State of Tennessee
Department of State
Tennessee State Library and Archives
403 Seventh Avenue North
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312
GARRETT, JILL KNIGHT
COLLECTION
ca. 1800-1969
Processed by:
Mary Washington Frazer (1970), Marylin Bell (1975), and Cathi Carmack (1997)
Archival Technical Services
Accession Numbers: 1621, 69-338, 70-057, 70-072, 70-081, 70-096, 71-076,
71-123, 71-128, 71-158, 71-160, 72-033, 72-044, 75-014, 75-080
76-205, 94-143, 94-144, 94-145, 94-146
Location: VII-C-3-6 and Mss drawer #3
Microfilm Accession Number: 1196
MICROFILMED
INTRODUCTION
The Jill Knight Garrett Collection contains material primarily concerning Maury
County, Tennessee, and those counties of Middle Tennessee located along the east back
of the Tennessee River between the Buffalo, Duck, and Cumberland rivers. Some
material on northern Alabama is also included. Mrs. Garrett collected these materials
during her career as a historian, writer, and genealogist and donated the collection to the
State Library Archives in numerous small accessions. The collection was reprocessed in
early 1997, involving the removal of numerous published items for transfer to the State
Library holdings and the addition of approximately 5 cubic feet of materials not
previously processed.
The materials in this finding aid measure 10 linear feet. There are no restrictions on
the materials. Single photocopies of these materials may be made for purposes of
scholarly research. Copying on a large scale is prohibited.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Jill Knight Garrett Collection is composed of materials collected by Mrs. Garrett
during her career as a historian, genealogist, and writer. The collection is divided into
twelve series; there are also two oversize maps housed separately. Most of the collection
deals with Maury County, Tennessee, but there is also material concerning Giles,
Dickson, Hickman, Houston, and Humphreys counties in Tennessee and counties in
northern Alabama.
The Cemetery Records Series (Series I) includes data for Houston, Humphreys,
Marshall, and Maury counties, Tennessee as well as Lauderdale County, Alabama. A
folder of records for the Freeman family of Pike County, Illinois (former residents of
Dickson County, Tennessee) is also included. The Civil War Records Series (Series II)
includes claims, lists, and five rosters of Confederate units from Tennessee. The
Clippings series includes articles on various historical sites and events in Alabama and
Tennessee as well as on Jesse James, “Johnny Shiloh”, and Ed O’Neal.
The Correspondence Series (Series III) includes letters of 29 different correspondents,
most writing during the Civil War. Many letters are original, but some are typescripts.
The letter from C. D. Bailey, 1886, chiefly concerns the running of trains into Scottsville,
Kentucky. A letter from John Brahan to Thomas Jefferson in 1809 discusses the death of
Meriwether Lewis. A. B. Cathey’s letter to Frank H. Smith in 1903 deals with the
mapping of Wayne County, Tennessee. An original letter of Judge John Catron, 1827,
concerns a court case. William Cochran’s letter from Texas to his mother in Maury
County, 1849, tells of farming conditions, reports of Indian trouble, and his election to
the Texas legislature. A circular letter, 1886, contains affidavits from M.E.M. Ellis,
Sarah J. Brashears, Wm. F. Hinton, and M. E. Brashears regarding the confession of
robbery by Elias Woodall of Allen County, Kentucky. Two typescripts of letters from
Jesse James, using the alias J. D. Howard, were written from Nashville, Tennessee in
1879. A letter from Park Marshall of Nashville in 1914 concerns a controversy over the
Natchez Trace involving the U. S. Bureau of Ethnology. Thirty-three letters of John R.
Peacock to Jill Garrett concern Mrs. Garrett’s research into the Civil War in Maury
County. Elyzabeth Ridings’ letter to her nephew Alfred Tomlinson in 1871, written from
Waverly, Tennessee, describes her large family and how they came through the Civil
War. Twenty typescripts of John W. Robinson’s letters to his family during the Civil
War were written from Clarksville, Tennessee, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Port
Hudson, Louisiana. Pleasant F. Russell’s letter of 1927 describes his Spanish-American
War service with Company B, 1st Tennessee Infantry. Neppie Rushing Smith’s
correspondence, 1956-1957, transcribed by Mildred Sullivan Gambill, chiefly concerns
genealogy and the history of Benton County, Tennessee. Judge John Stanton’s letter to
Jill Garrett informs her of her selection as Maury County Historian in 1970. A typed
transcript of a letter of unknown origin concerns the death of John Sidney Branch in the
Mexican War, 1847. Other Civil War letters are from George D. Armstrong, James
Lowery Davis, Joshua Delk, J. N. Fitzpatrick, Edgar Allen Foster, J. Thilman Hendrick,
John T. Hodges, Ike P. Howard, John McClanahan, John D. McGill, Frank Gillette
Smith, and John Trotter.
Series V and VI, Maury County Court Cases and Maury County Court Records, are
original records collected by Mrs. Garrett. The court cases are arranged alphabetically by
plaintiff’s name. With a few exceptions, most cases are dated in the 1820s or 1860s.
Court records are arranged by type of document. Many of these loose records may
contain information duplicated in the bound records located in Maury County and on
microfilm at the State Library and Archives. The largest groupings of records include
judgments, pauper’s records, and road records. The researcher will note that road records
are arranged in two different groups: by name of road and by date. Those arranged by
name of road were part of Mrs. Garrett’s original collection and were presumably
arranged in this manner by her. Those filed by date were part of a later accession of
materials which have been added in reprocessing of the collection. Because of the large
volume of material, these have not been rearranged to fit Mrs. Garrett’s original filing
scheme.
The Diaries and Memoirs Series (Series VII) includes 18 excerpts or complete diaries/
memoirs, most dealing with the Civil War. These are all either typescripts or
photocopies. Writers include Redick C. Carnell telling of his boyhood impressions of
Waverly at the time of the war, Carroll Henderson Clark of Van Buren County, who
served with the 16th Tennessee Infantry, and Thomas Maitland Hogan of Hickman
County, who served with Company G of the 48th Tennessee Volunteers. Four from
Maury County who wrote of this period are Whitfield McConnell, who wrote in detail of
his imprisonment at Johnson’s Island and his escape; William James Moore, who served
in Coleman’s Scouts; Robert D. Smith, Ordinance officer in the 2nd Tennessee Infantry;
and John Thomas Williamson, who served in the 51st Tennessee Infantry.
Also included in this series is a memoir of Rowena Webster giving glimpses of life
during the Civil War as seen through the eyes of a young girl. Much of the memoir tells
of life at “Beechwood,” home of her brother-in-law and sister, Colonel and Mrs. Andrew
Erwin, near Wartrace, Tennessee, although parts of it describe incidents around
Huntsville and LaFayette, Alabama and Nashville, Tennessee, as the family moved in an
attempt to stay out of the direct line of battle. There are personal accounts of Gen. Pat
Cleburne and Gen. W. J. Hardee.
The Miscellaneous Documents Series (Series VIII) includes wills, legal documents,
land records, photographs, and other documents arranged by name of person or group.
The Genealogical Data Series (Series IX) contains information filed by family name,
with the exception of one folder of materials on families from Santa Fe, Tennessee.
The Organizations Series (Series X) chiefly concerns Maury County, Tennessee
organizations such as the Columbia Temperance Society, Concord Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, the Phintias Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, the Maury County
Historical Society, the Napier Iron Company, and the Order of Pale faces. Types of
records include minute books, constitutions, treasurer’s reports, and a church session
book.
The Historical and Biographical Sketches Series (Series XI) contains collected
sketches by other authors filed by title, mostly concerning historical events or places in
Middle Tennessee and northern Alabama. Many deal with the Civil War. Series XII,
Writings of Jill Knight Garrett, includes four unpublished manuscripts reflecting Mrs.
Garrett’s research on early Maury County history, guerrillas and bushwhackers in Civil
War-era Middle Tennessee, the Ku Klux Klan in Maury County, and Lauderdale County,
Alabama. The oversize items consist of two Maury County maps and a Columbia,
Tennessee, hotel registry, 1899-1900.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Jill Knight Garrett was a Maury County, Tennessee, historian, writer, and publisher.
In 1965, the Maury County Historical Society was organized in her home with Mrs.
Garrett serving as the editor of the quarterly, Historic Maury. She and her mother, Iris
McClain, wrote and published numerous books on Maury, Humphreys, Hickman,
Dickson, Rutherford, and Houston Counties. She published The Maury Genealogist and
The River Counties, both quarterlies, and contributed to numerous scholarly publications
such as the Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly. She contributed feature stories to the
Columbia Daily Herald, and many articles from her column “Hither and Yon” were
reprinted in two volumes.
Mrs. Garrett was recognized in historical circles as an authority on the Civil War as
well as the War of 1812. A graduate of the University of North Alabama, she was a life
member of the James K. Polk Memorial Association and held memberships in the U. S.
Daughters of 1812, the Maury County chapter of the Association for the Preservation of
Tennessee Antiquities, the Students’ Club, and the Maury County Creative Arts Guild.
Mrs. Garrett died at age 72 on May 4, 1996.
SERIES INDEX
Series Title Box Number(s)
I. Cemetery Records 1
II. Civil War Records 1
III. Clippings 1
IV. Correspondence 2
V. Court Cases ( Maury County, Tenn.) 2-3
VI. Court records (Maury County, Tenn.) 4-13
VII. Diaries and Memoirs 14
VIII. Documents, Miscellaneous 15
IX. Genealogical Data 16
X. Organizations 17-18
XI. Sketches, Historical and Biographical 19
XII. Writings of Jill Knight Garrett 19
CONTAINER LIST
Microfilm Roll #1________________________________________________________
Box 1
Series I: Cemetery Records
1. Freeman family (Pike County, Ill.)
2. Houston and Humphreys counties (Tenn.) – TVA retirement records
3. Lauderdale County (Ala.)
4. Marshall County (Tenn.) – Bethlehem Cemetery
5. Maury County (Tenn.) – Fleming, Gooding, Maxwell, McKee, Garrett, John
Mack, Mt. Evergreen, Old Morrow Farm, and Ramsey cemeteries
Series II: Civil War Records
6. Claim – Jackson College, 1900
7. Claim – Mays, Jesse, 1865
8. List – Cheatham’s Division sick and wounded in hospital at Murfreesboro, 1863
9. List – Deaths as found in Nashville and Middle Tennessee newspapers, 1862-
1865
10. Miscellaneous notes
11. Roster – 1st Tennessee Cavalry (Co. F), CSA
12. Roster – 21st Tennessee Infantry (Co. B) CSA
13. Roster – 24th Tennessee Infantry (Co. I) CSA
14. Roster – 48th Tennessee Infantry (Co. F) CSA
15. Roster – Humphreys Light Artillery, CSA
Series III: Clippings
16. Alabama – Colbert County
17. Alabama – Florence – Sesquicentennial
18. Alabama – General
19. Alabama – Lauderdale County
20. Alabama – Shoals area – Civil War
21. Clem, John L. (“Johnny Shiloh”)
22. James, Jesse
23. O’Neal, Ed
24. Tennessee – Fort Donelson
25. Tennessee – Fulton, founding of
26. Tennessee – General
27. Tennessee – Maury County
Box 2
Series IV: Correspondence
1. Armstrong, George D. (2), 1861-1862, to wife
2. Bailey, C. D., 1886, to E. Scott Brown
3. Brahan, John, 1809, to Thomas Jefferson
4. Cathey, A.B., 1903, to Frank H. Smith
5. Catron, John, 1827, to A. Balch
6. Cochran, William M. and Nancy J., 1849, to Margaret Cochran
7. Davis, James Lowery, 1861?, to family
8. Delk, Joshua, 1863, to J. B. Delk
9. Ellis, M.E.M., and others (circular letter) 1886
10. Fitzpatrick, J.N., 1864, to G. M. Mulligan
11. Foster, Edgar Allen H., 1860, to brother
12. Hendrick, J. Thilman, 1862, to Mrs. Lizzie Armstrong
13. Hobson, William E., 1874, to E. Scott Brown
14. Hodges, John T., 1861, to family
15. Howard, Ike P. (3), 1861
16. Howard, John D. (Jesse James) (2), 1879, to H. E. Warren
17. McClanahan, John, 1862, to wife
18. McGill, John D., 1862, to Mrs. George D. Armstrong
19. Marshall, Park, 1914, to unknown
20. Peacock, John R. (33), 1966-1968, to Jill Garrett
21. Ridings, Elyzabeth, 1871, to Alfred Tomlinson
22. Robison, John W. (20), 1861-1863, to family
23. Russell, Pleasant F., 1927, to Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Walker
24. Smith, Frank Gillette, 1863, to Robert _____
25. Smith, Neppie Rushing (11), 1956-1957, to G. B. Holladay and others
26. Stanton, John S., 1970, to Jill Garrett
27. Trotter, John, 1862, to children
28. Underwood, Warner W., 1868, to G. M. Mulligan
29. Unknown, re: Death of John S. Branch in Mexican War, 1847
Series V: Court Cases, Maury County (Tenn.)
30. Alford, James D., vs. James Wyatt, 1823
31. Ayres, Joseph, Jr., vs. Gerrard T. Greenfield, 1823-1824
32. Brown, John T., vs. Lacy L. Brown, 1853
33. Cheatham, Peter, vs. B.W. Hardin, 1825
34. Conner and Howard vs. Joseph Kelso, 1824
35. Copeland, Anthony M., vs. Joshua Bowdry, 1821-1825
36. Cowsert, James, vs. John C. Wormley, 1824
37. Davidson, John O., vs. Aaron V. Brown, 1823-1824
38. Dowell, Benjamin F., vs. John W. P. McGimsey, 1823-1827
39. Greer, George, vs. Robert Oakley, 1824
40. Gunn, James, vs. James Walker, 1823
41. Hall, Joseph G., vs. Brevard Huggins, 1822-1824
42. Hardison, Thomas, vs. Alexander Younger, 1824
43. Harrison, William, vs. Nathaniel Simmons, 1823
44. Hood, William J. D., vs. Signer Cawley, 1824
45. Ireland & Co. vs. James Gunn, 1823
46. Jackson, Andrew, vs. Heirs of David Allison, 1811
47. Johnson, Amos, vs. James Love, 1823
48. Jossey, James, vs. John McKenzie, 1822
49. Kilcrease, Davis, vs. William Lane, 1823
50. Leigh, Lilbourn, vs. Robert Shaddon, 1823
51. Maguire, Patrick, vs. Alexander McKay, 1823
52. McKay, Alexander, vs. John Arnold, 1823-1824
Box 3
Series V (cont’d): Court Cases, Maury County (Tenn.)
1. McKenzie, Jeremiah, vs. William Kirk, 1824
2. McNiel, William, vs. James N. Smith, 1827
3. Napier, Richard C., vs. William Kendle, 1827
4. O’Reilly, James C., vs. Ann Burns, 1824
5. Orr, Joshua, vs. John Wright, 1824
6. Parker, Francis, vs. Joseph Pugh, 1824
7. Pickard, John, vs. James W. Jennings, 1824
8. Pillow, William, vs. Thomas Wifeman, 1828
9. Polk, Ezekiel, deceased, vs. James Notgrass, 1828
10. Rhodes, Tyree, vs. William Terrell Lewis, 1809
11. Royal, John, vs. William Miller, 1825
12. Shaw, Simpson, vs. Robert G. Kelsey, 1824
13. Simmons, Nathaniel, vs. William Harrison, 1823
14. Smith, Jacob T., vs. William A. Johnston, 1831
15. Spence, Joseph, vs. James T. Aklen, 1865
16. State vs. James N. Smith, 1865
17. State vs. Jonas T. Akin, 1861
18. State vs. Littleberry B. Andrews, 1861
19. State vs. Elijah Ashton, 1861
20. State vs. James C. Cooper, 1861
21. State vs. William Dempsey, 1839
22. State vs. Thomas Douglas, 1861
23. State vs. James Evans, 1861
24. State vs. John Evans, 1861
25. State vs. George W. Ferguson, 1861
26. State vs. Uriah Galloway, 1861-64
27. State vs. Polly Ann Gilmor, 1839
28. State vs. Pinkney C. Gray, 1861
29. State vs. John H. Grisham, 1861
30. State vs. Thomas A, Harris, 1860
31. State vs. Alfred M. Harrison, 1861
32. State vs. Isabella Hill, 1839
33. State vs. Tennessee Hunt, 1861
34. State vs. Henry Johnson and Barney B. Stephens, 1860
35. State vs. James Johnson, 1861
36. State vs. William Johnson, 1859-1862
37. State vs. Lewis F. Lanier, 1861
38. State vs. Alfred Loftin, 1861
39. State vs. _____ McClanahan, 1861
40. State vs. Joseph McDonald, 1860-61
41. State vs. Jonathan McManus, 1838
42. State vs. Mack Miller, 1878
43. State vs. John and Riley Neeley, 1878
44. State vs. James Paul, 1861
45. State vs. Jefferson Peay, 1861
46. State vs. Robert T. Perry, 1838
47. State vs. Robert T. Perry, 1861
48. State vs. Henry Pickens, 1865
49. State vs. Gideon J. Pillow and Powhatan D. Franklin, 1838
50. State vs. Gideon J. Pillow and Richard G. Looney, 1839
51. State vs. William H. Polk, 1839
52. State vs. William H. Polk and Robert C. Love, 1837
53. State vs. Rufus C. Puckett and James A. Richardson, 1860-61
54. State vs. Stanford Ray, 1837
55. State vs. John A. Revier, 1864-65
56. State vs. John A. Revier, 1883-85
57. State vs. Benjamin Rutledge, 1816
58. State vs. Thomas Scruggs, 1837
59. State vs. Ira Shires, 1861
60. State vs. Isaac Smith, 1839
61. State vs. Milton Turbeville, 1861
62. State vs. Anderson Webb and John Johnson, 1858
63. State vs. Felix K. Zollicofer, 1839
64. Thompson, John, vs. John Grimes, 1824
65. West, William M., vs. John Hatchett, 1825
66. Willis, Francis, vs. Jeremiah H. McKenzie, 1821-1823
67. Wood, John L., vs. Samuel McDaniel and Mark Jackson, 1824
68. Winn, Samuel, vs. William Kirk, 1823
69. Wynne, Albert H., vs. Abner Pillow, 1824
70. Zollicofer, F., cases of indebtedness to, 1830-32
Box 4
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)
1. Accounts, 1815-1878
2. Appointments and resignations, 1816-1860
3. Bastardy bonds, 1818-1857
4. Bastardy cases (abstracts), 1836-1896
5. Changes in voting districts, 1840-1860
6. Election and juror records, 1811-1865
7. Estate and guardianship records, 1811-1865
8. Fieri facias, 1819-1861
9. Insanity records, 1836-1882
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Box 4
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)cont.
10. Inquests, 1814-1882
11. Jail records, 1816-1878
12. Judgments, 1812-1814
13. Judgments, 1815-1816
14. Judgments, 1817
15. Judgments, 1818
Box 5
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)cont.
1. Judgments, 1819
2. Judgments, 1820-1821
3. Judgments, 1822
4. Judgments, 1823-1824
5. Judgments, 1825-1826
6. Judgments, 1827
7. Judgments, 1827
8. Judgments, 1828
9. Judgments, 1829
10. Judgments, 1830-1831
Box 6
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)cont.
1. Judgments, 1832
2. Judgments, 1833
3. Judgments, 1834-1838
4. Judgments, undated
5. Land records, 1829, 1847
6. Merchants licenses, 1854, 1865
7. Minutes, 1816-1827
8. Minutes, 1828-1895, n.d.
9. Oaths, 1818, 1866, n.d.
10. Ordinary bonds (tavern, lodging, or eating house), 1808-1835
11. Pauper records, 1814-1839
12. Pauper records, 1844-1859
13. Pauper records, 1860-1869
Box 7
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)cont.
1. Pauper records, 1870-1879
2. Pauper records, 1880-1889
3. Pauper records, 1890-1892
4. Pauper records, undated
5. Petition – Hardin, Swan, 1816
6. Petition, Maury County Citizens, 1852
7. Petition – Otey, James H., n.d.
8. Pension application (Revolutionary War) – Lingo, William, 1826
9. Pension application (Revolutionary War) – Parker, Abraham, 1828
10. Power of attorney – Polk, James K., 1837
11. Registration of brand – Polk, Ezekiel, n.d.
12. Report – Commissioners of Duck River, 1814
13. Request for building permits, 1817-1837, n.d.
14. Road records – Beech Grove Road
15. Road records – Benton Road (now Santa Fe Road)
16. Road records – Booker Ferry Road
17. Road records – Carter’s Creek Road
18. Road records – Centerville Road
19. Road records – Chambers Ferry Road
20. Road records – Charlotte Road (or Dickson Courthouse Road)
21. Road records – Chumbley Ford Road
22. Road records – Davis Ferry Road
23. Road records – Doublehead Trace
24. Road records – Franklin Road
25. Road records – Hall Ford Road- Hall’s Trace
26. Road records – Hunter’s Ford (Mt. Pleasant Road)
27. Road records – Hunter’s Road-Hunter’s Ford Road
28. Road records – Huntsville Road
29. Road records – Jackson College Road (Union Seminary)
30. Road records – Johnson Ford Road
31. Road records – Jones Shoals
32. Road records – Lewis Road
33. Road records – Lytle Creek Road (now Mooresville Pike)
Box 8
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)cont.
1. Road records – McCutchan’s Trace
2. Road records – McGee’s Road and Pond Spring Road
3. Road records – McGraw Ford Road
4. Road records – Military Road
5. Road records – Muscle Shoals Road
6. Road records – Natchez Trace
7. Road records – Old Elk Trace
8. Road records – Old Stage Road
9. Road records – Perryville Road
10. Road records – Pillow’s Road
11. Road records – Pope Road
12. Road records – Randall River Road
13. Road records – Sandford’s Road
14. Road records – Sand Spring Road
15. Road records – Suck Island Road
16. Road records – Townsan’s Trace
17. Road records – Vernon Road
18. Road records – Webster Road (now Hampshire Pike)
19. Road records – Whitaker’s Path
20. Road records – 1809
21. Road records – 1810
22. Road records – 1811
23. Road records – 1812
24. Road records – 1813
25. Road records – 1814
26. Road records – 1815
27. Road records – 1816
28. Road records – 1817
29. Road records – 1818
30. Road records – 1819
31. Road records – 1820
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Box 9
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)cont.
1. Road records – 1821
2. Road records – 1822
3. Road records – 1823
4. Road records – 1824
5. Road records – 1825
6. Road records – 1826
7. Road records – 1827
8. Road records – 1828
9. Road records – 1829-1830
10. Road records – 1837
11. Road records – 1838
12. Road records – 1839
13. Road records – 1840
14. Road records – 1841
15. Road records – 1842
16. Road records – 1843-1844
17. Road records – 1845
18. Road records – 1846
Box 10
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)cont.
1. Road records – 1847
2. Road records – 1848
3. Road records – 1849
4. Road records – 1850
5. Road records – 1851
6. Road records – 1852
7. Road records – 1853
8. Road records – 1853
9. Road records – 1854
10. Road records – 1854
Box 11
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)cont.
1. Road records – 1855
2. Road records – 1856
3. Road records – 1857
4. Road records – 1858
5. Road records – 1859
6. Road records – 1860
7. Road records – 1861
Box 12
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)cont.
1. Road records – undated
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Box 12
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)cont.
2. Road records – undated
3. Road records – undated
4. Road records – undated
5. Road records – undated
6. Road records – undated
Box 13
Series VI: Court Records, Maury County (Tenn.)cont.
1. Slave and free black records
2. Subpoenas, 1819-1838
3. Subpoenas, 1857-1862
4. Subpoenas, 1865-1867
5. Subpoenas, 1878-1885
6. Tax records, 1811-1878
7. Tippler’s bonds, 1853-1856
8. Tippler’s bonds, 1861-1866
9. Vagrancy records, 1876, 1878
10. Warrant, 1878
Box 14
Series VII: Diaries and Memoirs
1. Campbell, A.J. (diary excerpt), 1862
2. Carnell, Redick C. (memoir excerpt), 1930
3. Clark, C.H., “Little History of the Civil War, “ 1922
4. Gilbert, A.F., “Recollections of Fort Donelson,” 1928
5. Hamilton, Thomas (memoir), 1878
6. Harris, Benjamin Rust (diary excerpts), 1864-1865
7. Hill, Mary E. Richardson (memoir)
8. Hogan, Thomas Maitland (diary), 1862-1863
9. Lusk, Samuel Scott (diary), 1886-1912
10. McConnell, Newton Whitfield (Civil War memoir)
11. Moore, William James (Civil War memoir)
12. Porter, Nimrod (diary excerpts), 1864
13. Smith, Frank Harrison (notebook)
14. Smith, Robert Davis (diary), 1862-1864
15. Webster, Rowena (memoir) 1862-1865
16. Williamson, John Thomas (Civil War memoir)
17. Wray, James G. (Civil War memoir)
18. Writer unknown (diary), 1864-1865
Box 15
Series VIII: Documents, Miscellaneous
1. Anderson, Richard – Will, 1858 (Maury County, Tenn.)
2. Banks, William – Will, 1830 (Moulton County, Ala.)
3. Brevard, Alexander – Will, 1828 (Lincoln County, N.C.)
4. Brevard land (Humphreys County, Tenn.) – Chain of Title
5. Brown, Joseph – legal papers
6. Columbia Company Hotel – Articles of agreement, 1841
7. Farragut, David – Carte de visite photograph
8. Hickman County (Tenn.) citizens – Petition (to U.S. Congress), 1814
9. Hopkins, C.G. – Insurance certificate, 1902
10. Hunt, M. – plat of land grants, n.d.
11. Jones, David S. – Affidavit for Confederate pension, 1904
12. Keesee, Thomas W. – Livery stable account book, 1851-1852
13. Lemaster, Joseph – Legal papers
14. Lincoln, Abraham – Carte de visite photograph
15. Martyn, William P., home – photograph
16. Maury County (Tenn.) Health Office – Notices, 1891
17. McClellan, George, and wife – Carte de visite photograph
18. Mooresville (Tenn.) citizens – Subscription list for community dinner, 1829
19. Porter, Joseph B. – Survey book, 1819
20. Potts, A.M.L. – Carte de visite photograph
21. Ross Company – Scrip, 1832, (Nos. 348 and 367)
22. Tate, Charles R., Lt. – Bill of sale for gravestone, 1871
23. Unidentified woman – Carte de visite photograph
24. Wallace, J. T. – Statement, ca. 1903
25. Whiteside, Bettie – Statement, 1880
Box 16
Series IX: Genealogical Data
1. Anderson family
2. Brandon family
3. Dodson family
4. Flowers and Forsee families (Humphreys and Hickman counties)
5. Fowlkes family (Humphreys and Hickman counties)
6. Garrett family
7. Haile family (Humphreys County, Tenn.)
8. Hopkins family
9. Houston-Lamb families (Lauderdale County, Ala.)
10. Jones family (Houston County, Tenn.)
11. Joyce family (Maury County, Tenn.)
12. Knight family
13. Looney family
14. McClain family
15. McMillan family (Houston County, Tenn.)
16. Miller family (Houston County, Tenn.)
17. Miscellaneous
18. Nichols family (Houston County, Tenn.)
19. Perry family (Maury County, Tenn.)
20. Pillow family
21. Roby family (Houston County, Tenn.)
22. Santa Fe (Tenn.) families
23. Shofner family (Tennessee)
24. Thompson family (Absolom Thompson)
25. Walker, Fitzgerald, and Hight families (Maury County, Tenn.)
26. Webster family (Jonathan Webster)
27. Wollard family (Maury County, Tenn.)
Box 17
Series X: Organizations
1. Columbia Temperance Society – Constitution, 1835
2. Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Maury County, Tenn.) – Register and
Session Book
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Box 17
Series X: Organizations
3. Knights of Pythias, Phintias Lodge No. 37 – Minute Book, 1884-1891
4. Knights of Pythias, Phintias Lodge No. 37 – Minute Book, 1891-1893
5. Knights of Pythias, Phintias Lodge No. 37 – Minute Book, 1893-1896
6. Knights of Pythias, Phintias Lodge No. 37 – Minute Book, 1896-1898
Box 18
Series X: Organizations cont.
1. Knights of Pythias, Phintias Lodge No. 37 – Minute Book, 1899-1902
2. Knights of Pythias, Phintias Lodge No. 37 – Minute Book, 1902-1904
3. Knights of Pythias, Phintias Lodge No. 37 – Roll of Officers, 1894-1905
4. Maury County Historical Society – Minutes, 1905-1908
5. Napier Iron Company – Minute Book, 1879-1882
6. Order of Pale Faces – Constitution and By-laws, 1868
7. Order of Pale Faces – Pale Face Sentinel, 1870
8. Order of Pale Faces – Treasurer’s Report
Box 19
Series XI: Sketches, Historical and Biographical
1. “Bugle Echoes from Fort Donelson”
2. “Columbia Female Institute”
3. “Early Cross Bridges and the Websters”
4. “Ebenenzer Presbyterian Church, Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church, and Matthews Cemetery”
5. “First Execution for Deserting Confederacy”
6. “Fort Donelson”
7. “G.B. Holladay” (autobiographical sketch)
8. “Gen. Forrest, C.S.A. and his Scout Company”
9. “General Van Dorn and Mrs. Peters”
10. “Indian Camp” (Humphreys County)
11. “Kauffman Assassination”
12. “Keg Springs Stand”
13. “Lauderdale County (Ala.) Courthouse”
14. “Old Mr. Lamastus”
15. “Opportunity Knocks in Houston County”
16. “Richard Rapier of Nashville and Florence”
17. “St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Columbia, Tenn.: The First 125 Years of the Parish,
1829-1954”
18. “The ‘H --- and High Water’ of Fort Henry”
19. “The Forks of Cypress, Home of James Jackson”
20. “The Lost City of Reynoldsburg”
21. “The Veteran and the Boy”
Box 19
Series XII: Writings of Jill Knight Garrett
22. Guerillas and Bushwhackers in Middle Tennessee During the Civil War
23. History of Lauderdale County, Alabama
24. Ku Klux Klan, the Pale Faces in Maury County
25. Maury County: The First 100 Years
Oversize (Map Cases – Mss. Drawer 3)- Not on microfilm
Map – Columbia, Tenn.
Map – Maury County Court with old and new courthouses, 1807-1974
Oversize (VII-C-6)
Hotel Registry, Columbia (Tenn.) 1899-1900