T. A. R. (Thomas Amis Rogers) Nelson Papers.
Scope and Contents
Papers of Thomas Amis Rogers Nelson (1812-1873), a lawyer, judge, congressman, and defense counsel for President Andrew Johnson in his impeachment trial of 1868. Nelson began law practice in Washington County, Tenn, in 1832, served two terms as attorney general of the 1st judicial circuit, and was presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1844 and 1848. Strong Unionist, elected to the 36th Congress in 1859 and 1861; was captured by Confederate forces and imprisoned in Richmond, Va.. He moved to Knoxville in 1863. He was a judge of the state Supreme Court (1870-71); was a trustee of East Tennessee University (1865), and was active in the Presbyterian Church. He died of cholera in 1873 in Knoxville. In 1839 he married Ann Elizabeth Stewart, who died in 1850, leaving six children. In 1852 he married Mary Jones, and had five children with her. Papers include letters, speeches, professional papers, and nineteen scrapbooks of newspaper clippings covering 1839-1872. There is little personal correspondence between family members. Topics include business, law practice, Civil War, Andrew Johnson, railroads, slavery, politics. Perkins vs. White (no date) re: Melungeon case. For a list of selected correspondents, see A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection by Linda Posey (1974).
Dates
- 1782-1873
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
25 boxes
General
Included in Linda Posey thesis of McClung Collection Manuscript holdings and the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Card file index and calendar are available for this collection. Two items deaccessioned from card catalog in Dec. 2014 and returned to the collection: Record of Persons and Companies Involved in Law Suits (Box 9) and Tax Fees Due Thos. A .R. Nelson, ca. 1846 (Box 11).
- Ann Elizabeth Stewart Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Carter, William Blount, 1792-1848 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Crozier, John Hervey, 1812-1889 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- David Anderson Deaderick Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- East Tennessee University Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ebenezer Alexander Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Elijah Embree Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Felix K. Zollicoffer Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Heiskell, Joseph Brown, 1823-1913 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Horace Maynard Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hugh A. M. White Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Humes, Thomas William, 1815-1892 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- J.G.M. Ramsey Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jacob Peck Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- John Netherland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Judges Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Landon C. Haynes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Law suits Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lawyers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lucky, Seth J. W. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mary Jones Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McClung, Hugh Lawson Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Melungeon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nelson, T. A. R. (Thomas Amis Rogers) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Perkins vs. White Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Return J. Meigs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Speeches Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tax fees Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temple, Oliver Perry, 1820-1907 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee Supreme Court Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Valentine Sevier Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Whigs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- White, Hugh Lawson, 1773-1840 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- T. A. R. (Thomas Amis Rogers) Nelson Papers.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
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