A man with a long stick (4 or more feet) in his hands sits on the stoop of a rough wooden cabin. He wears frayed and patched overalls with a shirt, suit jacket, and hat. His left shoe appears to be untied.
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...
Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
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.
Side and front views of Nelson Merry School in Jefferson County. It is a two-story clapboard building set on rock pillars. The school has a front porch, hip roof, and is set among trees. A tall flagpole stands in the front yard.
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.
Log cabin perched on rocks and standing in a shady lot. The building has two windows, a chimney and a front door. Written on the back of the photograph is, "Used for the last time in the winter of 1926-27. Desks and interior similar to Mt. Pisgah...
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...
Certificate of election for Andrew Johnson as Representative to the 21st General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, elected August 1835, jointly representing the counties of Greene and Washington. The document is signed by the two county sheriffs...
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...
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...
Front and side views of an old store used as a school in Hickory Tree, Sullivan County. Wooden structure has vertical boards and a sloping covered porch.
Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
Side view of Bells Consolidated Rosenwald School in Crockett County. The prim-looking white schoolhouse has multiple windows and is set in a withered cornfield.
Parole for Charles Stephens Olin Rice, 2nd Lt., Co. M, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. Rice was captured at Vicksburg. He was born February 12, 1841, in Lauderdale County, Tenn. Rice was the son of Shadrack and Louisa Linerieux Rice. He married Lucie...
Parole for Charles Stephens Olin Rice, 2nd Lt., Co. M, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. Rice was captured at Vicksburg. He was born February 12, 1841, in Lauderdale County, Tenn. Rice was the son of Shadrack and Louisa Linerieux Rice. He married Lucie...
