Finding Aid for the Luke Lea Receipt, 1847 February 20
MS-2399 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 11, 2006.
Summary Information
Luke Lea Receipt
Date/Date Range : 1847 February 20
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This receipt, dated February 20, 1847, records that Luke Lea paid $52.78 to John Swan to settle the findings of a case heard by the Supreme Court in Knoxville, TN, on October 12, 1846.
MS-2399
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
This collection was purchased by Special Collections in July 2000.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of Item], Luke Lea Receipt, MS-2399. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
Born in Surry County, NC on January 21, 1783, Luke Lea moved to Tennessee with his parents in 1790. He became a clerk in the State house of representatives from 1804-1806 and commanded a regiment under General Jackson in the Creek and Seminole Wars in 1818. He was elected to the U.S. Congress as a Jacksonian in 1833, serving until 1837. From 1837-1839 he held the position of secretary of state of Tennessee. In 1850, he was appointed by President Fillmore to be an Indian agent at Fort Leavenworth, KS, where he died on June 17, 1851.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This receipt, dated February 20, 1847, records that Luke Lea paid $52.78 to John Swan to settle the findings of a case heard by the Supreme Court in Knoxville, TN, on October 12, 1846.
Subject Terms
- Lea, Luke, 1783-1851.
- Legal documents.
- Court records -- Tennessee -- Knox County.
Contents List
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Receipt, 1847 February 20 Scope Note: Transcription of Document
Received of Luke Lea fifty two dollars and seventy eight cents, the amount except the cash, of the judgment rendered in the Supreme Court at Knoxville Tennessee, on the 12th day of October 1846 in the case of Luke Lea against John Swan. This 20th of Feburary 1847
Trewhitt Gant
, for John Swan
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