Wynne Family Papers, 1801-1972. -- Mf. 813
16 vols. 5000 items. THS. 7 reels. 35 mm.
Papers primarily concerning Alfred Royal Wynne (1800-1893), merchant, resort operator, slave trader, thoroughbred horse breeder, land speculator, and member of the Tennessee General Assembly from Castalian Springs, Sumner County. Papers of the twentieth century are those of the collector, George Winchester Wynne (1887-1973), grandson of A.R. Wynne.
The papers are concentrated in the years 1840-90 and consist of accounts and account books; correspondence; legal documents, maps, memoirs and military records; obituaries, pamphlets, pictures, poems, and programs; recipes, school records, and speeches; and a few miscellaneous items. Accounts, 1801-94, are primarily those of A.R. Wynne and concern his land speculation and slave trading ventures in Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas. The account books are those of mercantile firms at the early Cumberland River port of Cairo in Sumner County. A.R. Wynne’s incoming correspondence, 1802-1972; Sumner County chancery and county court records; estate papers; genealogical data and land records are also part of the collection. Register available, including a name index to correspondence indicating subject content and date.
Tennessee State Library & Archives
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