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Frances C. Roberts Portions of Typed Dissertation Drafts, 1956

 File — Box: Series 2, Subseries C, Box 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: r02c02-04
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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Frances Cabaniss Roberts collection covers the historical records of the Cabaniss Roberts family. This collection contains extensive correspondence records of the Cabaniss Roberts family circa 1830 to 1930.

Dates

  • Creation: 1830 - 1930

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

From the Collection: 105 Linear feet (143 boxes and 19 oversize.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Acklin, Joseph 267
Adams, Henry 362
Adams, President 137, 213
African Baptist Church 358
Alabama 313, 314, 315, 316, 361
Allen, Drury, Lt. 295
Allen, John A. 296
Allen, John B. 358
Allen, John, Capt. 295
Allen, John 359
Allen, Miss 360
Allen, Samuel 268
Anderson, William P. 240, 249
Archaic Period III 13, 56
Archaic Period II 10, 53
Archaic Period I 7, 9, 50, 52
Armstrong, John 296
Atkins, Daniel 267, 268
Baker, Peter S. 333, 334
Baldwin, Abraham 130, 205
Barnett, William 297
Bass, Peter 250
Bass, Uriah (estate) 330, 331
Bass, Uriah 251, 342
Battle of Burnt Corn 270
Battle, Josiah 339
Baxter, John 290
Beaty, Martin 254, 255
Beaty, Robert 250, 252, 352
Bell Tavern 349
Bibb, Thomas 245, 250, 251, 252, 352
Bibliography 368, 377
Big Warrior, Chief 265
Birney, James G. 362
Black Fox, Chief 148, 225, 234
Blackburn, Gideon, Rev. 144, 221, 286, 357
Bledsoe, Anthony, Col. 106, 179
Bloody Fellow 216
Blount, Gov. 118, 119, 192, 193, 273, 286
Blount, William, Sen. 138
Blount, William 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 94, 99, 103, 112, 116, 123, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 162, 163, 166, 170, 175, 181, 185, 189, 197, 198, 211, 264
Blount, Willie, Gov. 264, 276
Boardman, John 362
Boundaries and Land Titles 227
Brahan, John 240, 243, 250, 252, 254, 256, 283, 347, 348, 360
Brandon, Thomas 362
Brown, Absolom 333
Brown, John P. 341
Brown, John 341
Brown, Joseph 333
Brown, Samuel, Dr. 338
Brownsborough platted 341
Bryant, Peter 116, 190
Burlison, James 267
Burrus, Charles, Col. 287, 289
Burrus, Charles, Lt. Col. 268
Byram, Ebenezer 341
Cabaniss, Charles 249, 250, 337, 338
Calhoun, John C. 312
Calles, James, Col. 270
Camp Coffee 277
Campbell, Arthur, Col. 94, 165
Campbell, David, Judge 108, 181
Campbell, David 90, 93, 161, 164
Campbell, George W. 296
Campbell, William 249, 254
Carr, Thomas 103, 112, 116, 175, 185, 189
Carrol, William, Col. 286, 289, 290, 291
Carroll, Daniel 97, 169
Caswell, Maj. Gen. 91, 162
Caswell, Richard, Gen. 89
Caswell, Richard, Gov. 98, 169
Caswell, Richard 84, 85, 94, 95, 96, 103, 152, 153, 154, 155, 160, 166, 168, 175
Challenge Reservation 312
Chambers, Henry 348
Chapman, Reuben 345
Charlville, M. 37, 80
Cherokee negotiations 140, 141, 215, 216, 217
Cherokee treaties 224
Cherokees 32, 39, 75
Chickasaw boundary 299
Chickasaw Old Fields 42, 233
Chickasaw Treaties 147
Chickasaw Treaty 146, 224, 230
Chickasaws 39, 40, 41
Childress, James 287
Childress, Willis 334
Choctaw negotiations 223
Chota 169
Christian, Allen 249
Christian, William, Col. 100, 102, 172, 174
Claiborne, Ferdinand C., Gen. 271, 285
Clark, Elijah, Col. 105, 177
Clark, Elijah 123, 198
Clay, Clement C. 346, 348
Clay, Clement Claiborne 361
Clay, Clement Comer 348
Clemens, James 341, 348
Clemens, Jeremiah 361
Cobb, David 341
Cocke, John, Gen. 265, 266, 273, 279, 285
Cocke, William 93, 96, 164, 168
Coffee, John, Gen. 282, 283, 307
Coffee, John 240, 241, 273, 274, 275, 276, 278, 279, 280, 288, 304, 351, 352
Colbert, George, Chief 146, 239
Connally, John 364
Connor, Willie 360
Cook, Mitchell 360
Cornell, Joseph 270
Covington, Leonard, Col. 259
Cox, Benjamin 346, 348
Cox, George 268
Cox, Henry 251, 267
Cox, Peyton 251
Cox, William 123, 198
Cox, Zachariah 100, 113, 114, 116, 117, 120, 123, 171, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 194, 196, 198, 202, 228, 255
Crawford, William H. 300, 301, 347
Crawford, William 267, 268
Creek Indians 263
Creek treaty cessions 297
Criner, Calvin 333
Crocket, David 286
Crowley, Mildred, Mrs. 264
Cruse, Samuel, Mrs. 359
Cruse, Samuel 364
Davie, William R. 142
Davis, Andrew K. 360
de Lemos, Manual, Gov. 111, 184
De Soto, 28, 29, 71, 72
Dearborn, Henry 143, 147, 219, 224, 232
Decatur County 313
Derrick, William 341
Dickson, William 240, 242, 244, 254
Dinsmore, Silas 139, 145, 214, 222
Doherty, George W., Gen. 296
Doherty, George, Maj. 91, 162
Doherty, Joseph 250, 251
Donelson, John, Col. 102, 172, 174
Donelson, John 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 92, 94, 97, 100, 112, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 163, 166, 168, 171, 185
Donnell, Robert 359
Downs, William 86, 88, 96, 97, 103, 112, 123, 156, 159, 168, 175, 185, 197, 198
Drake, John 240, 241
Dunn, Michael C. 249
Early Beginnings in the Great Bend 2, 45
Early food sources 8, 51
Early habitation 6, 49
Early Woodland 15, 58
Echols, William, III 358
Echols, William 341
Economic & Social Development 317, 328
Economic & Social Life 366
Economic Development 326, 327, 331
Economic Problems 366, 367
Edmondson, William, Maj. 268
Eldridge, Thomas 267
Elholm, George, Major 105, 107, 177, 179
Elk County 306
Elk River 259
Enon Baptist Church 338
Erskine, Alexander, Dr. 361
Estill, Benjamin 254, 255
Estill, John 333
Evans, William 267, 268
Fearn, George 362
Fearn, Thomas, Dr. 268, 335, 344, 345, 346, 355, 356, 361, 362
Fearn, Thomas 348
Fernwick, Joseph 339
First Land Sales 253
Flint River Baptist Church 342
Flint River Navigation Company 341
Flournoy, Thomas, Gen. 271
Ford, John 333
Fort Deposit 278
Fort Hampton 259, 295
Fort Mims 272
Fort Strother 279, 292
Franklin, Jesse 304
Franklin, Jim 300
Franklin, TN 286, 357
Fraudulent grants 125, 126
Freeman survey 235
Freeman, Thomas 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 241, 250, 252, 307, 352
French and Indian War 38, 81
Frontiersmen 149
Fuqua? 252
Fuqui, Silas 252
Gaines Road 300
Gaines, George S. 298
Gallatin, Albert 130, 197, 205, 232, 236, 237, 238, 242, 243
Gardoqui 110, 183
Geological formations 3, 46
Georgia cessions 131, 206
Georgia Land Act 122, 195
Georgia planters 244
Georgia 101, 102, 112, 125, 126, 130, 139, 173, 185, 197, 199, 200, 201, 205, 214, 265, 311, 352
Gibson, Major 275
Gilbert, Thomas 115, 123, 189, 198
Gilbreath, Alexander, Maj. 267
Gilbreath, Alexander 250, 251, 268
Gilchrist, Malcomb 352
Gray, Jonathan, Capt. 269
Gray, Young A., Dr. 361
Grayson, John, Maj. 268
Grayson, John 341
Green Academy 348
Green Bottom Inn 364
Griffith, Stephen 268
Gunn, James, Sen. 197
Hamilton, James 267
Hammond, Eli, Capt. 295
Hampton, Wade, Col. 103, 175, 197
Hampton, Wade, Gen. 258
Handley, George, Col. 109, 182
Harding, Joseph 343
Harris, Richard 251
Harris, William 358
Harrison, Michael 228, 238, 243, 244, 254, 255, 281
Haskins, Charles H. 186
Haughton, William 342
Hawkins, Benjamin 97, 142, 169, 218, 263, 265, 266, 270, 271, 296
Hayter, William D. 333
Hazard, Samuel 362
Hazel Green, Miss. Terr. 336, 337
Hazel Green 336
Heard, Stephen 86, 88, 97, 103, 112, 123, 156, 159, 168, 175, 185, 197, 198
Henderson, Richard 152, 153
Henry, Patrick 84
Henry, Samuel 96, 167
Herd, Gen. 91, 162
Hickman, John P. 267, 346, 348
Hobbs Island Sites 23, 24, 66, 67
Hobbs Island 234
Hobbs, J. L. 41
Holderness, McKenney 352
Holmes, David, Gov. 267, 269, 271, 272, 294, 295, 296, 306
Horatio Jones & Co. 343
Horse Racing 364
Horton, John P. 341
Horton, Rodah 339
Hubbard, James 116, 190
Humphrey, David 339
Humphries, W. W., Dr. 333
Hunt, John 135, 136, 211, 250
Huntsville Business 352, 353
Huntsville Inn 349
Huntsville Land Office 256
Huntsville Library Co. 361
Huntsville Records 324
Huntsville, AL Terr. 348, 361
Huntsville, AL 346, 349, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364
Huntsville, Miss. Terr. 274, 283, 347, 348, 355, 357
Indian Affairs 127, 128, 203, 204
Indian Creek Navigation Co. 344
Indian defeat 192
Indian Hunting Grounds 35, 78
Indian land cessions 44
Indian Treaty 302, 303
Indian troubles 119
Indian Wars 292, 293
Intrusion by whites 34, 77
Irvine, Robert 336
Jacks, David, Elder 336
Jackson County 313
Jackson, Andrew, Gen. 273, 275, 276, 278, 279, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 311
Jackson, Andrew, Maj. Gen. 265, 266, 269
Jackson, Andrew 277, 288, 297, 300, 301, 304, 305, 310, 313, 351, 364
Jackson, James, Sen. 125, 199
Jackson, James 130, 205, 240, 249, 250, 287, 351, 352
Jefferies, Allen 358
Jefferson, Thomas, Pres. 141, 218, 227
Jefferson, Thomas 130, 205, 236
John Coffee Survey 309
Johnson, Alfred & Albert 333
Johnson, Grief 268
Jones, Lewellen 249, 251
Jones, Walter B. 2, 45
Jordan, Fleming 341
Kananooluskah 312
Keble, Walter 252
Keeble? 252
Kennedy, Charles 251, 342
Kennedy, Daniel, Col. 93, 95, 164, 167
Kentucky 352
Key, Ezekiel 341
Knoxville, TN 290
Land Acts 229
Land Act 322
Land cessions 193
Land Sales 246, 247, 248, 315, 350, 351
Langford, Robert 250
Lauderdale County 306
Lee, Charles, Att. Gen. 129, 204
Leintz, William 250
Levert, J. L. 360
Levert, M. V. 360
Lewis, L. S. 334
Lewis, William B. 290
Lilly, Jesse 333
Limestone County 306
Lincoln, Levi 130, 205
Little Warrior, Chief 264
Long, William B. 363
Looney, Abraham 251
Lucas, John, Dr. 361
Madison Co. Militia 267
Madison Co., AL Terr. 339
Madison Co., AL 324, 326, 327, 336, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 345, 358, 366, 367
Madison Co., Miss. Terr. 149, 227, 246, 247, 248, 253, 256, 267, 268, 287, 289, 305, 306, 318, 333, 344, 364, 389
Madison county borders 305
Madison County 223, 307, 316, 317, 323, 328, 330, 331, 332, 344, 365, 390
Madison's Expansionists 258
Madison, James 130, 205
Madison, President 239
Maher, Mathias 120, 194
Manning, James, Dr. 354
Manning, James 251, 348
Marshall County 314
Martin, Alexander, Gov. 92, 95, 163
Martin, Col. 91, 93, 162, 164
Martin, Joseph 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 92, 94, 97, 98, 101, 110, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 159, 160, 163, 166, 169, 173, 183, 185
Martin, 112
Mastin, Frances T. 355, 356
Mathews, George, Gov. 105, 106, 107, 120, 177, 178, 179, 180, 194, 197
Maury Co., TN 245
Mayer, Michael 254
McAnulty, Giles 312
McBroom, Stephen 341
McCartney, James 248, 341
McCartney, John & James 341
McCartney, William 281
McClung, James W. 363
McCrary, Thomas 339
McDonald, Capt. 261
McGehee, Thomas 336, 337, 338
McGillivery, Alexander 110, 119, 183, 193
McIntosh, Lachlan 139, 197, 198, 215
McIntosh, Laclan, Jr. 86, 156
McIntosh, Lacland 123
McIntosh, Laclin 88, 159
McKinley, John 352
McMinn, Joseph, Gov. 311
McQueen, Peter 270, 272
McVay, Hugh 250
Meigs, Return J. 143, 147, 219, 220, 224, 232, 233, 234, 239, 300, 302
Meridianville 339
Meriwether, David, Gen. 311
Meriwether, David 300, 304
Middle Mississippian Indians 30, 33, 73, 76
Middle Mississippian Period 20, 63
Middle Woodland Period 18, 61
Milledge, John 130, 205
Miller, John 333
Miller, Thomas 332
Minor, Henry 348, 362
Miss. Terr. 223, 230, 259, 260, 261, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 306, 338
Mississippi Territory land claims 230
Mitchell, George, Gov. 265
Monroe, James, Pres. 310
Montgomery, Archibald, Col. 38, 81
Montgomery, Michael 228, 254
Moore, Albert 139, 214
Moore, David, Dr. 355, 356
Moore, David 250, 346, 348
Morgan, Samuel D. 357
Morrell, John 86, 88, 156, 159
Morris, Dabney 352
Mosley, William, Capt. 269
Mosley, William 268
Mountains & valleys 4, 47
Murphy, Elijah 251
Muscle Shoals 225
Musters 365
Napier, Thomas 96, 103, 123, 168, 175, 197, 198
Nashville Land Office 241
Nashville settlement 106, 179
Nashville, TN 241, 287, 290
Nashville 146
Natchez trace 142
Natchez, MS 232
Natchez, Spanish Terr. 111, 184
Neal, Stephen, Maj. 267
Neal, Stephen, Sheriff 243
Neal, Stephen 237, 252, 268
Neely, James 267
New Market, AL 335
New Market, Miss. Terr. 333, 334
Norris, George D., Dr. 333
North Carolina 99, 112, 139, 214
Ohio Terr. 112
Old Tassel 98, 169, 170
Ore, James, Major 118, 192
Orme, Thomas 234
Outlaw, Alexander 90, 92, 95, 161, 163, 167
Patton, William 348
Peace, Seth 232
Peel, Hunter 355, 357
Percy, Dial 341
Percy, Thomas G. 338, 348, 361, 362
Perkins, Peter, Col. 267, 269, 271, 272, 273, 283, 287, 288, 289, 294, 295, 296
Perry, William 97, 169
Petersburg, GA 245, 297
Pettey, William 358
Pettey, Zachariah 358
Pickens, Andrew 97, 98, 169
Picket, E., Dr. 361
Pinckney, Thomas, Gen. 285, 294, 296, 297
Pond, Stephen 341
Pontotoc, MS 302
Pool, John P. 333
Pope, Alexander 308, 347
Pope, Benjamin S. 364
Pope, Benjamin 339
Pope, LeRoy, Mrs. 359
Pope, LeRoy 245, 249, 250, 251, 252, 280, 283, 308, 346, 347, 354, 359
Pope, Willis 348
Population 353, 366, 390
Pottery I Period 15, 58
Pottery II Period 17, 60
Pottery III Period 20, 63
pottery 16, 59
Powell's Valley, TN 135, 211
Power, Nathaniel, Maj. 268
Private Land companies 83
Pulley, R. L. 333
Quantity of Land Sold 389
Randolph, Jesse 333
Randolph, John 133, 134, 208, 209, 231
Read, John 277, 310, 348, 351
Red Lands 5, 48
Reed, John, Major 268
Rescinding Act 200, 201
Reservations 225, 311
Rice, Francesco, Dr. 333
Rice, Joseph 333
Roberts, Frances Cabaniss 1
Roberts, Isaac, Gen. 286
Robertson, Charles 88, 159
Robertson, James, Col. 106, 179
Robertson, James, Gen. 118, 139, 146, 192, 215, 233, 239
Robinson, James, Gen. 222
Rutherford, Griffith 84, 152, 153
Searcy, Jesse 346, 348
Settlement in the Bend 225, 226
Sevier, George Washington, Capt. 259, 261
Sevier, John, Gen. 261
Sevier, John, Gov. 107, 135, 139, 180, 210, 211, 215
Sevier, John 84, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, 123, 136, 152, 153, 156, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 189, 198, 212, 297, 298
Sevier, Valentine, Jr. 88, 159
Shawnees 39
Sheffey, Henry L. 254
Simm's Settlement petition 260
Slaves 323
Sluder, Ezekial 333
Smith, Alexander, Col. 259
Smith, Daniel, Gen. 144, 147, 220, 224
Smith, Daniel 252
Smith, George 251, 333
Snider, Beaver M. 211
South Carolina 98, 103, 175, 197
Sparks, Richard, Capt. 135, 136, 210, 212
Speculative Land Deals 124
Spider, Beaver M. 136
Sprowl, John 341
Squatter census 239
Squatter settlements 299
State of Franklin Militia 101
State of Franklin 104, 106, 107, 176, 179, 180
Steele, John 139, 214
Stringfield, Thomas, Rev. 357
Stringfield, Thomas 340, 359
Strother, John 115, 123, 189, 198, 241
Stuart, James 139, 215
Tallapoosa River, Miss. Terr. 298
Tate, Waddy, Dr. 268
Tate, Waddy 352
Taylor, George 341
Taylor, Grant 281
Taylor, John M. 346, 348
Taylor, Thomas J., Judge 365
Tecumseh 262, 263
Telfair, Edward, Gov. 101, 102, 103, 104, 173, 175, 176
Tellico treaty 43
Tennessee Land Co. 113, 114, 121, 123, 186, 187, 188, 196
Tennessee River 5, 48
Tennessee 135, 138, 139, 144, 210, 215, 264, 265, 273, 297, 311, 352
Territorial Tax Returns 318
The Glass, Cherokee Chief 142
The Glass 117, 190, 218
Thirst For Land in the Bend 82, 150
Thompson, Allen C. 267
Tillman, Daniel 352
Tipton, John 109, 182
Titus, James 306
Toulmin, Harry, Judge 265
Townsend, 339
Treaties 301
Treaty negotiations 218
Triana, AL 345
Triana 344, 345
Turkey Town 303
University, AL 1
Van deVandel, E., Mr. & Mrs. 360
Vann, (Cherokee half-breed) 220
Veitch, William 341
Vincent, Moses 249
Vining, John 335
Virginia 94, 133, 134, 139, 165, 208, 209, 214, 352
Wade, John, Capt. 135, 136, 210, 212
Walker, David 341
Walker, John M. 346
Walker, John W. 338, 341, 348
Walker, John William 245
Walker, LeRoy Pope 361
Walton, George 139, 214
Ward, Edward 241, 252, 287
Washington, D. C. 129, 141, 204, 347
Washington, George 127, 202
Water Works 355
Watkins, M. S., Dr. 361
Watkins, Miles S., Dr. 362
Watkins, William 245
Wayne, Anthony 118, 192
Webb, William S. 2, 45
Wharton, George R., Dr. 361
White, Don Diego 111, 184
White, James, Dr. 110, 183, 184
White, James, Gen. 279
White, James 276
White, Thomas & Addison 276
Wilkinson, James, Gen. 142, 218
Williams, John, Col. 290
Williams, Robert 236
Wills, Andrew 360, 363
Wilson, James 197
Wilson, Thomas 312
Wilson, William 312
Winston, Att. Gen. 306
Winston, John J. 268, 280
Withers, James W. 361
Wood, Bennett 251, 342
Woodson, Philip 363
Wright, Daniel & William 339
Wright, Peter 267
Wyatt, William 267
Yazoo claims 132, 207

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