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The records, some 11,000 of them, span the period from 1778 to 1911 and bear reference to apprenticeships created in the following Tennessee counties: Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Sullivan, Union, and Washington. Where noted in the records, these apprentices were groomed to work in the following trades: hatter, blacksmith, saddler, tanner, farmer, tinsmith, weaver, shoemaker, seamstress, mill wright, and carpenter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe information in the book was compiled from county court minutes on microfilm obtained, in almost every case, from the Tennessee State Archives. Mr. Miller has arranged the records by county and thereunder chronologically. 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A plat map accompanies each survey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the time, many present Tennessee counties were not in existence and some of the residences mentioned could well be within one of the modern counties of Cumberland, Morgan, Scott, and Fentress. 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Their information was gleaned from various sources including the 1890 Federal Soldiers Census and G.A. R. Records. The Confederate soldiers were gleaned from many more sources as there was no real collection of them to be found in the county, except for the 1890 Federal Soldiers Census which did include a few of the Confederates. The final portion of the volume includes an alphabetical listing of both Union and Confederate soldiers. Some of these are marked with the army represented, but some are not. The scant information we have on many of them is not enough to determine which army in which they belonged. 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The information in this volume contains the docket used by the Circuit Court to determine the time and place of the execution of each of the cases involved. 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Ms Robnett wrote short biographical sketches of more than 70 families found in the \"head\" of the valley now called Bledsoe County. Being the historian for that county and having taught school there for most all of her life, Ms. Robnett is a descendant of a number of these early families. If you have anyone from the Sequatchie Valley, you will want this book to help in your research of your family. 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