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2010

Barren County

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Settle-Dewitt Family Papers (Mss 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Settle-Dewitt Family Papers (Mss 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans of Folders 2 and 3 relating to genealogy (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 332. Includes correspondence, genealogical materials; wills, deeds and other legal documents of the Settle and DeWitt families; and the memoir of Marcus Bearden DeWitt, a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a Civil War chaplain (Click on "Additional Files" below). Also of interest is information related to the Settle rifle makers of Barren County, Kentucky.


Matthews, Allen, 1812-1871 (Sc 2340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Matthews, Allen, 1812-1871 (Sc 2340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2340. Letter, 12 July 1870, from Allen Matthews, Glasgow, Kentucky, to W. H. Grainger & Company of Louisville, Kentucky. He discusses his order of parts for mill machinery and asks for additional components.


Alvis, Elizabeth Duncan (Stark), 1876-1959 (Mss 320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2010

Alvis, Elizabeth Duncan (Stark), 1876-1959 (Mss 320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 320. Correspondence, genealogical notes, scrapbook, and photos chiefly related to the Stark family of Allen County and Warren County, Kentucky, especially Confederate veteran John William Stark. Includes a narrative of John William Stark's Civil War service written by his daughter, and World War I discharge certificate of Richard C. Stark (Click on "Additional Files" below).


Ground Family - Deeds, 1800-1920 (Sc 2221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Ground Family - Deeds, 1800-1920 (Sc 2221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2221. Deeds, chiefly for property owned by the Ground and Lowery families of Kentucky. Most the later deeds are for property owned by Robert Ground in Warren County, Kentucky.


Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2219. Records of Christ Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes lists of members 1867-1914, baptisms 1861-1917, confirmations 1861-1919, marriages and burials 1864-1919. Also includes lists of Russellville members 1880-1886, baptisms 1873-1885, confirmations 1876-1886, and deaths 1877-1885; and lists of Glasgow members 1880, 1893, confirmations and baptisms 1890-1899. Also includes historical notes and extracts from church convention proceedings 1831-1859 that relate to the Bowling Green church.


Moore, Robert And George Moore (Mss 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Moore, Robert And George Moore (Mss 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 318. Documents related to a nineteenth century lawsuit involving members of Bowling Green's prominent Moore family, particularly brothers George and Robert Moore. Information gleaned from Barren County court records by Gladys B. Wilson.


Little Barren United Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Little Barren United Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 451. Minute book of Little Barren United Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes articles of faith, rules of decorum, minutes of meetings and membership lists.


Mount Tabor Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2010

Mount Tabor Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2162. Minute book of Mount Tabor Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes articles of faith, minutes of meetings, and lists of white and African American members.


Goodhope Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2010

Goodhope Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below" for Manuscripts Small Collection 760. Record book of Goodhope Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes constitution, articles of faith, minutes of meetings and membership lists.


Mount Pleasant Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2010

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1175. Minute book of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings from 1804-1854 and members register of whites and African Americans. Also included is an 1863 letter describing the condition of the church.


Statenfield Sabbath School - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2010

Statenfield Sabbath School - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1178. Minute book of Statenfield Sabbath School, Barren County, Kentucky, from 1892-1898. Includes minutes of meetings and a list of pupils. Also includes a 1990 newspaper clipping about restoration efforts for Statenfield Black Baptist Church.


Mayes Family Papers (Sc 2153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2010

Mayes Family Papers (Sc 2153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2153. Miscellaneous materials, primarily deeds and recording clerks' certificates, relating to the Mayes family of Barren County, Kentucky and associated families. Includes Memorial Day gravesite photo and 1903 school program. Also includes Civil War soldier's letter written from Davidson County, Tennessee, 16 March 1862 (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).


Brown-Hammer-Bryant Collection (Sc 2132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2010

Brown-Hammer-Bryant Collection (Sc 2132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2132. Legal documents, chiefly deeds, from Monroe County, Kentucky relating to the Brown, Hammer and Bryant families. Also includes tax receipts and religious material.