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Melissa Ann Skipper Collection
Sullivan County Manuscript Collection 0090
Archives and History Division
Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism
3425 Highway 126, Suite 100
Blountville, Tennessee 37617
TITLE
Melissa Ann Skipper Collection
COLLECTION NUMBER
Sullivan County Manuscript Collection 0090.
EXTENT
2 Boxes
CREATOR
Melissa Ann Skipper (collector)
LANGUAGE
Material in English.
REPOSITORY
Archives and History Division, Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism, Blountville, Tennessee.
PROVENANCE
The Melissa Ann Skipper Collection MSS 0090 was donated by Melissa Ann Skipper of Gray, TN.
COPYRIGHT STATUS
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.
PROCESSING HISTORY
Shelia Steele Hunt processed the collection and developed the finding aid in February 2013.
ACCESS AND RESTRICTIONS
There are no restrictions on use of this manuscript collection for research purposes. It is the responsibility of the individual user to ascertain copyright restrictions, obtain permissions and to prepare proper citation and credit statements. The researcher assumes all legal responsibility for observing laws of copyright and common law literary rights.
COLLECTION CITATION
This collection should be cited as:
Melissa Ann Skipper Collection, MSS 0090, Archives and History Division, Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism, Blountville, Tennessee.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Melissa Ann Skipper Collection contains four family Bibles, 1 photograph, and 1 tomahawk head.
Of special note is the Felton family Bible, which chronicles the family and some descendants of the family of Henry Felton and Catharine Wotring, both of whom were reportedly born ca1800.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Melissa Ann Skipper is the daughter of Billie Robert Miller (1924-1995) and Evelyn Jean "Toodie" Henson Miller Feathers of Sullivan County, Tennessee. Eveyln Henson was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Henson (1893-1954) and Lucy Lee Webb (1895-1945) also of Sullivan County, Tennessee.
In 2006, Ms. Skipper obtained the Felton Family Bibles from her 1st cousin, Lyle Henson, son of Thomas Lyle Henson (1917-1983) and Evelyn Pearl Felton Webb (1922-2005). Ms. Felton indicated that the tomahawk head came from the family of Thomas Jefferson Henson and Lucy Webb aforementioned.
SUBJECTS
Sullivan County (Tenn.)--History.
Sullivan County (Tenn.)--Genealogy.
Native American--History.
BOX LIST
Box 1
Item 1. Family Bible of Dorothy Virginia Felton Webb (Mrs. William Jennings Bryan Webb), copyright 1952.
Item 2. Felton Family Bible (title and copyright pages missing)
Item 3. Photo of Eliza Jenkins Berry (1858-1943)
Box 2
Item 1. Felton Family Bible of Henry Felton (b. 1800) and Catharine Wotring, copyright 1829
Item 2. Family Bible of James Bryson Thomas and Cora Helen Katherine Webb Thomas, undated
Item 3. Tomahawk head that formerly belonged to the family of Thomas Jefferson Henson and Lucy Webb
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