Duplicate Returns of Quartermasters Stores for the Dept of War in Tennessee
Document 1800Inspection returns for sundry items for use of troops of from posts at Southwest Point and Tellico in Tennessee.
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
Now I have all 17 pages. Let me compile the complete transcription.
Patition for Sixty, blank Inspection returns, for the use of the different Companies of [undecipherable] State Troops, stationed in the State of Tennessee —
60 Blank Inspection Returns
Thos Swaine
1. Lieutt & Q. M. 4 US Regt
Sir,
Please to issue sixty blank Inspection Returns for which I have signed duplicate [receipts] of this date, South West Point 3d May 1800 —
David Henley Esquire William Peters Major
Agent for the Dept of War in Commanding
Tennessee
South West Point May 3d 1800 Then Received of David Henley Esquire Agent of War, thirty blank Inspection Returns, for which I have signed duplicate Receipts of this date —
Thos Swaine
1. Lieutt & Q. M. 4th US Regt
[Received from State Dep't. [undecipherable] 24, 1894. R.P.O. [undecipherable]]
Knoxville May 12th 1800 Received of David Henley Agent of War, Ten quires of Writing Paper, which I promise to deliver to John McD[o]cher esquire U. S. Factor at Tellico having signed Duplicate
A receipt[s] William his X Smith
[signature: undecipherable]
[W]m Smith's Receipt
10 Quires Paper
May. 12th 1800. —
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24 1894. R.P.O. 401810.]
Return for sundry articles wanting for the Use of the Post of Tellico,
May 9th 1800 —
| Scythes | Scythe Stones | Double bolted | Padlocks |
|---------|--------------|---------------|----------|
| 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Sir, Please issue the Sundry articles [mentioned] in the above Returns, signed duplicates [undecipherable]
Col. David Henley [undecipherable]
Agent of War $ [undecipherable: Captain?]
Knoxville May 10th 1800 —
Received of David Henley
Agent of War Four Scythes
two Scythe Stones, &
Six double Bolted Padlocks
agreeable to the within
Return, having signed
Duplicate Receipts. —
Semus his X McNeil
Witness
Hugh Steward
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24 1894. R.P.O. 401810.]
Patition for one Hundred and five pounds of Gun Powder, for the use of the Post of Tellico —
165 lbs of Gun Powder
Thos Swaine
1. Lieutt & Q. M. 4 US Regt
Sir,
Please to issue one Hundred and five pounds of Gun Powder, agreeably to the above return, for which I have signed duplicates of this date, South West Point 1st May 1800 —
David Henley Esquire William Peters Major
Agent for the Dept of War in Commanding
Tennessee.
Knoxville May 6th 1800. Received of Colonel David Henley, Agent of War, One hundred and five pounds of Gun Powder, for the use of the Post of Tellico, for which I have signed duplicate Receipts —
Thos Swaine
1. Lieutt & Q. M. 4 US Regt
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24 18[undecipherable]. R.P.O. 401310]
Return for the following Articles wanted for the use of the Cherokee Nation of Indians Viz:
N.° 100 lbs Iron
N.° 25 lbs Steel
N.° 2 Dozen Weeding Hoes
6 Dozen Cotton Cards
2 N.° — 6 double [Bolted] Padlocks
3 [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Bags
1 Standard to measure Horses. —
[undecipherable] 1 [undecipherable] to carry the Articles to the Cherokee nation —
Sir, Knoxville May 1. 1800
Please deliver the above mentioned Articles for the use of the Cherokee Nation for which I have Signed Duplicate Returns. —
Col. [T]ravis
David Henby agent for the [undecipherable]
Agent of War
Knoxville
[Note:] Note The above Articles were forwarded to S[outh] W[est] Point by Col. Alexander Outlaw[s?] Bro[ther?] transfer the above [undecipherable] was not purchased or [delivered] to Major [L]avis
Knoxville May 6. 1800 [signature: undecipherable]
Knoxville May 1. 1800 [Received?] of David Henley Agent of War One hundred Twenty [undecipherable] Dozen Cotton Cards [undecipherable] Dozen Weeding Hoes [undecipherable] for the within Return, having signed [undecipherable] Duplicate[s]
[signature: undecipherable]
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24 1894. R.P.O. 401810.]
[Petition?] and Attestation to [undecipherable] of the [Third?] and [Fourth?] Tennessee State [Troops?] [undecipherable] including the [First?] Company of Detachment from the 4th [undecipherable] Troops Part of May 1800 inclusive
[Inspection return table — columns include:]
| Majors Commandants | Lieut. Adjutant | [?] Surgeons [Mate?] | [Davis?] / Staff | Doctor | Deputy Surgeon[s?] | [?] | [?] Muster | Districts Common Muster | Districts little Muster | Districts [?] Muster | Districts [?] Muster | Yearly Books | Commanding Books |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| " | " | " | " | " | " | " | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [undecipherable] | | |
| " | " | " | " | " | " | " | [?] | [?] | | | | | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | D | 5 | 5 | 5 | [?] | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | D |
| 3 | 2 | [?] | 1 | [?] | [?] | | | | | | | | |
| D | " | " | " | [?] | | | | | | | | | |
[Table continues on following page with additional columns, including continued columns for:]
| [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] |
| [?] | [?] | 6 | 2 | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] |
| 5 | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] |
| [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] | [?] |
[I?] [certify?] the numbers [listed] herein are [accurately?] [represented?] for which I have signed [?] Attestation[s?]
Thos Swaine
1st Lieutt & Q. M. 4 US Regt
[I?] [certify?] the numbers [herein?] [noted?] [represent?] the [undecipherable] officers[?] for which [I have affixed?] my [?] [attestation?]
[signature: undecipherable]
David [Henley?]
Agent for the [undecipherable]
Knoxville
[Note:] Note — [undecipherable] William [Peters?] Major Commanding
[Docket/cover notation, upper portion — illegible]
Knoxville May 13. 1800 Recd of David Henley Agent of War, Two Company Books, Two orderly Books, Four Quires Post folio Paper, Two quires Small Post Paper &, Twenty Quires Fools Cap Paper —, One hundred & fifteen Quills, Nine & a half Boxes Wafers, Six [undecipherable] Sticks Sealing Wax, Eight & a half papers Ink Powder, and Two black lead Pencils in full of the within Return having Signed Duplicate Receipts
+ Thos Swaine
1. Lieutt & Q. M. 4 US Regt
Return for the following Clothing for the use of the third and Fourth United States Regiments, a Troop of Cavalry Commanded by Captain James [C?]. Ball, and a Detachment of Captn Ford's artillerists & Engineers —
[Clothing return table — left portion; column headers:]
| Artillery Hats | Stocks & Clasps | Artillery Privats Coats | Artillery Privats Vests | Artillery Privates Woolen Overalls | Artillery Privates linen Overalls | [?] Serjeants Coats | Artillery Serjeants Vests | Artillery Serjeants Woolen Overalls | Artillery Serjeants linen [Overalls?] | Serjeants Silk Epaulets | [Shoe?] Socks | [Shoe?] Socks | [Shoe?] Buttons | Small Buttons | Large Buttons | [?] Buttons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the Artillery | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 34 | 65[?] | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 76 | 76 | 19 | 380 | 76 |
| " Dragoons | " | 45 | | 45 | | | 150 | | | | | 12 | 6 | | | 48 | | 45 |
| " 3d Regiment | " | 42 | | | 156 | | | | | 12 | | 163 | 163 | 42 | | 874 | |
| " 4th Regiment | " | 295 | | | 1096 | | | | | 84 | | 1180 | 1180 | 295 | | 6963 | |
| Total | 19 | 444 | 17 | 62 | 34 | 34 | 1500 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 116 | 11 | [undecipherable] | 1424 | 164 | [undecipherable] | 45 |
[Table continues — right portion, page 15; additional columns include:]
| [Socks?] | Small Buttons | [?] | Artillery [?] Caps | Dragon Privats Coats | Infantry Privats [Coats?] | Infantry Serjeants Coats | Infantry Serjeants Woolen Overalls | Infantry Serjeants linen Overalls | Infantry Serjeants [?] | [?] | Musics Coats | Small [?] Coats | [?] linen Overalls | [?] Coats | [?] Buttons | Small Ruggs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 380 | 76 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 48 | | 45 | 45 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 96 | 96 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 42 | | 874 | | 3 | | | 42 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 78 | 39 | 37 | 75 | 1460 |
| 295 | | 6963 | | 21 | | | 295 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 548 | 274 | 262 | 548 | 1503 | 8 |
| [undecipherable] | 45 | 44 | 3 | [?] | 45 | 96 | 96 | 1 | 337 | 14 | 24 | 45 | 45 | 41 | 626 | 313 | 299 | 626 | 1703[?] | 8 |
Sir, Please deliver to Lieutenant Richard [Chronnister?] [undecipherable] the following: [undecipherable] Artillery Hats, [list continues — text too dense to read fully] — Two Artillery Serjeants Coats, Two Artillery Serjeants Vests, Four Artillery Serjeants Woolen Overalls, [undecipherable] Epaulets, Fourteen Hundred & twenty four pair Shoes, Fourteen Hundred & twenty four pair Socks, [undecipherable] Buttons, Seven Thousand Nine Hundred & Eighteen large Buttons, Forty eight Artillery Caps, [undecipherable] Vests, Forty eight pair leather [Breeches?], Ninety Six pair Boots, Ninety Six pair Stockings, One [Dragoon?] Musics Coat, Twenty four Infantry Serjeants Coats, Forty eight Infantry Serjeants Woolen Overalls, [?] Hundred & twenty six [?] linen Overalls, [Three?] Hundred & thirteen Infantry [Private?] Vests, Two Hundred [?] Fifteen Thousand, Seven hundred, [?] Small Buttons [?] Ruggs, agreeably to the above Ret[urn?] —
Col. David Henley William Peters Major Commanding
Agent of War Department
Knoxville
[Receipt — page 16; text written sideways, very small:]
South West Point [?] 13th [?] 1800 — [Received?] of [Colonel?] David Henley Agent of War [undecipherable — long list of clothing items received, including references to Artillery, Dragoon, and Infantry clothing, Epaulets, Overalls, Coats, Shirts, Shoes, Socks, Buttons, Blankets, Caps, Breeches, Boots, Stockings, and Ruggs, agreeably to the within Returns, having Signed Duplicates]
Richd Chandler [undecipherable]
[rank?] [undecipherable]
U.S. Regiment
[Remarks:] Also [?] twenty [?] Army Overalls [?] this Returns for the [?] [?] — 1800, and [?] of them to [?] [?] stated [?] amounts left [?] [undecipherable]
There were [some?] found left of the [undecipherable] [?] [undecipherable]
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. [undecipherable]. R.P.O. 401[undecipherable]]
Return for Clothing
for the 3d & 4th U[nited] S[tates] Regt —
a Troop of Dragoons & a Detachment of [Art.?] [undecipherable] Enginners
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24 1894. R.P.O. 401810.]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Inspection returns for sundry items for use of troops of from posts at Southwest Point and Tellico in Tennessee.
Date
07/23/1800
Document number
1800072355001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Lieutenant Thomas Swaine
David Henley
Major William Peters
John McHocker
factor
Hugh Stewart
William Smith
Butler
Samuel McNeil
Cherokee Nation
Indians
Major Lewis
Agent for the Cherokees
Colonel Alexander Outtaw
Ford
Company of Artillerists
Third Regiment
Fourth Regiment
Captain James V. Ball
Dragoons
Lieutenant Salman
Lieutenant Richard Chandler
Doctor Davis
Captain Sparks
Thomson
Captain Butler
Captain Lockwood
Captain Purdy
Notable locations
Tennessee
South West Point
Tellico
Notable items
duplicate returns
quartermasters stores
blank inspection returns
quires of writing paper
duplicate receipts
sundry articles
scythes
scythe stones
double bolted padlocks
gun powder
iron
steel
weeding hoes
cotton cards
bags
standard to measure horses
boat
canoe
stationary
stationery
company books
orderly books
quires port folio paper
quires of letter paper
common paper
quills
wafers
sticks of sealing wax
papers of ink powder
black lead pencil
table ink stands
pocket ink stands
courts martial
clothing
artillery hats
stocks and clasps
artillery private coats
vests
woolen overalls
linen overalls
private shirts
artillery sergeants coats
shirts
yellow silk epaulets
pairs shoes
pairs socks
blankets
small yellow buttons
large buttons
artillery caps
dragoon private coats
dragoon sergeant cots
leather breeches
pair of boots
pair of stockings
dragoon musics coat
hats
red worsted epaulets
small buttons
rugs

