This McClellan-style saddle belonged to Roby Brown, of Johnson County, Tenn., according to the donor. Capt. Barton Roby Brown recruited the only regular CSA unit from Johnson County, originally Co. F, 7th N.C. Cav. Regt., CSA, later Co. A, 6th N.C....
Grainger County 3rd civil district election return signed by Judge W. H. Meek, et. al., for the historic first referendum on secession in Tennessee, just prior to the Civil War. Tally 25 to 1 in favor of the convention.
Broadsides; Handbills; Fliers (printed matter); Posters; Public speaking
Broadside with "Speaking!!" written in broad letters. The text states: "Joe E. Williams, the Colored Orator of Nashville, and Capt. Towner, of Marshall County, will speak at Fayetteville Next Saturday Night. All are Invited!"
Black and white photograph of the Memphis-Shelby County building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. The building is in the shape of a pyramid. Surrounding the building are Egyptian columns.
Maps; Forts & fortifications; Batteries (Weaponry); Artillery (Weaponry); Cities & towns; Islands; Wetlands; Plantations; Rivers; Bodies of water; Military camps
This military map was hand-drawn on linen by Albert Martin around 1861 and stretches along the Mississippi River from Ashport in the north to Memphis in the south. Though detailed in its presentation of waterways, swamps, bluffs, plantations,...
A Tennessee Board of Natural Resources map of Hardeman County based on surveys by C. R. Watkins, Jr. in 1916 and C. C. Anderson and R. Perrin in 1921. Shows towns, roads, railroads, streams, drainage canals, residences, churches, schools, and...
Soil map of Jackson County (Tenn.) by R. F. Rogers of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and J. H. Derden of the Tennessee Geological Survey. Shows rivers, streams, towns, schools, and churches
Survey map of Dickson County (Tenn.) based on the Tennessee Geological Survey of 1922. Shows civil districts, towns, roads, railroads, streams, drainage canals, residences, churches, schools, cemeteries, mines, and quarries.
Shows roads, streams, residences, churches, schools, cemeteries, civil districts, railroads, and names of settlements. "State of Tennessee. Department of Education. Division of Geology. Walter F. Pond, State Geologist, Nashville. Map of Humphreys...