Sam M. Fleming Collection, . 1787-1930

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Sam M. Fleming Collection, . 1787-1930

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Papers collected by Sam M. Fleming include scattered land grants from North Carolina and Tennessee; indentures; deeds for lands and slaves, 1787-1813; letters and papers of the McEwen family of Tennessee from 1814 through the 1860s, some pertaining to the formation of the Tennessee militia; and a 12-page journal of school teacher Sallie Florence McEwen, 18 May 1861 to 9 May 1862, with brief entries describing hearing news of battles of 1st Manassas, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh. Also included are passes, orders, circulars, receipts, and other Confederate miscellany, as well as several letters of soldiers, both official army communications and personal letters. The collection also includes certificates of Tennessee election returns, 1870-1890s; certificates from land offices; justice of the peace commissions after 1900; and collected autographs and brief notes from United States presidents, governors, etc. For the most part, the quality of reproductions on the microfilm is poor.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6626642

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Fleming, Sam M., 1908-2000

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Sam M. Fleming was born Apr. 29, 1908, in Franklin, Tennessee. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1928, and in 1931 began work at Third National Bank in Nashville. He became president of the bank in 1950 and held that position until his retirement in 1970. He served on Vanderbilt's Board of Trust from 1952 until 1981, and was its chairman from 1975 to 1981. As chairman, he played an important role in the merger of Vanderbilt and George Peabody College for Teachers in 1979. He was also in...