Finding Aid for the Sara Carriger Collection, 1783-1917
MS-0165University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 13, 2006.
Summary Information
Sara Carriger Collection
Date/Date Range : 1783-1917
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains letters, land grants, financial papers, announcements, speeches, reports, and magazines documenting Tennessee history between 1783 and 1917.
MS-0165
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Miss Sara Carriger donated these items to the University of Tennessee on June 2, 1959.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Sara Carriger Collection, MS-0165. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder divided into three series: Letters, 1818-1917; Deeds, 1783-1819; and Other Papers, 1809-1880.
Biography / History
Sara Carriger was born in November of 1873 in Morristown, Tennessee to James Alison and Julia Lenoir Carriger. She died on October 27, 1961 and is buried in Morristown.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains letters, land grants, financial papers, announcements, speeches, reports, and magazines documenting Tennessee history between 1783 and 1917.
Subject Terms
- Tennessee -- History -- 18th century.
- Tennessee -- History -- 19th century.
- Tennessee -- History -- 20th century.
Contents List
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Series I: Letters, 1818-1917
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Waightstill Avery, Swann Pond, Burke County, North Carolina, to Major William B. Lenoir (Mouth of Holston) to be lodged at Campbell's Station Post Office, Knox County, East Tennessee, 1818
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Waightstill Avery, Swann Pond, Burke County, North Carolina, to Major William B. Lenoir (Mouth of Holston) to be lodged at Campbell's Station Post Office, Knox County, East Tennessee, 1819
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William B. Lenoir, Campbel Station, Tenn. to Albert Lenoir, Greenville College, Greenville, Tennessee, 1819
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A.S. Lenoir to William B. Lenoir, Lenoir's, Roane Cty. E.T., 1827
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William B. Lenoir, Mouth of Holston, to Albert S. Lenoir, 1830
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George L. Welcker, West Point, NY, to Charles F. Welcker, 1835
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William B. Lenoir to A.S. Lenoir, Ross Landing, Tennessee, 1838
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George L. Welcker to Henry I. Welcker, Kingston, Tennessee, 1843
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I.T. Lenoir, Kingston, to W.B. Lenoir, Lenoir's, Tenn., 1844
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Wm. B. Lenoir at A.S. Lenoir, Blairs Ferry, 1847
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Bishop E.E. Hoss to James A. Carriger, Morristown, 1910
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John Allison to Miss Sara Carriger, Morristown (State of Franklin capitol), 1917
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Series II: Deeds, 1783-1819
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North Carolina to Waighstill Avery, 1783
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North Carolina to Waighstill Avery, 1794
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Gotfried Kerstner to John Carriger, Carter County, TN, 1804
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Gotfried Kerstner to John Carriger, Carter County, TN, 1807
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Tennessee to John Carriger, Carter County, TN, 1819
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Series III: Other Papers, 1809-1880
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Tax Receipt, 1809
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The Ladies' Pearl Magazine, Nashville, TN, 1853
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Report on "Advantages of the Cumberland Gap, Morristown, and French Broad Rail Road Route" Morristown, 1880
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Address by Miss Lilly Garrett on presentation of a flag to Captain McAnally's Company, Mountain Riflemen, at Noah's Ferry, Grainger County, 1861
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Poem by Dr. Basil L. Gildersleeve, undated
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Photograph of Dr. Basil L. Gildersleeve, undated
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Letter of Dr. Basil L. Gildersleeve, undated
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Program of Washington Society, University of Virginia, undated
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Announcement of Stewart College, Clarksville, TN, 1870-1871
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Announcement of Reagan High School, Morristown, TN, 1870
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Set of drawing instruments used by Capt. George L. Welcker in surveying early Tennessee railroads, circa 1840
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