The first document in this group is a pre-printed form filled out in ink. It is headed “CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA”

“DEPOSITARYS OFFICE – ATLANTA, FEBY 19 1864.”

The document states that V. K. STEVENSON paid $10,000 and received Coupon Books or Registered Stock of the Confederate States of America. The document is then signed by a John Duncan as Deputy. The document is signed on the reverse by Stevenson.

Item meas. approx. 8.00 x 4.00 inches and is in nice condition. All printing is clear and the ink is legible.

Also with the item is a blank check marked “RICHMOND 186_” and “TREASURER OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.” This is also in excellent shape and meas. approx. 9.00 x 2.75 inches. Lower right corner is discolored.

Vernon K. Stevenson was born on January 22, 1812 in Russellville, Kentucky. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1831 and began his career as a clerk in a dry goods store in Nashville. He later became head manager, and he invested in a store with his brother Volney.

Stevenson was the founder of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railway in 1848. The road was completed in 1854, and Stevenson served as its president. He hired Edmund William Cole as superintendent in 1857, and became "a kind of co-president, or president ex officio." Stevenson was also elected as the "president" of the board of directors of the Winchester and Alabama Railroad in Winchester, Tennessee in 1857.

In 1861, Stevenson was appointed as the quartermaster for the Confederate States Army by General Albert Sidney Johnston. Shortly after the Battle of Nashville in 1862, he moved to Murfreesboro, where he managed a portion of the Nashville and Chattanooga tracks. However, the vast majority of the railroad was taken over by the Union Army. Stevenson sold the railroad to August Belmont in 1880, and it merged with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

After the war, Stevenson moved to New York City and invested in real estate in uptown Manhattan. He was the owner of 44 Broadway, rented by the Standard Oil Company.

Stevenson died on October 16, 1884 in New York City and is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville. His tomb was designed as "an exact replica of Napoleon's tomb in Paris." Stevenson, Alabama was named in his honor.  [ad]

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