Bibliographic Records
Database:
Volunteer Voices: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee
Query:
vvcat: "D.15"
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Title: William Blount in Knoxville, TN to Colonel David Henley
Author : William Blount, 1749-1800
Recipient : David Henley, 1749-1823
Date Created: 1795-10-26
Abstract: An order to buy two beaver traps for the Cherokee Indian Chief Little Turkey.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: William Blount Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001261
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Title: Blount, William at Treaty Grounds on the Banks of the Holston River near the mouth of the French Broad to Governor Charles Pinckney in South Carolina
Author : William Blount, 1749-1800
Recipient : Charles Pinckney, 1757-1824
Date Created: 1791-07-08
Abstract: Announcement of a U.S. treaty made with the Cherokee Indians, known as the Holston Treaty. The treaty was made on July 2nd of 1791
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: William Blount Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001251
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Title: Wiliam Blount in Knoxville, TN to Colonel David Henley
Author : William Blount, 1749-1800
Date Created: 1793-12-7
Abstract: Statement that Bennet Searcy of Nashville will be the purchasing agent for Indian goods, and a request to furnish him with the proper forms. Additonal instructions are added in a note on the back of the letter.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: William Blount Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001252
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Title: William Blount in Knoxville, Tennessee to Colonel David Henley
Author : William Blount, 1749-1800
Date Created: 1795-10-26
Abstract: An order to buy a gun or pistol to replace a pistol that was stolen at the conference of Ocunnee in October, 1794 from Double Head, a Cherokee Indian.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: William Blount Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001260
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Title: William Blount in Knoxville, TN to Colonel David Henley
Author : William Blount, 1749-1800
Date Created: 1795-10-6
Abstract: Order to buy material to make a white flag, to be used as an emblem of peace during the Conferencce with the Creek Indians at Tellico Blockhouse. alS 2P
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: William Blount Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001259
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Title: William Blount in Knoxville, Tennessee to Colonel David Henley
Author : William Blount, 1749-1800
Recipient : David Henley, 1749-1823
Date Created: 1795-05-29
Abstract: Blount is sending copies of Captain Chisolm`s list of articles necessary to equip a group of Choctaw and ChickasawIndians for their visit to the President, and Henley is to purchase these items on the Account of the United States.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: William Blount Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001255
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Title: William Blount in Knoxville, Tennessee to Colonel David Henley
Author : William Blount, 1749-1800
Author : David Henley, 1749-1823
Date Created: 1795-05-15
Abstract: Blount tells Henley that James Kemp and three other Chickasaws should be boarded by Captain Chisholm until they can proceed on their trip to visit the President.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: William Blount Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001254
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Title: Willliam Blount in Knoxville, TN to Colonel David Henley
Author : William Blount, 1749-1800
Date Created: 1794-10-24
Abstract: Blount has written to Colonel Henley, Agent of the War Department to relay his orders given to Colonel James White, regarding the muster rolls.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: William Blount Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001253
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Title: William Blount in Knoxville, Tennessee to Capt. John Chisolm
Author : William Blount, 1749-1800
Recipient : John Chisolm
Date Created: 1795-11-06
Abstract: Chisholm is hired to go into the Creek and Chickasaw Indian Nations to arrange for the return of prisoners and stolen horses and to restore peace between the two nations.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: William Blount Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001865
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Title: Purchase Order
Author : William Blount, 1749-1800
Recipient : David Henley, 1749-1823
Date Created: 1795-10-20
Abstract: A Purchase order and listing of articles to be given to the Creek Indians at the conference to be held at the Tellico Blockhouse.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: William Blount Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001258
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Title: 1794 Oct. 12 [between] Governor William Blount and David Moore
Author : William Blount
Author : David Moore
Date Created: 1794-10-12
Abstract: This document is an article of agreement dated October 12, 1794 between William Blount, Governor of the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio and David Moore of Knoxville. The article states that David Moore will deliver goods by boat for the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians from the Tennessee River near Holston to the mouth of Bear Creek.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: Governor William Blount Papers, 1790-1796, Territory of the United States of America South of the Ohio
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002935
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Title: Report on the conference with the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation, 1794
Associated name : William Blount
Associated name : John Watts
Associated name : Scolacutta, Hanging Maw
Date Created: 1794-11-07
Abstract: A copy of the minutes taken at a conference involving Governor Blount, Colonel John Watts of Will`s Town, a lower Cherokee town, and the Chiefs of the Cherokee, Scolacutta and Hanging Maw. The Cherokee chief related that he surveyed local tribes and determined that most of the tribes he encountered were amenable to peace. He related that the Running Water People told the Glass, a Cherokee, that they had white prisoners. The Cherokee received a letter from Major Ore requesting the prisoners, and acknowledged that the tribe and the white people both have prisoners from the other side, and desired negotiations. The Cherokee also urged peace talks between the lower towns and the whites. The minutes are cut short when the speaker begins to relate a meeting between McKee and himself.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: James Robertson Papers
Contributing Institution: Vanderbilt University Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002709
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Title: 1820 May 3
Signer : William Blythe
Recipient : Henry Welcker
Date Created: 1820-05-03
Abstract: This document is a receipt dated May 3, 1820. William Blythe of the Cherokee Nation, for the sum of five hundred dollars sells to Henry Welker a thirty year old negro man named George Kemp.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: Charles Freeling Welcker Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002954
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Title: 1836 Sept. 20, Floyd County, Georgia
Author : William Childers
Date Created: 1836-09-20
Abstract: This document, dated September 20, 1836, is a certified statement made by William Childers concerning the average per day income of a ferry that he ran for several years.
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=200800000003110
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| 215 |
Title: 1820 July 27, State of Tennessee, to the Sheriff of Rhea County
Complainant : William Cochrine
Date Created: 1820-07-27
Abstract: This document, dated July 27, 1820, is a legal claim concerning a legal suit brought against Joseph Tompson by William Cochrine. Tompson was sued by Cochrine over money he owed to Cochrine in the amount of 250.00.
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=200800000003103
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Title: 1812 May 14, War Department [to] Return J. Meigs
Author : William Eustis, 1753-1825
Recipient : Return J. Meigs, 1740-1823
Date Created: 1812-05-14
Abstract: This is a letter from the Secretary of War, William Eustis, to Return J. Meigs, agent to the Cherokee Nation. Eustis tells Meigs to proceed with negotiations with the Cherokee to establish an Iron Works within their Nation.
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=200800000003039
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Title: 1812 May 14 [to] Colonel Elias Earle, War Department
Author : William Eustis
Recipient : Elias Earle
Date Created: 1812-05-14
Abstract: This letter, from Secretary of War William Eustis to Colonel Elias Earle, discusses the desire of Colonel Earle to establish an Ironworks in the Cherokee Nation. Eustis asks Colonel Earle to select another piece of land for the possible establishment of the Ironworks because the previous tract of land has been designated, by treaty, as a site for the Cherokee chiefs and warriors. Eustis also tells Colonel Earle that Colonel Meigs has been instructed to help in this selection of new 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=200800000003080
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Title: 1837 August 14, Cherokee County Georgia
Signer : William Grisham
Associated name : Whitaker
Associated name : Eleanor Ragsdale
Date Created: 1837-08-14
Abstract: This document is a claim, dated August 14, 1837 made by Eleanor Ragsdale, a Cherokee woman who possessed property in the state of Georgia. Ragsdale is requesting a valuation of her property and to be compensated under the Treaties of 1817 and 1819.
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=200800000003058
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Title: Abstract of Provisions issued to Tennessee Volunteers on their return from the Creek Nation
Author : William Hall, 1775-1856
Date Created: 1813-12
Abstract: This document contains an accounting with notes of the provisions provided to the Tennessee Volunteers upon their return from the Creek Nation while they were at Fayetteville, Tennessee under the command of Brigadier General William Hall. It lists the number of men, the days included, the number of complete rations and extra provisions such as meat, flour, whiskey and salt. There is a section for remarks that lists the regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers with the name of their commander.
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=200700000001679
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Title: 1816 May 27, Department of War [to] Col. Return J. Meigs, Cherokee Agency
Author : William Harris Crawford
Recipient : Return J. Meigs, 1740-1823
Date Created: 1816-05-27
Abstract: This letter, dated May 27, 1816 was written to Col. Return J. Meigs, agent to the Cherokee Indians from William H. Crawford concerning the government purchase of Cherokee lands for a sum of twenty thousand dollars. Compensation to be given to the Cherokee in return for the lands are also outlined in the letter.
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=200800000003089
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Title: 1808 Oct. 27, of Return J. Meigs
Signer : William McNeil
Associated name : Return J. Meigs, 1740-1823
Date Created: 1808-10-27
Abstract: This document is a receipt for one hundred fifty dollars, dated October 27, 1808, for services performed for smallpox in the Cherokee Nation.
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=200800000003072
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Title: Voucher No. 3, 1798 Sep. 5 [to] William Mizell
Author : United States
Recipient : William Mizell
Date Created: 1798-09-05
Abstract: The following document is a voucher dated September 5, 1798, for William Mizell. Mizell served as interpreter for the Chickasaw Indians at the post at Chickasaw Bluffs, and he was to be paid 369 dollars and 02 cents for his services.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: The William A. Goodman Historic Documents Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003118
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Title: 1838 April 18, Cherokee Agency East
Complainant : William Reid
Date Created: 1838-04-18
Abstract: This document is a sworn statement given by William Reid regarding six head of cattle killed by white men in November of 1823. Reid requests 72.00 dollars in compensation from the United States Government.
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=200800000003099
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Title: 1838 Oct. 5, Cherokee Agency
Client : William Smith
Associated name : D. M. Foreman
Date Created: 1838-10-05
Abstract: This document, dated October 5, 1838, is a petition from William Smith, Sally Bank, Cut Bread, Big Ratlinggoard, The Bank, and Laugh at Mush. The petition concerns the proceeds and net income of a Turnpike and main gate on the road from the Head of Coosa to Alabama. The petition also discusses the fact that when the laws of Alabama were extended to cover a portion of the Cherokee country, these petitioners were dispossessed of ownership of the Turnpike and main gate.
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=200800000003100
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Title: Orders No. 25, 1838 May 17, Eastern Division, Cherokee Agency, Ten[nessee]
Signer : Winfield Scott
Signer : W. J. Wirth
Date Created: 1838-05-17
Abstract: The following document is a Military Order issued on May 17, 1838, by General Winfield Scott, federal officer in charge of Cherokee removal. Scott issued, on the authority of President Andrew Jackson, the order for federal troops to enforce the removal of all the Cherokee remaining east of the Mississippi River, according to the terms of the Treaty of New Echota, signed by a Cherokee minority in 1835. Scott divided the Cherokee Nation into three military districts in order to facilitate a speedy evacuation. The orders of President Jackson and General Scott began what was to be called the Trail of Tears, in which 15,000-20,000 Cherokee were exiled to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. An estimated one-fifth died during the whole of the journey, which lasted until the spring of 1839.
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=200800000002939
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