Collection, 1761-1942.

ArchivalResource

Collection, 1761-1942.

Papers relating to McMinnville and Warren County, Tennessee, collected by Blanche S. Bentley and including correspondence, genealogical data, historical sketches and notes, a Mexican War muster roll, and memorabilia. Correspondence includes Civil War letters written by federal soldier Cy Titus, who served in the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment and described destruction wrought by Sherman's army in Georgia and South Carolina. Other correspondence (1897-1942) concerns genealogy. Warren County sketches relate to early roads and early settlers Henry Beidelman, Pleasant Henderson, and James Lyon.

ca. 300 items.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7369580

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Bentley, Blanche Spurlock.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m1x3d (person)

Writer, historian, and genealogical researcher of McMinnville, Tennessee. From the description of Collection, 1761-1942. (Tennessee State Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 35133172 ...

Lyon, James, 1954-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6902dqr (person)

Henderson, Pleasant, 1802-1851

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cg13cm (person)

United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wf0zpx (corporateBody)

Beidelman, Henry.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s51dj6 (person)

Titus, Cy, fl. 1861-1865.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6090sf8 (person)