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Faught Family Papers (Sc 2382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Faught Family Papers (Sc 2382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2382. Correspondence, deeds, and sundry other items of the Faught family of Ohio County, Kentucky, chiefly Marion F. and Alice M. Faught. Includes Civil War military discharge for Bagges M. Faught, 17th Regiment of Kentucky Infantry Volunteers. Also includes a baby diary for Juanita Chloris Faught.
Dickerson-Venable Family Papers (Mss 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dickerson-Venable Family Papers (Mss 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 334. Correspondence, clippings and genealogical data relating to the Dickerson and Venable families of Warren County, Kentucky, and related families. Includes military papers from the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
Settle-Dewitt Family Papers (Mss 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Settle-Dewitt Family Papers (Mss 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Smith, Harriet (Sc 2301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Harriet (Sc 2301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2301. Master Commissioner's deed of lands in Warren County, Kentucky, conveyed on behalf of Junius Frances Jones, J. W. Petty and M.A. Petty to Lanes Hendrick and William Hendrick pursuant to an order of partition made in the case of Harriet Smith, et al. v. W. B. Smith, et al.
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 323. Chiefly letters to Gabrielle Robertson, History Department faculty member, Western Kentucky University, 1916 to 1960. Of particular interest are those letters from former students serving in the military during World War II. Also includes genealogical materials and family photographs.
Pruitt, Lamond, 1865-1957 (Sc 2293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pruitt, Lamond, 1865-1957 (Sc 2293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2293. Miscellaneous legal documents from Allen County, Kentucky collected by Lamond Pruitt, chiefly deeds and indentures.
Phillips, Andrew Thomas, 1865-1937 (Sc 2288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Phillips, Andrew Thomas, 1865-1937 (Sc 2288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2288. Records relating to business affairs of Andrew Thomas Phillips, of Hopkins County and Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Includes invoices for store inventory, price lists, deed, note and mortgage.
Hatfield-Gaines Family, 1834-1981 (Mss 2275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hatfield-Gaines Family, 1834-1981 (Mss 2275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2275. Chiefy receipts, deeds, wills, and other legal and financial documents of the Hatfield and Gaines families of Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes some Civil War-era correspondence of the Hatfield family.
Slaton Family Papers, 1760-1976 (Mss 322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slaton Family Papers, 1760-1976 (Mss 322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 322. Chiefly personal correspondence, legal and business papers, and news clippings related to the Slaton family of Hopkins County, Kentucky. Includes Civil War-era letters as well as deeds, wills, tax receipts, and other miscellaneous nineteenth century documents.
Ground Family - Deeds, 1800-1920 (Sc 2221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ground Family - Deeds, 1800-1920 (Sc 2221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Warren County, Kentucky - Deed (Sc 2175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Deed (Sc 2175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2175. Commissioner's deed, 1 April 1921, related to the disposition of the land of T. B. Lawrence, Sr.
Lucas Family Papers (Mss 265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lucas Family Papers (Mss 265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and photograph (additional file) for Manuscript Collection 265. Correspondence, legal and financial papers, genealogical material, and photographs of the Lucas family of Warren County, Kentucky. Most of the material relates to Nathaniel Lucas (d. 1807 in Warren County), his children, and one of his descendants, Miss Nancy Clyde Lucas.
Mayes Family Papers (Sc 2153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mayes Family Papers (Sc 2153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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).
Mitchell, George, 1842-1898 (Sc 2131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mitchell, George, 1842-1898 (Sc 2131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2131. Receipt book kept by George Mitchell, deputy clerk of the Warren County Court [Kentucky]; entries list amount paid to record deeds and to copy deeds, mortgages, and other documents. payments were also received by C.E. Blewett, clerk.
Morris, Hiram Chesterfield, 1880-1949 (Sc 2124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morris, Hiram Chesterfield, 1880-1949 (Sc 2124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2124. Legal papers, chiefly deeds and mortgages, related to land transfers among the Mitchell, Buckner, and Morris families of Simpson and Warren Counties. Also includes genealogical information concerning the Buckner, Morris, and Hegewald families.
Miller, Emmitt E., 1907-1985 (Sc 2130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, Emmitt E., 1907-1985 (Sc 2130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2130. Miscellaneous deeds, will, tax receipts, stock certificate, and school trustee's report relating primarily to the Miller family of Muhlenberg County.
Brown-Hammer-Bryant Collection (Sc 2132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown-Hammer-Bryant Collection (Sc 2132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.