Freed people -- Tennessee, East
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Brabson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0167
Arrangement
The papers are arranged alphabetically by type of material. Please note that all five account books of African-Americans were kept together under the title "Freedman's Books," and placed alphabetically under the letter "F," even though the first two books' titles do not begin with the letter "F." The oversized certificates and photographs have been removed from the collection and placed in oversized storage by accession number. Five books have been removed also and cataloged into Special...
Dates:
1829 - 1941; Majority of material found within 1831 - 1880
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Brabson Family Papers
Adam Waterford vs. Isaac Baker Case Transcript
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0314
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an 1841 handwritten transcript of an 1829-1840 case transferred from the Chancery Court in Rogersville, Tennessee to the United States District Court of East Tennessee. The case concerned disputes over debt between Adam Waterford, a free person of color, of Sullivan County, Tennessee, and Isaac Baker of Washington County, Virginia. Major issues included disputes over tracts of land in Tazewell County, Viriginia and Sullivan County, Tennessee; the sale of forty head...
Dates:
Issued: 1841
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