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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. For each record we are given the name of the apprentice, a date (either the date of the original bond or indenture, or a subsequent date), the age at apprenticeship, the name of the master, and miscellaneous information ranging from the name of the mother or a sibling, race, cause of apprenticeship (e.g., orphan), his\/her trade, etc. When the researcher finds a name he is looking for, he is encouraged to consult the microfilm records for further clues as to the apprentice's parentage and other circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan N. 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Given are the names of the soldier and\/or widow, rank and units with the dates of enlistment and discharge. Some personal data is given in some cases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to the official census, included in this volume are the various G.A.R. Post in the area. These Grand Army of the Republic Post enlisted many from other areas of the country who were living in this area. The information here is of great value. The following Post are given with the information contained in their record books. Post 50 for Dayton; Post 75 for Spring City; Post 25 for Athens; Post 85 for Birchwood; Post 58 for Soddy; Post 84 for Sale Creek; Post 98 for Pikeville; and Post 55 for Crossville are given here.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExample from this volume:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eCivil District No. 3 - Jane C. Melton, widow of James F. Melton who was a Private in Co. H 5th Tenn. Inf, enlisted 27 March 1862 and was discharged ----. 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Allen's newspaper clippings about various events and persons in the Confederacy were collected first hand by his own experience during the conflict. Included here are the rosters of the various units from these two counties and biographical sketches of many of the leaders of the units.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExamples from this volume:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eRev. G. W. Callahan entered the army as a private in Captain Darwin's company. He was a Methodist minister, belonging to the Holston Conference. He was a man of ability, and was appointed Chaplain of the Sixteenth Tennessee Battalion on the Staff of Colonel John R. Neal, and made an efficient officer, commanding the respect of the battalion, and was known as \"a fighting parson.\" Rev. 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This transcription of the census is accomplished by two of the areas finest historians, Betty J. Broyles, County Historian for Rhea County, and William R. Snell, County Historian for Bradley County. Each of these two persons know the area of Meigs very well as both have relatives in that county at different points in its history. This is one of the best transcriptions of a county and include the resident number, names, ages and occupation of each of the persons mentioned in the records of the census. Also given is the property value and the place of birth of the individual. If no indication of this latter entry, then the individual was born in Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExample from this volume:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e#510 TILARY, William 47 farmer $800; Barbary Ann 45 VA; Coffell 18 farmer; Elender 16; Neoma 14; Isaac R. 9.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBettye J. Broyles and William R. 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Also included are estate matters, orphan records, business licenses, criminal complaints, tax releases, and land sales.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExamples\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartha MCDANELD appointed administrator of estate of her husband, Joseph MCDANELD. After giving bond, she returned an inventory of said estate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMathias SHAVER made a report on an orphan child, Anes Elviry LAWSON, amounting to $6.28 1\/2; also $12.75 for boarding said child 17 weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe State -VS- Daniel BROILS for Basterdy; ordered that a capious be issued against the defendant to the County of Rhea, returnable here at the next term of this court.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSarah B. 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