Finding Aid for the Welsh Colony Papers, 1836-1937
MS-1813University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, November 8, 2006.
Summary Information
Welsh Colony Papers
Date/Date Range : 1836-1937
3.0 linear feet
Abstract: William Jones (nephew of Samuel Roberts) collected these papers. He and Richard Roberts were the trustees of Samuel Roberts' will and were entrusted with the responsibility of seeing the land claims through to resolution. Included are copies of documents dealing with original land purchases from E.D. Saxton, maps showing the locations of the purchased tracts, testimonies of William and Richard Edward Jones, and brief accounts of the history of the Welsh Colony written by William Jones.
MS-1813
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
The University of Tennessee Special Collections Library purchased this collection in 1990.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of Item], Welsh Colony Papers, MS-1813. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of two boxes.
Biography / History
Reverend Samuel Roberts immigrated to Tennessee from Wales in 1855 and founded a colony named Brynyffynon on lands in Scott, Morgan, and Anderson Counties. Accompanying Roberts were his brother, Richard, his nephews, John R. Jones and William Jones, and G. Williams. The Colony's lands, however, were quickly mired in legal claims and court battles and remained so until half a century after Roberts' death in 1885. By the early 1880's, all of the original settlers had either returned to Wales or settled further north.
Collection Scope and Content Note
William Jones (nephew of Samuel Roberts) collected these papers. He and Richard Roberts were the trustees of Samuel Roberts' will and were entrusted with the responsibility of seeing the land claims through to resolution. Included are copies of documents dealing with original land purchases from E.D. Saxton, maps showing the locations of the purchased tracts, testimonies of William and Richard Edward Jones, and brief accounts of the history of the Welsh Colony written by William Jones.
Subject Terms
- Welsh -- Tennessee.
- Roberts, Samuel, 1800-1885.
- Tennessee -- Emigration and immigration.
- Scott County (Tenn.) -- History.
- Morgan County (Tenn.) -- History.
- Anderson County (Tenn.) -- History.
Contents List
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Folder
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Abstracts of Grants, 1836-circa 1889 Scope Note: Records transfers of disputed tracts of land. Tract numbers correspond to maps in maps folder.
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Folder
2
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Legal Correspondence, 1855-1856
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1
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Folder
3
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Legal Correspondence, 1860-1878
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1
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Folder
4
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Legal Correspondence, 1881-1885
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1
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Folder
5
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Legal Correspondence, 1886-1888
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1
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Folder
6
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Legal Correspondence, 1889
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1
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Folder
7
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Legal Correspondence, 1890
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1
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Folder
8
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Legal Correspondence, 1891-1895
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1
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Folder
9
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Legal Correspondence, 1896-1900
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1
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Folder
10
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Legal Correspondence, 1901-1905
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1
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Folder
11
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Legal Correspondence, 1906
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1
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Folder
12
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Legal Correspondence, 1907
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1
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Folder
13
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Legal Correspondence, 1908
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1
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Folder
14
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Legal Correspondence, 1909
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1
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Folder
15
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Legal Correspondence, 1910
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2
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Folder
1
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Legal Correspondence, 1911
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2
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Folder
2
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Legal Correspondence, 1912
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2
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Folder
3
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Legal Correspondence, 1913
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2
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Folder
4
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Legal Correspondence, 1914
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2
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Folder
5
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Legal Correspondence, 1915
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2
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Folder
6
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Legal Correspondence, 1916-1920
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2
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Folder
7
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Legal Correspondence, 1921-1925
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2
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Folder
8
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Legal Correspondence, 1926-1930
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2
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Folder
9
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Legal Correspondence, 1934-1937
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2
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Folder
10
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Legal Papers: Copies of legal correspondence
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2
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Folder
11
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Broadside advertising Welsh Colony in Tennessee in English and Welsh
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2
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Folder
12
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Wills of Samuel Roberts and John Roberts Jones (copies)
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2
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Folder
13
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Land account book (copy)
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2
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Folder
14
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Deeds of Welsh Colony (typewritten copies)
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2
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15
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Interrogatories and Depositions: William Jones and Richard Edward Jones
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2
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Folder
16
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Maps: including letters of descriptions (when available)
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2
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Folder
17
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Brief account of the Tennessee lands , William Jones
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2
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Folder
18
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Rev. S.R. History and His Own Version on the purchase etc. of the Welsh Colony land in Tennessee by William Jones
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2
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Folder
19
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History of America , 1864, by William Jones
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2
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Folder
20
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Statements of Accounts for Charles D. McGuffey
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2
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Folder
21
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Papers dealing with a land deal in Cincinnati
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2
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Letter Book I, 1885-1900
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2
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Letter Book II, 1896-1908
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2
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Letter Book III, 1908-1928
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