Massey was the business partner of William McCutchen's son, B. F. McCutchen. In the letter, Massey recounts the death and burial of B. F. McCutchen. McCutchen suffered from typhoid pneumonia contracted during his military service in Company I, 6th...
James Madison Carroll (1840-1901) and Margia Anna Farris (1847-1913). They were married October 10th, 1866. James Carroll served in Ashby's 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, CSA E company. The photograph was taken by Tynnell Studios in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Federal direct tax receipt paid by David Purvines to the Federal government as tax levied on "insurrectionary districts within the U.S. for other purposes approved June 7, 1862."
Lists name, rank, description, birthplace, occupation, date enrolled and mustered in, last pay date, bounty, and remarks. Claiborne M. George was a private, 27 years old, with black eyes and hair and dark complexion, and he was five feet, six...
Report of expenses incurred on account of cemeteries and exhuming and reinterring the remains of deceased Federal soldiers by Brevet Major W. A. Wainwright, Captain Assistant Quartermaster. Includes total of $50,169.95 with $14,654.33 still...
Letter from attorneys Patterson and Dietz certifying the loyalty of James Lillard and presenting an application for reimbursement of property taken and used by the U. S. Army during the war.
Application of James Lillard claiming payment due for Quartermaster's stores or subsistence supplies. Lillard claims that one hundred bushels of corn, 16,000 pounds of hay, 12,000 feet of plank, and five grey mares were taken by the U. S. Army...
Advertisement dealing with iron head blocks for graves of soldiers buried in national cemeteries. Advertisement includes number of head blocks requested by location (8-12,000 for Memphis and 15-20,000 for Nashville), as well as the dimensions and...
Agreement between Wainwright and Cornelius for the construction of approximately 2,000 headboards for graves at a cost of $0.75 each. Stipulates where headboards are to be delivered, their appropriate dimensions, and specifications for...
Articles of agreement between Assistant Quartermaster E. B. Whitman and John M. Palmer for coffins for national cemeteries located at or near Natchez, Vicksburg, Corinth, Memphis, Pittsburg Landing, Fort Donelson, Nashville, and Marietta. Document...
U.S. Order for Transportation #67101 for Angeline Taylor, refugee, to travel from Knoxville to Jonesboro, Tennessee. Taylor was 10 years old and was going to live with her mother. The order includes a letter to W. A. Wainwright at the Freedmen's...
U.S. Order for Transportation #67108 for Mary Phinny and child, destitute refugees, to travel from Knoxville to New Market, Tennessee. Phinny was "here on a begging excursion and wishes to get home where she has four little children." The order...
U.S. Order for Transportation #67122 for Antony DeGraft, destitute soldier, who had been robbed of his money and is unable to purchase food or lodging. The order permits him to travel from Knoxville to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and includes a letter...
First sheet includes: date, name, railroad, from, to, distance, cost, and name and rank of officer ordering transportation. The second sheet includes names of sixty-six persons travelling with William Chambers. Persons listed include: William...
One page notice advertising a benefit for the Central Tennessee College Library. It includes the complete program for the evening and the names of the performers.
Duplicate form representing an official contract recorded in the Freedman Employment Office in Louisville, Kentucky, between an employer and a freedman. A specific period of employment is outlined, along with provisions for quarters and medicines,...
One page program issued for the college commencement on May 27, 1891. The program gives a complete description of the commencement activities as well as students on the program.
Broadside advertising a three-day fair to be staged at the Fayetteville Fairgrounds beginning October 10, 1872. This was to be the first annual fair of the Tennessee Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Association to be held in Fayetteville. ...
