Smith County [Tennessee] History Typescript, undated

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Description

The Smith County [Tennessee] History Typescript, held by the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University, consists of a typescript of Smith County History: Some Account of the People of Smith from the First Organization of the County (71 pages), written by John Wesley Bowen and published serially in the Carthage [Tennessee] Courier; an undated biographical sketch of John Wesley Bowen; a photocopy of an undated newspaper clipping about Dixon's Creek Baptist Church in Smith County, Tennessee; and a photocopy of a typescript of "Thanksgiving Discourse at Gordonsville" by John Wesley Bowen (4 pages).

The Smith County [Tennessee] History Manuscript (photocopy) was donated to the Archives of Appalachia in June 1982 by Hal Smith, former Head Librarian of the Sherrod Library, East Tennessee State University. The typescript seems to have been given to Smith by Elizabeth Bowen Ingram, great granddaughter of John Wesley Bowen. The annotations are attributed to Mrs. Ingram. While the location of originals are unknown, the typescript's pages are stamped "Tennessee State Library." However, they were not listed as available at the Tennessee State Library in August 2014.

The current digital collection includes surrogates of the complete typescript.

Creator

Bowen, John Wesley (Person)

Source

Smith County [Tennessee] History Typescript, Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University

Date

Undated

Rights

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Identifier

ETSU Archives of Appalachia: AppMs-0132

Collection Items

"Thanksgiving Discourse at Gordonsville [Tennessee]" by John W. Bowen, undated

Newspaper clipping about Dixon's Creek Baptist Church, undated

Smith County History: Some Account of the People of Smith from the First Organization of the County (71 typescript pages) by John W. Bowen, undated

Biographical sketch of John Wesley Bowen (1811-1892), undated

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