The document is a six page, unnumbered handwritten document found in the "Acts of the Southwest Territory." It is dated September 27, 1794 and signed by Governor William Blount and Secretary David Wilson.
The document is a four page, unnumbered handwritten document found in "Acts of the Southwest Territory." It is dated September 27, 1794 and signed by Governor William Blount and Secretary David Wilson.
Letter from David Harts Jr., to J. A. Coble providing an account of the death of James Coble (J. A.'s father), during the Civil War. James Coble, 10th Tenn. Cav. (Forrest's) Regt., CSA, was the sole casualty in a skirmish near Jackson, Tenn., in...
Letter from Isaac C. & David D. Huddleston, who were prisoners of war at Fort Delaware. The letter is to their father, dated October 10, 1864. The letter states they are well and in good health and hoping to receive news and clothing from home.
Letter from John A. Hickerson, Company B, 2nd Arkansas Infantry, C. S. A., to his father John D. Hickerson. The letter is the first he wrote to his father after enlisting. The author describes his movements from Arkansas to Knoxville and back. The...
Letter from Milo B. Stevens & Company attorney asking Lavina Bird, widow of David Bird, for additional support for her widow's pension application. Mrs. Bird's application was rejected by the War Department because she could not substantiate his...
Letter from Sgt. David Mullins, Co. K, 41st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, to his wife Genetia. He describes leaving Camp Morton, Ind., and heading to Chattanooga, Tenn. The original version of the letter to Mullins's wife is not available in its complete...
Letter from Sgt. David Mullins, Co. K, 41st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, to his wife Genetia. He discusses their children, e.g. "Non wood be prouder than I to sea the child that I sent the name to."
Letter from Sgt. David Mullins, Co. K, 41st Tenn. Inf. Regt., to his wife Genetia. He gives advice concerning farm management and provides news from the front.
Letter from Sgt. David Mullins, Co. K, 41st Tenn. Inf. Regt., to his wife Genetia. He mentions sending her five finger rings which he describes (see picture). Possibly similar to or deriving from the Irish "claddagh."
Letter from Thomas Crutchfield Jr. to James R. Hood. Crutchfield makes an effort to prove his loyalty to the Union by recounting his opposition to secession, his informing the Federals of troop movements, his supplying of the Union army with...
Partial roster for Co. C, 11th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA, under command of Capt. David C. Dossett. This is a tally of men present and absent as well as accounts for enlisted men on "extra or daily duty."
Photograph of elderly Magdalene Garst Sherfy, herbalist and midwife. During the Civil War, Sherfy's home was used as a hospital (both Union and Confederate). Sherfy and her two daughters were nurses at the hospital during the war. Abraham Sherfy,...
Pocket wooden inkwell that belonged to David Preston Sherfy (alias George W. Garber) at the time of his enlistment in the US cavalry. The date, "1861," and "Byrds Point, MO" are scratched on the wood.
Portrait of David Preston Sherfy and Isabell Krouse Sherfy taken outside of their home in Knob Creek, Tenn. (near Jonesborough). Krouse was Sherfy's second wife.
Portrait of David Preston Sherfy, Isabell Krouse Sherfy, and their son, John A. Sherfy, taken outside their home in Knob Creek, Tenn. (near Jonesborough). Krouse was Sherfy's second wife.
Program to D. W. Griffith's film "Birth of a Nation" featuring a cast list; plot summary and technical facts concerning the film; photos of Griffith and the cast; stills from the film's scenes, including battles, celebrations, and the surrender at...
Silver spoons manufacturered in North Carolina by the silversmiths John C. Palmer and Walter Ramsey, 1847-1855. The initials "DND" are incribed for David Nichols Dalton.
The 1st Ill. Cav. Regt., according to the poster, "bushwhacked and jayhawked" across southeast Missouri. Poster shows regiment's encampment at Memphis, Tenn. One of unit's corporals was G. W. Garber, an alias of David P. Sherfy of Jonesborough,...
