State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312 Charles Thomas Leonard (1941-1993) Papers, 1855-1992 Processed by: Harry A. Stokes Accession No. : 93-099 Location: XIII-B-1-5 Date: 10-4-1993 Microfilm Accession: 1421 The Charles Thomas Leonard Papers (1855-1992) are centered around Charles Thomas Leonard, genealogist, White County Historian, and businessman of Sparta, Tennessee. Donor is Robert Leonard, Manchester, Tennessee. Cubic feet of shelf space occupied: 11.34 Approximate number of items: ca. 10,500 and 1 volume Single photographs of unpublished writings in the Charles Thomas Leonard Papers may be made for purposes of scholarly research.
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State of Tennessee
Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives
403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312
Charles Thomas Leonard (1941-1993) Papers, 1855-1992
Processed by: Harry A. Stokes Accession No. : 93-099 Location: XIII-B-1-5
Date: 10-4-1993
Microfilm Accession: 1421
The Charles Thomas Leonard Papers (1855-1992) are centered around Charles Thomas Leonard, genealogist, White County Historian, and businessman of Sparta, Tennessee. Donor is Robert Leonard, Manchester, Tennessee.
Cubic feet of shelf space occupied: 11.34 Approximate number of items: ca. 10,500 and 1 volume
Single photographs of unpublished writings in the Charles Thomas Leonard Papers may be made for purposes of scholarly research.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Charles Thomas Leonard
1941 January 19, born in Sparta, White County, Tennessee, the son of Thomas Leonard and Mollie Simms (Little) Leonard
1947-1959 Educated in Sparta public schools 1959-1961 Attended Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 1961-1965 Attended and graduated from Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, with a
degree of Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design 1965-1969 Served in the United Stated Navy 1969-1971 Researcher in the Photo Duplication Division at the Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C. 1971-1992 Retail florist and proprietor of The Jacob Tree Flowers and Gifts, Sparta,
Tennessee 1975-1993 White County, Tennessee historian and genealogist 1993 June 3, died at Tennessee Christian Medical Center in Madison, Tennessee, and
interred in the Old Blue Springs Cemetery in Sparta, Tennessee Memberships Sparta Civitan Club Upper Cumberland Commission for the Humanities Sparta Arts Guild National Genealogical Society Upper Cumberland Genealogical Association White County Historical Society Tennessee State Florist Association First United Methodist Church, Sparta, Tennessee Awards/Honors National Genealogical Society Distinguished Service Award, 1971 Sources: The Expositor, Sparta, Tennessee, June 14, 1993 Who’s Who in Genealogy and Heraldry
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Charles Thomas Leonard Papers, containing approximately 10,500 items and one volume, span the period of 1855-1992, although the bulk is largely concentrated in the years 1962-1988. The collection is composed of an account book, associations, institutions, etc., certificates, church records, correspondence, genealogical data, invitations, programs, etc., a ledger book, maps, photographs, drawings, etc., school records, slavery, writings, and several miscellaneous items. Genealogical data make up the main body of the collection. Charles Thomas Leonard (1941-1993) while employed as a librarian at the National Genealogical Society in Washington, D.C. became interested in his family history. At this time he began research work on the Leonard, Twitty, Little, Sims, Metcalf, Snodgrass, Broyles, Cameron, and Officer family lines. Later, after returning to his family home in Sparta, Tennessee, he continued his family history research and would expand this to include many White County family names when he became White County Historian. There is genealogical data on more than 500 family names, not including collateral lines. In the early 1970s, Leonard opened a floral, antiques, and gift shop, “The Jacob Tree,” in Sparta. In the collection are an account book, announcements, and business cards concerning this business. There are several items relating to the Officer Family Association in the Leonard Papers. Included in the church records is a directory and history of the First United Methodist Church of Sparta, Tennessee, as well as the minutes of the Stockton’s Valley Association of United Baptists, Overton County, Tennessee, September 1971. Correspondence is arranged under the following sub-headings: family and general/genealogical. As White County Historian, Mr. Leonard was forwarded numerous genealogical inquiries from the White County Clerk’s Office, the Sparta Public Library, and also came into possession of letters addressed to Mrs. B.R. Mitchell, former White County Historian, and to Judge Casto Officer. Among the invitations, programs, etc., is an invitation to a revival sermon by the Reverend Sam Jones on October 2, 1888. There are two sets of oversize maps: the Cumberland Plateau by the State Forestry Division, and the Tennessee State Board of Equalization for White County. There are many unidentified photographs in the collection. It would appear that Leonard acquired these while serving as Historian of White County.
There are two special sets of papers in the collection: the papers of W.F. Story, Jr., a prominent land developer in White County, and the O.L. Johnson Papers containing, among other items, letters from his son Esker serving with the U.S. Army in France during the First World War. School records include a program of the closing exercises of the Riverside High School on June 24, 1881. The slavery item is a bill of sale for slaves in 1855. There is a ledger book for an unidentified general store for the period of 1889-1894. Two boxes of loose county court records will be returned to White County. Included is a court minute book for 1814-1817. The following publications were transferred to the library holdings of the Tennessee State Library and Archives: Glomerata, Yearbooks of Auburn University, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 White County Court Minutes, 1812-1814 Probate Records of Van Buran County, 1840-1860 History of First United Methodist Church, Sparta, Tennessee Doyle Elementary School, 1990-1991 1830 Census for Middle Tennessee White County, Tennessee Cemetery Records, Vol. 1 and 2 Burgess History: A Tennessee Pioneer The Tennessee Phantoms The Plumlee Family Felix G. Hawkins and His Descendants Sumner County, Tennessee Will Abstracts, 1778-1882 Record of the Families of Gilbert Christian and Moses Fisk Hudsons of the South in 1790 Census Centre Presbyterian Church, 1766-1966 Hear the Wax Fry: Memoirs of James R. Thompson, 1861-1865 The Civil War Diary of Darious Clark of White County, Tennessee A History of the Lee and Graves Families “Tell Us a Story, Daddy” Church Book of Richland Baptist Church The History of a Pioneer Church The United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine, April 1964 Oldest Marriage Book, White County, Tennessee, 1809-1859 Diary of Thomas Hartful Moore, Sr., 25th Regiment, Company C, Tennessee
Volunteers, 1861-1863
CONTAINER LIST
Box 1
1. Account books--The Jacob Tree, 1973-1982 2. Announcements--The Jacob Tree, n.d. 3. Associations, institutions, etc.--The Arts Guild of Sparta, 1976-1977 4. Associations, institutions, etc.--Civitan International, n.d 5. Associations, institutions, etc.--Handweavers Guild of Nashville, 1981-1983 6. Associations, institutions, etc.--Homecoming ’86, Sparta--White County, Tennessee 7. Associations, institutions, etc.--Hudson Family Association, 1976 8. Associations, institutions, etc.--National Genealogical Society, 1966-1970 9. Associations, institutions, etc.--Officer Family Association--Newsletter, 1983-1987 10. Associations, institutions, etc.--Officer Family Association--Photographs 11. Associations, institutions, etc.--Officer Family Association--Oregon branch, 1963-1983 12. Associations, institutions, etc.--Officer Family Association--Reunions, 1977-1992 13. Associations, institutions, etc.--Upper Cumberland Genealogical Association, 1985 14. Associations, institutions, etc.--White County Historical Society, 1973-1977 15. Cards, Business--The Jacob Tree 16. Certificates--Award--Oscar L. Bramlett, n.d. 17. Certificates--Department of the Navy--Charles Thomas Leonard, 1966 18. Certificates--Fire Service Training School--Oscar L. Bramlett, 1940 19. Certificates--Marriage--Oscar L. Bramlett and Merte Young Little, 1917 20. Church records--First United Methodist Church, Sparta, Tennessee 21. Church records--Minutes of the Stockton’s Valley Association of United Baptists, Overton
County, Tennessee, September 1871 22. Clippings--Fritts-Leonard engagement, n.d. 23. Clippings--“The Jacob Tree…Open House,” November 19, 1981 24. Clippings--“Mrs. Leonard Started WCHS Art Club in 1962,” 1967 25. Clippings--“T.L. Leonard’s Sister Dies,” 1967 26. Correspondence--Family 27. Correspondence--General/Genealogical--Author Unknown 28. Correspondence--General/Genealogical--Abernathy-Arnold 29. Correspondence--General/Genealogical--Banks-Berry 30. Correspondence--General/Genealogical--Bjurberg-Briendage
1. Miller, John (?-1844) 2. Miller, John H. (1765-1846) 3. Miller, Robert Lee (1862-1953) 4. Miller, Thomas Butler (1848-1910) 5. Miller, William T. (1850-1915) 6. Mitchell - Dodson 7. Mitchell, David L. (1797-1837) 8. Mitchell, John (1795-?) 9. Mitchell--Miscellaneous 10. Montgomery 11. Moody, W.H. (1832-1908) 12. Moore--Miscellaneous 13. Morgan--Masters 14. Morgan--Miscellaneous 15. Mosley 16. Moyers 17. Murray 18. Nelson, William Edward (1824-?)--Snodgrass 19. Neville 20. Newberry 21. Norris 22. Nowlin 23. Oakley 24. Officer, Abraham H. (c. 1833-1925)--Marchbanks 25. Officer, Alexander (1728-1805) 26. Officer, Alexander (c. 1775-1819)--Lancaster 27. Officer, Alexander (1787-1851) 28. Officer, David (1761-c. 1850) 29. Officer, David Snodgrass (1839-1901) 30. Officer, Edmund (1819-1888) 31. Officer, Harvey (1834-1913) 32. Officer, Harvey Dillard (1889-1941) 33. Officer, Irvine Elias (1863-1941)
Box 17 Genealogical Data
1. Officer, James (1753-?) 2. Officer, James (1780/1790-1848)--Snodgrass - Little - Gleeson 3. Officer, James C. (1807-1879)--Jones - Mantooth 4. Officer, James Christian (1808-1868)--Glenn - Snodgrass 5. Officer, James (1817-1878) 6. Officer, James (1823-?)
7. Officer, James Anthony (1843-?) 8. Officer, James Washington (1847-1939) 9. Officer, John Henderson (1826-1897) 10. Officer, John Henry (1818-1894)--France - Verble 11. Officer, John Holford (1845-1913)--Cullom - Thompson - Denton - Brassell 12. Officer, John Pointer (1863-1930)--Wilhite 13. Officer, Robert (1788-1847)--Williams 14. Officer, Robert Hickman (1842-1915/1916) 15. Officer, Robert A. (1862-1936) 16. Officer, Roscoe Albert (1865-1935) 17. Officer, Samuel Wallace (1804-c. 1877) 18. Officer, Samuel (1885-1961) 19. Officer, Thomas (1725-1815) 20. Officer, Thomas (1764-1817) 21. Officer, Thomas (c. 1778-1862)--Dillion - Cooley 22. Officer, Thomas (1882-?)--Pusey
Box 18 Genealogical Data
1. Officer, William (before 1738-before 1811) 2. Officer, William (1787-1833) 3. Officer, William (1817-1893) 4. Officer, William H. (1823-1876) 5. Officer, William (1837-1914) 6. Officer, William Potter (1838-1910)--Snodgrass 7. Officer, William H. (1840-?) 8. Officer, William Preston (1841-1867) 9. Officer, William Carroll (1847-1912) 10. Officer, William Robinson (1872-1932)--Dowell - Crowley - Speck - Crawford 11. Officer--Miscellaneous 12. Officer--Miscellaneous 13. Offill 14. Ogle 15. Oglesby, Ware (c. 1768-c. 1848) 16. Ogletree 17. Overall 18. Owen
1976 4. Invitations, programs, etc.--“Dedication of Marker at Grave of David Goodwin…,” October
15, 1961 5. Invitations, programs, etc.--“Dedication of Marker at Grave of John Knowles…,” n.d. 6. Invitations, programs, etc.--“Dedication Service of Blue Spring Presbyterian Church,” May
31, 1935 7. Invitations, programs, etc.--“Free Service by Rev. Sam Jones,” October 2, 1888 8. Johnson, O.L. Papers 9. Legal records--Will--Charles T. Leonard, n.d. [not official] 10. License--Marriage--J.E. Martin and Mary Yates, 1904 11. Obituaries--Jeff Little, n.d.
Box 25 Photographs, drawings, etc.
1. Brown, Carr, Livesay, Officer, Shipley, and Taylor families 2. Evaluation Committee, Tyner High School, Chattanooga, 195? 3. Leonard, Charles T. (2) 4. Officer reunion, 1983 5. Photo album 6. Photographer’s Mate School, Pensacola, Florida, 1966 7. Smith, Ben Harris 8. Welch, Bryan 9. World War I--Soldiers, nurses, parade 10. Unknown 11. Unknown
Box 26
1. Poetry--Messie Lee Hughes 2. School records--Riverside High School--Closing exercise, June 24, 1881 3. School records--School Dist. No. 13, New Enterprise, White County, Tennessee, 1900 4. Slavery--Bill of sale, 1855 5. Speeches, addresses, etc.--Author unknown--“How Goes It With the Church?” 6. Speeches, addresses, etc.--[Charles T. Leonard]--Genealogical research 7. Speeches, addresses, etc.--[Charles T. Leonard]--Retail Florist in Rural Tennessee Towns 8. Story, W.F., Jr. papers 9. Tribute--T.L. Leonard, 1980 10. Upper Cumberland Humanities Conference--Lecture and discussion series, March 1979 11. Welch, Amanda Taylor--Correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc. 12. Writings--Charles T. Leonard--“Gravestone Inscriptions, White County, Tennessee” 13. Writings--Charles T. Leonard, et al--History of White County, July 29, 1976 14. Writings--Charles T. Leonard--“The Rock House”
Box 27
Oversize Volume
Ledger book--General store [name unknown], 1889-1894
Mss. Drawer No. 4-C
1. Cumberland plateau--Forestry Division 2. Tennessee State Board of Equalization--White County 3. Tennessee State Board of Equalization--White County