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Fennell Collection, 1869-1957 (Mss 348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fennell Collection, 1869-1957 (Mss 348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 348. Account books of Cynthiana Horse Boot Company; materials related to Kentucky Hemp Brake Company of Cynthiana, Kentucky; correspondence of Cynthiana attorneys Chester M. Jewett, J. J. Osborne, William J. Osborne, McCauley C. Swinford, and William Wilson Van Deren.
Stephens Family Papers (Sc 221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stephens Family Papers (Sc 221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 221. Chiefly business and legal papers of William S. Stephens and his sons, Brown County, Ohio and Butler County, Kentucky. Includes tax receipt, deed, and bill for gunsmith supplies from Brown County. Also, receipts for household goods, freight, and peddlers’ license from Butler County. Includes 1828 letter written by Stephens to his wife describing his voyage from England to America and 1842 letter to Stephens from his father-in-law giving news of the family remaining in England and the prices of gun making supplies.
Watwood, Warren G., 1922-1996 - Collector (Sc 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Watwood, Warren G., 1922-1996 - Collector (Sc 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 167. Civil War disability exemption certifiate of Felix Crady, LaRue County, Kentucky, 1864; Simpson County, Kentucky deed, 1868; statement of Nazareth College, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1868; and an agreement concerning construction of the foundation for Franklin Fremale College, Franklin, Kentucky.
Sloss Family Papers (Sc 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sloss Family Papers (Sc 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 159. Deed of division among heirs of Thomas L. Sloss involving lands in Simpson County and Warren County, Kentucky, 1845; writ of execution to Logan County, Kentucky sheriff, 1868; power of attorney regarding administration of estate of Edward E. Sloss.
Slinker Family Papers (Sc 157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slinker Family Papers (Sc 157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 157. Papers relating mainly to the Slinker family of Metcalfe County, Kentucky. Includes Metcalfe County deeds, 1868-1905 (8) and survey, 1871; tax receipt, 1870; and mortgage of livestock, 1875. Also includes Hart County survey, 1821; request for deposition, 1819; minutes of trial testimony, 1880; three letters, 1881-1903; and an undated declaration against aliens and Catholics.
Puckett, William - Collector (Sc 151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Puckett, William - Collector (Sc 151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 151. Deeds for land in Hart County, Kentucky, 1852, 1859 (2), and notary public commission of Thomas W. Cobb for Green and Hart Counites, signed by Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner, 1890. An image of the commission can be seen by clicking on "Additional Files" below.
Barren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2419), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2419), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2419. Miscellaneous Barren County, Kentucky legal and court records, including administration bonds and renunciations, estate accounts, deeds of sale and mortgage, marriage contract, power of attorney, and bastardy suit.
Mcclanahan Family Papers (Sc 194), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcclanahan Family Papers (Sc 194), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 194. Photocopies of legal papers such as deeds, surveys, land grants, slavery bills of sale, and other miscellaneous documents related to the McClanahan family of Simpson County, Kentucky.
Land - Transactions (Sales, Purchases, Transfers, Etc.), 1861-1890 (Sc 104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Land - Transactions (Sales, Purchases, Transfers, Etc.), 1861-1890 (Sc 104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 104. Deeds and papers for land in the Kentucky counties of Butler, 1877 (1 item), Warren, 1861-1886 (4), and Edmonson, 1890 (1). William P. Beard and the Porter family are involved in many of these transactions.
Warren County, Kentucky - Deeds (Sc 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Deeds (Sc 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 139. Deeds for land in Warren County, Kentucky, involving the Jenkins and Mitchell families. One deed includes a certificate of privy examination for Susan Jenkins.
Simpson County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simpson County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 102. Deeds for land in Simpson County, Kentucky, 1845-1876, deed of gift for African American woman and child, 1847, and will of E. N. Mitchell, 1872.