Sawyers/McBee Papers.
Scope and Contents
The Sawyers-McBee Papers span from 1791 to 1866, including a few undated items, and pertain to the Sawyers, McBee, and Peterson families of East Tennessee. William Sawyers of Corryton, Tennessee was the Union Lieutenant Colonel of the Tennessee 3rd Infantry Regiment, Company K. Ganum McBee was a Confederate private who was married to Nancy Sawyers. Ganum received a head injury at the battle in Newtown in November 1864, and was treated at the Wayside Hospital in Bristol, Tennessee between 1864-1865. William Peterson was an early Knox County local, whose papers include his purchase of slaves and land, and the transfer of his slaves via his will to his children, Matthew and Andrew. This document is signed by William Sawyer. This collection features the signatures of historical Knox County individuals including Charles McClung (a Knoxville politician and surveyor who drew the original plat of the town) and Stockley Donelson (1752-1805). Confederate money. Box 2: 2 copper printing plates of Ganum McBee and Mexican War era powder flask. FL 09-09: 3 newspapers Knoxville Register (May 21 and 28, 1822) and Flag of the Union (August 1, 1844).
Dates
- 1791-1866
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
2 boxes + 2 oversize folders
General
See also: MSC 0387 (Sawyers/McBee Family Papers) and MSC 0774 (Sawyers McBee Legal Papers) Currency transferred to Currency Collection (MSC 0052a).
- Artifacts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Confederate money Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Copper plate negatives Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Currency Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Donelson, Stockley, -approximately 1804 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Flag of the Union Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ganum McBee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Knoxville Register Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McBee family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McClung, Charles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican/Civil War era powder flask Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nancy Sawyers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newspapers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newtown Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Peterson family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Peterson, William Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sawyers Family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sawyers, William Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slaves Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Tennessee 3rd Infantry Regiment--Company K Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wayside Hospital Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wills Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Sawyers/McBee 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
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
