Manuscripts Department
            Library of the University of North Carolina
                          at Chapel Hill

                  SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                               #4558
               HALBERT AND SATTERFIELD FAMILY PAPERS
                             Inventory

Abstract: Halbert family of Lincoln County, Tenn., including John
Halbert (fl. 1820s-1860s) and his brother James (b. 1771?),
planters of Lincoln County.  Papers of the Satterfield family,
also of Lincoln County, relate chiefly to physician Benjamin M.
Satterfield (b. 1834).  The families were linked through the
marriage of Benjamin M. Satterfield's daughter Laura to Isaac
Buchanan Halbert.
          Financial and legal materials, notebooks, clippings,
and other materials relating to the Halbert and Satterfield
families of Lincoln County, Tenn.  Halbert papers, 1814-1865, are
chiefly related to brothers John and James Halbert, who were
planters, and include an 1865 letter from John to James's son
Pleasant Halbert (1811-1895), accounts, estate papers, wills, and
tax receipts.  Satterfield papers, 1853-1893, relate chiefly to
physician Benjamin M. Satterfield, who appears to have
specialized in obstetrics, and include materials relating to
Satterfield's medical practice in Lafayette and Lincoln County,
Tenn.; his service as surgeon in the 25th Tennessee Regiment
during the Civil War; his political involvement after medical
discharge from service; and his activities in the Masons.  There
is also a small amount of material relating to other Satterfield
family members.

Index Terms:Agriculture--Tennessee--History--19th century.
          Confederate States of America. Army. Tennessee         
          Regiment, 25th.
          Confederate States of America. Army--Surgeons.
          Freemasons--Tennessee--History--19th century.
          Halbert, James, b. 1771?
          Halbert, John, fl. 1820s-1860s.
          Halbert, Pleasant, 1811-1895.
          Halbert family.
          Lafayette (Tenn.)--History--19th century.
          Lincoln County (Tenn.)--History--19th century.
          Medicine--Practice--Accounting--History--19th century.
          Obstetrics--Practice--History--19th century.
          Physicians--Tennessee--History--19th century.
          Plantations--Tennessee.
          Satterfield, Benjamin M., b. 1834.
          Satterfield family.
          Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Size:     About 160 items (0.5 linear feet).

Provenance:Received from Thomas B. Barnett of Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, and William H. Barnett of Altanta, Georgia, in August
1990 (Acc. 90104) and March 1991 (Acc. 91042, folders 3a-b).

Access:   No restrictions.

Copyright:Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

                        SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Series 1.  Halbert Family
          1821-1833, 1865 and undated.  About 45 items.

          Chiefly financial and legal materials relating to John
Halbert (fl. 1820s-1860s) and his brother James (b. 1771?),
planters of Lincoln County, Tennessee, including accounts, estate
papers, a handwritten copy of John Halbert's will, and tax
receipts.  Also included is a small notebook containing
miscellaneous notes on crops and livestock and a letter, dated 24
July 1865, from John Halbert to James's son Pleasant (1811-1895),
about family activities.

Folders    1-3b Financial and legal materials
           4 Notebook
           5 Letter

Series 2.  Satterfield Family

          Subseries 2.1.  Benjamin M. Satterfield Medical        
               Practice 1857-1868 and undated.  About 25 items.

          Materials relating to Benjamin M. Satterfield's medical
practice in Lafayette and Lincoln County, Tennessee, including
accounts with patients and pharmaceutical supply houses; two
small notebooks containing patient accounts and notes on
treatments administered; and a handwritten treatise entitled
"Uterine Hemorrhages," author unknown.  This last item also
includes copies of a few undated letters of Benjamin M.
Satterfield to friends and colleagues.

Folder     6 Accounts
           7 Treatise
           8 Notebooks

          Subseries 2.2.  Other Papers
          1853-1893 and undated.  About 40 items.

          Financial and legal materials relating chiefly to
routine activities of the Benjamin M. Satterfield family and to
his membership in the Masons.  Also included are clippings that
relate to Tennessee politics during the Civil War.  Satterfield
appears to have been active in this arena after his discharge
from military service.  A small amount of material relating to
other Satterfield family members is also included.

Folders    9-10 Accounts
           11   Masons
           12   Clippings

                            SHELF LIST
          Box 1 (only)