POLK, BROWN, AND EWELL FAMILY PAPERS, #605, 1803- 1896
Personal, financial, business, and military papers of the Polk, Brown, and Ewell families.
Included is information on relations with slaves and overseers on the Spring Hill Plantation
in Maury County, Tennessee. Letters discuss slave insubordination, problems with overseers,
and the buying and selling of slaves (1803-1848); a slave insurrection and slave escapes in
Tennessee (1853-1859); general views on slavery and secession (1853-1859); and a proposal to
enlist slaves into the Confederate Army (1864). The collection also
contains a slave bill of sale (n.d.). Partial microfilm available.