1st item: John Sevier (1745-1815; first Governor of Tennessee) signed legal document, dated 1783, to the Sheriff of Greene County, North Carolina, appears to be a bailment regarding goods, chattel and tenements of Adam Kirkendall. Note: Sevier was elected the first and only governor of the state of Franklin in 1784 and went on to […]

Sam Houston signed Tennessee land grant July 2nd, 1828, granting 100 acres in Cocke County (East Tennessee) to Isaac Allen. Large signature for Sam Houston in the space for the GovernorÃs signature. Sam HoustonÃs term lasted until 1829 when he resigned and moved to Texas. Houston later became the President and Governor of Texas. 12? […]

1863 Victoria Regalius Enfield Rifled Musket, walnut stock, from the Blockade Era of the American Civil War, Serial # 1091. Marked: L.A. Co. (London Armoury Company) 1863 along with the Crown logo and V.R. below on the lock. All original with the exception of the barrel which is a rifled replacement marked W.M. Large (prominent […]

Grouping of late 19th/early 20th century Texas items including a 1901 Confederate Surgeon Book and six folk art watercolors of San Antonio including Alamo. 1st item – Large leather bound journal with title, "Surgeon's Case Book. Texas Confederate Home". Provides great detail into various medical maladies the Confederate veterans in this facility were encountering in […]

Rare large 3/4 plate size daguerreotype of an officer in uniform, with his wife and four young children, circa 1845. One child is depicted reclining in her father's lap, her hands clasped in his, while two daughters flank their parents and the youngest child lays across the mother's lap. Leather covered wood case, lined in […]

Photographic carbon print of President Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) taken from a retouched negative, similar to a rare photograph taken by Christopher Smith German in Springfield, IL, on Saturday, February 9, 1861, when Lincoln was President-elect. This print, or a similar print also owned by Frank A. Brown, Esq., of Minneapolis, MN was reproduced […]

East Tennessee grouping of documents relating to Greene County during the Civil War. 1st grouping – includes a 1866 listing of Union soldiers applying for a certificate of disability in East Tennessee. Included in the description is the type of wound or malady, where they were discharged, and occasionally the battle where the injury occurred. […]

1st item: Carte de Visite portrait ( W. E. Prall, Photographer, Knoxville, TN) of Union soldier, Lt. John S. Huntsinger, signed on the lower margin " Lt. John S. Huntsiner, Colonel Lee's Battery" and signed en verso "Yours Truly, Lieut. John S. Huntsiner". 4" H x 2 1/2" W. 2nd item: Civil War Reunion medal […]

Archive of Confederate Currency and Premium Cup. 1st grouping – Archive of Confederate currency relating to J. C. Gardner of Alabama including five (5) $1 Alabama currency notes (1863), two (2) $5 Confederate States notes (1864), and (10) $10 Confederate States of America notes (1864). 2nd item – Silverplate premium cup with the inscription "J. […]

Two Civil War CDVs of Union Soldiers from Johnson Co., Tennessee, 13th Cavalry. 1st item – CDV of private James Allen (1848-1883), Company D 13th Tennessee Cavalry, shown standing with his hat on a table displaying a 13th Cavalry ensignia. Reverse side marked with pencil script at top margin, "Jas Allen". James Allen has a […]