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  2. "A Bloody Deed - Giles Bradford, Jr., Killed at Ai, Last Saturday" The Cookeville Press[Cookeville, TN] 07 Apr 1898: 1. Print.
  3. "A Mixed Business - Dol Bates Tells the Story of his Escape - Serious Charge Against Sheriff Doss" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 20 Jul 1878: 4. Print.
  4. "A Penitentiary In Flames." New York Times[New York, NY] 06 Dec 1881: 4. Print.
  5. "Another Brassell's Neck in Danger" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 07 Apr 1878: 4. Print.
  6. "At Large on Bail." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 23 Feb 1878: 4. Print.
  7. "Awakening the Jail Birds." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 30 Sep 1876: 1. Print.
  8. "Bates Recaptured - How It Was Done - In Jail Here Again" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 19 Jul 1878: 4. Print.
  9. "Blood for Blood, Salutory Sample of Stern Justice in Putnam, Two Braswell's Sentenced to be Hanged for Allison Murder -- Another Gets Twenty Years Imprisonment" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 07 Jul 1877: 3. Print.
  10. "Bound Over to Court - Jim Braswelll and Two Sons Preliminary Trial" The Nashville American[Nashville, TN] 12 Apr 1898: 2. Print.
  11. Brassell, Joseph L. "Let Whisky Alone!" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 04 Apr 1878: 2. Print.
  12. "BRASWELLS ARE GUILTY - Giles Bradford's Murders Given 10 Years Imprisonment Each" The Nashville American[Nashville, TN] 19 May 1901: 6. Print.
  13. "BRASWELL BOYS CONVICTED - For the Murder of Giles Bradford at Mine Lick" The Nashville American[Nashville, TN] 13 May 1898: 5. Print.
  14. "BRED IN THE BONE - Stringing of Two Tennessee Murders." The Daily Constitution[Atlanta, GA] 29 Mar 1878: 1. Print.
  15. "BROTHERS FOR BROTHERS -- The Brothers Brassell Hang for the Murder of the Brothers Allison at Cookeville, Tenn. -- History of the Crime of the Young Ruffians -- And Their Pious End." The Daily Memphis Avalanche[Memphis, TN] 28 Mar 1878: 1. Print.
  16. "Brought Here for a Hearing" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 08 Feb 1878: 4. Print.
  17. "Charged With Murder - James Braswell and His Sons To Be Tried Next Saturday" The Nashville American[Nashville, TN] 08 Apr 1898: 5. Print.
  18. "Criminal Jottings" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 09 Mar 1879: 1. Print.
  19. "Criminal News." Chicago Tribune[Chicago, IL] 28 Mar 1878: 2, Print.
  20. "Dining with the Brassells - A Reporter's Test of the Prison Cuisine - Hospitality of the Brothers - Sheriff Woodall's Plans - The Jail Yard Services To-day." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 17 Mar 1878: 4. Print.
  21. "Dol Bates" The Fayetteville Observer[Fayetteville, TN] 05 Dec 1878: 2. Print.
  22. "Dol Bates" The Home Journal[Winchester, TN] 02 May 1878: 2. Print.
  23. "Dol Bates Captured - The Accomplish of the Brassell Brothers Overhauled in Cannon County" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 20 Apr 1878: 4. Print.
  24. "Dol Bates Escape - A Confiding Officer Hoodwinked by the Accomplice of the Brassell Brothers" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 12 Jul 1878: 4. Print.
  25. "Dol Bates Escape - Suspicious Conduct of the Officer who Let Him Loose - Indicted for Complicity in the Affair" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 14 Jul 1878: 3. Print.
  26. "Dol Bates - His Return to Nashville - Not Able to Give Bail - A Vindication of Sheriff Doss" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 27 Jul 1878: 4. Print.
  27. "Dol Bates Trial at Smithville" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 10 Nov 1878: 1. Print.
  28. "Dol Bates Wanderings - How He Happened to Wind Up in the Davidson County Jail - Where He Has Been Since His Disappearance" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 21 Apr 1878: 1. Print.
  29. "Entirely Accidental." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 07 Dec 1881: 4. Print.
  30. "Going Home To Be Tried" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 03 Mar 1879: 4. Print.
  31. "Interceding for the Brassells." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 10 Mar 1878: 4. Print.
  32. "Lebanon Herald," The Milan Exchange.[Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.] 25 Apr 1878. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. < http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053488/1878-04-25/ed-1/seq-4/>
  33. "Lebanon - Our Regular Correspondent (Cyrus Blue)." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 23 Mar 1878: 4. Print.
  34. "M'Minnville News Era" Memphis Daily Appeal[Memphis, TN] 01 Aug 1878: 2. Print.
  35. "Murder in Putnam - Giles Bradford, Jr Beaten, Stabbed and Shot to Death by Jim Brasswell and his Sons" The Nashville American[Nashville, TN] 05 Apr 1898: 2. Print.
  36. "Nashville" The Fayetteville Observer[Fayetteville, TN] 27 Mar 1879: 2. Print.
  37. "No Hope for the Brassells -- Governor Porter Refuses to Commute Their Sentence -- Administration to the Rite of Baptism to Them, Sunday Afternoon." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 19 Mar 1878: 4. Print.
  38. "On The Way to Death - Departure of the Brassells for Cookeville Last Evening." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 22 Mar 1878: 4. Print.
  39. "Over the State." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 19 Mar 1878: 3. Print.
  40. "Over the State." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 31 Mar 1878: 3. Print.
  41. "Petty's Escape." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 24 Oct 1876: 4. Print.
  42. "Praying with the Brassells - Impressive Religious Services in the Jail Yard -- A Letter from the Condemned Men." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 16 Mar 1878: 4. Print.
  43. "Preparing to Die." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 20 Mar 1878: 4. Print.
  44. "Record of Doom. What the Braswell Brothers Have Been Studying in Prison. A Full Statement by Them to an American Reporter. Reviewing the Testimony of the Witnesses Who Sealed Their Fate -- Victims of a Deep-Laird Conspiracy -- Innocent but Ready to Meet Death." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 17 Mar 1878: 3. Print.
  45. "Sent Out to the Penitentiary." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 01 Jan 1880: 4. Print.
  46. "Sixty Years Ago - Local News - Issue 21 March 1878." Reprint of Article first printed in the Cookeville Chronicle21 March 1878. Putnam County Herald[Cookeville, TN] 22 Jul 1937: 6. Print.
  47. "Sixty Years Ago - Local News - Issue 28 March 1878." Reprint of Article first printed in the Cookeville Chronicle28 March 1878. Putnam County Herald[Cookeville, TN] 29 Jul 1937: 6. Print.
  48. "Sixty Years Ago - Local News - Issue 04 April 1878." Reprint of Article first printed in the Cookeville Chronicle4 April 1878. Putnam County Herald[Cookeville, TN] 19 Aug 1937: 3. Print.
  49. "Sixty Years Ago - Local News - Issue 11 April 1878." Reprint of Article first printed in the Cookeville Chronicle11 April 1878. Putnam County Herald[Cookeville, TN] 26 Aug 1937: 8. Print.
  50. "Smithville - Dol Bates Found Guilty of Murder in the First Degree" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 14 Nov 1878: 3. Print.
  51. "Still on His Travels - Dol Bates Taken to Carthage - Will He Get Bail - A Card From Sheriff Doss" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 23 Jul 1878: 4. Print.
  52. "Testifying in Stolen Boots" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 23 Apr 1878: 4. Print.
  53. "The Brassells Hung." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 28 Mar 1878: 1. Print.
  54. "The Courts" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 19 Jan 1878: 4. Print.
  55. "The Doomed Brassells. Incidents of the Passage Up the River -- Safe Arrival of the Prisoners at Cookeville -- The Jail Guarded and a Citizens Patrol on the Street" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 26 Mar 1878: 4. Print.
  56. "The Execution of the Brassells" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 28 Mar 1878: 3. Print.
  57. "THE LATE BRASSELLS -- Further Details of the Hanging and Some Biographical Incidents." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 29 Mar 1878: 4. Print.
  58. "The Law Eluded." New York Herald[New York, NY] 28 Apr 1878: 3, Print.
  59. "The Law Eluded." Old Fulton NY Postcards. Fulton History, 1 June 1878. Web. 26 Mar 2014. < http://www.fultonhistory.com>.
  60. "THE PENALTY FOR MURDER.; A DOUBLE HANGING IN TENNESSEE. GEORGE AND JOSEPH BRASSELL EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF RUSSELL AND CLAUDE ALLISON 10,000 PERSONS PRESENT A HISTORY OF THE CRIME AND THE TRIAL OF THE MURDERERS AFFECTING SCENES AT THE GALLOWS." New York Times, 29 Mar 1878. < http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9802EFD6113FE63BBC4151DFB5668383669FDE>
  61. "THE PENITENTIARY: Yesterday's Arrival - A Tribute to the Convicts For Their Conduct During the Recent Fire" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 12 Dec 1881: 1. Print.
  62. "THE PENITENTIARY FIRE - One of the Largest Manufacturing Establishments in the South Destroyed." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 06 Dec 1881: 4. Print.
  63. "THE PROFITS OF WILDCAT -- What the Brassell Brothers Know About Making Illegal Whisky" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 07 Mar 1878: 4. Print.
  64. "THE PUTNAM ATROCITY -- Shot down in Cold Blood and Buried in the Same Grave." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 15 Dec 1875: 4. Print.
  65. "The Putnam County Murders." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 29 Feb 1876: 4. Print.
  66. "The Scaffold for the Brassell Brothers." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 14 Mar 1878: 4. Print.
  67. "THE WRONG MAN: A Suit for $50,000 Against the Secretary of State" The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 16 Feb. 1878: 4. Print.
  68. "They Must Hang. Sentence of Death Passed Upon Two Putnam County Murders. March 27 the Fatal Day -- Particulars of Their Atrocious Crime." The Daily American[Nashville, TN] 03 Feb 1878: 1. Print.
  69. "They Must Hang. The Supreme Court Sentences the Allison Murders to Hang on the 27 of March." The Cookeville Chronicle[Cookeville, TN] 07 Feb 1878: 2. Print.
  70. "THIRD CONVICTION - Jas. Braswell and Two Sons Guilty of Bradford's Murder" The Nashville American[Nashville, TN] 12 Sep 1902: 3. Print.
  71. "Twenty-nine Years Ago Today," Putnam County Herald[Cookeville, TN] 27 Mar 1907:3. Print.
  72. "TWO VILLAINS." Memphis daily appeal.[Memphis, Tenn.], 28 Mar 1878. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. < http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045160/1878-03-28/ed-1/seq-4/>
  73. "Death of Wm. B. Bates." Alamogordo Cloudcrofter[Alamogordo, NM] 16 Jun 1922:5. Print.

STATE RECORDS

  1. Death Certificate of Dop Johnson, T ennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958[database on-line]. Ancestry.com. ( http://interactive.ancestry.com/2376/33113_257685-01008/279062?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3dTNDeathRecords%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26gsln%3djohnson%26msddy%3d1911%26msdpn__ftp%3ddekalb%2bcounty%252c%2btennessee%26uidh%3dd74%26pcat%3d34%26fh%3d0%26h%3d279062%26recoff%3d8%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord: accessed 18 Jun 2014), Dop Johnson, 21 Oct 1911; citing … … Cemetery, Liberty, De Kalb, Tennessee; Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  2. "New Mexico, Deaths, 1889-1945," index, FamilySearch( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLYV-X4Q: accessed 22 May 2014), William Bates in entry for William Bell Bates, 08 Jun 1922; citing Otero, Colfax, New Mexico, reference 45, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Santa Fe; FHL microfilm 2032885.
  3. "New Mexico, Deaths, 1889-1945," index, FamilySearch( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLYC-D3L: accessed 22 May 2014), Sarah F. Bates, 30 Aug 1933; citing Orogrande, Otero, New Mexico, reference cn 2912, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Santa Fe; FHL microfilm 1913294.
  4. Prison Records, State of Tennessee 1831-1992, Tennessee State Library and Archives, microfilm publication RG25, roll 15, Vol. 51 - Convict Records: State Penitentiary, Nashville, TN Book "B" 1877-1882.
  5. Prison Records, State of Tennessee 1831-1992, Tennessee State Library and Archives, microfilm publication RG25, roll 19, Vol. 56 - Convict Records: State Penitentiary, Nashville, TN Book "I" 1894-1896.
  6. "State vs Joseph Brassell" 1877. MS Tennessee Supreme Court Cases. Tennessee State Library & Archives, Nashville.
  7. "State vs William B. Bates alias Dol Bates." 1880. MS Tennessee Supreme Court Cases. Tennessee State Library & Archives, Nashville.
  8. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Microform. Governor James Davis Porter (1828-1912) Papers 1875-1879 (1964):microfilm roll #10.
  9. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Microform. Governor William Brimage Bate (1826-1905) Papers 1883-1887 (1964):microfilm roll #5.

COUNTY RECORDS

  1. Allison, Joseph C., Will, "Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," images, FamilySearch( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-195-2180761-1-67?cc=1909088&wc=M6QQ-M3D:179682001,179756001: accessed 04 Jul 2014), Putnam > Wills, 1876-1933, Vol. 6 > image 26 of 249.
  2. Brassell, Charles & Geo. to Amanda Cox, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book Z:248; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  3. Brassell, E. H. et ux to E. L. Gardenhire, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book I:391; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  4. Brassell, J. R., Will, "Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," images, FamilySearch( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-195-2180755-1-81?cc=1909088&wc=M6QQ-M3D:179682001,179756001: accessed 04 Jul 2014), Putnam > Wills, 1876-1933, Vol. 6 > image 203 of 249.
  5. Brassell, James R., Death Certificate, "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955," index and images, FamilySearch( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11668-77980-26?cc=1417505: accessed 04 Jul 2014), 1876712 (004183287) > image 2327 of 2511; citing State Library and Archives, Nashville.
  6. Brassell, Jas. R. et al to Mrs. Amanda Cox, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book 2:179; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  7. Brassell, J. R. & others to Algood & Finley, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book T:15; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  8. Brassell, J. R. et al to Amanda Cox, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book Z:505; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  9. Brassell, J. R. et ux to John P. Murray, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book I:380; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  10. Brassell, Mary L. et al to James R. Brassell, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book 10:292; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  11. Brassell, Mary L. et al to Tennessee Patton, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book 4:587; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  12. Brassell, W. E. to Amanda B. Cox, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book Z:248; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  13. Bates, William to W. B & John Bates, Deed, DeKalb County, Tennessee, Deed Book J:470; Tennessee State Library and Archives Roll #84.
  14. Isbell, Angeline to James H. Lee, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book P:542; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  15. Isbell, Angeline, Will, "Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," images, FamilySearch( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-195-2180669-1-98?cc=1909088&wc=M6QQ-M3D:179682001,179756001: accessed 04 Jul 2014), Putnam > Wills, 1876-1933, Vol. 6 > image 60 of 249.
  16. Lee, Jas. H. to Mattie Lee, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book O:518; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  17. Patton, D. C. et al to Lucy Presley, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book 1:236; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  18. Patton, Tennessee et al to Amanda Cox, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book Z:249; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  19. Patton, Tennessee et al to Mary L. Brassell, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book Z:250; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  20. Presley, J. J. and wife to M. A. Patton, Deed, Putnam County, Tennessee, Deed Book 1:237; Register of Deeds Office, Courthouse, Cookeville.
  21. State vs E. H. Brassell, Circuit Court Minutes, Smith County, Tennessee, Minute Book S:399, 457, 463, 465; Tennessee State Library and Archives Roll #5.
  22. State vs E. H. Brassell, Circuit Court Minutes, Smith County, Tennessee, Minute Book U:45, 146, 177, 225, 342, 365; Tennessee State Library and Archives Roll #5.
  23. State vs G. A. Brassell alias Teek Brassell, Circuit Court Minutes, Smith County, Tennessee, Minute Book 1:89, 100, 293; Tennessee State Library and Archives Roll #6.
  24. State vs James Brassell, Circuit Court Minutes, Smith County, Tennessee, Minute Book A:191, 266; Tennessee State Library and Archives Roll #5.
  25. State vs James Brassell, Circuit Court Minutes, Smith County, Tennessee, Minute Book B:337, 338; Tennessee State Library and Archives Roll #6.
  26. State vs James Brassell, Circuit Court Minutes, Smith County, Tennessee, Minute Book C:261, 272-273, 293, 356, 436, 481; Tennessee State Library and Archives Roll #6.
  27. State vs James Brassell, Circuit Court Minutes, Smith County, Tennessee, Minute Book 1:21, 78, 501; Tennessee State Library and Archives Roll #6.
  28. State vs James Brassell, Circuit Court Minutes, Smith County, Tennessee, Minute Book 2:13; Tennessee State Library and Archives Roll #7.

FEDERAL RECORDS

  1. Bates, William B. (Pvt, Co. G, 1st Tenn. Mtd. Inf., Civil War), pension application no. 1,390,821, certificate no. 1,163,549, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D. C.
  2. Bates, William B., “Civil War Service Records, Union Records,” digital images, Fold3,1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry, pg. 1-13.
  3. Brassel, James R. (Pvt, Co. A, 1st Tenn. Mtd. Inf., Civil War), pension application no. 222646, certificate no. 901088, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D. C.
  4. Brazeal, Egbert H. (Pvt, Capt. Dearings Co., Tenn. Mtd. Spies, Florida Wars), pension application no. 123, certificate no. 715, widow's application no. 7661, certificate no. 5435, bounty land warrant no. 8417-80-55, Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D. C.
  5. Brazil, James R., “Civil War Service Records, Union Records,” digital images, Fold3,8th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, pg. 1-11.
  6. Johnson, Dobson (Pvt, Co. E, 4th Tenn. Mtd. Inf., Civil War), pension application no. 599,041, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D. C.
  7. "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949," index and images, FamilySearch( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VHZW-CWW: accessed 03 Jul 2014), William B Bates, 08 Jun 1922; citing Alamogordo, New Mexico, NARA microfilm publication M1916, roll 6, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1878155.
  8. "United States vs Joseph Brassell," Records of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Middle District; Nashville Rule Docket - Criminal, November 1867 - October 1879, Case No. 1509; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives Building, Atlanta, GA.
  9. "United States vs W. B. Bates & W. C. Johnson," Records of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Middle District; Nashville Rule Docket - Criminal, November 1867 - October 1879, Case No. 531; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives Building, Atlanta, GA.

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  2. Douglas, Byrd. Steamboatin' on the Cumberland.Nashville: Tennessee Book, 1961. Print.
  3. Ely, James W., and Theodore Brown. A History of the Tennessee Supreme Court.Knoxville: University of Tennessee, 2002. Print.
  4. Franklin, Della P. Allison Connections.Cookeville, Tenn. (208 West Cemetery Rd., Cookeville 38501): D.P. Franklin, 1988. Print.
  5. Kuykendall, Pearl, and Allie Loftis. "Allison Family Bible." Putnam County, Tennessee Bible, Family and Tombstone Records.Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain, 1994. 3. Print.
  6. Patton, Maurine Ensor. Putnam County, Tennessee Cemeteries.Cookeville, TN: 1995. Print.
  7. "LAND and LEGACY of GEORGE BAKER 1779-1839." LAND and LEGACY of GEORGE BAKER 1779-1839. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Jan 2014.
  8. Pippin, James Roberts, and Emily L. Person Pippin. John Pippen: A New Beginning in Maryland.Knoxville, TN: Tennessee Valley, 2004. Print.
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  10. Spurlock, Donald E. The Brassell Hangings of Putnam County, Tennessee.Cookeville, TN (259 S. Willow Ave., Cookeville 38501): Southland Printing, 1981. Print.
  11. "The Inflation Calculator." The Inflation Calculator.Steven Morgan Friedman, 11 Sept. 1997. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. < http://www.westegg.com/inflation/>

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  1. Allison House. N.d. Personal Collection of Michael Clark, Cookeville, TN. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.
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