George B. Cockrell Papers, 1874-1904
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
Accession Numbers: 80-1422.1; 80-1539
Extent: 1 box
Access: open for research
Processed: August 1998, by Leanne Garland, Archivist
Acknowledgments:
The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum gratefully acknowledges the support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for providing funding to identify, process, and create finding aids and machine-readable cataloging records for the archival collections in the repository. Special thanks is extended for support given by Dr. Edwin S. Gleaves, Coordinator of the Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board, of the Tennessee State Library and Archives, and the late John H. Thweatt, Deputy Coordinator.The George B. Cockrell Papers include correspondence, business papers (invoices, receipts, and bills of sale), and miscellaneous printed and handwritten items. The collection was presented to Lincoln Memorial University shortly after WWI by Major George B. Cockrell, C.S.A., who lived for a number of years at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, following the industrial development of 1890.
A related collection, also donated by Major Cockrell, the George B. Cockrell Collection includes material spanning the years 1737 to circa 1904. Major Cockrell secured the private papers of a number of leading local citizens in Claiborne County, Tennessee, and Lee County, Virginia, consisting of letters, invoices, orders, and requisitions of these citizens in connection with their private business and with the Civil War around Cumberland Gap. Letters and documents of both armies are represented in Cockrell's collection of Civil War sources.
The papers consist of material in 6 folders, housed in one box.
Box 1
f.1: Business documents #9; 10 items.
f.2: Correspondence (1874) ; 1 item.
f.3: Correspondence (1900-1904; n.d.) #9; 31 items.
f.4: Correspondence and land survey (1880-1899; n.d.) #9; 15 items.
f.5: Envelopes--inclusive dates: 1899-1904; n.d. 27 items.
f.6: Letters and handwritten documents (n.d.) 9; 5 items.
f.7: Miscellaneous (certificates; ephemera; etc.) #9; 10 items.