Family Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003483
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| 500 |
Title: Stephen B. Jones Bill of Sale
Author : Stephen B. Jones
Date Created: 1846
Abstract: This bill of sale documents an 1846 transaction between Stephen B. Jones of Mississippi and John W. Dillahoy of Tennessee in which Jones sold Dillahoy six slaves for $1800.00. These slaves included an African-American family of four and a Native American woman and her son. Transcription of letter: Know all men by these presents, that I Stephen B Jones of the County of Lafayette & State of Mississippi, For and in Consideration of Eighteen hundred Dollars, in hand paid, the recipt Whereof is hereby enclosed, have this day bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain sell & deliver to John W. Dillahoy of the County of Maury and the State of Tennessee, Six Negro Slaves "To Wit" Claborn a Man aged about forty four years, Leah his Wife aged about twenty two years, Billy a boy Child of Leah & Claborn, aged about two years also Peter a boy child of the same aged about three Months, Mary a Yellow Woman aged about Twenty one years & her Child Daniel a boy about three years old. All of said Negroes I Warrant to the Said Dillahoy his heirs and assigns for ever as Slaves - against all and every Claim or Claims Whatever. In Witness Wherof I hereunto set my hand & seal this the 25th day of June 1846. [Signed] Stephen B Jones [Seal] Tests. [Signed] Illegible [Signed] Illegible
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Stephen B. Jones Bill of Sale
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001860
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