Box 4273.002

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one indictment of treason issued by the State of Tennessee Circuit Court for Samuel M. McMahan and 13 summonses for McMahan that were sent to the Sherriff of Sevier County, Tennessee, between the years of 1865 and 1868. The indictment states that McMahan did "enlist in the army of the so-called Confederate States of America…and carrying on the said and open public war, insurrection and rebellion so traitorously commenced." The summonses were...