Ella Lee Keatts Hilliard Collection, 1916-1948

The Ella Lee Keatts Hilliard Collection contains 6 store ledgers from the Cumberland Valley Drug Company, a pharmacy / drug store at Indian Mound, Tennessee, and covers the years 1926 through 1948.  Also included is a circa-1953 Army regulation manual and a savings book from the First Trust and Savings Bank, Clarksville, TN.  The items were found in a shed behind Mrs. Hilliard's former home by the current owner, who donated them to the Archives.

The Cumberland Valley Drug Company began operations about 1921.  Its President was Dr. Cyrus Nathan Keatts, MD, and the Secretary/Treasurer was his brother, Clarence Kincaid Keatts.
 
Dr. Cyrus Nathan Keatts was born in 1876, a native of Montgomery County who moved to Stewart County at age 14.  He died in 1963, having been a physician at Indian Mound for 61 years.
 
Clarence Kincaid Keatts, a native of Montgomery County, was born July 5, 1874 and died February 10, 1942.  His obituary stated that he had been in the drug business in Indian Mound for 21 years.
 
The 1913-14 edition of the Era Druggists Directory lists Keatts & Co., Smith and Stewart, and H. B. Smith as retail druggists in Indian Mound, Tenn.
 
Ella Lee (Legate) Keatts Hilliard was born January 2, 1909 in Stewart County, the daughter of Morris and Minerva (Byrd) Legate. She was married about 1925 to Clarence Kincaid Keatts, and in 1948 to Freeman J. Hilliard, who died in 1956.  Mrs. Hilliard died May 16, 1990 at Memorial Hospital, Clarksville, TN.

The store ledgers contain accounts due from customers of the drug company, and are indexed.