Johnson, Henry, 1809-1874

Lester Moore clippings - in Vertical File

File

Identifier: AVF-Johnson City (Tenn.)-History-Founding

Scope and Contents

The Lester Moore documents consist of a single file folder of photocopies of newsclippings about Henry Johnson and the founding of Johnson City.

Dates: 1930 - 1978

Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Lester Moore clippings - in Vertical File

Miscellaneous Papers

Collection

Identifier: AppMs-0179

Scope and Contents Included in this series are the following: correspondence, deeds, land grants, court records, diaries, broadsides, foreign currency, bills of sale for slaves, land survey maps, hymn book, newspapers, newsclippings, tax notices, and a history of the Carter County Court House. The dates span from 1770 to 1980. Some of the early historical documents are copies. A number of the documents relate to the early history of East Tennessee. Court records in the series focus on land disputes. The...

Dates: 1770-1980

Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Miscellaneous Papers

Dorman E. Tucker Collection

Collection — Other Boxes 1-2

Identifier: AppMs-0735

Scope and Contents

The Dorman E. Tucker Collection consists primarily of 19th century East Tennessee legal documents (including deeds and land grant records), family history, and miscellaneous papers of ancestral families of Tucker, including the Garst and Nave families. The collection includes the only known document with Henry Johnson’s signature. Henry Johnson was the founder and namesake of Johnson City, Tenn.

Dates: 1826-1968 and undated

Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Dorman E. Tucker Collection

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Lester Moore clippings - in Vertical File

Miscellaneous Papers

Dorman E. Tucker Collection

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