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Holland, James Henry, B. 1931 - Collector (Sc 3503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holland, James Henry, B. 1931 - Collector (Sc 3503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3503. Miscellaneous historical documents, mostly legal in nature, collected by James H. Holland of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a justice of the peace appointment signed by U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster, a true copy of the Fayette County Court order qualifying executors under the will of Henry Clay, a pardon issued for illegal gaming (“dealing Chuck a Luck”), and an 1867 account for “water closet paper.”
Barren River Lake - Relating To (Sc 3166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barren River Lake - Relating To (Sc 3166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3166. Transcript of trial proceedings in United States of America v. 2,635.04 Acres of Land, Etc. (Tracts 125, 127, 130, 131 – Franklin Berry and Ruby Berry), a case heard in U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky at Bowling Green on 16 October 1962. At issue was the compensation to be awarded to Franklin and Ruby Berry for the taking of lands in Allen County, Kentucky, by the U.S. Government in connection with the construction of Barren River Reservoir No. 2, also known as the Port …
Danaher V. Hopkins (Sc 2879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Danaher V. Hopkins (Sc 2879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2879. Photocopy of decision of Kentucky Court of Appeals in Danaher v. Hopkins, rendered on 24 October 2014. The court rules on an appeal from the Warren Circuit Court regarding custody of the child of the parties in the case.
Monroe County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 1217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Monroe County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 1217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1217. Docket book, Monroe County, Kentucky, December 1832 - November 1838, listing judgments and warrants.
King, Elijah (Sc 2781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
King, Elijah (Sc 2781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scanned images (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2781. Declaration filed in the Circuit Court, Henderson County, Kentucky, 26 May 1818 awarding Elijah King damages for breach of a covenant to pay $75 or the equivalent in livestock, deliverable at the "red banks" (i.e. Henderson, Kentucky).
Barren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 884. Circuit Court of Barren County, Kentucky, Memoranda Book, 5 June 1819-December 1821.
Barren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 876), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 876), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 876. Barren County, Kentucky, Quarter Sessions Order Book, 1799-1802.
Larue County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Larue County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2666. Deposition of Amos Rhodes, given at Brownsville, Kentucky, 25 September 1852, in connection with Henry Carlyle and William M. Gilkey v. Philip P. Phillips and Josiah Phillips, acase pending before the Circuit Court, LaRue County, Kentucky. The case involved a dispute over title to land in Hardin County, Kentucky that Rhodes had deeded to Philip P. Phillips.
Edmonson County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 797), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edmonson County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 797), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 797. Edmonson County court records and Quarterly Court papers including school district report giving a list of parents and number of children, 1854-1861 (29); and general and national election returns which are filed as oversize items located in C1-D2, #10, 1858-1874? (11).
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Legal Papers (Sc 631), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Legal Papers (Sc 631), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 631. Photocopies of legal papers pertaining to lawsuit brought by Sally Boles in which she sought and obtained a divorce from her husband William, who united with the Shakers in 1808 and left her and their three children to join the Shaker settlement at South Union, Kentucky, in 1811. The case was first tried in Logan County, then in Barren County.
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 343. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records and sundry other documents related to Eugene Scott Brown and his father-in-law, Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, attorneys of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Also includes stray Allen County court records, research notes related to the Civil War, and records about early telephone service in Allen County.
Warren County, Kentucky - Wills (Mss 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Wills (Mss 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 54. Original wills, made mostly in Warren County, Kentucky from 1798-1881, but including wills made elsewhere. Also includes some legal documents relating to wills. A name index is included in the finding aid. The is only a small portion of the original wills filed at the Warren County courthouse form 1798 to 1915.
Warren County, Kentucky - Equity Court Cases (Mss 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Equity Court Cases (Mss 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 137. This collection contains the extant Equity Court cases for Warren County, Kentucky, from Case #1 (1802) to Case #1977 (1856). The cases are arranged in numerical order. Information in this finding aid includes: case number, plaintiff, defendant, date, number of documents related to the case and notes. To search this document, download it and then use the "Find" function. When searching for a name, it is suggested that you search only the surname. Please remember to search for variant spellings, as there are many in these early records.
Brown, Austin, 1786-1863 (Sc 1671), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, Austin, 1786-1863 (Sc 1671), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1671. Documents from the lawsuit of Thomas J. Hudnall vs. Elizabeth Brown related to the disposition of the Austin Brown estate.
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 1468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 1468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1468. "Memoranda from the Records in the Warren County Circuit Court Clerk's Office" copied by Judge John B. Rodes. Includes notes on the establishment and evolution of Kentucky county courts.
Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 144. Full name index and subject listing (252 p.) of miscellaneous Logan County, Kentucky court records. Originals are in the archives of the Logan County Genealogical Society, Inc., Russellville, Kentucky.