Title: Tennessee Partial Medical Ledger

Date/Date Range :   1827-1837

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This ledger begins on August 15th, 1827 and consists of thirteen pages -- or twenty six, front to back. A couple of pages have had a portion cut out, which was occasionally done when accounts were settled. The last date is 1837. The ledger was found in a grouping of papers from Wilson and Smith counties (Tenn.) and the among the names which appear on the ledger are Jones Bishop and Joseph Bishop.

Call number: MS-2814

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

Aquisition Information:

Special Collections purchased item on June 2, 2006.

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], Tennessee Partial Medical Ledger, MS-2814. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of single folder.

Joseph Bishop, born 1770, grew up during the Revolutionary War, which both his father, Jones, and his brother fought in. Bishop was one of the first pioneers in Tennessee and played an important part in creating many Middle Tennessee settlements. As a frontiersman and huntsman he traveled throughout North Carolina and Tennessee during his lifetime.

This ledger begins on August 15th, 1827 and consists of thirteen pages -- or twenty six, front to back. A couple of pages have had a portion cut out, which was occasionally done when accounts were settled. The last date is 1837. The ledger was found in a grouping of papers from Wilson and Smith counties (Tenn.) and the among the names which appear on the ledger are Jones Bishop and Joseph Bishop.

• Frontier and Pioneer Life -- Tennessee.
• Medical.
• Bishop, Joseph, b. 1770.