Ransom (Family : Ranson, Richard)
Family
biographical statement
Much of the history of the Ransom family is gained through reading about their day-to-day lives in the collection of family papers. Not much is written about the Ransom other than what is written within the collection, so it was very hard to find more background information about the family. All that is really mentioned of Richard Ransom is that he later became the Sheriff of Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Richard Ransom Family Papers
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-13
Scope and Contents
The Richard Ransom Family papers collection is housed entirely in one box and within that box there are three folders. The first of the three folders contains the Item Inventory, the loan receipts from the previous institutions, a memorandum, and the collection or unit description sheet. The second folder contains all of the Ransom Family papers in Xerox form. The papers are in the format of letters, poems, pictures, and one handwritten menu. The folder’s oldest...
Dates:
1836-1925