State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives

MARY HAMILTON THOMPSON ORR PAPERS, 1791-1896 AND ADDITIONS, 1779-1955

COLLECTION SUMMARY

Creator:

Orr, Mary Hamilton Thompson

Inclusive Dates:

1779-1955, bulk 1802-1896

Scope & Content:

The original Orr Collection, containing approximately fifteen hundred items and eight volumes, spans the years 1791-1896. Most of the papers, however, date between 1820 and 1870. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, accounts, biographical data, genealogical data, invitations, land records (deeds, indentures, surveys), legal documents (agreements, estate papers, indentures, promissory notes, wills, etc.), memorabilia, newspaper clippings, notices, programs, school records, speeches, and writings. The major figures represented were members of the Hamilton, Harris, House, Morgan, Overton, Thompson, and Wilson families of Davidson County, Tennessee, Logan County, Kentucky, and Madison County, Alabama.

A sizable portion of the papers are those of George Washington House (1807- 1850) of Madison County, Alabama, and Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, who was a physician, businessman, Whig, Presbyterian, and advocate of temperance causes. There are sixty-four of House’s letters, 1837-1850, most of which he wrote while traveling the South seeing patients and selling his medicines and which he addressed to his wife, Mary (Hamilton) House (later Thompson). Although he began his career as a businessman, by December 30, 1842, House was writing his wife, “You wish to know whether or not I am initiated [into the medical profession]. Answer--I know enough.” He also urged her to send him any “incurables” she might know. In an interesting letter of March 13, 1843, House asked Mary if she had seen the new comet in the west which was causing so much

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speculation. He described it as “the longest comet we have any knowledge of - its tail is estimated to be above one hundred and fifty millions of miles in length.” Other subjects of interest in George W. House’s correspondence include medical advice; family news; his travels throughout the South; the debts of his business, “Berine and House”; a detailed description of Hot Springs. Arkansas, in 1840; and the cholera epidemic in Nashville in 1850.

The journal of George W. House, which he kept during 1830/1840, is another important part of the Orr Collection. The entries, beginning June 19, 1839, indicate much about the everyday occupations of antebellum Southerners, their visiting, church attendance, reading and writing habits, and games. House’s diary also chronicles the extensive trips which he and Mrs. House made to visit relatives in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. A dedicated Whig, House recorded his political views in his journal. On June 22, 1839, he wrote, “It is thought here by many that Cannon will beat Polk at from seven to twelve thousand votes [in the Tennessee gubernatorial election]. True principles must and will triumph.” On August 2, 1839, he lamented the election of Cave Johnson to Congress and called him a “subtreasurite Van Buren whole hog.” James K. Polk, House considered “Tennessee’s great humbuger.” Another entry shows House a man of foresight in regard to the South’s future; on March 4, 1840, he “endeavored to persuade my Brother to drop Cotton and cultivate Hemp. The farmers are all wrong.” Other of George W. House’s papers in the collection are a letter book dated 1840 and accounts for the years 1831-1852.

George W. House’s wife, Mary (Hamilton) House (later Thompson), wrote twenty-eight letters from 1839 to 1880, many of which she addressed to her husband. Probably the most interesting subject of Mary House’s correspondence is Jenny Lind’s visit to Nashville in 1851. On March 31, 1851, the Swedish Nightingale was in Nashville preparing for two concerts, one to be given that evening and one on April 2. Mrs. House wrote that “every hotel and boarding house in the city are ful[sic] and the cry is ‘still the come’ the town will be literally cramed [sic].” She also reported that P. T. Barnum had been in Nashville and held an auction of concert tickets in the Odd Fellows’ Hall. Mary House paid the high (for that day) price of $5.00 for her ticket, but the prize one went to Mr. Turner for $200.00. The excitement caused by Jenny Lind’s appearances features in Mrs. House’s description of crowds in Nashville: “You cannot imagine what a crowd we have in N[ashville]. The square and the streets near the square, are thronged almost equal to Broadway for almost the entire population of the surrounding country, both village, town, and hamlet are now with us, and from neighboring states.” Like her husband, Mary (Hamilton) House saw the comet which appeared in the spring of 1843 and commented in her letters about when and where it could be seen and how its appearance alarmed people.

With relatives spread about the South, Mrs. House had to travel a great deal in order to visit them. In February of 1846, she visited her brother and sister-in-law, Oscar and Sigismunda Mary (Taylor) Hamilton, in Clinton, Mississippi. Letters

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written en route describe her journey from Nashville to Memphis via the Cumberland River, the boat trip down the Mississippi River from Memphis to Vicksburg, and the train tide from Vicksburg overland to Clinton. In other letters Mary House wrote about the cholera epidemic that raged in Nashville in 1850. On June 24 she observed that “...as last year, it is confined to that portion of the city south of Broad south.” By July 16, however, with only three to six or eight deaths over a period of twenty-four hours, she could report that the epidemic was subsiding. George W. House himself died in September of 1850, but the cause listed is fever, not cholera.

By the late summer of 1851 his widow was writing her brother Joseph Daviess Hamilton (1826-1855) about her impending marriage with the thrice widowed John Thompson (1793-1876) of Nashville. In 1851 Joseph D. Hamilton was traveling extensively in Europe. Six letters written to his mother and sister describe his journey from Nashville to New York, life on board the Waterloo as he crossed the Atlantic, and the places which he visited in Great Britain and on the continent. There are also in the collection two small diaries kept by Hamilton during his travels abroad. Seven other letters of Joseph D. Hamilton, dated 1837- 1852, tell about his studies, local news of Nashville, and Russellville, Kentucky, and family news.

The father of Joseph D. Hamilton and Mary (Hamilton) House Thompson, Joseph Daviess Hamilton (1782-1827) of Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, was a teacher, farmer, and agent for the Bank of Kentucky. These papers contain fourteen of his letters written from 1806-1827, most of which he addressed to his wife, Sally Bedinger (Morgan) Hamilton. In one letter written in February 1807, to an unknown recipient, he defended slavery, arguing that a man should own slaves to aid and uplift them. “I do not know,” he wrote, “of a better way for an individual to do than to own as many [slaves] as he can treat humanly, or if he can, liberate them at a certain age.” If, however, self-interest was one’s only motive, Hamilton felt that he did not need to have slaves. Other subjects of interest in his correspondence include family news; news of Russellville, Kentucky; the Logan and Newton Academies in Logan County; the teaching profession; his problems in collecting bank debts; and advice to his wife about managing their farm during his business trips.

Joseph Daviess and Sally B. Hamilton’s second son, Mortimer, moved from Russellville to Nashville in 1829. There are nine of his letters, 1829-1854, addressed to various members of his family. Writing to his brother Joseph Daviess Hamilton on February 28, 1851, Mortimer urges “Jo” to attempt the sale of East Tennessee Mining and Manufacturing Company stock while traveling in New York and France. Other members of the Hamilton family with correspondence in the Orr Collection are two more of Mary (Hamilton) House Thompson’s brothers, Oscar and James M. Hamilton; her mother, Sally B. Hamilton; her aunt, Mary H. Hamilton; her uncle, James M. Hamilton; and her sisters-in-law, Emmeline (Hill) and Sigismunda Mary (Taylor) Hamilton.

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The oldest son of John and Mary (Hamilton) House Thompson, whose name was also John Thompson (1852-1919), married Mary McConnell Overton, the granddaughter of Judge John Overton (1766-1833). This explains the presence of some Overton family correspondence in the Orr Manuscripts. There is one letter, 1828, written by Judge Overton; six written by his son John Overton (1821-1898); one written by his brother Samuel Overton; and two written by John W. Overton. A letter from a Confederate soldier, headed “In Line of Battle Near Nashville Tenn. Dec. 6th, 1864,” and addressed to his sisters, was possibly written by Judge Overton’s grandson John (1842-1906). Writing when there was little hope for the Confederacy, the soldier explained why he continued to fight. “No I could never submit to negro [sic] equality, or see our women insulted & degraded to a levil [sic] with the slave....For what am I fighting?...I strike for freedom - our women - a nationality & existence, all of which are threatened....”

Six letters, 1830-1837, from John Samuel Claybrooke, Judge John Overton’s nephew and the executor of his estate, tell about Claybrooke’s journey from Virginia to “Travelers’ Rest” in 1830, his plans for the future, his engagement to Mary A. Perkins, Judge Overton, the Overton estate and other family news. One of Claybrooke’s letters contains information about a cholera epidemic in Nashville in 1833. He wrote that “There were as many as 60 cases of Cholera in a day, in the little town of Nashville. Many of its most conspicuous, enterprising and valuable citizens have died with this malady. Eighty, out of 83 convicts in the Penitentiary had the Cholera.” A letter of special interest was written by W. H. Gordon to Albert W. Harris on October 3, 1865. A resident of Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Gordon wrote about agricultural conditions-- cotton yields, prices per acre of plantations, etc.--in his area right after the Civil War. Especially illuminating are Gordon’s comments about black labor, including the amount a laborer could cultivate, the wages paid him, and the provisions supplied him. In writing about the conditions of the Negro in 1865, Gordon observed, “I am bitterly opposed to Class Legislation, as injurious to both parties. If the Negro is to remain in the country among us (which I am bitterly opposed to and in which I can see another revolution) we cannot avoid placing him on an equality with the whites, politically.

Other correspondents of note in the Orr Collection include Campbell Brown, William G. Brownlow, Terry H. Cahal (1802-1851), Fortunatus Cosby (1765- 1846), William Eustis, Presley Underwood Ewing, John McCormick Lea, John Christmas McLemore, and John Brown McEwen. For a complete listing of all correspondents, see the index in this register.

In addition to the diaries of George W. House and Joseph D. Hamilton, there is a diary kept by Fannie Wilson and one kept by her brother Thomas Black Wilson, both of Cottage Home, Davidson County, Tennessee. Fannie Wilson’s diary is for the year 1859 when she was traveling in the northeastern United States. The entries record her visits to the Hudson River, West Point, Lake George, Lake Champlain, Niagara Falls, New York City, Washington, D. C., and Richmond

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Virginia. She writes about seeing Charles Blondin cross Niagara Falls on a cable in July 1859 and describes Mount Vernon and the White House as they were in 1859. Thomas Wilson’s diary began on February 3, 1855, when he was seventeen years old and just taking over the management of his family’s farm. Entries give brief comments about the planting of crops in the spring, weather conditions, Wilson’s everyday occupations, family news, and important events in the states and nation.

Other papers in this collection include accounts, 1791-1896, for the following: James M. Hamilton, Joseph Daviess Hamilton (1791-1827), Joseph Daviess Hamilton (1826-1855), Sally B. Hamilton, George W. House, Abraham Morgan, John Thompson, Mary (Hamilton) House Thompson, and the Harris family. There are obituaries for Joseph D. Hamilton (1826-1855), Sally B. Hamilton, George W. House, and James Hamilton House and genealogical data about the Bedinger, Hamilton, House, Maxwell, Morgan, Orr, Overton, Swearengen, Thompson, White, Waller, and other related families. There are also land records for the Hamilton, Harris, House, Morgan, Overton, Thompson, and Wilson families and for James Coghlin. Legal documents include estate papers of Sally B. Hamilton and George W. House; two wills, 1840 and 1854, of Winefred Caroline (Powell) House; papers relating to the pardon of John Overton (1821-1898) after the Civil War, including a parole and pardon signed by Andrew Johnson; and legal papers of the Hamilton, House, Morgan, Overton Thompson, and Wilson families. In the data about schools are accounts, 1858-1860, for Sally Morgan House with the Nashville Female Academy and documents transferring land to Pleasant Grove Seminary and Washington Institute, both in Davidson County, Tennessee. Most of the rest of the Orr papers consist of invitations, memorandums, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, notices, programs, and poetry.

In 1971 Mrs. Robert Jordan donated an addition to the collection, measuring .5 cubic feet and spanning the years 1779-1955. Correspondence makes up about one third of the addition and appears alphabetically by sender. The name index for correspondence does not include the correspondence found in this addition. Applications to the Virginia Society of Colonial Dames of America pertain to Martha Overton Dickinson and Mary Hamilton Thompson Orr. There are two biographical sketches describing Richard Clough Anderson, Sr., who was born January 12, 1750 and died in 1791. Also included is a sketch of Captain William Morgan written by Mrs. Augusta Morgan Phillips and presented as a speech at a D. A. R. meeting. Diaries include a small diary signed on the last page by Sam Orr for the year 1857. The remaining documents in the diary folder include three individual items for the year 1866 but authorship is unknown. Financial records contain 28 documents, including the oldest document in the addition to the collection which is a receipt dated September 15, 1779. Genealogical data begins with an ancestral chart from Mary Orr Jordan (1809-1829) and includes five generations. The remainder of the genealogical data contains notes on various families including the Claiborne, Hill, Maxwell, Morgan, Orr, Overton, Sevier, and White families. Land records are arranged chronologically and include grants,

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indentures, warranty deeds and deeds of trust. Legal documents are three in number. The first records the sale of a slave woman named Evaline, age about 15, belonging to William J. Morton. The remaining two documents include a small claim for livestock and an acknowledgment of a cash gift from Martha C. Ewing to Mattie Lon Allen. There are copies of three wills included in the collection relating to Hugh Lawson, Sr., William Morgan, and Thomas Overton. There are four photographs that are identified as Sam Orr; Ada Holt Orr, mother of Sam H. Orr; Ada Holt, wife of Sam; and the tombstone of Col. Morgan (1760-1815).

Archives staff incorporated a second addition in June 2020. This addition consisted of an indenture for the Franklin Turnpike Company between Joseph P. Minnick, John M. Bass, Joseph W. Horton, George W. Overton, William H. Philips, Thomas Edmiston, Robert Scales, and John Buchanan, dated 1831. Included is a transcription of the indenture along with a brief biological sketch of each man listed above. This addition also includes three notebooks belonging to Samuel Orr, approximately 1857-1866, including a travel journal and two account books. Also included are two ledgers from a blacksmith shop at Glen Leven Farm in Nashville, Tennessee, 1843-1876. Both ledgers contain customer accounts for the blacksmith shop with the first ledger containing account information for Glen Leven Farm on the last 4-5 pages.

This collection also holds several oversize items including an indenture for Jordan Ashley for land in Bedford County, Tennessee, dated 1824 and signed by Governor William Carroll; a genealogical chart for the descendants of Mrs. Martha Overton Dickson; a charcoal rubbing of a monument dedicated to John Overton; and a right-of-way map for the Nashville Interurban Railway showing the Thompson property (Glen Leven farm) and blacksmith shop. The Nashville Interurban Railway ran between Franklin and Nashville along Franklin Pike from 1908 to 1942.

It should be noted that neither additions were microfilmed.

Physical Description/Extent:

4 cubic feet

Accession/Record Group Number:

0155, 0287, 0783, 0997, 1968-016, 1968-036, 1994-228, 2018-019, 2020-031, 2020-032; 2020-054

Language:

English

Permanent Location:

IV-J-2-3; XIII-J-Top-1; Mf. 1257

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Repository:

Tennessee State Library and Archives, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, 37243-0312

Administrative/Biographical History

Mary Hamilton Thompson Orr was born April 30, 1879. She was married to Samuel Hunter Orr (1868-1920). They had one son, John Orr (1903-1940). She died on September 17, 1969 in Davidson County, Tennessee and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.

Organization/Arrangement of Materials

Series I Original Collection Boxes 1-5 Series II Addition Box 6 Series III Addition 2 Box 7, Oversize Boxes 1-2 Oversize Folders 1-2

Conditions of Access and Use

Restrictions on Access:

No restrictions.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction:

While the Tennessee State Library and Archives houses an item, it does not necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the item is still protected under current copyright law. Users are solely responsible for determining the existence of such instances and for obtaining any other permissions and paying associated fees that may be necessary for the intended use.

Index Terms

Personal/Family Names: Anderson, Richard Clough, 1750-1791 Bedinger family Brown, Campbell, 1840-1893

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Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877 Cahla, Terry H., 1802-1851 Claiborne family Claybrooke, John Samuel, 1807-1892 Cosby, Fortunatus, 1765-1846 Dickinson, Mary Overton Eustis, William Ewing, Presley, 1822-1854 Hamilton family Hamilton, Joseph D. (Joseph Daviess), 1782-1828 Hamilton, Joseph Daviess, Jr., 1826-1855 Hamilton, Mortimer, active 1829-1854 Hamilton, Sally Bedinger Morgan, 1795-1852 Harris family Hill family House family House, George Washington, 1807-1850 Jordan, Mary Orr, 1809-1829 Lea, John McCormick, 1818-1903 Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887 Maxwell family McEwen, John Brown McLemore, John Christmas Morgan family Overton family Overton, John, 1821-1898 Overton, John, 1842-1906 Orr family Orr, Mary Hamilton Thompson, 1879-1969 Orr, Samuel, active 1857-1866 Sevier family Swearengen family Thompson family Thompson, John, Sr., 1793-1876 Thompson, John, Jr., 1852-1919 Thompson, Mary Hamilton House Thompson, Mary McConnell Overton, 1858-1924 Waller family Wilson family Wilson, Fannie, active 1859 Wilson, Thomas, active 1855 White family

Corporate Names/Organizations/Government Bodies:

Glen Leven Farm (Nashville, Tenn.) -- History Nashville Female Academy (Nashville, Tenn.)

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Pleasant Grove Seminary National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Subjects:

Blacksmiths -- Tennessee -- Accounting -- 19th century Cholera -- Tennessee -- History --19th century Comets -- 1843 Epidemics -- United States -- History -- 19th century Medicine -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Political parties -- United States -- History -- 19th century

Geographic Names:

Davidson County (Tenn.) -- History -- Sources Europe -- Description and travel Hot Springs (Ark.) -- History -- Sources Logan County (Ky.) -- History -- Sources Madison County (Ala.) -- History -- Sources Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 Southern States -- Description and travel United States – History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- Description and travel

Document Types:

Accounts Application forms Blueprints (reprographic copies) Cashbooks Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Deeds Diaries Financial records Genealogies (histories) Grants Indentures Invitations Land grants Land surveys Ledgers (account books) Legal documents Maps (documents) Military records Photographs Poems Programs (documents) 9

Speeches (documents) Wills

Acquisition and Appraisal

Provenance and Acquisition:

The majority of the collection was donated to the Tennessee State Library and Archives by Mary Hamilton Thompson Holt, Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of the Colonial Dames, from 1956-1962. Additional donations were made by National Society of Colonial Dames of America in August 1963, Joe Thompson in 1965, Overton Williams in February 1968, Mary T. Orr in March 1968, Sara S. Nolan in September 1969, Mrs. Robert Jordan in August 1971, George C. & Ophelia Paine in March 2018, and John Orr Jordan in March 2020, and Ophelia T. Paine in March 2020.

Processing and Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Mary Hamilton Thompson Orr Papers, 1791-1896, and Additions, 1779- 1955, Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Processing Information:

The original collection was processed by Frances W. Kunstling, Harriet C. Owsley, and Elbert L. Watson in June 1969. The finding aid was updated, and an addition was added by Ted Guillaum in May 1998. The finding aid was updated and another addition added by Kimberly Mills Wires in June 2020.

Related Archival Materials:

Glen Leven Ledger, 1847-1852, Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Mary Hamilton Thompson Orr Interviews (Vault Collections, V-1), Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Mary Hamilton Thompson Orr Interviews (Vault Collections, V-8), Tennessee State Library and Archives.

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DETAILED COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

SERIES I. – ORIGINAL COLLECTION

Series Scope and Content: Series includes accounts, correspondence, land records, legal documents and other materials concerning the Hamilton, Thompson, Orr families and its related branches.

Series Arrangement: Series is arranged aphetically by document for Boxes 1-3 and then again starting with Boxes 4-5.

CONTAINER LIST

Contents/Item Title Date Box Folder Accounts -- Hamilton, James M. 1809-1888 1 1 Accounts -- Hamilton, Joseph Daviess 1807-1819 1 2 Accounts -- Hamilton, Joseph Daviess 1820-1828 1 3 Accounts -- Hamilton, Joseph Daviess 1842-1860 1 4 Accounts -- Hamilton, Sally Bedinger Morgan 1828-1852 1 5 Accounts -- Harris family 1864-1872 1 6 Accounts -- Harris family 1872-1896 1 7 Accounts -- House, George Washington 1831-1852 1 8 Accounts -- Morgan, Abraham 1791-1819 1 9 Accounts -- Thompson, John 1821-1856 1 10 Accounts -- Thompson, Mary Hamilton House 1851-1889 1 11 Accounts -- General 1814-1866 1 12 Accounts -- Cashbook 1860-1867 1 13 Correspondence -- Author unknown 1817-1863 2 1 Correspondence -- Alexander-Beirne 1831-1889 2 2 Correspondence -- Bibb-Cage 1827-1884 2 3 Correspondence -- Cahal-Charlton 1827-1866 2 4 Correspondence -- Clark-Currin 1827-1866 2 5 Correspondence -- Dawson-Freeman 1809-1892 2 6 Correspondence -- Gamble-Hamilton 1827-1885 2 7 Correspondence -- Hamilton, Joseph Daviess 1806-1827 2 8 Correspondence -- Hamilton, Joseph Daviess 1837-1852 2 9 Correspondence -- Hamilton, Joseph Daviess - 1807-1860 2 10 Hamilton, Mary H. Correspondence -- Hamilton, Mortimer- 1827-1869 2 11 Hamilton, T. H. Correspondence -- Hannum-Hill 1831-1881 2 12 Correspondence -- House, George Washington 1837-1839 3 1 Correspondence -- House, George Washington 1840-1843 3 2

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Correspondence -- House, George Washington 1844-1850 3 3 Correspondence -- House, Sally Morgan-Latham 1809-1895 3 4 Correspondence -- Lawrence-Moore 1830-1896 3 5 Correspondence -- Morgan-Overton 1804-1889 3 6 Correspondence -- Parson-Robinson 1817-1902 3 7 Correspondence -- Ross-Taylor 1839-1885 3 8 Correspondence -- Thompson, Annie-Thompson, 1840-1869 3 9 Lawrence Correspondence -- Thompson, Mary Hamilton 1839-1846 3 10 House Correspondence -- Thompson, Mary Hamilton 1848-1880 3 11 House Correspondence -- Thompson, Sam M. Yerger 1802-1885 3 12 Letter book -- House, George Washington 1840 3 13 Biographical data -- obituaries -- Jospeh undated 4 1 Hamilton Daviess, Sally Bedinger Morgan Hamilton, George Washington House and James Hamilton House Confederate bond undated 4 2 Diaries -- Hamilton, Joseph Daviess 1851 4 3 Diaries -- House, George Washington 1839-1840 4 4 Diaries -- Wilson, Fannie, and Thomas Wilson 1859, 1855 4 5 Genealogical data -- Bedinger, Hamilton, House, 1783 4 6 Morgan, Orr Overton, Thompson and related families Invitations, notices and programs 1843-1898 4 7 Land records -- Coghlin, James 1796-1803 4 8 Land records -- Hamilton family 1817-1879 4 9 Land records -- Harris family 1871-1888 4 10 Land records -- House family 1834-1850 4 11 Land records -- Morgan family 1816 4 12 Land records -- Overton family 1818-1845 4 13 Land records -- Thompson family 1867-1884 4 14 Land records -- Wilson family 1848-1857 4 15 Legal documents -- Hamilton, Sally Bedinger 1853 5 1 Morgan - estate papers Legal documents -- Hamilton family 1815-1879 5 2 Legal documents -- House, George Washington - 1851-1854 5 3 - estate papers Legal documents -- House, Winefred Caroline 1840-1854 5 4 Powell -- wills Legal documents -- Overton, John -- Civil War 1865-1866 5 5 pardon Legal documents -- House, Morgan, Overton, 1802-1882 5 6 Thompson, and Wilson families

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Legal documents 1807-1895 5 7 Memoranda and memorabilia 1821-1893 5 8 Newspaper -- “Nashville Dispatch” September 5 9 13,1863 Newspaper clippings -- John Wilkes Booth and 1865 5 10 visit to Shy’s Hill Photographs -- Mary Hamilton Thompson Orr 1896 5 11 and Mary Hamilton House Thompson Poetry 1858 5 12 Schools -- Nashville Female Academy -- 1839-1859 5 13 accounts Schools -- Pleasant Grove Seminary and 1849-1851 5 14 Washington Institute Speeches and writings undated 5 15

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DETAILED COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

SERIES II. – ADDITION

Series Scope and Content: Series includes correspondence by the Orr family as well as biographical data, diaries, financial records, land records, legal documents, wills and photographs. This addition is was not microfilmed.

Series Arrangement: Series is arranged first alphabetically by correspondence and then alphabetically by document type.

CONTAINER LIST

Contents/Item Title Date Box Folder Correspondence -- Allison - Dickinson 1830-1955 6 1 Correspondence -- Edwards - Hunter 1807-1912 6 2 Correspondence -- Latham - Musser 1807-1937 6 3 Correspondence -- Orr, James 1862-1866 6 4 Correspondence -- Orr, John Jr. 1835-1867 6 5 Correspondence -- Orr, John Sr. 1842-1851 6 6 Correspondence -- Orr, Mary 1853-1865 6 7 Correspondence -- Orr, Mary Buchanan 1862 6 8 Correspondence -- Orr, Metta 1858-1865 6 9 Correspondence -- Orr, Robert 1866 6 10 Correspondence -- Orr, W. F. 1862-1864 6 11 Correspondence -- Overton - White 1821-1914 6 12 Correspondence -- Author unknown 1846-1903 6 13 Correspondence -- fragments 1827 6 14 Applications -- Colonial Dames of America 1897 6 15 Virginia Society Biographical data -- Richard Clough Anderson and undated 6 16 Captain William Morgan Clippings 1856-1937 6 17 Diaries 1857, 1866 6 18 Financial records 1779-1936 6 19 Genealogical data 1933-1954 6 20 Land records 1759-1906 6 21 Legal documents 1817-1902 6 22 Map -- Hollywood Cemetery -- Richmond, Virginia undated 6 23 Military records -- King, Alfred N. 1919 6 24 Wills -- Copies -- Lawson, Hugh Sr., William 1772-1822 6 25 Morgan, and Thomas Overton

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Photographs -- Orr family ca. 1865 6 26

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DETAILED COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

SERIES III. – ADDITION 2

Series Scope and Content: Series includes an indenture, three notebooks belonging to Samuel Orr, two oversize ledgers with account information relating to Glen Leven Farm in Nashville, Tennessee, an oversize genealogical chart of the descendants of Mrs. Martha Overton Dickson, a charcoal rubbing of the John Overton monument, a land indenture for Jordan Ashley in Bedford County, Tennessee, and a right of way map for the Nashville Interurban Railway showing the Thompson property (Glen Leven farm) and blacksmith shop. Addition 2 was not microfilmed.

Series Arrangement: Series is arranged alphabetically by document type and then organized by oversize material.

CONTAINER LIST

Contents/Item Title Date Box Folder Indenture -- Franklin Turnpike 1831 7 1 Company Notebooks -- Samuel Orr 1857-1866 7 2 Oversize box -- Ledger -- Glen Leven Farm -- 1855-1876 OV Box 1 blacksmith shop Oversize box -- Ledger -- Glen Leven Farm -- 1843-1855 OV Box 2 blacksmith shop Oversize folder -- Indenture, charcoal rubbing, 1824 OV Folder 1 genealogical chart Oversize folder -- Right of way map for 1910 OV Folder 2 Nashville Interurban Railway

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