rss rss feed

FAYETTE, Tennessee in the 1840s: 1 through 1 of 1

Sort By:Chronology | Recently Written or Edited
  1. Attorney C.S. Palmore's Search for Legatees
    date March 1, 1846map FAYETTE, Tennesseetags African-Americans, Health/Death, Law, Slavery, Women

    On March 1, 1846, C.S. Palmore, an attorney in Fayette County, Tennessee, wrote a letter to one of his colleagues. Attorney Edward Brown received the letter from Palmore in Ballsville, Virginia. Palmore boasted the supremacy of the state of Tennessee to the state of Virginia. I will say nothing about the fertility of our soil and other advantages afforded here to the young and enterprising, Palmore...