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Scope and content: Family group sheets, notes, compiled family history information and related materials on the Binns, Pellettieri, Ridley and Garrett families of Nashville, Tenn.; other locations in Tenn.; and N.C. Also includes some information about the Douglas, Alexander, and other allied lines.
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Scope and content: Newsclippings, manuscripts, biographical sketches, personal chronologies, and genealogical material - most of it undated - relating to the Lindsley family of Nashville, Tenn., and its allied lines including the Lawrence, Berrien, and Condit families. Most of these families are traced back to New England and the Eastern Seaboard in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Although a number of the folders indicate materials on one...
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Scope and content: Memoirs and genealogies compiled by Leo F. Briley, Jr. Genealogical items include narratives about the Briley, Smith, and Collins families of Antioch, Tenn., including ancestors of Nashville mayor Beverly Briley.
Most notable among the Briley genealogy narratives are several accounts of the death of seventeen-year-old Joel Briley, who was killed by Bob Bates on January 30, 1874. Bates was seeking revenge against Joel's brother,...
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Scope and content: Genealogical and biographical information about sisters Elise and Margaret Croft, residents of the historic house, Grassmere located off of Nolensville Road south of Nashville, Tenn., where they lived for most of the twentieth century. Their family had lived on the property since the early 1800s. The collections includes genealogical information on the Shute, Dunn, Hamilton and other allied lines, including some of the earliest...
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Abstract: Photocopies of a variety of documents relating to John Waltus Judd, Jr. from the 1850s to 1919.
Scope and content: Materials include letters written to Judd during his internment at Camp Chase, Ohio, a prisoner of war camp for captured Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Materials also include a list of pupils of John W. Carter at the "old log school house" on Woods Ferry Road in the 1850s, probably located in either Robertson County...
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Scope and content: Includes biographies; autobiographies; speeches; correspondence; family histories and genealogies; Bible records; memoirs; funeral programs; birth and marriage announcements; programs relating to events and anniversaries; and related materials. Emphasis is upon individuals and families in Nashville and surrounding areas. Some persons are of high prominence, others are ordinary citizens. Quantity of materials ranges from a single...
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Scope and content: Genealogical charts of prominent families and related materials; posters related to Nashville and Tennessee events and history; diplomas; certificates; photographs; and artwork.
I. Genealogical charts and materials, 1973-1980. Genealogical pedigree charts for several prominent Nashville families, including James Robertson, and other oversize materials of genealogical interest.
II. Posters, 1963-2008. Posters for Nashville area...