McMahan family

Scope and Contents Bill of Complaint to Judge O. P. Temple, Jacob Widner, John R. Beak, J. A. Pickens, and S. W. Randles of Sevier County and W. F. Nichols of Jefferson County vs Isaac McMahan and W. Y. Henderson, administrators of the estate of Samuel McMahan decd, both citizens of Sevier County, suit against sureties for Sevier County Sheriff James M. McCroskey [1872] [4 pp., incomplete document]. Deed from Mrs. Jama Franklin (Mrs. William A.), Irene Sharp and Ruth Sharp (both unmarried) to Cleo Burchfiel,...

Scope and Contents The McMahan Clan of Jones Cove, Sevier County (Tenn.) 1857 state land grant, concerning land settlement dispute between the heirs of Archibald W. McMahan, decd. and his brother, William decd., (both mentioned) filed by brother Robert L. McMahan, beginning in 1864 (death of Wm.) To Judge O.P. Temple Chancellor Presiding at Sevierville, from Hon. G. W. Pickle of Sevier and Cocke Co. Robt. McMahan vs. Rebecca McMahan, Sept. 4, 1871,1864 thru 1871 (period of contest) handwritten by...

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Tenn., Sevier Co. 1857 State Land Grant doc., printed. To Redmon N. McMahan, 320 acres in Jones Cove. Signed Gov. Isham G. Harris and Sec.J.R.Ray, A.B.SmaIl. This land was surveyed on May 1, 1861, just a few weeks before Tenn. was led to seceed from the Union by Gov. Harris. Good early signature of Harris. Doc. waterstained at Harris sig., affecting "Isharn' but still legible. State seal affixed.

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The McMahan Papers,1829-1923, contain documents of T. W. McMahan in Sevier County, Tenn. The collection contains original manuscripts, documents, two poems by Louisa Walker, and one issue of the Republican Semi-Weekly, Sevierville, Tenn., newspaper (August 22, 1885). Also: August 1862 Volunteer Descriptive List and Account of Pay and Clothing for Private Joseph F. McClurg