Title: Jarnagin Family Papers

Date/Date Range :   1834-1890

Extent: 0.5 linear feet

Abstract:

The Jarnagin Family Papers, 1834-1890, consists primarily of receipts from personal and business expenses accrued by the Grainger County, TN, family. The majority of these receipts are from East Tennessee businesses, including Cowan, McClung & Co. of Knoxville.

Call number: MS-2344

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

The Special Collections Library purchased this collection in April of 1996.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Jarnagin Family Papers, MS-2344. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of five folders divided into two series: Correspondence and Receipts.

Chesley Jarnagin (d. 1879) was a farmer in Grainger County. He lived in Knoxville and Clinton, TN, to promote the education of his children. He was a Democrat, not a member of any church, and "noted for his piety and honorable bearing." With his wife Martha Gill Jarnagin, Chesley had five children: Thomas (b. 1835), Chesley G., John J., Spenser Clark, and Henry T. Chesley was the son of Noah Jarnagin and nephew of Chesley Jarnagin of Jefferson County, and of Milton P. Jarnagin. Chesley Jarnagin of Grainger County died at age 72 in Tate's Spring, TN.

Chesley's sons Thomas and John J. founded a general store in Rutledge, TN, in 1857. Later, Chesley G., Thomas and John J.'s brother, also entered the business. After the Civil War, Thomas and his brother Spencer Clark opened a general store in Tate Springs, TN. Later, the fifth brother, Henry T., also joined the family business.

The Jarnagin Family Papers, 1834-1890, consists primarily of receipts from personal and business expenses accrued by the Grainger County, TN, family. The majority of these receipts are from East Tennessee businesses. Included are many receipts from Cowan, McClung & Co. in Knoxville.

The earlier receipts are addressed to Chesley Jarnagin. The bulk of the receipts, however, are business receipts, made out to either Harris & Jarnagin or Jarnagin & Bros.

For more information on the Jarnagin family, see MS-2269 (Jarnagin Family Papers, 1872-1878).

• Jarnagin family.
• Grainger County (Tenn.) -- History.
• Business -- History.