Alfred Briggs Nix Collection

Collection — other: Box 1

Identifier: AppMs-0378

Staff Only

Alfred Briggs Nix Collection Digital Collection

Scope and Contents

The Alfred Briggs Nix Collection consists of various documents, primarily from Sullivan and Washington Counties, Tennessee, including original deeds, copies of deeds, information extracted from deeds and land grants (usually descriptions of property conveyed), entries, copies of North Carolina land grants, a Tennessee land grant, surveys, promissory notes, and miscellaneous documents. Some of the documents are undated, while the remainder are dated from the period 1780-1881.

Dates

1780-1881 and undated

Creator

Nix, Alfred Briggs (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

0.25 linear feet : one legal-size document box

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Method of Acquisition

The Alfred Briggs Nix Collection was given to the Archives of Appalachia on January 15, 1991, by Alfred Briggs Nix, Nashville, Tennessee.

Processing Information

Ed Speer completed processing, and the collection was opened to researchers in March 1997.

Subjects

Deeds Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Deeds--Tennessee--Sullivan County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Deeds--Tennessee--Washington County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Land grants -- Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Land grants--North Carolina Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Promissory notes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings