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Lot 577: 3 19th c. Books of TN/NC interest inc. Maury Cookbook

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1st item: Warren Family Bible, detailing several births of the Warren Family of Lincoln County, Tennessee in the first quarter of the 19th century, including Rev. John Bright Warren, b. 1819, d. 1896 and his siblings Selina, Brady, James, Mary and Jane. Leather bound Bible published New York: The American Bible Society (stereotyped by James […]

Lot 574: Civil War Related Archive, 10 items

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Grouping of Civil War and Military related documents. 1st item – Copy of Special Order No. 64 from Head Quarters 2nd Division Army of the Frontier Camp Totten Mo April 15th 1863 by order of Brigadier General Vandever. This order details the court martial trial of Lt. Colonel Henry N. Frisbie of the 37th Infantry […]

Lot 572: 2 Slave related Wills incl. Franceway Cossitt, Cumberland University

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2 Slave and Church related Tennessee wills. 1st item: 1862 will of minister and educator Franceway R. Cossitt (1790-1863), the founder of Cumberland College of Kentucky, which in 1843 relocated to Lebanon, Tennessee where it became Cumberland University. Cossitt was New Hampshire born, but adopted the slaveholding practices of the South, where he lived for […]

Lot 573: 6 Wilson Co. TN Wills incl. CSA Soldier, Slaves

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Six (6) Wilson County Tennessee wills,19th century, all of typical content except as noted. 1st item: 1861 will of William C. Baird, "having joined the Army of Tennessee Volunteers and .. now about to depart as a soldier for parts unknown and in view of the uncertainty of a soldier's life and having a desire […]

Lot 571: Group of TN 18th and 19th C. Legal Documents inc. Randal McGavock

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Thirteen (13) Middle Tennessee court documents. Includes one (1) 1797 Wilson County document regarding appointment of Daniel Mosley of Buckingham County Virginia as guardian for "Peter Hale the Orphan". One of the earliest child welfare cases in the newly formed state of Tennessee. Also includes three (3) documents related to an 1807 summons and complaint […]

Lot 569: 5 NC/TN Land Grant Documents incl. James Glasgow Signed & Overton Related

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Five (5) early North Carolina land related documents referring to land in Nashville Tennessee, before it became a separate state. 1st item: North Carolina Revolutionary War land grant signed by the state's first Secretary of State James Glasgow (1735-1819, convicted of land fraud 1797), granting Daniel Tawney or Fawney 320 acres, location and date unspecified, […]

Lot 570: Collection of TN Governors' Signatures, circa 1874-1973

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Collection of correspondence signed by Tennessee governors, dating 1874-1973. The autographs of most governors of the period are represented, including John C. Brown, James D. Porter, Albert Marks, Alvin Hawkins, Robert Love Taylor, John Buchanan, Peter Turney, Benton McMillan, James B. Frazier, John Cox, Malcolm Patterson, Tom C. Rye, Ben W. Hooper, A.H. Roberts, Henry […]

Lot 567: Sam Houston signed land grant, 1827, Lincoln County

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Governor of Tennessee Samuel Houston (1793-1863) signed land document granting Joseph Roper 38 acres of land in Lincoln County, dated May 5, 1827 and numbered 8269. 15"h x 11 3/4"W. Float mounted on a white mat in a woodgrain frame, 24 1/2"H x 20 1/2"W. CONDITION: Not examined out of frame. Separations and losses at […]