Jane McCartney Doren letter to Pastor, Mars Hill Presbyterian Church, Athens, Tenn., 1869; Mount Zion Presbyterian Church receipt, 1872.
Scope and Contents
June 29, 1868, letter from Jane McCartney Doren, Columbus, O., to Pastor, Mars Hill Presbyterian Church, Athens, McMinn County, Tenn. ALS 6 pp. (2 pcs.) Re: she was one of the first members of Mars Hill Presbyterian Church when it organized in 1822; asks what churches are still there and in Blount County and their ministers; left 20 years ago with no friends there; predicted war based on slavery; taught by Dr. Pearson, Dr. Anderson, Rev. Mr. Eagleton; mentions mothers of slain soldiers, no sympathy for Southern dead, Camp Chase; nephew McCollum at Camp Chase; many Catholics in the area. June 26, 1872 receipt to Trustees of Mount Zion Presbyterian Church for $1,300.00 for payment in full for work on the church building at Philadelphia, Tenn. Signed A. Cozart. ADS 1 pc. + fragment of Bible page and fragment of handwritten note.
Dates
- 1872
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- Athens (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bibles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Camp Chase Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clergymen Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Columbus (Ohio) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cozart, A. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dr. Anderson Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dr. Pearson Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jane McCartney Doren Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mars Hill Presbyterian Church Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McCollum Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McMinn County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Zion Presbyterian Church Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Religion Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rev. Mr. Eagleton Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Jane McCartney Doren letter to Pastor, Mars Hill Presbyterian Church, Athens, Tenn., 1869; Mount Zion Presbyterian Church receipt, 1872.
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