Papers, 1789-1877.

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Papers, 1789-1877.

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Consists of land registrations and transfers, legal documents, and land surveys of Davidson County, Tennessee. Also includes: a land grant signed by Gov. Newton Cannon, to Blount Washington Drake, dated 1837; a carte de visite photograph of Susie C. Godsey of Union City, Tennessee, known as "the sleeping beauty of Tennessee." Many of the land documents were signed by prominent Davidson County officials, such as Robert Weakley, Samuel Weakley, Nathan Ewing, Henry Ewing, and Matthew Barrow.

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Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA

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Drake, Blount Washington.

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Weakley, Samuel, 1768-1832.

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Drake, Sevier.

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Drake, Jonathan

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Ewing, Nathan, 1776-1830.

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Drake, James Vaulx, 1833-1884.

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Drake, H. C.

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Cannon, Newton, 1781-1841

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Governor of Tennessee and U.S representative from Tennessee. From the description of Newton Cannon papers, 1813-1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452561 ...

Barrow, Matthew, 1784-1855.

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Drake, Robert M.

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Drake, Isaac, 1802-

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Drake family.

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Weakley, Robert, ca. 1769-1838.

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Ewing, H.E. (Henry Ellsworth), 1883-

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Henry Ellsworth Ewing studied and published in the field of zoology, in locations including Hawaii and the east coast of the United States. His field work is documented in the National Museum of Natural History, Division of Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_369_pid_EACP366 ...

Godsey, Susie C., ca. 1854-1877

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