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- Records of Ex-Soldiers in World War 1
- Southern Claims Commission
- Spanish-American War
- Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications
- Tennessee Confederate Physicians
- Tennessee Confederate Soldiers' Home Applications and Ledgers
- Tennessee World War I Gold Star Records
- Tennessee World War I Veterans' Questionnaires
- Union Provost Marshal Files
- W. R. Cornelius Burial Records
- Civil War Deaths Listed in Nashville Newspapers, 1862-1865
Union Provost Marshal Files
Union Provost Marshal Files are the files of the Union Army officer charged with maintaining order among both soldiers and civilians. Based on 94 rolls of National Archives microfilm, this index includes names of civilians, deserters, spies, prisoners, as well as names taken from correspondence, oaths of allegiance, orders, passes, transportation permits, lists of prisoners, paroles, provost court papers, and claims for compensation for property used or destroyed by military forces.
Union Provost Marshal Files
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| View Entry | Last Name | First & Middle Name | Description | Year Written | City Where Written | File Number | Residency and other notes | Link to Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | Savay | Chas. |
Rail Road Employees |
1864 | Memphis | 9592 | View File | |
| View Entry | Hurst | Chas. |
Rail Road Employees |
1864 | Memphis | 9592 | View File | |
| View Entry | McCauley | Chalsea |
Assignment of Guides |
1864 | Chattanooga | 9629 | View File | |
| View Entry | Harmon | C.M. |
Shipment of goods from KY to C.M. Harmon at Jackson TN ordered by union officer in Lexington TN. |
Jackson | Har-Haro_1665-1667 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Harmon | C.M. |
Shipment of goods from KY to C.M. Harmon at Jackson TN ordered by union officer in Lexington TN. |
Lexington | Har-Haro_1665-1667 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Brixey | Colonel |
Henry S. Sheid of Coffee County testifies that Col. Brixey’s men took a horse from a black man named Benjamin Patton. Mary Taylor now claims the horse is hers. |
Patt-Pay_845-846 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Patton | C.H. |
Provost Marshal at Nashville sends a letter addressed to Dr. C.H. Patton to the Provost Marshal in Huntsville, AL. (Cover letter only, no enclosure.) |
Nashville | Patt-Pay_863-864 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Payne | Charles |
Gen. Paine at Gallatin writes regarding Charles Payne of Robertson Co. who has consular protection from the Mexican embassy but is a Rebel. |
Patt-Pay_1576-1584 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Piper | Charles |
Charles Piper complains of George M.D. Parry of Greene Co. for having Piper arrested due to Union sentiments and forced into the Confederate army. |
Patt-Pay_1967-1968 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Brien | C.D. |
Claims of C.D. Brien and his brother John D. Brien, relating to John’s arrest and the taking or destruction of all their belongings. Letter from their father Judge John S. Brien. |
Bri_492- 503 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Briggs | C.M. |
B.R. Briggs requests permission bring 25 gals. whiskey from Louisville KY to Nashville. His nephew C.M. Briggs made the request of Gen. Rousseau. |
Nashville | Bri_636-637 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Bright | Charles |
Charles Bright claims payment for food and supplies taken from his home at Mulberry (near Tullahoma) by a group of soldiers. |
Mulberry | Bri_807-810 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Brunchwiler | C. |
F.W. Brigham sends to Gen. Washburn the bill of Mr. C. Brunchwiler for making fans for use in the Adams and Overton military hospitals in Memphis. |
Memphis | Bri_1076-1078 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Bluckstock | Cornelia |
Mrs. Cornelia Bluckstock of Chattanooga asks to be exempt from a military order. |
Chattanooga | Bla_Bli_1599-1600 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Henry | Charles |
Bond of Charles Henry of Montgomery Co TN to use his liquor license in accordance with law. Security is WG Bond . |
Hene_Hep_640-641 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Henry | C.C. |
Pass for C.C. Henry, military telegraph operator, to travel from Cairo IL to Memphis TN. |
Memphis | Hene_Hep_642 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Nichol | Charles M. |
Mrs. Josephine Shearon asks for protection of her property. She has 900 acres about 22 miles west of Nashville. Her agent in making request is John Hugh Smith and the message was carried by Charles M. Nichol. |
She_162-63 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Shelton | C.B. |
Introduction letter for C.B. Shelton loyal informant, from Collierville to Brig. Gen. Buckland at Memphis. |
Collierville | She_686-687 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Shelton | C.T. |
Receipt issued to C.T. Shelton at Memphis for payment of fine $140. |
Memphis | She_693-694 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Harmon | C.M. |
Shipment of goods from KY to C.M. Harmon at Jackson TN ordered by union officer in Lexington TN. |
Jackson | Har-Haro_1665-1667 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Harmon | C.M. |
Shipment of goods from KY to C.M. Harmon at Jackson TN ordered by union officer in Lexington TN. |
Lexington | Har-Haro_1665-1667 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Brixey | Colonel |
Henry S. Sheid of Coffee County testifies that Col. Brixey’s men took a horse from a black man named Benjamin Patton. Mary Taylor now claims the horse is hers. |
Patt-Pay_845-846 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Patton | C.H. |
Provost Marshal at Nashville sends a letter addressed to Dr. C.H. Patton to the Provost Marshal in Huntsville, AL. (Cover letter only, no enclosure.) |
Nashville | Patt-Pay_863-864 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Payne | Charles |
Gen. Paine at Gallatin writes regarding Charles Payne of Robertson Co. who has consular protection from the Mexican embassy but is a Rebel. |
Patt-Pay_1576-1584 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Piper | Charles |
Charles Piper complains of George M.D. Parry of Greene Co. for having Piper arrested due to Union sentiments and forced into the Confederate army. |
Patt-Pay_1967-1968 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Brien | C.D. |
Claims of C.D. Brien and his brother John D. Brien, relating to John’s arrest and the taking or destruction of all their belongings. Letter from their father Judge John S. Brien. |
Bri_492- 503 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Briggs | C.M. |
B.R. Briggs requests permission bring 25 gals. whiskey from Louisville KY to Nashville. His nephew C.M. Briggs made the request of Gen. Rousseau. |
Nashville | Bri_636-637 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Bright | Charles |
Charles Bright claims payment for food and supplies taken from his home at Mulberry (near Tullahoma) by a group of soldiers. |
Mulberry | Bri_807-810 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Brunchwiler | C. |
F.W. Brigham sends to Gen. Washburn the bill of Mr. C. Brunchwiler for making fans for use in the Adams and Overton military hospitals in Memphis. |
Memphis | Bri_1076-1078 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Bluckstock | Cornelia |
Mrs. Cornelia Bluckstock of Chattanooga asks to be exempt from a military order. |
Chattanooga | Bla_Bli_1599-1600 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Henry | Charles |
Bond of Charles Henry of Montgomery Co TN to use his liquor license in accordance with law. Security is WG Bond . |
Hene_Hep_640-641 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Henry | C.C. |
Pass for C.C. Henry, military telegraph operator, to travel from Cairo IL to Memphis TN. |
Memphis | Hene_Hep_642 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Nichol | Charles M. |
Mrs. Josephine Shearon asks for protection of her property. She has 900 acres about 22 miles west of Nashville. Her agent in making request is John Hugh Smith and the message was carried by Charles M. Nichol. |
She_162-63 | View File | |||
| View Entry | Shelton | C.B. |
Introduction letter for C.B. Shelton loyal informant, from Collierville to Brig. Gen. Buckland at Memphis. |
Collierville | She_686-687 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Shelton | C.T. |
Receipt issued to C.T. Shelton at Memphis for payment of fine $140. |
Memphis | She_693-694 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Holt | David |
Oaths of Allegiance |
1862 | 1087 | View File | ||
| View Entry | McAdoo | Daniel |
Oaths of Allegiance |
1862 | 1087 | View File | ||
| View Entry | McDoud | Daniel |
Oaths of Allegiance |
1862 | 1087 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Pollock | D. C. |
Oaths of Allegiance |
1862 | 1328 | View File | ||
| View Entry | Meacham | D. |
Petition for Release |
1862 | Troy | 1730 | View File | |
| View Entry | Bright | David |
Petition for Release |
1862 | Troy | 1730 | View File | |
| View Entry | Reeder | D. O. |
Petition for Release |
1862 | Troy | 1730 | View File | |
| View Entry | Chambley | D. A. |
Petition for Release |
1862 | Troy | 1730 | View File | |
| View Entry | Bright | David |
Petition for Release |
1862 | Troy | 1730 | View File | |
| View Entry | Harding | D. |
Arrests |
1862 | Jackson | 1751 | View File | |
| View Entry | Wicker | David |
Arrests |
1862 | Bethel | 1752 | View File | |
| View Entry | Wicker | David |
Prisoners to be sent to Alton Military Prison |
1862 | Jackson | 1754 | View File | |
| View Entry | Collie | Daniel |
To report to District Union Provost Marshal |
1862 | Jackson | 1757 | View File | |
| View Entry | Wicker | David |
Prisoners sent to Alton Military Prison |
1862 | Jackson | 1761 | of Calloway Co, KY | View File |
| View Entry | Wicker | David |
Prisoners sent to Alton Military Prison |
1862 | Jackson | 1790 | View File |