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Taylor Family Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor Family Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3268. Collection of genealogical and historic research on four Taylor family houses located in Warren County, Kentucky. Includes data on original owners and residents, deeds, and photographs.
Smith Family Papers (Sc 3679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith Family Papers (Sc 3679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3679. Two items relating to the Smith family of Warren County, Kentucky: a letter, 18 November 1852, from Amanda M. F. Withers, Dripping Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky, to Sarah Hampton in Warren County; having recently moved, she describes her labors setting up housekeeping, gives regards to her friends and Sarah’s family, advises Sarah to be careful in choosing a husband, and asks to be sent some plant cuttings. Also, a codicil to the will of Sarah’s future father-in-law Daniel C. Smith, 1868.
Kirby Family Papers (Mss 749), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kirby Family Papers (Mss 749), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 749. Papers of the Kirby family of Warren County, Kentucky, especially Sarah Jane “Jennie” Kirby, her son Percy Warren Kirby, and his grandson Joseph W. Harris. Includes some genealogical data collected by Jennie.
Hodge, James H., 1843?-1924 (Sc 3675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hodge, James H., 1843?-1924 (Sc 3675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3675. Letters (3), written by James Hodge to his mother in Warren County, Kentucky, while serving with the 11th Kentucky Infantry, U.S.A. Writing from Tennessee just before the Battle of Bean’s Station, and from Kentucky and Georgia, he tells of engaging the enemy at Knoxville, of enduring "hard times" and reduced rations, and of his wish to return home to see her. Includes his 1924 obituary.
Kirby, Sarah Jane "Jennie" (Whalen), 1863-1918 (Sc 3674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kirby, Sarah Jane "Jennie" (Whalen), 1863-1918 (Sc 3674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3674. Memoranda by Jennie Kirby, Warren County, Kentucky, of local deaths from 1899-1916. Using a blank Poll Book, she inscribes names, date of death, and in most cases the cause of death. African Americans and whites are included. Records of births, 1910-1911, are at the back of the book.