Affidavit of Frances Howard of Franklin County TN charging George Farris with robbing the homes of William Baker and William Brannon.

Letter attesting to the loyalty of William Farris of Memphis who with his boat and load of cotton was seized by Federals at Vicksburg.

Wm. H. Bridges of Memphis was elected clerk of the County Court but Gov. Johnson disqualified the election. Asks permission to assume the duties of his office.

William Brint (or Brim?) of Dickson County, oath of allegiance signed at Camp Douglas, Ill.

William Bristow of Montgomery County claimed his house had been destroyed by guerillas. John Nolan, David Grant and others were ordered to make restitution. Bristow killed two of the men, including a son of David Grant.

Statement of Wm. Henly a native of Tennessee but a resident of Virginia for the past 14 years. Given at Baltimore. Steamship captain accused of disloyalty.

William Wood’s statement on behalf of Octavia Shull of Hamilton County, a widow whose husband was persuaded while drunk to enlist in the Confederate army.

William Rogers requests protection papers for William Shell and family of Hamilton County. Tom Crutchfield writes that neither William nor his brother John are deserving of protection.

Parole of Honor for William Shelton, Henry Co. TN with two bondsmen. Shelton had been arrested for aiding the enemy but took the Oath.

W.B. Armistead complains to Gen. Grainger of shells thrown into his yard from St. Cloud Hill [Fort Negley].

Oath of allegiance of William Sheppard of Wilson Co., bond supported by Alfred Underwood.

Oath and bond of William Armstrong of Robinson (sic) Co. Tenn.

W.G. Harding complains of suttlers staying in part of his elderly father’s home on Church St. near Mrs. Polks.

List of 28 brood mares and their parents owned by W.G. Harding exempted from impressment.

Ellenora Patterson of Baltimore MD writes about money left for her by her son William, a Kentucky Union soldier, who was taken prisoner and moved to Columbia, Tenn.

Deposition of Samuel Brashear, W.F. Lancaster, Benjamin Lancaster, Granville Montgomery, Robert Eason, Wesley McMackin, Robt. Watson, George Morgan, regarding the murder of Robert Smith in Decatur County.

William Patterson, prisoner in Chicago, protests that he is a British citizen. He was on a visit to Fort Donelson when it fell and was captured. Supporting affidavit from I.P. Ounly, A.W. Longford and J.W. Judd, soldiers of the 49th Tenn. Inf., Co. C. [This company from Springfield, Robertson Co.]

William R. Paul of Davidson Co. oath of allegiance signed at Camp Douglas, Illinois.

G.W.G. Payne, coal contractor from KY in Nashville, asks for safe passage for his daughter’s horse from Nashville to Kentucky. Horse is at home of Widow Maynor on the Gallatin Pike.

Madison J. Farrington of Memphis went to Washington, D.C. on behalf of his brothers John C. and W.W. Farrington who sought permission to sell their cotton. He was caught by pickets attempting to cross into Union lines and jailed in Washington. Tennessee Congressmen Horace Maynard, Emerson Etheridge and Andrew Johnson wrote on his behalf. Allen A. Hall of Nashville worked for his release. M.J. was a real estate agent, 33 years old, born in Franklin, Tenn.

Affidavit of Frances Howard of Franklin County TN charging George Farris with robbing the homes of William Baker and William Brannon.

J.W. Williams, Justice of the Peace in Winchester, Franklin Co., reports charges made by Susan Carter, wife of William Carter, of violent and abusive language used by G. [S?] Farris.

Letter written at Ft. Donelson by U.H. Johnston, a steamer pilot, to the Provost Marshal in St. Louis regarding William Farris of Keokuck, Iowa, who is charged with stealing metal items from wrecks on the Cumberland and Ohio rivers and shipping them to his home town. (More in file 653-659.)

Certificate of men from the 1st Mississippi Mounted Rifles at Memphis, attesting to the character of W.D. Bright.