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Sarah Foster Kelley Genealogical Papers, ca. 1897-2002 (bulk ca. 1971-ca. 1999)

Collection Summary

Creator: Sarah Foster Kelley, collector Title: Sarah Foster Kelley Genealogical Papers Inclusive Dates: ca. 1897-2002 (bulk ca. 1971-ca. 1999) Summary/Abstract: The collection contains genealogical research files researched and collected by author-historian Sarah Foster Kelly, a seventh-generation descendant of General James Robertson and Charlotte Reeves Robertson. Includes research papers documenting the lineage and family trees of pioneer Nashville families such as the Robertsons, Cockrills, Dunns, Mays, and Napiers. Also present in the collection is a portion of Kelley’s research for her book, West Nashville: Its People and Environs, relating to building property research files with a documentation sheet with deed information for specific homes in West Nashville. Includes several historical publications authored by Sarah Foster Kelley. Physical Description/Extent: 49 cu. ft. Series: I. Fulghum, Gower and Jordan Families II. Unpublished Manuscript of Book: Mays Family of Middle Tennessee. III. Bosley Family Records IV. Records on Book: Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley. V. Scotch-Irish Origins of Gen. James Robertson VI. John Randolph & Mary (Gower) Robertson Family Tree VII. Hickman, Barrow and Childress Families VIII. Cockrill Family Records IX. Harville and Dillingham Family Records X. Bates, Floyd, Harrington, Kelley and McCaleb Family Records XI. Bolling, Brown, Davis, Foster, Gann, Garland, Harris, Kellerhal, and Overton Family Records, Etc. XII.Research Files on “The Saga of General James Robertson: Founder of Tennessee” XIII. Reid/Read/Reed Family XIV. Miscellaneous Robertson Research XV. Miscellaneous Family Research and Correspondence XVI. “Buffalo” Charles Robertson, Elijah Robertson, Mark Robertson, Brothers of General James Robertson Including Associated Families XVII. Beck, Craighead, Buntin, Hill and Taliaferro Families XVIII. Children and Kinsmen of General James Robertson XIX. General James Robertson XX. Posters and Maps XXI. Various Notebooks Compiled by Sarah Foster Kelley XXII. Miscellaneous Files and Large Prints of Robertson Coat-of- Arms and Gen. James Robertson’s Travellers’ Rest XXIII. Research on Old West Nashville Homes Showing Date of


Construction and Original Owner XXIV. Permission Letters for Books Entitled “Children of

Nashville” and “West Nashville: Its People and Environs” XXV. Artwork and Miscellany

XXVI. Materials for Printing Book: “West Nashville: Its People and Environs”

XXVII. Materials for Printing Book: “Children of Nashville Accession Number: RT-110 Language: English Stack Location: Closed stacks workroom range 5 section 2; Closed stacks workroom range 5 section 1; Closed stacks maproom drawer L-5 Repository: Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, TN 37219

Chronology June 28, 1742 General James Robertson, the eldest son of John and Mary

(Gower) Robertson was born in Brunswick County, Virginia. Robertson. A Revolutionary War Soldier, Robertson would become famous as the founder of Nashville and “Father of Tennessee.”

Jan. 2, 1751 Charlotte Reeves, the future wife of Gen. James Robertson was

born in Northampton County, North Carolina to parents George Reeves and Mary Jordan. The city of Charlotte, Tennessee, and Charlotte Pike in Nashville were named in her honor.

Jan. 21, 1768 James Robertson married Charlotte Reeves at Wake County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of a Presbyterian minister and a Sweetheart of his youth. Oct. 1770 The twenty-eight year old James Robertson led several families to the Upper Holston and Watauga Rivers, west of the Alleghany Mountains in what is now East Tennessee. May 1772 The Watauga settlement established the Watauga Association and a “constitution” which some consider to be the first Declaration of Independence, based on a majority-rule system of democracy. July 4, 1776 The United States of America declared independence from the

British Empire. 1776 During the year, James Robertson negotiated with the Indians for Henderson’s Purchase including lands on the Cumberland, although it was not finalized for several years.


1779-80 The Cumberland Settlers arrived at French Lick, headed by James Robertson. The pioneers, starting from Watauga settlement, trekked hundreds of miles across the Cumberland Plateau to make a permanent home in the Cumberland Settlement. Several forts were established, the largest was popularly known as the French Lick Fort, also called Fort Nashborough. Other stations established were Mansker’s, Asher’s, Bledsoe’s, Stone’s River, Freeland’s, Eaton’s and Fort Union. Apr. 24, 1780 Colonel John Donelson, with the help of John Cockrill, Charles

Robertson, William Reeves and others, arrived in the French Lick settlement with the women and children via a flotilla of boats. The 1000-mile voyage would include Rachel Donelson, the future wife of Andrew Jackson.

Spring 1780 The Cumberland Compact document was signed by more than 200 frontier settlers to create a local government in the Cumberland Valley of Middle Tennessee. The signers included inhabitants of Fort Nashborough, Fort Union, Mansker’s, Bledsoe’s, Asher’s, Stones River, Freeland’s, and Eaton’s stations. Summer 1780 The first wedding in the colony took place at Fort Nashborough,

the marriage of Capt. James Leiper and Miss Susan Drake. Jan. 11, 1781 Felix Robertson was born at Freeland’s Station. He was the sixth child of James and Charlotte (Reeves) Robertson, acknowledged as the first white child born in the Nashville settlement. April 2, 1781 Fort Nashborough was attacked by a force of Chickamauga Cherokees led by Dragging Canoe in the “Battle of the Bluffs,”

wherein the settlers managed to fend off the attack with the help of the fort’s hound dogs, unleashed by Charlotte Reeves Robertson. In defense of the fort, Capt. James Leiper was mortally wounded during the assault.

April 1783 James Robertson was elected representative to the North Carolina legislature. May 17, 1783 Davidson County was created from Washington County, North Carolina; named in honor of the Revolutionary War officer William Lee Davidson. Oct. 1784 James Robertson’s family moved to West Nashville to make their

home on land situated at Richland Creek. ca. 1786-87 The Robertson family moved from their humble log cabin that


was built in early 1779 to a newly built brick manse situated beside Richland Creek.

1796 Tennessee achieved statehood with John Sevier elected her first

governor. 1806 Nashville was declared a city and was incorporated, electing six aldermen and a mayor. Sept. 1, 1814 James Robertson died while serving as a U. S. Indian Agent to The Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians in the present-day state of Mississippi. 1825 Gen. James Robertson’s bones were removed to Nashville and interred in the public burying ground at City Cemetery. The ceremonials of homage from the state were delivered by Judge John Haywood, an old friend of Gen. Robertson. 1843 Charlotte Robertson, the wife of Gen. James Robertson passed away at the age of ninety-two. She is buried in Nashville’s City

Cemetery beside her husband. 1859 The Tennessee State Capitol is completed. 1880 Nashville celebrates the centennial year of its founding. 1796 Tennessee became the sixteenth state. Mar. 30, 1796 John Sevier became governor of Tennessee in which post he served until September 23, 1801. He was succeeded by Archibald Roane. Sevier would serve another term as governor from 1803-1809. 1815 Andrew Jackson defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans. Oct. 11, 1903 A monument in Centennial Park was dedicated to James Robertson

and presented to the city of Nashville by Major E. C. Lewis. Robertson’s descendants from twenty states and one foreign country gathered with the citizens of Nashville for the unveiling of the monument located on the edge of Lake Watauga in Centennial Park.

1930 A replica of Fort Nashborough was constructed by four Nashville chapters and the Tennessee Society, DAR, with funding from the State of Tennessee, Davidson County, and City of Nashville. The structure stands next to Riverfront Park between the Cumberland River and First Avenue North in downtown Nashville.


June 1, 1971 The James Robertson Descendants and Kin Association was chartered with the State of Tennessee. 1973 Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley was published by Blue & Gray Press of Nashville. April 21, 1979 Descendants of Fort Nashborough Pioneers hold first general at the Hermitage House Smorgasbord, called to order by President Arthur Nolen Robertson. March 1983 Sarah Foster Kelley attended the meeting of the Cohn Community

Council (later known as the West Nashville Community Council) wherein Professor W. R. Rochelle and writer Eva Jean Wrather recommended her for the job of writing West Nashville’s

centennial history. May 26-27, 1984 “Old Timers Day” celebrating West Nashville 97th Anniversary Exposition in Richland Park, sponsored by Cohn Area Community Council and the West Nashville Community Development Association. May 17-18, 1986 Homecoming ’86 West Nashville Exposition Day, sponsored by the West Nashville Community Council, in cooperation with the Pearl-Cohn Band and Athletic Boosters, the Sylvan Park Neighborhood Association, the West Nashville Business Association, Inc, and local churches, schools and businesses. 1987 The 443-page illustrated book “West Nashville: Its People and Environs” by Sarah Foster Kelley was published, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of New Town, West Nashville. May 14, 1988 West Nashville Exposition celebrating the founding of “New Town and 101 Years of Progress” held at Richland Park and sponsored by the West Nashville Community Council, with Ralph M. Cohen, Chairman and Sarah Foster Kelley, Vice- Chairwoman. June 1, 1996 Statehood Day Celebration and Bicentennial Capitol Mall Dedication Ceremony in an event-filled day celebrating Tennessee’s 200th birthday. 1996 A replica of Nashville founder James Robertson’s log home was completed during the Tennessee Bicentennial, located in H. G. Hill Park, 6730 Charlotte Avenue, West Nashville.


May 11, 1997 The West Nashville Founders’ Museum, Inc. had its formal opening, after more than a decade of getting the educational

non-profit museum home built as a memorial to Gen. James Robertson.

1998 Sarah Foster Kelley finished a 615-page research publication via computer about her ancestor: The Saga of General James Robertson: Father of Tennessee. 2000 The Scotch-Irish Origins of General James Robertson was published, based on the larger research publication The Saga of General James Robertson: Father of Tennessee. July 16, 2002 Sarah Foster Kelley, founder of the West Nashville Museum Association, passed away after her eight-year battle with cancer. She was interred at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville. May 12, 2007 The newly refurbished James Robertson House reopened at its location in H. G. Hill Park, 6730 Charlotte Pike, Nashville, Tennessee. At the event, co-founders of the West Nashville Founders Museum, Sarah Foster Kelley (1939-2002) and Ralph Cohen (1928-2005) were memorialized with a pink dogwood and brass marker for Sarah, and a white dogwood with brass marker for Ralph. On the Robertson House dogtrot is encased a slice of the historic Chickasaw Treaty Oak, which stood about 300 years on Robertson’s Richland Creek land. WNFM headquarters are in the Robertson House and the station hosts tours and community events inside the home by appointment. Biographical/Historical Sketch Sarah Foster Kelley (1939-2002) was a seventh-generation descendant of James and Charlotte Robertson through their youngest daughter, Lavinia Beck Craighead. She was born May 25, 1939, the fourth of five children born to Jesse Paul and Lavinia Hill Foster of West Nashville. She attended West Nashville schools and earned a B.S. degree from Nashville’s George Peabody College for Teachers. Married to Ernest Starnes Kelley, they raised a son, Ernest Starnes Kelley, Jr. In the late 1960s, Sarah Foster Kelley began to record the history and genealogy of the James Robertson family, as well as documenting and corresponding with descendants extensively. In 1971, Kelley chartered the General James Robertson Descendants and Kin Association and served as the first chairman on the board of directors. She organized the West Nashville Founders’ Museum Association in 1986 for the purpose of reconstructing the James Robertson log house that was constructed in H. G. Hill Park in West Nashville in 1996.

Sarah Foster Kelley was the author of many books, including “Children of Nashville: Lineage of James Robertson,” (1973), based on the author-historians’ correspondence


with Robertson descendants across the United States and her research of numerous old deeds, marriage books, census records and cemetery records. Additional books by Kelley include the following: Scotch-Irish Origins of General James Robertson; West Nashville: Its People and Environs; The Family of Captain James Bosley: Nashville Pioneer and Trader; The Family of Ellen Mordant Davis: Wife of Peyton Robertson, Nashville Physician; The Family of Ann Robertson Johnson Cockrill: Nashville’s First School Teacher; The Dillingham Family of Middle Tennessee; and The Linton Family of Linton, Tennessee. Kelley’s opus also includes a 639-page computer-generated publication entitled The Saga of General James Robertson: Father of Tennessee that she copyrighted in 1998. Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection contains material relating to the historical research and book publications of author-historian Sarah Foster Kelley, a seventh-generation descendant of General James Robertson and Charlotte Reeves Robertson. Includes numerous records about Robertson family history and research files on many of the families that were among the earliest settlers of what is now Nashville, Tennessee, such as the Cockrills, Dunns, Mays, and Napiers. The collection contains genealogical research files, biographical subject files, correspondence, photographs, and additional evidential sources that Kelley collected during a period of more than thirty years of research and historical publications, including a large volume of correspondence with other descendants and researchers. Also present in the collection is a portion of Kelley’s research for her book, West Nashville: Its People and Environs, relating to building property research files for West Nashville homes. Organization/Arrangement of Materials The collection is comprised of twenty-seven series.

Series I. Fulghum, Gower and Jordan Families Series II. Unpublished Manuscript of Book: Mays Family of Middle Tennessee. Series III. Bosley Family Records Series IV. Records on Book: Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley Series V. Scotch-Irish Origins of Gen. James Robertson Series VI. John Randolph & Mary (Gower) Robertson Family Tree Series VII. Hickman, Barrow and Childress Families Series VIII. Cockrill Family Records Series IX. Harville and Dillingham Family Records Series X. Bates, Floyd, Harrington, Kelley and McCaleb Family Records Series XI. Bolling, Brown, Davis, Foster, Gann, Garland, Harris, Kellerhal, and Overton Family Records Series XII. The Saga of General James Robertson, Founder of Tennessee Series XIII. Reid/Read/Reed Family Series XIV. Miscellaneous Robertson Research Series XV. Miscellaneous Family Research and Correspondence Series XVI. “Buffalo” Charles Robertson, Elijah Robertson, Mark Robertson Brothers of General James Robertson Including Associated Families


Series XVII. Beck, Craighead, Buntin, Hill and Taliaferro Families Series XVIII. General James Robertson Series XX. Posters and Maps Series XXI. Various Notebooks Compiled by Sarah Foster Kelley Series XXII. Miscellaneous Files and Large Prints of Robertson Coat-of-Arms and Gen. James Robertson’s Travellers’ Rest Series XXIII. Research on Old West Nashville Homes Showing Date of Construction and Original Owner Series XXIV. Permission Letters for Books Entitled “Children of Nashville” and “West Nashville: Its People and Environs” Series XXV. Art and Miscellany Series XXVI. Materials for Printing Book: “West Nashville: Its People and Environs” Series XXVII. Materials for Printing Book: “Children of Nashville”

Arrangement: Each series arrangement is identified in the series description area. Most of the file folders arranged in an alphabetical order.

Restrictions

Restrictions on Access: In library use only. Available by appointment. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction: This material may be protected by copyright (Title 17 U.S. Code).

Index Terms

Personal Names: Barrow family Bates family Beck family Bolling family Bosley family Brown family Buntin family Butts family Childress family Cockrill family Craighead family Davis family Dillingham family Dunn family Floyd family Foster family Fulghum family


Gann family Garland family Gower family Harrington family Harris family Harville family Hickman family Hill family Jordan family Kellerhal family Kelley family Mays family McCaleb family Napier family Overton family Read family Reid family Reed family Peach family Robertson family Robertson, Charlotte Reeves, 1751-1843 Robertson, James, 1742-1814 Taliaferro family Corporate Names/Organizations:

Subjects: Architecture, Domestic--Tennessee--Nashville Architectural surveys--Tennessee--Nashville Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville--Photographs Dwellings--Tennessee--Nashville--Photographs Frontier and pioneer life--Tennessee Generals--Tennessee—Biography Indians of North America Neighborhood--Tennessee--Nashville Pioneers--Tennessee--Nashville--Biography Scots-Irish--United States Women in nonprofit organizations--Tennessee--Nashville Genealogy--Tennessee Places: Bicentennial Mall (Nashville, Tenn.) Charlotte Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.) Dakota Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.) Elkins Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)


Idaho Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.) Nashville (Tenn.)--Biography Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History Nevada Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.) Park Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.) Tennessee—Biography Tennessee--Centennial celebrations, etc. Tennessee, Middle--History--Sources Tennessee--History--Sources United States--Social life and customs Utah Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.) West Nashville (Nashville, Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. West Nashville (Nashville, Tenn.)--History--Sources Wyoming Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)

Genre/Document Types: Articles Audiocassettes Black-and-white negatives Christmas cards Clippings Coats of arms Correspondence Ephemera Galley proofs Genealogical tables Magazines (periodicals) Maps Negatives (photographic) Newsletters Pen-and-wash drawings Periodicals Photocopies Photographs Postcards Posters Publications Sound cassettes Typescripts Occupations: Women genealogists--Tennessee--Nashville


Associated and Related Material Sylvan Park Survey, housed in the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, contains the core of Kelley’s research on West Nashville for her book “West Nashville: Its People and Environs.” Administrative Information

Copyright: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). Preferred Citation: Sarah Foster Kelley Genealogical Papers, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library. Immediate Source of Acquisition: Donated to the Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library in 2002 (April 22, May 5, May 13, and May 20) by Sarah Foster Kelley. (RT-110) Ownership and Custodial History: The collection was generated, collected, and organized by Sarah Foster Kelley over her years of research, the materials were donated incrementally to the Nashville Public Library by Sarah Foster Kelley and her estate. Processing Information: Processed by Leanne Garland, Marty O’Reilly, and Rose Mary Reed in April, 2008. Accruals: No further accruals are expected.

References to Works by or about Collection Creator/Topic

Kelley, Sarah Foster. Children of Nashville…Lineages from James Robertson (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue & Gray Press, [1973]

Sarah Foster Kelley is also the author of a number of other books, many of which are about West Nashville families and founders. The Dillingham Family of Middle Tennessee (Nashville, Tenn.: Kelley, 1979 The Family of Captain James Bosley: Nashville Pioneer and Trader (College

Grove, Tenn.: E.S. Kelley, 2000) General James Robertson: The Founder of Nashville (Nashville, Tenn.: Kelley,

1980) Index to Old Days in Nashville, by Miss Jane Thomas (Nashville, Tenn.: Historic

Landmarks Association, 1971) The Linton Family of Linton, Tennessee (Nashville, Tenn.: S.F. Kelley, 1981) Robertson’s Richland Creek Relic (Nashville?: 1971) Scotch-Irish Origins of General James Robertson (College Grove, Tenn.: S.F.

Kelley, 2000) West Nashville, Its People and Environs (Nashville: S.F. Kelley, 1987)

Detailed Description of the Collection


Series I. Fulghum, Gower and Jordan Families, ca. 1951-ca. 1999 (bulk ca. 1980-ca. 1995),

Series Abstract/Description

This series consists of genealogical research files on the Fulghum, Gower and Jordan families of Middle Tennessee, primarily Davidson County and adjacent counties. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 18. Additional documentary highlights include: Fulghum File: Includes a typescript: “The Link Between the Thedford and Fulghum Families” by James David “Sparky” Rucker, Jr. The typescript pertains to the marriage of Captain William R. Thedford and Nancy C. Fulghum, with historical information about the young officer’s Civil War service with the 11th Tennessee Regiment of Volunteers, C.S.A. Gower Files: Includes information about Lord Ronald Gower of England, a typescript “History of the Gower Family” by Rev. J.E. Woodward, a few “Early Trails” articles by Verla Hodges, and a “Gower Family Tree” typescript written by Sarah Foster Kelley (1995). Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 15. Jordan Files: In addition to the research, includes a quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 3. Arrangement The series is arranged chiefly an alphabetical order, preserved in the original order used by the author-historian in her research and publication.

Series II. Unpublished Manuscript of Book: Mays Family of Middle Tennessee, ca. 1974-ca. 1999 (bulk ca. 1980-ca. 1988)


This series consists of genealogical research files on the Mays Family of Middle Tennessee, with information pertaining to the Dunn, Butts, and Peach families. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Includes a typescript: “The Butts/Peach Families of Middle Tennessee” by Sarah Foster Kelley (rev. 1991). Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 53.

Arrangement

The series is arranged chiefly an alphabetical order, preserved in the original order used by the author-historian in her research and publication.


Series III. Bosley Family Records, ca. 1971-ca. 2002 (bulk ca. 1984-ca. 2000)


This series consists of genealogical research files on the Bosley family of Adams County, Mississippi, Baltimore County, of Maryland, and Davidson County, Tennessee. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Includes a book/notebook titled “The Family of Captain James Bosley: Nashville Pioneer and Trader,” (copyright 2000) by Sarah Foster Kelley. Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 20.

Arrangement The series is arranged chiefly an alphabetical order, preserved in the original order used by the author-historian in her research and publication.

Series IV. Records on Book: Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley, ca. 1960-ca. 1987 (bulk ca. 1969-ca. 1978)


This series consists of genealogical research files prepared for the publication of the book Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley, published in 1973. The primary files in this series relate to the surnames Bosley, Craighead, Napier, and Robertson, relating to the author-historian’s research of the lineages of her ancestor General James Robertson. During the course of detailed research on her book, the author-historian corresponded with several descendants, many of whom are represented in the series. Includes four documents, dated 1975, related to the “General James Robertson Descendants & Kin, Association.” Quantity of photographic prints: 2.

Arrangement

The series is arranged chiefly in alphabetical order, preserved in the original order used by the author-historian in her research and publication.

Series V. Scotch-Irish Origins of Gen. James Robertson, ca. 1962-2000 (bulk ca. 1980-2000)


This series consists of genealogical research files on the Scotch-Irish origins of General James Robertson. During the course of Sarah Foster Kelley’s research, she contacted numerous Robertson cousins in the United States. Additional research was conducted, based on her contact


with British and Scottish repositories, including extensive reading lists about the Robertson clan in Scotland and Irish ancestors. The materials include family group sheets, correspondence, published articles and additional evidential sources. Includes a book titled “The Ancestry of General James Robertson, Father of Tennessee” by John A. Brayton (copyright 1995). Quantity of photographic prints: 2.

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Series VI. John Randolph & Mary (Gower) Robertson Family Tree, ca. 1972-ca. 2001 (bulk ca. 1991-2000)

Series Abstract/Description This series consists of genealogical research files on the John Randolph & Mary (Gower) Robertson family. The materials include family group sheets, correspondence and additional evidential sources. Includes several computer-generated typescripts and publications by author Sarah Foster Kelley, such as “The Family of Capt. James Bosley: Nashville Pioneer and Trader” (Millenium edition, c2000); “Generations of John Randolph and Mary (Gower) Robertson, [gen. 1-6]; and “The Family of Ellen Mordant Davis, 1804-1874: Wife of Dr. Peyton Robertson, Nashville Physician,” c2001; and “Family of John Randolph Robertson,” (1999). Includes 2 photographs of Sarah Foster Kelley’s son (Starnes Kelley) standing in front of a drawing of Gen. James Robertson family tree.

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Series VII. Hickman, Barrow and Childress Families, ca. 1972-2001 (bulk ca. 1972-1998)

Series Abstract/Description This series consists of genealogical research files on the Hickman, Barrow and Childress families. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 41.

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Series VIII. Cockrill Family Records, ca. 1969-2002 (bulk ca. 1982-ca. 2000) Series Abstract/Description

This series consists of genealogical research files on the Cockrill family of Middle Tennessee. The materials include family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 72.

Arrangement The series is arranged chiefly in alphabetical order, preserved in the original order used by the author-historian in her research and publication.

Series IX. Harville and Dillingham Family Records, ca. 1919-ca. 2002 (bulk ca. 1971-ca. 1983)


This series consists of genealogical research files on the Harville and Dillingham families of Middle Tennessee and additional geographical locations. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, and additional evidential sources.


Series X. Bates, Floyd, Harrington, Kelley and McCaleb Family Records, ca. 1938-ca. 2000 (bulk ca. 1979-ca. 1996)


This series consists of genealogical research files on the Bates, Floyd, Harrington, Kelley and McCaleb families of Middle Tennessee. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Includes “The History of Eagleville” by Minnie Fairfield Dyer (1972) and multi-volume “The McCaleb Family” compiled by Katy McCaleb Headley. Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 4.


Series XI. Bolling, Brown, Davis, Foster, Gann, Garland, Harris, Kellerhal, and Overton Family Records, etc. ca. 1902-ca. 2001 (bulk ca. 1979-ca. 1999)


Series Abstract/Description This series consists of genealogical research files on the Bolling, Brown, Davis, Foster, Gann, Garland, Harris, Kellerhal, and Overton families of Middle Tennessee. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 20.


Series XII. Research files on “The Saga of General James Robertson, Founder of Tennessee,” ca. 1937-ca. 2001 (bulk ca. 1973-ca. 2001)


This series contains not only research files but also includes a computer-generated book in two notebook binders entitled The Saga of General James Robertson, Founder of Tennessee (639 pages), self-published by Sarah Foster Kelley in 1998. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 15.


Series XIII. Reid/Read/Reed Family, ca. 1902-2002 (bulk ca. 1970-ca. 1981) Series Abstract/Description

This series consists of genealogical research files on the Reid/Read/Reed families of Middle Tennessee and additional geographical locations. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 61.


Series XIV. Miscellaneous Robertson Research, ca. 1971-2001 (bulk ca. 1971-ca. 1998)



This series consists of genealogical research files on the author-historian’s research on various Robertson surnames. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Quantity of photographic prints: 1


Series XV. Miscellaneous Family Research and Correspondence, ca. 1925-ca. 2001 (ca. 1981-ca. 2001)


This series consists of genealogical research files on various families, such as Russell, Snyder, Spence, Stephens, Sturdivant, Thompson, Ussery, Van Leer, Warfield, Watkins/Bass, White, and Woodall and regional history in several geographical locations, including Appalachian settlements. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Includes three books (photocopied reproductions) authored by Patricia Givens Johnson: 1) “The New River Early Settlement” (c1983); “Settlers from Delaware River Come to Roanoke and New River” (ca. 1995); and “James Patton and the Appalachian Colonists” (1973). Includes some original pen & ink drawings by Sherri Joyner, such as Casa Loma (Brent Spence homeplace) and other historic buildings. Includes several letters of correspondence of Sarah Foster Kelley and William (Bill) E. Timmons; and, a typescript authored by William Evan Timmons: “Some Information About the Military Service in the War Between the States of James Knox Polk Timmons and Seth Knox Polk Godwin.” (1993). Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 33.


Series XVI. “Buffalo” Charles Robertson, Elijah Robertson, Mark Robertson Brothers of General James Robertson Including Associated Families, ca. 1976-ca. 2001 (bulk ca. 1980-ca. 1998)


This series consists of genealogical research files on the brothers of General James Robertson, including associated families. Includes some information about Robertson’s Colony in Texas and founder Major Sterling C. Robertson. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and


additional evidential sources. Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 31.


Series XVII. Beck, Craighead, Buntin, Hill and Taliaferro Families, ca. 1897-ca. 2002 (bulk ca. 1970-2001)


This series consists of genealogical research files on the Beck, Craighead, Buntin, Hill and Taliaferro Families of Middle Tennessee and additional geographical locations. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Includes a handwritten manuscript “The Child in the Home” by Nina Hill Robinson and two books by the same author: “Aunt Dice: the Story of a Faithful Slave” (1897) and “The Pillars of Rehoboth Church” (1911). Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 34.

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Series XVIII. Children and Kinsmen of General James Robertson, ca. 1968-ca. 2001 (bulk ca. 1971-ca. 1998)


This series consists of genealogical research files on the children and kinsmen of General James Robertson, including William Cash (brother-in-law of James Robertson), Irion family, Napier family, Dr. Felix Robertson, John McNairy Robertson, Jonathan Friar Robertson, Dr. Peyton Robertson, Peyton Robertson, Randolph Robertson, and William Blount Robertson. The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Includes two books: “The Family of Ellen Mordant Davis, Wife of Dr. Peyton Robertson, Nashville Physician (1804-1874) by Sarah Foster Kelley (c2001) and “Be It Known and Remembered: Bible Records.Vol. IV” published by the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society (1967). Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 92 (includes a few digital reproductions on paper).



Series XIX. General James Robertson, 1949-ca. 2001 (bulk ca. 1972-ca. 1998)


This series consists of genealogical research files on General James Robertson and books authored by Sarah Foster Kelley: “General James Robertson: The Founder of Nashville” (c1980, 2 copies) and “Robertson’s Richland Creek Relic” (1971). The materials include federal census data, family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Sarah Foster Kelley was a member of the Clan Donnachaidh Society of Perthshire, Scotland and the series includes two issues of the publication: “Clan Donnachaidh Annual, 1979/1980 and 1973. Also includes information about the history of Davidson Academy, Nashville, Tennessee. Includes information about Charlotte Robertson, including photocopies of a daguerreotype portrait and several duplicate copies of an article about Charlotte Robertson from “The Delineator Magazine” typed from xerox copies by Sarah Foster Kelley. Includes “Journal of Commissioners, July, 1805, General James Robertson and Silas Dinsmoor, Commissioners, Treaty with Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians & Associated Letter” typed in transcript by Sarah Foster Kelley (2001). Includes “List of Documents Concerning the Negotiation of Ratified Indian Treaties, 1801-1869” compiled by John H. Martin (1949). Includes a music composition “James Robertson” song tribute by Sarah Foster Kelley and an audiocassette recording. includes letters of correspondence from government officials to Sarah Foster Kelly ( (Winfield Dunn, Richard Fulton, and Beverly Briley) regarding her books and/or efforts to save and restore the Robertson log house. Includes 4 issues of the 1896 “American Historical Magazine” (Jan., April, July, Oct.) Quantity of photographic prints and negatives: 63.


Series XX. Posters and Maps, ca. 1976-ca. 1993


This series consists of posters and maps related to early Nashville history, including genealogical research files on the Cockrill family of Middle Tennessee. The materials include correspondence with relatives in the United States, published articles, federal census data, family group sheets, and additional evidential sources. The series contains a small quantity of photographs, most of which are identified. Note: Item 25 from the April 22, 2002 inventory list was missing at time of processing: The Childress Family of West Nashville,” described as a “hand-drawn poster of the Childress lineages who resided in Nashville.”


Arrangement


Series XXI. Various Notebooks Compiled by Sarah Foster Kelley, ca. 1903- 2001, (bulk 2000-ca. 2001)


This series consists of two notebooks: the collection contains photographs and materials from West Nashville Old Timers’ Day/West Nashville Expos 1983 through 1987. The photographs show exhibits, presentations, and candid shots of attendees. One group of photographs is of the exterior and interior of Richland hall, built in 1894. Related to these same events are various manuscript materials including newspaper clippings, press releases, brochures, name tags, minutes from planning meetings. Most notable are the photographs and documents connected to West Nashville Expo ’86, a part of the statewide Tennessee Homecoming ’86 celebration. The other topical area of the series is comprised of 2 notebooks created by Sarah Foster Kelley: 1) “Descendants of James Robertson Who Were Writers” published via computer in 2000. The notebook includes a 1903 publication “On the Watauga and the Cumberland” by Mrs. Ann E. Snyder, and 2) Bible Records and Cemetery Records published via computer in 2000. The notebook includes two cards (correspondence) from Fletch Coke (dated 2001) to Sarah Foster Kelley. Quantity of photographic prints: 175.

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Series XXII. Miscellaneous Files and Large Prints of Robertson Coat-of- Arms and Gen. James Robertson’s Travellers’ Rest, ca. 1971-

ca. 1983 Series Abstract/Description

This series consists of research files the author-historian collected pertaining to. The materials include family group sheets, correspondence, published articles, photographs, and additional evidential sources. Includes several printed reproductions of “General James Robertson’s Travellers’ Rest (c1980), several reproductions (in color) of the Robertson Coat-of-Arms “Virtutis Gloria Merces,” and a few pages of stationery with the Robertson Coat-of Arms on the letterhead. Quantity of photographic prints: 12.

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Series XXIIII. Research on Old West Nashville Homes Showing Date of Construction and Original Owner, ca. 1983


This series consists of survey documentation, providing architectural and historical information, about several West Nashville homes near the Sylvan Park area: Nevada Avenue, Dakota Avenue, Idaho Avenue, Wyoming Avenue, Utah Avenue, Charlotte Avenue, Park Avenue, and Elkins Avenue. In addition to photostated copies of official deeds issued through the Register of Deeds Office, most of the individual files include a deed information sheet pertaining to the construction date of the home and information on original and successive owners. Only a few files include an associated color Polaroid photographs. Quantity of photographic prints: 20.

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Series XXIV. Permission Letters for Books Entitled “Children of Nashville” and “West Nashville: Its People and Environs”, ca. 1969- ca. 1999 (bulk ca. 1984-ca. 1986)


This series consists of permission letters distributed to persons whom Sarah Foster Kelley had interviewed or contacted during the course of her research for the two books.


Series XXV. Artwork and Miscellany, ca. 1919-ca. 1987 Series Abstract/Description

This series consists of an original pencil drawing of Travelers’ Rest, the home of Gen. James Robertson, along with printed/published copies, with 1 orthonegative. The other sources are the front page of “Nashville American,” April 5, 1919 about the return of WWI soldiers and 1 poster advertising the West Nashville Centennial Exposition 1987.

Arrangement The series is arranged by category, non-alphabetical.


Series XXVI. Materials for Printing Book: “West Nashville: Its People and

Environs,” ca. 1987 Series Abstract/Description

This series consists of galley proof pages for the printing of the book. Includes 1 metal printing plate of the title page.

Arrangement The series is arranged in sequential pagination.

Series XXVII. Materials for Printing Book: “Children of Nashville” ca. 1973


This series consists chiefly of orthonegatives for the book “Children of Nashville” individually sleeved in three binder notebooks. Includes 111 photographs of pictorial images published in the book. Additional materials include a small color print of the Robertson coat-of-arms and a multi-branching Robertson family tree (orthonegatives).

Arrangement The series is arranged chiefly in sequential pagination. The foldered items preserved in original order.

Container List Box 1

Series I: Fulghum, Gower and Jordan Families f.1 Fulghum family, ca. 1986-ca. 1992 f.2-5 Gower family, ca. 1951-ca. 1999 f.6 Gower family, Mount Olivet Burial Records, ca. 1995 f.7 Ibid, 2 photographs, n.d.: Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Dower Gower, Senior; Mr. and Mrs. Felix S. Gower, Senior

Box 2 Series I: Fulghum, Gower and Jordan Families f.8-10 Gower family, ca. 1951-ca. 1999 f.11 Ibid, 4 photographs, n.d.: Nathan Gower; L.D. Gower family; Gower’s Grocery; Mrs. Tennie Gower f.12-14 Gower family, ca. 1951-ca. 1999

Box 3 Series I: Fulghum, Gower and Jordan Families f.15-21 Gower family, ca. 1951-ca. 1999 f.22 Gower family, 2 photographs, n.d.: Nathan Gower; Mrs. Nathan


Gower and family f.23 Ibid, 7 photo. negatives, n.d.: (various)

Box 4 Series I: Fulghum, Gower and Jordan Families f.24 Gower family, ca. 1951-ca. 1999 f.25-26 Jordan family, ca. 1980-ca. 1997 f.27 Jordan family, 2 photographs, n.d.: Virginia Crouch Jordan & Husband Drury M. Jordan (2) f.28 Ibid, 1 photo. negative, n.d.: (same as f.27) Series II: Unpublished Manuscript of Book: The Mays Family of

Middle Tennessee, Records Compiled by Sarah Foster Kelley

f.29 Dunn, James M. & Elizabeth Mays Dunn, ca. 1982 f.30 Dunn, James M. & Elizabeth Mays Dunn, 8 photographs, n.d.: James M. Dunn Home, Kingston Springs Road (8) f.31 Ibid, 1 photo. negative, n.d.: James M. Dunn Home, Kingston Springs Road f.32 Dunn, Joseph N. & Manerva Ussery Dunn, n.d. f.33 Dunn, Samuel Houston & Julia Lee Dunn, ca. 1985-ca. 1999 f.34 Dunn, Samuel Houston & Julia Lee Dunn, 1991: Typescript “The Butts/Peach Families of Middle Tennessee,” rev. 1991 f.35 Dunn, Thomas M. & Margaret Ferrebee Dunn, n.d. f.36 Dunn, William A. & Lucy Woodward Dunn, ca. 1980s f.37 Dunn, William A. & Lucy Woodward Dunn, ca. 1980s f.38 Dunn, William A. & Lucy Woodward Dunn, 2 photographs, n.d.: Wm. Benjamin Shacklett; Dr. Henry Rector Shacklett f.39 Ibid, 1 photo. negative: Dr. Henry Rector Shacklett

Box 5 Series II: Unpublished Manuscript of Book: The Mays Family of


f.40 Mays, Agnes and 1) Wm. Pegram and 2) Samuel Kingston f.41 Mays/Dunn Bible Records, n.d. f.42 Mays, Caroline & Thomas DeMoss, ca. 1974-ca. 1979 f.43 Mays Cemetery and death notices, ca. 1981-ca. 1982 f.44 Mays census & associate family records, n.d. f.45 Mays descendants, not traced, ca. 1980s f.46 Mays, Elizabeth & Thos. J. Fowler, n.d. f.47 Mays, George Greer & Lavinia Davis Mays, ca. 1980s f.48 Mays, Joseph Fowler & Mary Ann Catherine Thompson, 1 photograph, n.d.: Tombstone from Mays Cemetery f.49 May, Joseph Fowler & Mary Ann Catherine Thompson, ca. 1980s


f.50 Audiocassette, Mildred Suell Mays, May 17, 1983 f.51-52 Mays, Joseph & 1) Elizabeth Barham & 2) Virginia McDonald (wives), ca. 1980s f.53 Ibid, 1 photograph, n.d.: Wm. Pegram Mays family f.54 Ibid, 14 photographs, n.d.: (various) f.55 Ibid, 6 photo. negatives, n.d.: (various) f.56 Mays, Judith & Lewis Dunn, ca. 1981-ca. 1982 f.57 Ibid, 5 photographs, n.d.: Dunn family home f.58 Ibid, 1 photo. negative, n.d.: home of Lewis Dunn f.59 Mays land records & associated families, n.d. f.60 Mays, Louisiana & Dr. John B. Hill, n.d. f.61 Mays marriage records & associated families, n.d. f.62 Mays, Mary & Thomas J. Thornton, n.d. f.63 Fowler, Lyle & Thornton families, ca. 1992

Box 6 Series II Unpublished Manuscript of Book: The Mays Family of


f.64 Mays miscellaneous file, ca. 1980s f.65 Mays miscellaneous file, typescript: “The Mays family of of Middle Tennessee” by Sarah Foster Kelley, n.d. f.66 Mays miscellaneous file, typescript: “Ledger of W.F.C. Greer,” n.d. f.67 Mays miscellaneous file, ca. 1980s f.68 Mays, Captain Samuel T. (C.S.A.) & Caroline T. Hill, ca. 1987- 2000 f.69 Ibid, 1 photograph, n.d.: Captain Samuel T. Mays (C.S.A.) f.70-73 Mays, Samuel, Jr. & Annis Linton, ca. 1981-ca. 2002 f.74 Ibid, 5 photographs, n.d.: Samuel B. Mays; Silas & Betty Mays; Cullom & Mays Grocery Wagon (2); Sam May’s Store f.75 Ibid, 3 photo. negatives: (various) f.76 Mays, Rev. Samuel, Sr. & Agnes Wright Mays, ca. 1981-ca. 1998 f.77-79 Mays, William Wright Mays & Pernina Fowler Mays, ca. 1969- ca. 1998 f.80 Ibid, 2 photographs, n.d.: “Riverside,” the Mays home on South Harpeth; Aunt Dice’s Cabin at Old Riverside.

Box 7 Series II Unpublished Manuscript of Book: The Mays Family of


f.81 Mays, Wright & 1) Patsy Pegram Mays, 2) Rachel Jones Mays, ca. 1975-ca. 1999 f.82 Ibid, 2 photographs, n.d.: tombstones f.83 Mays family group sheets for several generations, ca. 1970s


Series III Bosley Family Records f.84 Bosley--Adams County, Mississippi records, ca. 1984-ca. 1996 f.85-87 Bosley-Baltimore County, Maryland records f.88 Ibid, 16 photographs, ca. 1996: Bosley United Methodist Church, Timonium, Maryland; St. John’s Episcopal, Kingville, Maryland; St. James Church-“Bosley ties” f.89 Ibid, 2 photographs, n.d.: Beal Bosley; Mrs. Beal Bosley f.90 Ibid, 2 photo. negatives (same as f.89) f.91 Bosley, Beal--records, ca. 1971-ca. 1979 f.92 Bosley Bible records, ca. 2000 f.93 Bosley book references, ca. 1980s f.94 Bosley cemetery records, n.d. f.95 Bosley, Charles--records, ca. 1984-ca. 1996

Box 8

Series III Bosley Family Records Bosley Family Records f.96 Bosley correspondence records, ca. 1973-1999 f.97 Bosley--Davidson County records, ca. 1990 f.98 Bosley, Captain James, ca. 1974-ca. 1996 f.99 Bosley, Captain James, typescript: The Family of Captain James Bosley, Nashville Pioneer and Trader” by Sarah Foster Kelley, n.d. f.100-104 Bosley, John & Delilah Robertson, ca. 1970-ca. 2001

Box 9 Series III Bosley Family Records Bosley Family Records

f.105 Bosley, John--descendant: correspondence with William S. White, ca. 1983-ca. 2002 f.106 Bosley land records, n.d. f.107 Bosley miscellaneous records, ca. 1996 f.108 Bosley publication by S.F. Kelley, i.e. “The Family of Capt. James Bosley: Nashville Pioneer and Trader” by Sarah Foster Kelley, copyright 2000 (2 spiral bound books) f.109 Bosley, Sarah (married Dan Rowan), Series IV Records on Book: Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley f.110-113 Bosley, Delilah--descendants, ca. 1970-ca. 1972

Box 10 Series IV Records on Book: Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley

f.114-117 Craighead, Lavinia Beck--descendants, ca. 1969-ca. 1972 f.118 Napier, Charlotte Robertson--descendants, ca. 1970-ca. 1972 f.119-122 Robertson, Dr. Felix--descendants, ca. 1971-ca. 1972 f.123 Robertson, John McNairy--descendants, ca. 1970-1971


Box 11

Series IV Records on Book: Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley f.124-129 Robertson, Jonathan--descendants, ca. 1970-ca. 1972 f.130-132 Robertson, Dr. Peyton--descendants, ca. 1970-ca. 1972

Box 12

Series IV Records on Book: Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley f.133-136 Robertson, William Bount--descendants, ca. 1970-ca. 1971 f.137-145 Robertson--miscellaneous records, ca. 1971-ca. 1972

Box 13

Series IV Records on Book: Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley f.146-149 Robertson--miscellaneous records, ca. 1971-ca. 1972 f.150-152 Miscellaneous correspondence, ca. 1969-ca. 1972 f.153 Robertson, Elijah--descendants, correspondence, ca. 1970-1971 f.154-157 Bosley, Delilah--descendants, ca. 1969-ca. 1979

Box 14

Series IV Records on Book: Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley f.158 Bosley, Delilah--descendants, ca. 1969-ca. 1979 f.159-164 Craighead, Lavinia Beck--descendants, ca. 1960-ca. 1973 f.165-166 Napier, Charlotte Robertson--descendants, ca. 1971-ca. 1978 f.167-169 Robertson, Dr. Felix--descendants, ca. 1970-ca. 1973 Box 15

Series IV Records on Book: Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley f.170-173 Robertson, Jonathan--descendants, ca. 1969-ca. 1973 f.174-176 Robertson, Dr. Peyton--descendants, ca. 1969-ca. 1973 f.177-180 Robertson, William Blount--descendants, ca. 1969-ca. 1978 f.181 Ibid, 2 photographs, n.d: David Lowe Smoot; Laura Wingfield Richards Smoot Box 16

Series IV Records on Book: Children of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley f.182-185 Correspondence file, ca. 1972-ca. 1987. f.186 Correspondence file, ca. 1972-ca. 1987 [comprised of

4 documents, dated 1975, related to the General James Robertson Descendants & Kin, Association]

Box 17 Series V Records on Book: Scotch-Irish Origins of Gen. James Robertson

f.187 i.e. Notebook binder: “The Saga of General James Robertson: Father of Tennessee” (1998) by Sarah Foster Kelley (Chpts. 1-7) Note: The first three chapters of this 639-page typescript

book was published in The Scotch-Irish Origins of General


James Robertson by Sarah Foster Kelley (copyright 2000). Box 18

Series V Records on Book: Scotch-Irish Origins of Gen. James Robertson f.188 i.e. Notebook binder: “The Saga of General James Robertson: Father of Tennessee” by Sarah Foster Kelley (Chpts. 8-10, Bibliography, Index) Box 19

Series V Records on Book: Scotch-Irish Origins of Gen. James Robertson f.189 Bristol Parish, Prince George County Church records, ca. 1962 -ca. 1973 f.190-194 Randolph family records--book & magazine references, ca.

1966-1999. Note f.190 contains the publication “Scotch-Irish Origins of General James Robertson by Sarah Foster Kelley, copyright 2000.

f.195-196 Randolph family records, ca. 1992 f.197-199 Miscellaneous Robertson records, ca. 1980-ca. 1993 Box 20

Series V Records on Book: Scotch-Irish Origins of Gen. James Robertson f.200-201 Robertson, John Randolph, Sr.--Draper Mss., ca. 1992-ca. 1999 f.202 Robertson, John Randolph, Sr.--Children’s Presbyterian education, ca. 1993-ca. 1994 f.203 Ibid, 2 photographs, n.d. Note: personal snapshot photographs related to f.202, Irene T. Sayers’ material. f.204 Robertson, John Randolph, Sr.--Correspondence file, ca. 1992- ca. 1995 f.205 Robertson, John Randolph, Sr.--Johnston County, North Carolina court records, ca. 1990s f.206 Robertson, John Randolph, Sr.--land records, ca. 1980-ca. 1992 f.207 Robertson, John Randolph, Sr.--Wake County, North Carolina records, ca. 1978-ca. 1985 f.208 Robertson, John Randolph, Sr.--will in Johnston County, North Carolina, ca. 1974-ca. 1993. Note: photocopy facsimile of 1761 will. f.209 Maps of Virginia and North Carolina, n.d. f.210-213 Rebuttal on Israel Robertson being kin of Gen. James Robertson, ca. 1996-ca. 2000. Note: includes a copy of book

“The Ancestry of General James Robertson, Father of Tennessee” by John A. Brayton (copyright 1995)

Box 21

Series V Records on Book: Scotch-Irish Origins of Gen. James Robertson f.214-215 Scotland research, Agnew & Starratt, ca. 1993-ca. 1996


f.216 Scotland research, book: Baronage of Scotland (photocopy), n.d. f.217-219 Scotland research, book: Peerage of Scotland (photocopy), n.d. f.220-224 Scotland research, book references, ca. 1990s Box 22

Series V Records on Book: Scotch-Irish Origins of Gen. James Robertson f.225-227 Scotland research records, n.d. f.228-229 Scotland research--correspondence, ca. 1993-ca. 1996 f.230 Scotland miscellaneous file, n.d. Box 23

Series VI John Randolph & Mary (Gower) Robertson Family Tree f.231 File of addresses of John Randolph Robertson, Sr.--descendants, ca. 1991-ca. 2000 f.232-236 Robertson, John Randolph, Sr.--file tree, ca. 1995-ca. 1999 Box 24

Series VI John Randolph & Mary (Gower) Robertson Family Tree f.237 i.e. notebook binder: “The Family of Captain James Bosley, Nashville Pioneer and Trader” by Sarah Foster Kelley, c2000. Note: also 1 copy of the Millenium edition of the publication. f.238 i.e. notebook binder: “Generations of John Randolph and Mary

(Gower) Robertson, [gen. 1-6] generations 1-6, n.d. f.239 “The Family of Ellen Mordant Davis, 1804-1874: Wife of Dr. Peyton Robertson, Nashville Physician” by Sarah Foster Kelley, c2001 (1 spiral bound publication) Box 25

Series VI John Randolph & Mary (Gower) Robertson Family Tree f.240 i.e. Notebook binder: “Family tree of John Randolph Robertson” by Sarah Foster Kelley (1999). Box 26

Series VI John Randolph & Mary (Gower) Robertson Family Tree f.241-247 Robertson, John Randoloph, Sr.--descendants, ca. 1998-ca. ca. 2001 f.248 Ibid, ca. 1972, 2 photographs of Starnes Kelley f.249 Robertson, John Randolph, Sr.--descendants, ca. 1998-ca. ca. 2001 Box 27

Series VI John Randolph & Mary (Gower) Robertson Family Tree f.250-255 Revisions of the James Robertson family tree, ca. 1972- ca. 1997. Note: f.250 include a copy of “The Family Tree of General James Robertson (1742-1972)” by


Sarah Foster Kelley. This compilation was revised and made Part III of “Children of Nashville.” Box 28

Series VII Hickman, Barrow and Childress Families f.256-257 Hickman family file, ca. 1977-ca. 1998. Note: f.257 includes 1 photograph of Kate Litton Hickman. f.258-259 Barrow family file, ca. 1970s f.260-266 Childress family files, ca. 1972-ca. 2001 f.267 Ibid, n.d., 17 photographs: Childress home and family Box 29

Series VII Hickman, Barrow and Childress Families f.268 Childress family files, ca. 1972-ca. 2001 f.269 Childress family files, ca. 1972-ca. 2001. Note: includes 7 photographs, n.d.: Sophia ‘Lady’ Childress; Sophia C. McEwen; Elizabeth McEwen Stones (2); unidentified; and Nancy Hickman (2). All are photographs of oil paintings. f.270-272 Childress family files, ca. 1972-ca. 2001 f.273 Ibid, 10 photographs, n.d.: Lemuel H. Davis and the home of L.H. Davis (6); Childress homes and Robert Hewitt homeplace (4). f.274 Ibid, 6 photo. negatives f.275 Childress family files, ca. 1972-ca. 2001 Box 30

Series VII Hickman, Barrow and Childress Families f.276 Notebook of Childress Clearinghouse records, ca. 1989- ca. 2000 Box 31

Series VIII Cockrill Family Records f.277 Notebook of “The Family of Ann Robertson Johnson Cockrill by Sarah Foster Kelley, c2002. f.278-279 Cockrill, Ann Robertson Johnson, ca. 1977-ca. 1999 Note: f.279 contains 2 photographs of Ann Cockrill’s grave and historic marker. f.280 Cockrill, Ann Robertson Johnson--descendants--correspondence, ca. 1970-1971 f.281 Cockrill Bible records, n.d. f.282-283 Cockrill/Bohrer lineages, ca. 1998-ca. 1999 f.284 Cockrill book references, n.d. f.285 Cockrill census records, n.d. Box 32


Series VIII Cockrill Family Records f.286-287 Cockrill/Collinsworth records, ca. 1979-ca. 2000. Note: f.286 contains 1 photograph, n.d.: Caroline Davis Tate at the Davis Cemetery near Antioch, Tennessee. f.288 Cockrill/Culdreath records, ca. 1998-ca. 1999 f.289 Cockrill DAR records, ca. 1980-ca. 2001 f.290 Cockrill/Hicks lineages, ca. 1982-ca. 1999 f.291 Ibid, 9 photographs, n.d.: Hunter Giers Hicks; Edward D. Hicks II (2); Edward D. Hicks IV (2); Edward D. Hicks I;

Mary White Gordon Hicks; Nancy Davis Hicks. f.292 Ibid, 5 photo. negatives (of photographs in f. 291) f.293-294 Cockrill, James Robertson of Madison Co., Tenn., ca. 1983-ca. 2001 f.295 Cockrill, Major John, Sr., ca. 1981-ca. 1998 f.296 Cockrill, John, Jr., ca. 1999 f.297 Cockrill manuscripts (photocopies), ca. 1958-ca. 1963 Box 33

Series VIII Cockrill Family Records f.298-305 Cockrill, Mark Robertson, ca. 1969-ca. 2001 f.306 Cockrill miscellaneous references, ca. 1973-ca. 2001 f.307-308 Cockrill newspaper articles, ca. 1971-ca. 1994 Box 34

Series VIII Cockrill Family Records f.309 Cockrill photographs, 2 photographs, n.d.: Mark Robertson Cockrill; Susan Collingsworth Cockrill f.310 1 photograph, n.d.: portrait of Major John Cockrill f.311 16 photographs, n.d.: Mark Sterling Cockrill (8 items); Mrs. Mark Sterling Cockrill (7 items); Cockrill Home at 916 Cedar

Street (1 item). Note: folder includes 1 letter of correspondence. f.312 1 photograph, n.d.: John R. Hudson Home art drawing, with

related photocopies. f.313 4 photographs, n.d.: Group photograph of Almira Jane Cockrill Watkins and female generations through her g-granddaughter

(2); Irene Cockrill Watkins portrait (2) f.314 3 photographs, n.d.: Mark Roberston Cockrill portrait; Mark Sterling Cockrill; Mrs. Mark S. Cockrill. Note: The photographs all have adhesive residues on the backside. f.315 2 photographs, n.d.: Albert G. Ewing I (identical, different sizes) f.316 1 photograph, n.d.: Hilltop Farm home built for Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cockrill, Jr. f.317 3 photographs, n.d.: Mark Sterling Cockrill Home; Harriet Turner Cockrill Hicks; Edward D. Hicks III f.318 2 photographs, n.d.: Henrietta C. Ewing f.319 1 photograph, n.d.: unidentified


f.320 19 photo. negatives: (Cockrill photographs) f.321 Cockrill/Pulliam lineages, ca. 1978-ca. 1998 f.322 Cockrill, Sterling Robertson, ca. 2001 f.323-329 Cockrill/Beasley lineages, ca. 1975-2001 Box 35

Series VIII Cockrill Family Records f.330 Cockrill/Thompson/Rosoborough lineages, 1987-2001 f.331-334 Cockrill/Watkins lineages, ca. 1979-2001 f.335-338 Johnson/Ann R. Cockrill/Courtney/Evans lineages, ca. 1996-

ca. 2001 f.339-340 Johnson, David and Ann, ca. 1991-2000 Box 36

Series VIII Cockrill Family Records f.341-342 Johnson/Evans/Timmons lineages, ca. 1992-2000 f.343 Johnson/Parks lineages, ca. 1971-2001 f.344-345 Johnson/Roberts lineages, ca. 1971-1998

Series IX Harville and Dillingham Family Records

f.346-351 Harville family records (A), ca. 1981-ca. 1982 Box 37

Series IX Harville and Dillingham Family Records f.352-356 Harville family records (A), ca. 1981-ca. 1982 Box 38

Series IX Harville and Dillingham Family Records f.357-365 Harville family records (B), ca. 1919-ca. 1983 f.366-369 Dillingham family records, ca. 1971-ca. 2000. Note: f. 370 and f. 372 each contain 2 copies of “The Dillingham Family of Middle Tennessee” (c1979) by Sarah Foster Kelley. Box 39

Series IX Harville and Dillingham Family Records f.370-378 Dillingham family records, ca. 1971-ca. 2000 Box 40

Series IX Harville and Dillingham Family Records f.379-383 Dillingham family records, ca. 1971-ca. 2000 f.384 1850 Census of Tishomingo County, Miss., (typescript, photocopy), ca. 1981

Series X Bates, Floyd, Harrington, Kelley and McCaleb Family Records

f.385 Bates family of Hickman County, Tennessee, n.d. f.386 Floyd family of Rutherford County, Tennessee, ca. 1999


f.387-388 Harrington family of Hickman county, Tennessee, ca. 1979- ca. 1988 Box 41

Series X Bates, Floyd, Harrington, Kelley and McCaleb Family Records f.389-393 Kelley family of Rutherford/Williamson County, Tennessee, ca. 1972-ca. 2000. Note: f. 393 contains “The History of Eagleville” by Minnie Fairfield Dyer (1972). Box 42

Series X Bates, Floyd, Harrington, Kelley and McCaleb Family Records f.394-397 McCaleb family of Hickman County, Tennessee (A), ca.

1979-ca. 1996. Note: f. 396 contains 3 photographs and 1 photo. negative: house of Claire McCaleb; granddaughter of Ernest McCaleb; Dr. Matthew Ragsdale & wife, former Ophelia Anderson (print & negative).

f.398-401 Multi-volume “The McCaleb Family” compiled by Katy McCaleb Headley.

Box 43

Series X Bates, Floyd, Harrington, Kelley and McCaleb Family Records f.402-407 McCaleb family of Hickman County, Tennessee, ca. 1938-ca. 1991. Note: f.404 contains a 1938 warranty

deed (indenture).

Box 44 Series XI Bolling, Brown, Davis, Foster, Gann, Garland, Harris, Kellerhal and Overton Family Records, Etc. f.408 Bicentennial of Tennessee (1996), ca. 1994-ca. 1997 f.409 Bolling family records, n.d. f.410-416 Brown family records, ca. 1918-ca. 2001. Note: f. 415

includes 2 Walter L. Brown military documents dated 1918 and 1919 respectively. Also, f.416 contains 4 photographs, n.d.: Aris Brown home (3) and Davidson County map (1).

Map Drawer L-5 f.417 Brown family records, ca. 1918-ca. 2001. Comprised of a single document, housed separately in an oversize folder:

1 document, Masonic degree issued to Walter Lee Brown, State of Tennessee, Nov. 11, 1921.

Box 44 Series XI f.418 Davidson County Courthouse, ca. 1965-ca. 1973. Note: includes 1 snapshot of the Davidson County Courthouse. f.419 Davis family records, ca. 1985


f.420 Dunavant/Ziegler family of Maury County, Tennessee, ca. 1995.

f.421 Ibid, 3 snapshots, n.d.: Jesse and Jo Ann Dunavant Foster (one photograph of the married couple includes Rev. Marvin Thompson).

f.422 Eve family of Davidson County, Tennessee, ca. 1981 f.423 Ephraim Foster family of Davidson County, Tennessee, ca. 1973

Box 45 Series XI Bolling, Brown, Davis, Foster, Gann, Garland, Harris,

Kellerhal and Overton Family Records, Etc. f.424-430 Robert Foster of Talbot County, Georgia, ca. 1983-ca. 1999 f.431 Ibid, 10 photographs, n.d.: Grace Foster (9), some with family and friends; Walter Brown, husband (1) f.432 Ibid, n.d., 1 photo. negative f.433-435 William Gann family, ca. 1902-ca. 1999


Kellerhal and Overton Family Records, Etc. f.436-438 William Gann family, ca. 1902-ca. 1999 f.439-441 Garland/Pack family of Davidson County, Tennessee, ca. 1970-ca. 1989 f.442-446 Matthew Harris family, ca. 1969-ca. 1981


Kellerhal and Overton Family Records, Etc. f.447 Kellerhal family of Davidson County, Tennessee, n.d. Note: Includes 1 photograph of Louise Curley Hill Davis. f.448-449 Miscellaneous subjects, ca. 1986-ca. 1998 f.450 John Overton family of Davidson County, Tennessee, ca. 1978-ca. 1999 f.451 Pocahontas, Indian Princess, n.d. Series XII Research files on “The Saga of General James Robertson,

Father of Tennessee” f.452 Governor William Blount, ca. 1986 f.453 Brown, Jacob, n.d. f.454 Carter, John, n.d. f.455 Carter County, Tennessee, n.d. f.456 Clarke, George Rogers, ca. 1990s f.457 Captain Thomas Cocke family, n.d. f.458 Cotton, John, n.d. f.459-460 Colonel John Donelson and family, ca. 1969-ca. 1996


f.461 Ibid, 8 photographs of Daniel Smith Donelson’s “Eventide” Box 48

Series XII Research files on “The Saga of General James Robertson, Father of Tennessee”

f.462 Gist family, n.d. f.463-464 William Gowen family, ca. 1990s f.465 Hamilton, Hance, 1991 f.466-469 Richard Henderson family, ca. 1930-ca. 1998 f.470-472 Patrick Henry family, ca. 1990s Box 49


f.473 Judge Robert Hewitt family, n.d. f.474 Houston, Sam, n.d. f.475-477 Jackson, Andrew, ca. 1937-ca. 2000 f.478 Lucas family of Surry County, Virginia, ca. 1980 f.479 William Martin and his narrative, n.d. f.480 Nash, Francis, ca. 1977-ca. 1987 f.481-487 Rains, John, ca. 1991-ca. 1996 Box 50


f.488 President Teddy Roosevelt, n.d. f.489 Russell family, ca. 1995 f.490 Bennett Searcy family, n.d. f.491 Sevier, John, ca. 1993-ca. 1999 f.492 Smith, Daniel, ca. 1993-ca. 1999 f.493 Tipton, Jonathan , ca. 1979-ca. 1981 f.494 Vance, Patrick, n.d. f.495 Nancy Ward, Indian princess, ca. 1991 f.496 Writings of George Washington by Fitzpatrick, ca. 1998 f.497 George Washington family, ca. 2001 f.498 Battle of Alamance Creek, n.d. f.499 Bean/Russell family, ca. 1990s f.500 Blakely family, ca. 1990s f.501 Charles City, Virginia court records, n.d. Note: comprised of 1 typescript, photocopy: “Charles City County,

Virginia Order Book, 1676-1679” abstracted and compiled by Margaret McNeill Ayres.

f.502 William Clinkenbeard narrative, ca. 1998 f.503 Lord Delaware, Kin of Napier and Fox families, ca. 1996- ca. 1998


Box 51 Series XII Research files on “The Saga of General James Robertson,

Father of Tennessee” f.504-507 Draper manuscripts, ca. 1969-ca. 1999 f.508-511 Dunmore’s War by Twaites and Kellog, ca. 1990s. Note: f.511 includes 1 photograph of Patricia Burton. f.512 East Tennessee Historical Society publications, ca. 1996 f.513 Joseph Erwin family, ca. 1975-2001 f.514 Ibid, n.d., 1 photograph of “Peach Blossom” home f.515 Ibid, 1 photo. negative f.516 Harding family, ca. 1974-ca. 1997 f.517-519 Harlee’s Volume III of “Kinfolks,” ca. 1990s.

Box 52


f.520 Harpers magazine, n.d. f.521 History of the United States by Bancroft, n.d. f.522 History of Kentucky by Bodley, n.d. f.523 Hows family, n.d. f.524 Huckiby family, n.d. f.525 Hudson family, ca. 1980s f.526 Hunter family, n.d. f.527 Indian letters of the Haldeman and Geo. Chalmers Papers, ca. 1996 f.528 Indian Lore, ca. 1990s f.529 King’s Mountain, Battle of, ca. 1980s f.530 Lincoln County, North Carolina, n.d. f.531 McGee’s History of Tennessee, n.d. f.532 McFerrin, Rev. John B., n.d. f.533-537 Miscellaneous Robertsons, ca. 1973-ca. 2001 f.538 Ibid, 4 photographs, n.d.: Arthur Nolen Robertson (2); Roy and Callie Sands; group picture of Robertsons. Note: includes a packet of related clippings. Box 53


f.539 Monongahela of Old by Veech, n.d. f.540 Nichols family, ca. 1990s f.541 Pickney’s Treaty by Bemis, n.d. f.542 Records of the Moravian by Fries, ca. 1979 f.543 Religion/Bible, 1989 f.544 Reminiscences of West Virginia by John Redd, n.d. f.545 Robertson, Dr. Donald, ca. 1992-ca. 1993


f.546 Robertson, Rev. George, n.d. f.547 Robertson, Jeffrey, n.d. f.548 Robertson, Dr. William, ca.1993 f.549 Rowan County, North Carolina, n.d. f.550-551 Saga research letters, ca. 1994-ca. 1998 Box 54


f.552 Salt Lake City, Utah Mormon Library, ca. 1992-1993 f.553 Sketches of Virginia by W. H. Foote, n.d. f.554-555 Spanish Conspiracy, The, ca. 1970s f.556-557 Sterling family, 1999 f.558 Texas Association, n.d. f.559 Tryon County, North Carolina, ca. 1995 f.560 Virginia, n.d. f.561 Virginia families, n.d. f.562 Westward Extension by Tyler’s Magazine, n.d. f.563 Westward Movement by Justin Windsor, n.d. f.564 William and Mary Quarterly, n.d. Box 55


f.565 Calendar of Virginia State Papers, n.d. f.566-569 Colonial records of North Carolina, n.d. f.570-574 State records of North Carolina, n.d. Box 56


f.575-585 State records of North Carolina, n.d. Box 57

Series XIII The Reid/Read/Reed Family f.586 Reids of Cheatham County, Tennessee, ca. 1979-ca. 1992 f.587 Clement Read/Reid, ca. 1969-ca. 1981 f.588-589 Reid correspondence, ca. 1969-1993 f.590 Reid DAR records, ca. 1980s f.591-593 Elijah Reid of Davidson County, Tennessee, ca. 1969-1998 f.594 Elijah Reid’s father, i.e. Edwin Smith, ca. 1977 f.595-597 Elijah Reid family tree of Davidson County, Tennessee, n.d. Box 58


Series XIII The Reid/Read/Reed Family f.598-600 Felix Grundy Reid of Davidson County, Tennessee, ca. 1902-ca. 1989 f.601 Ibid, 14 photographs, n.d.: Albert Elijah Reid, Alberta Reid; Sarah Reid; Lucille Brown Snyder; Felix Grundy Reid home “Casa Loma;” Mary Stephens Reid;

Addie Brown Smith; Reid home on Richland Avenue; Maggie and Beulah Sullivan; Stephens family reunion; Richland Creek Tollgate house; Carlton Stephens; Caroline Brown Stephens; William H. Stephens.

f.602 Ibid, 15 photo. negatives. Note: Includes several photo. negatives, but not all, of the prints in f.601. Includes new material: group picture of Edith, Kenneth and Alberta Reid; Felix and Hannah Reid; Morrow Farm School; and the Reid-Stephens family.

f.603 Reids of Georgia, ca. 1977-1980 f.604 Hugh Reid/Reed, ca. 1970 f.605-606 Jacob Reid/Reed, ca. 1977-1981 f.607 Captain James Reed, n.d. f.608 Captain Jesse Reed, ca. 1977 f.609 Jim Reed of Nashville, ca. 1971-2001 f.610-613 Joel Reid of Davidson County, Tennessee, ca. 1979-1997

f.614 Ibid, 17 photographs, n.d.: various, the Reed, Reid, Ellers, and Booth families.

f.615 Ibid, 15 photo. negatives

Box 59

Series XIII The Reid/Read/Reed Family f.616-617 John and Nathan Reed, ca. 1977-1981 f.618 Joseph Reed/Read, n.d. f.619 Kentucky Reids, ca. 1977 f.620 Reids/Reeds of Lincoln County, Tennessee, n.d. f.621 Reids/Reeds of Massachusetts, ca. 1983 f.622-625 Reid/Reed military records, ca. 1977-1979 f.626-628 Reid records, miscellaneous, ca. 1970-2002 f.629 Reids/Reeds of North Carolina, ca. 1977-1981 f.630 Reids/Reeds of Scotland, ca. 1998 Box 60

Series XIII The Reid/Read/Reed Family f.631-636 Reids/Reeds of South Carolina, ca. 1962-ca. 1980 f.637-642 Pendleton District, South Carolina--William Reid and Violet Brown, ca. 1977-1980 Box 61


Series XIV Miscellaneous Robertson Research f.643-652 Major “Black” Charles Robertson, ca. 1971-2001 Box 62 Series XIV Miscellaneous Robertson Research f.653 Robertson, Cass, ca. 2000 f.654-657 Robertson, Marvin, ca. 1979-ca. 1994 f.658 Robertson, Theodore, ca. 1995-2001. Note: Includes 1 photograph of Dan and Marsha Stewart family.

f.659-661 Robinson family, ca. 2000-2001 f.662-664 Charles J. Robinson research by Irma Sackett, n.d.

Box 63 Series XIV Miscellaneous Robertson Research f.665-677 Miscellaneous Robertson/Robinson research by Irma Sackett, ca. 1993-1998 Box 64 Series XV Miscellaneous Family Research and Correspondence f.678 Notebook #1 “Settlers from Delaware River Come to Roanoke and New River” by Patricia Givens Johnson, ca. 1995 f.679 Notebook #2 “The New River Early Settlement” by Patricia Givens Johnson, ca. 2000 f.680 Johnston family, n.d. f.681 Jones family, ca. 2000 f.682-683 Miscellaneous families including Barrow, Cullum, Lauper, Siegrist, Dungey, Pilcher, Moss, William “Whistler” Stephens and Talley, ca. 1996-2000. f.684 Ibid, 6 photographs, n.d.: Dr. Mount’s house, Dr. Bright’s house, Patrick Flynn’s house, Charlotte Pike drawing showing the location of Tennessee Central’s Van Blarcom Passenger Station; Thomas Brown; an unidentified man. f.685 Ibid, 11 photo. negatives, identified as “negatives to Dillingham, Reid, and Stephens photographs.” f.686 Notebook #3 “James Patton and the Appalachian Colonists” by Patricia Givens Johnson, [1973] f.687 Russell family, ca. 1995-1996 f.688 Shute family, ca. 1996 f.689 Smith family, ca. 1998 f.690 Snyder family, ca. 1998-2001 f.691 Ibid, 2 photo. negatives, n.d.: George Madden Synder; Nanny Ready Snyder f.692 Spence family, ca. 1984-ca. 1998 f.693 Spence family--Original drawing of Casa Loma (Brent Spence Homeplace) by Sherri Joyner (1988)


f.694 Spence family--A photograph of Casa Loma drawing on a typed page, with 2 photocopied pages. Box 65 Series XV Miscellaneous Family Research and Correspondence f.695 Stevens family, ca. 1981-1988 f.696 Sturdivant family, ca. 1980s f.697 Thompson family, n.d. f.698-703 Correspondence of Bill Timmons, ca. 1992-2001. Note: f.700 contains a bound typescript “Some Information About the Military Service in the War Between the States of James Knox Polk Timmons and Seth Knox Polk Godwin” by William Evan Timmons (1993). Box 66 Series XV Miscellaneous Family Research and Correspondence f.704-706 Correspondence of Bill Timmons, ca. 1992-2001 f.707 Ussery family, n.d. f.708 Van Leer family, n.d. f.709 Warfield family, n.d. f.710-715 Watkins/Bass family, ca. 1984-ca. 1995 f.716 Ibid, 10 photographs of Watkins/Bass family, n.d. f.717 Ibid, 2 drawings by Sherri Joyner (pen & ink), n.d. f.718 Ibid, 3 photographs, n.d.: drawing of Watkins’ Hall; West view of William E. Watkins’ Home; and drawing of Mount

Hickory f.719 White family, ca. 1985-ca. 2002 f.720-721 Woodall family, ca. 1925-ca. 1999 Box 67 Series XV Miscellaneous Family Research and Correspondence f.722-724 Woodall family, ca. 1925-ca. 1999 f.725 Ibid, n.d. 1 photograph of unidentified young woman Series XVI “Buffalo” Charles Robertson, Elijah Robertson, Mark

Robertson, Brothers of General James Robertson Including Associated Families

f.726 Clack family, ca. 1995 f.727-729 Maclin family, ca. 1980-1995 f.730-733 Pearce (Pierce), Dungan and Hite families, descendants of “Buffalo” Charles Robertson, ca. 1976-ca. 1981 Box 68


Series XVI “Buffalo” Charles Robertson, Elijah Robertson, Mark Robertson, Brothers of General James Robertson Including Associated Families

f.734-735 Pearce (Pierce), Dungan and Hite families, descendants of “Buffalo” Charles Robertson, ca. 1976-ca. 1981 f.736-742 “Buffalo” Charles Robertson, ca. 1971-2001. Note: f. 737 includes 1 photograph of Lorene and Donald Berg. Box 69 Series XVI “Buffalo” Charles Robertson, Elijah Robertson, Mark


f.743-750 “Buffalo” Charles Robertson, ca. 1971-2001. Note: f.747 contains a pen & ink drawing of the Elisha Robertson Tavern & Stagecoach Stop; f.748 contains a photograph of the drawing, with a description.

f.751 Ibid, 5 photographs, n.d.: Martha Robertson Stevens and son John Campbell Stevens; Charles Stuart Stevens and family; Elijah Robertson house (2); and Elijah Robertson tombstone. f.752 Ibid, 10 photographs, n.d.: Elijah Robertson home, Orchard

Home, Stables and tombstones (7); Elijah Robertson’s Tavern and stagecoach stop; Elijah Robertson’s tavern and blacksmith shop; tombstone, Elijah Robertson.

f.753 Ibid, 4 photo. negatives, n.d.. f.754-756 Elijah Robertson, the brother of Gen. James Robertson, ca.

1975-2001 Box 70 Series XVI “Buffalo” Charles Robertson, Elijah Robertson, Mark


f.757-760 Elijah Robertson, ca. 1975-2001 f.761 Ibid, ca. 1982, 10 photographs: various plaques and

historic landmarks in Texas, related to Elijah Sterling Clack. f.762 Mark Claiborne Robertson, ca. 1970s

Series XVII Beck, Craighead, Buntin, Hill and Taliaferro Families f.763-764 Beck family, ca. 1976-2002 f.765-766 Craighead family, ca. 1970-ca. 2001. Note: f. 766 contains 1 photograph of Craighead Corners. f.767 Ibid, 4 photographs, n.d.: Craighead home f.768 Ibid, n.d., 5 photo. negatives of Craighead home f.769 Ibid, ca. 1988., 1 original drawing (pen & ink) of Craighead Place by Sherri Joyner f.770 Ibid, n.d., 1 photograph of the drawing of Craighead Place


Box 71 Series XVII Beck, Craighead, Buntin, Hill and Taliaferro Families f.771-773 Lavinia Beck Craighead, ca. 1989-2001. Note: f. 773 contains

2 photo. negatives, n.d.: Bishop Robert Paine; Susanna Beck Paine.

f.774 Craighead/Buntin families, ca. 1975-2001. f.775 Ibid, 2 photographs, n.d.: Atty. Daniel C. Buntin; Hon. Daniel C. Buntin f.776 Eubanks, Scallion and Brown families, n.d. f.777-782 Dr. John Beck Hill of Davidson County, Tennessee, ca. 1969- 2002. Note: f. 782 contains 2 photographs: home of Dr. John Beck Hill (with Grace Foster in the yard); Mark McClain f.783 Ibid, n.d., 4 photo. negatives (possibly Louisiana Mays Hill, John William Hill, John William Hill’s wife, and Dr. John Beck Hill) f.784-785 John Taliaferro Hill of Davidson County, Tennessee, ca. 1970- 1976 f.786 Ibid, 3 photographs, n.d.: family of Rev. Felix R. Hill at 1915 family reunion f.787 Taliaferro Hill and Nancy Woodruff Hill of Amherst County, Virginia, ca. 1976-1981 Box 72 Series XVII Beck, Craighead, Buntin, Hill and Taliaferro Families f.788-792 Miscellaneous Hill research, ca. 1970-1994 f.793 Ibid, 1 photograph, n.d.: NASA Solar Array photo f.794-797 Hills of Virginia, ca. 1971-1998 f.798-802 Hill file, miscellaneous, ca. 1969-1977 Box 73 Series XVII Beck, Craighead, Buntin, Hill and Taliaferro Families f.803-805 Nina Hill Robinson, ca. 1897-ca. 2000. Note: f. 805 contains a handwritten manuscript “The Child in the Home” by Nina Hill Robinson f.806 Ibid, 1 book: “Aunt Dice: the Story of a Faithful Slave” by Nina Hill Robinson (1897). f.807 Ibid, 1 book: “The Pillars of Rehoboth Church” by Nina Hill Robinson (1911) f.808 Ibid, 2 photographs, ca. 1994: Melinda Robinson wedding; the Robinsons f.809 Ibid, 1995, 1 letter, 1 photograph, Melinda Robinson family f.810 Ibid, 1998, 1 Christmas card, 1 postcard f.811 Ibid, 1999, 1 Christmas card, 1 letter, 1 photograph: Melinda Robinson family


f.812 Ibid, 1 miniature album, n.d.: 4 photographs of Jim Robinson family f.813-816 Lavinia Hill Swain (Mrs. A.G. Swain), ca. 1914-ca. 2000.

Note: f.813 contains 1 photograph of Live Oaks Plantation, Rosedale, Louisiana

Box 74 Note: “Box 74” consists of two layered archival boards

that house the foldered document. Series XVII Beck, Craighead, Buntin, Hill and Taliaferro Families f.817 Lavinia Hill Swain (Mrs. A.G. Swain), letter, ca. 1914 Box 75 Series XVII Beck, Craighead, Buntin, Hill and Taliaferro Families f.818-820 Taliaferro family of Virginia, ca. 1971-ca. 2000 Box 76 Series XVIII Children and Kinsmen of General James Robertson f.821 William Cash, brother-in-law of James Robertson, n.d. f.822 Irion family, descendants of William Blount Robertson, ca. 1991 f.823 Ibid, 4 photographs, n.d.: Medora Charlotte Robertson Irion; Van Robertson Irion (2); Sterling C. Robertson III f.824-827 Napier family, i.e. Charlotte Robertson Napier, ca. 1970-1996. Note: f.826 includes 4 photographs f.828 Ibid, 2 pencil drawings f.829 Ibid, 2 photographs of oil painting of Charlotte Robertson

(identified as possibly her daughter Charlotte Robertson Napier)

f.830-832 Robertson, Dr. Felix, f.833 Ibid, 5 photographs: Dr. Felix Robertson (4); University of

Nashville; 3 photo. negatives: Dr. Felix Robertson; Anna Marie Hennen Hood; Lydia Waters Robertson

f.834 Ibid, 1 photograph, n.d.: Anna Marie Hennen Hood (wife of John Bell Hood)

Box 77 Series XVIII Children and Kinsmen of General James Robertson f.835-839 John McNairy Robertson, ca. 1968-2001. Note: f.838 includes 1 photograph dated April 5, 1986, Washington County, Texas: Irene Sayers with Mary Ann Moore and Pauline Sayers Diskey f.840 Jonathan Friar Robertson, n.d. f.841 Ibid, 22 photographs: Elizabeth Robertson Cheatham (5);

Westover, home of Jonathan Robertson; Westover, jug from Westover Diary (4); Irene T. Sayers, Pauline Sayers Diskey, Gene E. Diskey; owners of Quin-Moore farm with historical marker for Henry V. and Rebecca Robertson; crowd attending


the unveiling of historical marker; historical marker of Henry V. and Rebecca Robertson; “Farm Home” of Henry V. Robertson; Polly and Gene Diskey with Irene T. Sayers; Myrtle Robertson Christian (with a letter of correspondence); main house on homestead of Henry Villers Robertson (with a letter of correspondence); Robertson homestead in Independence, Texas and Irene Sayers; historical marker for Henry V. and Rebecca Robertson (with dedication ceremony brochure and an article about the marker); Andrew Jackson Robertson; and inscription on reverse of picture of Andrew Jackson Robertson (with article about James Randol Robertson)

f.842 Ibid, 4 photo. negatives (stemming from pictures in f.841) f.843 Ibid, 2 photographs, n.d.: Westover, the Morrow Home during

the 1890s; artistic rendition of Westover by artist Sherri Joyner f.844 Ibid, 1 pen and ink sketch of Westover f.845-848 Dr. Peyton Robertson, ca. 1971-2002 Box 78 Series XVIII Children and Kinsmen of General James Robertson f.849-850 Dr. Peyton Robertson, ca. 1971-2002 f.851 Ibid, 1 spiral bound book “The Family of Ellen Mordant Davis, Wife of Dr. Peyton Robertson, Nashville Physician (1804-1874) by Sarah Foster Kelley (c.2001), 1 item. f.852 Ibid, 1 pen and ink drawing of home of Dr. Peyton Robertson

by Sherri Joyner, with 1 photocopy f.853 Ibid, 12 photographs, n.d.: Dr. Peyton Robertson portrait (4); 1 digital reproduction (on paper) of above; Bellfield “home of Dr. Peyton Robertson, later home of Abram L. DeMoss; West Nashville Hotel; A.L. DeMoss home; Peyton Robertson (son of Judge John Blount Robertson; Mt. Olivet Cemetery (3)

f.854 Ibid, 9 photo. negatives, n.d.: Flavius Josephus Robertson, son of Dr. Peyton Robertson; Ellen Mordant Robertson, wife of Dr. Peyton Robertson (2); Peyton Robertson IV, father of Wharton Robertson; wife of Flavius Josephus Robertson; A. L. DeMoss home (3); Dr. Peyton Robertson portrait f.855 Ibid, 6 digital reproductions on paper of portraiture, n.d.: Ellen Mordant Davis Robertson; Sarah Ellen Robertson Jennings (3), Adelaide Gordy Robertson; and Judge John Blount Robertson.

f.856 Peyton Robertson, n.d. f.857 Randolph Robertson, ca. 1998-1999 f.858-861 William Blount Robertson, ca. 1977-2000. Note: f. 860 contains 1 book: “Be It Known and Remembered: Bible

Records. Vol. IV” published by the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society (1967); folder 861 contains 6 photographs, n.d.: Salado, Texas (2), Robertson home in


Salado, Texas; Irene Sayers and Pauline Sayers Diskey; Mary S. Broussard and Sarah Foster Kelley; and replica of James Robertson log home

f.862-864 Ibid. Note: f. 864 contains 1 original drawing of “Stock Place” and 7 photographs, n.d.: Leodocia Erwin Robertson

portrait (2), Rev. Perry Kent and family (4), “Stock Place,” and 3 photo. negatives

Box 79 Series XVIII Children and Kinsmen of General James Robertson f.865-869 Robertson, William Blount, ca. 1977-2000. Note: f. 867 includes a photograph of Laura Dugger as Tennessee Robertson. Box 80 Series XIX General James Robertson f.870 Burial site of Gen. James Robertson, ca. 1997 f.871 Charlotte Road, n.d. f.872 Clan Donnachaidh of Scotland, ca. 1973-2001 f.873 Davidson Academy, ca. 1968-ca. 1998 f.874 Delineator Magazine, n.d. Note: Includes the 1998 typed copies of the xeroxed 1904 article “Great Women of Pioneer Times” by Landon Knight. f.875 Notebook of the Commissioners’ Journal, July, 1805. 1 typed notebook, 2001 f.876 National Archives list of documents concerning the negotiations of ratified Indian Treaties, 1801-1869, printed in Washington in 1949, 1 item. f.877-879 Charlotte Robertson, Note: f. 878 includes paper copies of the Charlotte Robertson daguerreotype and 1 photograph of the Charlotte Pike/Robertson Road signage. f.880-882 General James Robertson, 1900-ca. 1999. Note: f. 882 contains 2 copies of “General James Robertson: The Founder of Nashville” by Sarah Foster Kelley (1980). Box 81 Series XIX General James Robertson f.883-892 General James Robertson, 1900-ca. 1999. Note: f. 1887

includes a copy of “Founders Day: Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Nashville” 1979; f.888 includes 5 photographs of the Davidson County map of 1871; f.891 contains 1 issue of “The American Historical

Magazine” (July, 1900) Box 82 Series XIX General James Robertson


f.893-894 General James Robertson portraits, ca. 1996-2001 f.895 Ibid, 3 photographs of James Robertson portrait. f.896 Ibid, 1 photo. negative. f.897-899 General James Robertson monuments, ca. 1976-ca. 1996 f.900 Ibid, 13 photographs of monuments and plaque f.901 Ibid, 3 color photo. negative strips of monuments and plaque f.902 Robertson reunion (1972), ca. 1972-1974 f.903 James Robertson Song written by Sarah Foster Kelley, ca. 1972-1997. Note: includes 1 audio cassette recording, with sheet music notation music of the song with lyrics Box 83 Series XIX General James Robertson f.904-908 Reeves family, ca. 1973-2001 f.909-911 Frederick Davis family, ca. 1976-1984. Note: f.910 includes 1 exhibit booklet “Recorded in Nashville: A Visual Record by

the City’s Early Photographers” (1980) published by the Metropolitan Historical Commission and 1 issue of “Tennessee Historical Quarterly” (Summer 1975) f.912 Ibid, 3 photographs, n.d.: portrait of John Davis, surveyor; Devon farm; portrait of Frederick Davis. f.913 Ibid, 3 photo. negatives of f. 912 f.914 The Robertson Bible, n.d. f.915-916 James Robertson Descendants and Kin Association, ca. 1972-

2001 Box 84 Series XIX General James Robertson f.917-924 James Robertson Log House, ca. 1969-1987. Note f. 917 includes the booklet “Robertson’s Richland Creek Relic” by Sarah Foster Kelley (1971); f. 919 includes letters of correspondence from government officials to Sarah Foster Kelley (Winfield Dunn, Richard Fulton, and Beverly Briley); f.923 contains 1 original drawing of the James Robertson Log House (pen & ink) by Sherri Joyner; f. 924 contains 1 photograph of Log House drawing on a typed page f.925 Ibid, 15 photographs, n.d.: James Robertson log house; art rendition of the log house; small photo of James Robertson’s log house; log house replica model; 9 snapshots of the log house, plaque and interior, also art rendition; 2 color

copies of digital reproduction showing the reconstructed log home replica.

f.926 Ibid, 3 photo. negatives stemming from f.925 f.927-929 Robertson Papers, published in the American Historical Magazine, ca. 1896-ca. 1998. Note: folders 928-929 contain

2 issues of the 1896 magazine (Jan. and July)


Box 85A Series XIX General James Robertson f.930-933 Robertson Papers, published in the American Historical

Magazine, ca. 1896-ca. 1998. Note: folders 931-932 contain 2 issues of the 1896 magazine (April, Oct.),

f.934-935 Travellers’ Rest, James Robertson brick house, ca. 1980s f.936 Ibid, 4 photographs, n.d.: Travellers’ Rest before 1902 fire (2) f.937 Ibid, 2 photo. negatives stemming from f.936 f.938 Ibid, 1 pen and ink drawing of Travellers’ Rest by Sherri

Joyner f.939 Ibid, 1 photograph of “The Richland,” originally called the

Travellers’ Rest on a typed page f.940 Treaty Oak, ca. 1971-1998

f.941 Ibid, 6 photographs, n.d.: various view of the Treaty Oak and plaque in Centennial Park f.942 Dr. Patrick Vance Treatment for Scalped Heads, ca. 1989 f.943 Watauga Association, 1772 with a magazine article on the first free government in America, ca. 1973-2000 f.944-945 Watauga Settlement, n.d. f.946 Copy of James Robertson Journal “Journal of Commissioners,

July, 1805, General James Robertson and Silas Dinsmoor, Commissioners, Treaty with Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians,” which he kept during the Chickasaw Treaty of 1805 with additional treaties in which he was involved, 2001 (1 typed copy by Sarah Foster Kelly)

Box 85B Microfilm “James Robertson Papers” of the Tennessee State

Library and Archives, 1 reel Map Drawer L-5 Series XX Posters and Maps f.947 The Childress Family of West Nashville: 1 hand-drawn poster of the Childress lineages who resided in Nashville [Missing item] f.948 Poster of General James Robertson (in color). Based on portrait painted by Washington Cooper and prepared by Tennessee Historical Commission “with the language by Sarah Foster Kelley.” 1 item.

Map Room Shelf 12 Series XX Posters and Maps f.949 Old Map of Davidson County, Tennessee, 1871. 1 item (modern

map reproduction). Surveyed and mapped by Wilbur F. Foster Civil and Topographical Engineer. Note: The 2002 inventory lists this as item #27 with an incorrect date of 1874.


Map Drawer L-5 Series XX Posters and Maps f.950 Old Poster of Early Davidson County, Tennessee: “Historical Map of

Nashville: The First One Hundred Years,” published in 1976. (1 poster, ca. 1993)

Map Room Shelf 12 Series XX Posters and Maps f.951 Map of Middle, Tennessee, compiled under the direction of

Col. W.E. Merrill, Chief Engineer Department of the Cumberland by Edward Ruger, 1865? Note: This is a modern photocopy reproduction (3 items). On the 2002 inventory it is listed as item #29 entitled “Maps of the Civil War Era: 3 maps of the Civil War near Franklin.”

Box 86 Series XXI Various Notebooks Compiled by Sarah Foster Kelley f.952-978 West Nashville Expo, 1984-1987. Note: The materials from the

notebook were rehoused into archival folders. Includes 175 photographs.

Box 87 Series XXI Various Notebooks Compiled by Sarah Foster Kelley f.979 Descendants of James Robertson Who Were Writers, 1 notebook, 1903-2000 f.980 Notebook on various family Bible records and cemetery records, 1 notebook, 2000-2001. Includes 2 cards

(correspondence) from Fletch Coke to Sarah Foster Kelley Box 88 Series XXII Miscellaneous Files and Large Prints of Robertson Coat-of-

Arms and General James Robertson’s Travellers’ Rest f.981-987 Miscellaneous West Nashville family genealogy sheets, ca.

1980s. Note: f.987 includes a photocopy of a 1908 West Nashville annotated historical directory of businesses and citizens

f.988 Morrow family records, ca. 1980s f.989 Ibid, 7 photographs, n.d.: Irene Ewing Morrow (baby); Westover, home of Dr. William Morrow; Dr. and Mrs.

William Morrow; Orville Ewing II; Irene Ewing Morrow (adult); James Luttrell Morrow and Irene Ewing Hoss; and group photo of Almira Jane Cockrill, Irene Cockrill Watkins, Sarah Watkin’s Ewing, and Irene Ewing Morrow.

f.990 Paine family records, n.d. f.991 Pipkin family records, ca. 1971-1983 f.992 Pocahontas records, n.d.


Box 89 Series XXII Miscellaneous Files and Large Prints of Robertson Coat-of-

Arms and General James Robertson’s Travellers’ Rest f.993 Nina Hill Robinson, ca. 1973-1983. Note: includes 1 photograph of tombstone f.994-996 Miscellaneous Robertson family research, ca. 1970s f.997-998 Arthur Nolen Robertson letters, ca. 1978-1979. Note: f.997 contains a photograph of Arthur Nolen Robertson, President of the Descendants of Nashville Pioneers, with Mrs. Donelson, Lewis A. Donelson, and Mrs. Elizabeth Rains Webb. The file also contains a few letters written to Sarah Foster Kelley from Mrs. A. N. (Viola) Robertson

with 3 photographs. Box 90 Series XXII Miscellaneous Files and Large Prints of Robertson Coat-of-

Arms and General James Robertson’s Travellers’ Rest f.999 Robertson coat-of-arms stationery, n.d. f.1000 Prints of Gen. James Robertson’s Travellers Rest, c1980 (approx. 200 items) f.1001 Prints of the Robertson Coat-of-Arms, n.d. (approx. 60 items) Box 91 Series XXIII Research on Old West Nashville Homes Showing Date of

Construction and Original Owner f.1002 4602 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1003 4605 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1004 4608 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1005 4610 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1006 4702 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1007 4703 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1008 4714 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1009 4800 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1010 4801 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1011 4804 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1012 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1013 4806 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1014 4902 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1015 5001 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1016 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1017 5003 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1018 5005 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1019 5007 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1020 5009 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1021 5010 Nevada Avenue, n.d.


f.1022 5101 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1023 5211 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1024 5304 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1025 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1026 4308 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1027 4406 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1028 4410 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1029 4413 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1030 4500 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1031 4501 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1032 4502 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1033 4503 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1034 4506 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1035 4507 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1036 4508 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1037 4511 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1038 4512 Dakota Avenue, n.d. (with Polaroid color, front view) f.1039 4601 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1040 4604 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1041 4605 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1042 4700 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1043 4702 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1044 5000 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1045 5002 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1046 Ibid, 2 photographs (Polaroid color, front view) f.1047 5010 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1048 5011 Dakota Avenue, n.d. f.1049 5111 Dakota Avenue, n.d. Box 92 Series XXIII Research on Old West Nashville Homes Showing Date of

Construction and Original Owner f.1050 4203 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1051 4301 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1052 4303 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1053 4306 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1054 4307 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1055 4311 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1056 4400 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1057 4402 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1058 4403 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1059 4406 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1060 4407 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1061 4411 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1062 4500 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1063 4508 Idaho Avenue, n.d.


f.1064 4800 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1065 5011 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1066 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1067 5100 Idaho Avenue, n.d. f.1068 4203 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1069 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1070 4207 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1071 4300 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. Note: includes no documentation sheet. f.1072 4301 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1073 4303 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1074 4311 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1075 4400 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1076 4402 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1077 4403 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1078 4406 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1079 4408 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1080 4501 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1081 4504 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1082 4505 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1083 4509 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1084 4511 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1085 4812 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1086 5000 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1087 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1088 5008 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. f.1089 5010 Wyoming Avenue, n.d. Box 93 Series XXIII Research on Old West Nashville Homes Showing Date of

Construction and Original Owner f.1090 4012 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1091 4201 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1092 4301 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1093 4304 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1094 4310 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1095 4400 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1096 4401 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1097 4403 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1098 4411 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1099 4504 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1100 4505 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1101 4601 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1102 4603 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1103 4604 Utah Avenue, n.d.


f.1104 4606 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1105 4607 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1106 4609 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1107 4611 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1108 4612 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1109 4700 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1110 4707 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1111 4711 Utah Avenue, n.d. f.1112 4206 Charlotte Avenue, n.d. f.1113 4208 Charlotte Avenue, n.d. f.1114 4210 Charlotte Avenue, n.d. f.1115 4409 Charlotte Avenue, n.d. f.1116 4606 Charlotte Avenue, n.d. f.1117 4200 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1118 4202 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1119 4204 Park Avenue, 2 photographs, n.d. (Polaroid color, front view) f.1120 4209 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1121 4210 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1122 4211 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1123 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) Box 94 Series XXIII Research on Old West Nashville Homes Showing Date of

Construction and Original Owner f.1124 4303 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1125 4405 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1126 4407 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1127 4409 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1128 4411 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1129 4508 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1130 4511 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1131 4601 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1132 4603 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1133 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1134 4605 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1135 4607 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1136 4609 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1137 4701 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1138 4703 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1139 4707 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1140 4711 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1141 4901 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1142 4905 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1143 4907 Park Avenue, n.d. f.1144 4911 Park Avenue, n.d.


f.1145 4203 Elkins Avenue, n.d. Note: includes no documentation sheet.

f.1146 4210 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1147 4211 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1148 4300 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1149 4301 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1150 4307 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1151 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1152 4311 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1153 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1154 4400 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1155 4401 Elkins Avenue, n.d. (with Polaroid color, front view) f.1156 4403 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1157 4407 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1158 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1159 4413 Elkins Avenue, n.d. Box 95 Series XXIII Research on Old West Nashville Homes Showing Date of

Construction and Original Owner f.1160 4500 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1161 4501 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1162 4502 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1163 4504 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1164 4505 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1165 4507 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1166 4509 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1167 4510 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1168 4511 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1169 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1170 4600 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1171 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1172 4604 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1173 4605 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1174 4606 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1175 4609 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1176 4610 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1177 4700 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1178 4709 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1179 4711 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1180 4712 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1181 4803 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1182 4807 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1183 4809 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1184 Ibid, 1 photograph (Polaroid color, front view) f.1185 4811 Elkins Avenue, n.d.


f.1186 4900 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1187 4902 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1188 4904 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1189 4906 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1190 4910 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1191 5005 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1192 5107 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1193 5311 Elkins Avenue, n.d. f.1194 4302 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1195 4305 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1196 4306 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1197 4401 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1198 4402 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1199 4406 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1200 4408 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1201 4409 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1202 4410 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1203 4411 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1204 4501 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1205 4503 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1206 4504 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1207 4505 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1208 4506 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1209 4507 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1210 4508 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1211 4510 Nevada Avenue, n.d. f.1212 4600 Nevada Avenue, n.d. Note: includes no documentation

sheet.

Box 96 Series XXIV Permission Letters for Books Entitled “Children of Nashville” and

“West Nashville: Its People and Environs f.1213-1222 Permission/release on book “West Nashville: Its People and Environs,” ca. 1986 f.1223-1226 Permissions for photograph use in book “West Nashville,” 1987, ca. 1983-ca. 1984 Box 97 Series XXIV Permission Letters for Books Entitled “Children of Nashville” and

“West Nashville: Its People and Environs f.1227-1242 Permissions for photograph use in book “West Nashville,” ca. 1983-ca. 1984 Box 98 Series XXIV Permission Letters for Books Entitled “Children of Nashville” and

“West Nashville: Its People and Environs


f.1243-1246 Permissions “Children of Nashville,” ca. 1971-1972 f.1247-1249 Permissions, 1969-1999 f.1250-1252 Permission “West Nashville: Its People and Environs,” ca. 1986 Box 99 Series XXIV Permission Letters for Books Entitled “Children of Nashville” and

“West Nashville: Its People and Environs f.1253-1259 Permission “West Nashville: Its People and Environs,” ca.

1986 Map Drawer L-5 Series XXV Artwork and Miscellany f.1260 Artwork for printing Travelers’ Rest, the home of Gen. James Robertson, 1 original pencil drawing f.1261 Prints of Travelers’ Rest, the home of Gen. James Robertson, 2 items, copyright 1980 f.1262 Front page of “Nashville American,” April 5, 1919, 1 item f.1263 Poster advertising West Nashville Centennial Exposition 1987, 1 item Box 102 f.1264 Orthonegative of Travelers’ Rest, home of Gen. James Robertson, 1 item Box 100 Series XXVI Materials for Printing Book “West Nashville: Its People and Environs” f.1265 Envelope containing metal printing plate of title page, n.d. f.1266 Galley proof through page 15, copyright 1987 f.1267 Galley proof, pages 16 through page 41, copyright 1987 f.1268 Galley proof, pages 42-75, copyright 1987 f.1269 Galley proof, pages 76-115, copyright 1987 f.1270 Galley proof, pages 116-149, copyright 1987 f.1271 Galley proof, pages 150-191, copyright 1987 Box 101 Series XXVI Materials for Printing Book “West Nashville: Its People and Environs” f.1272 Galley proof, pages 192-239, copyright 1987 f.1273 Galley proof, pages 240-281, copyright 1987 f.1274 Galley proof, pages 282-331, copyright 1987 f.1275 Galley proof, pages 332-373, copyright 1987 f.1276 Galley proof, pages 374-406, copyright 1987 f.1277 Galley proof, pages 407-430, copyright 1987 Box 102


Series XXVII Materials for Printing Book: Children of Nashville f.1278 Robertson coat-of-arms, ca. 1987. f.1279 Robertson family tree, 1 orthonegative f.1280 Robertson family tree, 1 orthonegative f.1281 Robertson family tree, 1 orthonegative f.1282 Robertson family tree, 1 orthonegative f.1283 Book jack, 1 orthonegative

1 item from the Artwork and Miscellany Series f.1264 Orthonegative of Travelers’ Rest, home of Gen. James Robertson, 1 item Box 103 Series XXVII Materials for Printing Book: Children of Nashville Binder 1 Orthonegatives for title page through page 145, includes the photographs and illustrations published in the book. Box 104 Series XXVII Materials for Printing Book: Children of Nashville Binder 2 Orthonegatives for pages 146-250, includes the photographs and illustrations published in the book. Box 105 Series XXVII Materials for Printing Book: Children of Nashville Binder 3 Orthonegatives for pages 251-447, includes the photographs and illustrations published in the book. Map Drawer L-5 Series XXVII Materials for Printing Book: Children of Nashville f.1284 Orthonegative of the family tree of General James Robertson, 1 item, poster size.