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Front and side views of War Creek School, a white educational facility in Hancock County. The two-story, clapboard schoolhouse is topped with a steeple and set amid a stand of trees.
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Front and side views of the white school at Walnut Grove in Sumner County. Though the building is of simple clapboard construction, fretwork decorates the front porch roof.
Tintype of Sgt. Rufus Daniel Lawson. He was from Bedford County, Tenn., or Vermont, but he was raised in Bedford County. He died of smallpox in Nashville at the end of the war on March 31, 1865. A pension record from October 1865, was filed by his...
This bound volume maintained by the Secretary of State represents the chronological recording of civil and military commissions issued by the Governor of Tennessee, John Sevier, from the beginning of statehood in 1796 to 1801. The front section of...
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Front and side views of the two-story Teachers Home in Whiteville, Hardeman County. The white wooden building has elongated, symmetrical windows and what appears to be a brick basement.
"Tales as told by one of the few remaining Ex Slaves in the South" from Liberty, Tennessee, in Cannon County. W. M. Organ Jr. worked with the Ford Motor Co., and Turner told Organ his story. 13 pages total. The old paper used was from an...
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Front view of Shiloh School, a one-story brick structure. Also pictured is a man standing at the front of the building. A vintage automobile is parked at the entrance.
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View of the front and side entrances to Shady Valley School in Johnson County. A group of five unidentified individuals is shown sitting on the steps of the side entrance.
Rectangular shadowbox containing eight bullets, including two minie balls and one Williams "cleaner" bullet. All the projectiles were excavated in White County.
Roster of the men who have served, are currently serving, and those who have not reported for duty in the Confederate Reserve Military Corps of Tennessee for the 13th district of Shelby County. Includes thirty-one men between the ages of eighteen...
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Excerpts from the Robert H. Cartmell Diaries. They contain full commentaries on the nature of his farm operation, the weather, and the fluctuations of the cotton market. They contain thoughtful comments on politics and candidates for office and...
Half-stock muzzle-loading percussion rifle from 1840-1870. Wallet stock, .30 caliber. It was a family-owned item from Hickman County. The owner of the gun was Sgt. John Wesley McDonough, Co. G, 12th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. He was married to Ecloy...
A Bible belonging to Richard Moore Young. Young was born on April 1, 1842, in Putnam County, Tennessee. He served in the 28th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., of Putnam County. His family gave him the Bible when he left and he carried it...
Small, orange paper "ticket" advertising Republican candidates in the campaign of 1868: Ulysses S. Grant for president, presidential electors (including Dewitt Clinton Senter), and Samuel M. Arnell for Congress. Also listed are electors for...
Confederate veteran reunion medal for R.D. Steele, Co. G 48th Tennessee Volunteer infantry. Steele (3/2/1844 - 12/3/1922) was from Hickman County, Tennessee. He is buried on Garner's Creek Road in Hickman County. Steele was married to Sarah Evoline...
United Confederate Veteran reunion uniform belonging to Pvt. George Nathaniel Crunk, Co. F, 4th (McLemore's) Cavalry. Crunk was from Williamson County.
Union veterans, some of whom were members of the 8th Tennessee Infantry. They enlisted from Washington County, Tennessee, but their communities were later absorbed by Unicoi County. Additional persons pictured: David McInturff and David Ervin. See...
Photograph of Pinewood Mansion, which was built from 1866 to 1868. The house was built by Samuel Graham, who left North Carolina in 1832 and eventually settled in Hickman County. The Pinewood Plantation was established in 1848 as a mill site....
