Opinion submitted by John B. Brownlow, U.S. Special Commission May 12, 1875 (1st page missing)…out and was not, perhaps, so well acquainted with his course of conduct as claimant’s nearest neighbors. Of these I refer to the depositions of Leonard … Continue reading →
A.E. Blount Deposition. During three years of the war while I was in the Union army I saw nothing of the claimant. I returned to Cleveland in 1864. I do not personally know of his doing a disloyal act but … Continue reading →
Notes from the Office of the Commissioners of Claims with Instructions on how to Deal With Bradley County Claims Note #1 ___ Washington, D.C., April 6, 1875 No. 15774 – $1,708.10 William Cate near Cleaveland Bradley Co. Tenn. Farm of … Continue reading →
William Cate’s Claimed Losses Item 1 – 2825 lbs bacon: Claimant saw it taken from smoke-house in Dec. 1863, by Sherman’s army; they were camped nearby. claimant had 800 lbs of old bacon besides bacon from 16 hogs weighing 200 … Continue reading →
by Danny Williams Introduction If you love Civil war history or finding information on your ancestors in Bradley County, Tennessee, you’ll enjoy these transcribed files on William Cate’s claim against the Union taken in the years 1872-1876. I have deciphered … Continue reading →
[Transcriber and contributor unidentified. Note paragraph breaks were inserted in long passages to make text more-readable.] From Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketches of from Twenty-Five to … Continue reading →
Compiled and contributed by Jesse Blalock (date unidentified) Source: J. S. Hurlburt, History of the Rebellion in Bradley County, East Tennessee (Downey & Brouse, printers, 1866); 296 pages. Click here to read and download a free, digitized version of the … Continue reading →
Compiled and contributed by Jesse Blalock (date unidentified) A detailed list of the men of Co. A, 4th TN Cavalry (USA) who listed Bradley County as their place of birth: BEDWELL, Joseph Age 22, farmer, 5′ 9″ Enlisted May 24, … Continue reading →
Transcribed from Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketches of from Twenty-Five to Thirty Counties of East Tennessee, Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Reminiscences, etc., … Continue reading →
Transcribed from Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketches of from Twenty-Five to Thirty Counties of East Tennessee, Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Reminiscences, etc., … Continue reading →
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