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First book $5.50; each additional book $4.50 unless otherwise stated.
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These books can be purchased from the Sumner County Archives. Revenue from the sales supports historical preservation and directly benefits the Sumner County Archives, the Sumner County Historical Society, Trousdale Place and/or the Rose Mont Restoration Foundation, Inc.
* Land, Slaves and Other Courthouse Transactions, 1808-1863; Abstracts of Sumner County, Tennessee Records abstracted by Juanita Patton. This book is comprised of abstracts of unpublished and relatively unknown records from Sumner County's bill of sale books and includes deeds, powers of attorney, estate divisions and administrations, marriage contracts, bonds and sales of crops and farm animals as well as bills of sale for slaves and division of slaves. Slaves are listed by given name and sometimes with surnames and usually, ages. Plantation owners and their families are identified. Softbound, 277 pages, fully indexed by names, slaves (slave name and name of seller) and also contains a place index. $35.00
*Balie Peyton of Tennessee: Nineteenth Century Politics and Thoroughbreds by Walter T. Durham. State Historian, Walter Durham's newest book brings to life one of Tennessee's most colorful sons, Balie Peyton. Peyton was an attorney, politician, congressman, soldier, diplomat, turf man and legislator. $35.00
*The Life of William Trousdale, Soldier, Statesman, Diplomat by Walter Durham. William Trousdale served in the Creek Indian War, the War of 1812 under Andrew Jackson at Pensacola and New Orleans. He was in the Seminole War of 1836 and later was made a brigadier general for his gallantry in the Mexican War. Known as the "War Horse of Sumner County", he was one of a very few who served in four wars of the first half of the nineteenth century. He was elected to the Tennessee State Senate in 1835 and later Governor in 1849. He later served as the United States Minister to Brazil. This book is presented as a tribute to this courageous soldier and public servant. The book contains 38 pages with numerous photographs of the Trousdale family and their homes. Copies are available over the counter at the Archives for $10.00. Mail order requests should be addressed to Clark Chapter UDC, P.O. Box 953, Gallatin, TN 37066. Make checks payable to Clark Chapter UDC. $10.00 plus $3.00 postage and handling.
*Josephus Conn Guild and Rose Mont; Politics and Plantation in Nineteenth Century Tennessee by Walter Durham. Tennessee state historian, Walter Durham, has compiled a definitive history of Guild combining previously unpublished portions of Guild's own journals as well as new scholarship on the man, his family, and two of his passions: Rose Mont and his beloved horses. $35.00 Make check payable to Rose Mont Restoration Foundation, Inc.
* A Celebration of Houses by Walter Durham, James Thomas and John Creasy was published in 1995. It is a beautiful coffee table book with many color photos of historic homes and structures in Sumner County built before 1900. $45.00. Make check payable to Sumner County Historical Society.
* The Great Leap Westward by Walter Durham is a history of Sumner County, Tennessee from its beginnings to 1805. It was originally published in 1969 and was reprinted in 1993. $30.00.
* Rebellion Revisited by Walter Durham is a history of Sumner County from 1861 to 1870. Originally published in 1982, this book sold out in a few months time. Occupied by federal troops in March, 1862, Sumner County's story during this tumultuous period of American history is fascinating. $30.00.
* A Pictorial History of Sumner County by Walter Durham and James Thomas is a popular book in its third printing. It includes photographs of many interesting scenes and people in Sumner County. $35.00. Make check payable to the Sumner County Historical Society.
* 1850 U. S. Census Sumner County, Tennessee was transcribed and proofread from the original microfilm. A new approach was used in the book that provides the reader with access to corrections. When proofreaders saw names they believed were inaccurate, the correct data, according to the proofreader, was listed in the text within brackets. $23.00.
* 1860 U. S. Census Sumner County, Tennessee was prepared at the Sumner County Archives using the same format as for the 1870 census book. $23.00.
* 1870 U. S. Census Sumner County, Tennessee, Second Edition. The 1870 census was originally published by the Sumner County Archives in 1995.. This is a revised edition of the 1870 census. The names were transcribed as written, even though the census enumerators made numerous errors. Realizing that some errors were so severe that readers might be unable to identify their family, the properly spelled surnames, along with the misspellings have been added to this edition. For example, the census clearly says Pastuerville and that is how it was transcribed in the first edition. The Archives did not change the name but we added Baskerville--see Pasuerville to the index and also in the text so that descendants would be able to find their ancestors. $25.00
* 1880
Sumner County, Tennessee Census, was transcribed at the Sumner County
Archives in 1991. $23.00.
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* Sumner County, Tennessee Bond Book 1787-1835
by Shirley Wilson, reprint. It includes bonds for marriages, estates,
land, as well as letters, etc. $8.00 plus $2.50 for shipping and
handling.
THIS BOOK IS SOLD OUT.
We are able to furnish you with a
Xerox copy of this book for $6.00. Postage $2.50
* Sumner County, Tennessee Index to the Loose Records 1786 to 1930 by Shirley Wilson. Published in 1988, this is an important book for those working with the loose court records. A 1991 errata is included. $30.00.
* Old Times in Tennessee by Jo. C. Guild was originally published in 1878 and is now available as reprinted. $40.00. Make check payable to Rosemont Restoration Foundation, Inc.
* The Durham Family of Sumner County, Tennessee researched and compiled by Shirley Wilson, Certified Genealogist. The goal of this research project was to establish proof of the family tradition that the Durhams came from Warren County, North Carolina to Sumner County, Tennessee and to determine the origin of the family. $5.00 plus $2.50 for shipping and handling.
1878 map of Sumner County, Tennessee -- Photocopy in one piece (28x20) for $13.00 + $5.00 shipping and handling for mailing tube or $2.50 folded in 10x13 envelope. This map shows the districts of Sumner County, TN with names of some residents. Map also contains a summary of the population of Sumner County from the 1870 US Census as well as a list of Gallatin and Sumner County business notices. Index is also available for an additional $4.00.
Kentucky & the Southwest Territory, 1794 -- $8.00 + $5.00 shipping and handling for mailing tube or $2.50 folded in 10 x 13 envelope.
The State of North Carolina, 1796
-- $5.00 +
$5.00 shipping and handling for mailing tube or $2.50
folded in 10 x 13 envelope.
1839 plat map of the town of Gallatin
-- $5.00 +$5.00 shipping and handling for mailing tube or $2.50 folded in
10 x 13 envelope.
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