Jonathan Kennon Smith papers 1649-1988

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Jonathan Kennon Smith papers 1649-1988

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This collection holds miscellaneous papers (192 items; dated 1649-1971) including originals and copies of letters, Bible records, pictures, and printed works relating to the history of the Pearson, Smith, and Thompson families who migrated from England to Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and finally to Arkansas; letters, legal papers, historical notes, genealogy, military records, cemetery records, pictures, and maps pertaining to the history of Benton County, Tenn.; copies of the Civil War letters of Stephen W. Holliday, 55th Tennessee Regt., C.S.A.; anecdotes of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest; Melton family genealogy; and Smith family albums. A later addition (283 items, dated 1774-1986) includes information pertaining to the genealogy of several related families (including the Thompson and Wyly families, as well as information on the descendants of Col. Samuel and Mary Webb Smith). Includes printed works on genealogy and other topics compiled by Emma C. C. Brown and Jonathan K. T. Smith (primarily Smith). Also includes: correspondence; legal documents; copies of church records; clippings; writings about the history of Benton County, Tenn., and some of its citizens and communities; photographs; printed and other material on Camden, Tenn.; copy of the diary of Anne William Smith; copy of a portrait of Anne William Smith by Gustavus Grunewald (1847-1848); a recording entitled The Remembrance Pilgrimage about the Smith family of Nymcock, Tenn.; A Century with St. Mark's: An Informal History by Clara L. Cape; and an extensive biographical sketch on Col. Maurice Smith.

4.0 linear feet; 8 boxes, 477 items

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6360168

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Smith family

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Holliday, Stephen W.

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Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

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Army officer. From the description of Nathan Bedford Forrest letter, 1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450304 Planter, slave dealer, and Confederate Army officer; resident of Memphis (Shelby Co.), Tenn. From the description of Papers, 1862-1866. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19562174 Confederate general; led cavalry forces during the battle of Fort Pillow, Tenn.; Confederate troops accused of slaughtering Union soldiers following th...

Milton family

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Smith, Jonathan Kennon

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Jonathan Kennon Smith was a resident of Memphis (Shelby Co.), Tennessee. Part of a related Smith, Pearson, and Thompson families who migrated from England to Virginia, North Carolina, then to Tennessee, and later to Arkansas. From the guide to the Jonathan Kennon Smith papers, 1649-1988, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) School teacher, genealogist, historian, appointed Benton County historian in 1973. From the description ...

Smith, Maurice, 1801-1871.

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Thompson fam.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Tennessee Infantry Regiment, 55th.

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Brown, Emma C. C.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Wiley family

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Grunewald, Gustav, 1805-1878.

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Cape, Clara L.

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Smith, Mary Webb

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