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Box 4, Folder 1 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, Pa-Po, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1876

Box 4, Folder 1 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, Pa-Po, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green, Kentucky – Death Records, 1877-1913

Death certificates were not required by state statute in Kentucky until 1911. Prior to that, some municipalities did collect information related to deaths. In Bowling Green a “Return of a Death” certificate was completed to attest to the death of an individual. Completed returns were filed with the City Clerk in order to obtain a permit for burial within the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The returns consist of two parts: 1) a Physician’s Certificate Preparatory to Burial, which states the deceased’s name, sex, race, age, marital status, date of death, cause of death, and duration of last illness; and …


Box 4, Folder 5 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, Sa-Sm, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1876

Box 4, Folder 5 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, Sa-Sm, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green, Kentucky – Death Records, 1877-1913

Death certificates were not required by state statute in Kentucky until 1911. Prior to that, some municipalities did collect information related to deaths. In Bowling Green a “Return of a Death” certificate was completed to attest to the death of an individual. Completed returns were filed with the City Clerk in order to obtain a permit for burial within the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The returns consist of two parts: 1) a Physician’s Certificate Preparatory to Burial, which states the deceased’s name, sex, race, age, marital status, date of death, cause of death, and duration of last illness; and …


Box 4, Folder 6 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, Smith, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1876

Box 4, Folder 6 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, Smith, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green, Kentucky – Death Records, 1877-1913

Death certificates were not required by state statute in Kentucky until 1911. Prior to that, some municipalities did collect information related to deaths. In Bowling Green a “Return of a Death” certificate was completed to attest to the death of an individual. Completed returns were filed with the City Clerk in order to obtain a permit for burial within the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The returns consist of two parts: 1) a Physician’s Certificate Preparatory to Burial, which states the deceased’s name, sex, race, age, marital status, date of death, cause of death, and duration of last illness; and …


Box 5, Folder 1 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, Wa-Wilk, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1876

Box 5, Folder 1 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, Wa-Wilk, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green, Kentucky – Death Records, 1877-1913

Death certificates were not required by state statute in Kentucky until 1911. Prior to that, some municipalities did collect information related to deaths. In Bowling Green a “Return of a Death” certificate was completed to attest to the death of an individual. Completed returns were filed with the City Clerk in order to obtain a permit for burial within the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The returns consist of two parts: 1) a Physician’s Certificate Preparatory to Burial, which states the deceased’s name, sex, race, age, marital status, date of death, cause of death, and duration of last illness; and …


Box 4, Folder 8 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, T, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1876

Box 4, Folder 8 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, T, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green, Kentucky – Death Records, 1877-1913

Death certificates were not required by state statute in Kentucky until 1911. Prior to that, some municipalities did collect information related to deaths. In Bowling Green a “Return of a Death” certificate was completed to attest to the death of an individual. Completed returns were filed with the City Clerk in order to obtain a permit for burial within the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The returns consist of two parts: 1) a Physician’s Certificate Preparatory to Burial, which states the deceased’s name, sex, race, age, marital status, date of death, cause of death, and duration of last illness; and …


Scottville Argus (Scottsville, Kentucky), Kentucky Library Research Collections Dec 1874

Scottville Argus (Scottsville, Kentucky), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Copies of the Scott[s]ville Argus: Vol. 1, no. 2 (Apr. 7, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 12 (Jun. 19, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 14 (Jul. 3, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 19 (Aug. 7, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 21 (Aug. 21, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 27 (Oct. 2, 1875)


Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Militia Rolls, 1874-1875 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1873

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Militia Rolls, 1874-1875 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Militia rolls (two volumes) for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 1874, 1875. Names are listed in alphabetical order; no other information is provided.


Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Black Marriages, 1866-1872 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1865

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Black Marriages, 1866-1872 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Black Marriages, 1866-1872. Information include: names of bride and groom, witnesses, and minister along with marriage date and place of residence. An alphabetical index is located at the back of the volume.


Introductory Lecture Delivered Before The Class Of Jefferson Medical College, By Professor J.B. Biddle. Monday, October 9, 1865., J. B. Biddle Oct 1865

Introductory Lecture Delivered Before The Class Of Jefferson Medical College, By Professor J.B. Biddle. Monday, October 9, 1865., J. B. Biddle

Jefferson Medical College Opening Addresses

No abstract provided.


Letter From E. Kirby Smith To Braxton Bragg, Edmund Kirby-Smith Sep 1862

Letter From E. Kirby Smith To Braxton Bragg, Edmund Kirby-Smith

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Confederate Major General E. Kirby Smith writes to General Braxton Bragg regarding the positioning of the units under his command in Lexington, Kentucky, close to Ohio and Indiana and also about the condition, positioning, and movements of the Union opposition forces. Smith also


General Orders, No. 14, Issued By (C.S.A.) Major General Leonidas Polk And Signed By George Williamson. Columbus, Kentucky, October 26, 1861., Leonidas Polk, George Williamson Oct 1861

General Orders, No. 14, Issued By (C.S.A.) Major General Leonidas Polk And Signed By George Williamson. Columbus, Kentucky, October 26, 1861., Leonidas Polk, George Williamson

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

General Orders, No. 14, issued by (C.S.A.) Major General Leonidas Polk and signed by George Williamson, detail the arrangements to be made regarding pickets and guard duty at the Headquarters First Division (C.S.A.), Columbus, Kentucky, October 26, 1861.


Hornbeck, Mary Mahala (Allen), B. 1810? (Sc 3247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1846

Hornbeck, Mary Mahala (Allen), B. 1810? (Sc 3247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3247. Bullitt (County, Kentucky) Circuit Court documents relating to the fate of an enslaved woman and her daughter, ordered to be sold in a judgment against Mahala Hornbeck’s husband, Isaac. Mahala obtained an order restraining the sale and placing the slaves in the sheriff’s custody. She then posted bond and successfully bid to hire the slaves until her complaint was adjudicated. Includes a photocopy of the consent order conveying title to the slaves to Mahala and her children upon payment by a trustee of the purchase money …


Book Review Of Nick Of The Woods, Or The Jibbenainosay, N. Beverley Tucker Apr 1837

Book Review Of Nick Of The Woods, Or The Jibbenainosay, N. Beverley Tucker

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Morehead, Charles Slaughter, 1802-1868 (Sc 583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 1830

Morehead, Charles Slaughter, 1802-1868 (Sc 583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 583. Receipt signed by Charles S. Morehead to Charles Croghan for a note on Josiah Morin of Christian County for $600, on 300 acres of land, money to be collected by Morehead.


Spirit Of The Times, Kentucky Library Research Collection Dec 1825

Spirit Of The Times, Kentucky Library Research Collection

Research Collections

No abstract provided.


Receipt Signed By Enoch M. Boone And John Bartlett. Louisville, July 26, 1814., Enoch Milton Boone, John Bartlett Jul 1814

Receipt Signed By Enoch M. Boone And John Bartlett. Louisville, July 26, 1814., Enoch Milton Boone, John Bartlett

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Receipt for a twenty dollar payment from Thomas Gouge to William Boone. Signed by Enoch M. Boone (signing "Boon") and countersigned by John Bartlett.


Appointment Of Samuel Briscoe To Be Coroner, Signed By Isaac Shelby. Kentucky, 1814., Isaac Shelby Jan 1814

Appointment Of Samuel Briscoe To Be Coroner, Signed By Isaac Shelby. Kentucky, 1814., Isaac Shelby

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Isaac Shelby, governor of Kentucky, appoints Samuel Briscoe as coroner of Bullitt County after the resignation of Rodolphus Buky on January 21, 1814. Signed by Martin D. Hardin, secretary, and Isaac Shelby, governor.


Slavery Inconsistent With Justice And Good Policy, David Rice Dec 1803

Slavery Inconsistent With Justice And Good Policy, David Rice

Maine History Documents

Full title: Slavery inconsistent with justice and good policy : proved by a speech, delivered in the convention, held at Danville, Kentucky / by the Rev. David Rice. Printed at Augusta, by Peter Edes, 1804. Text followed by a note: This work is re-printed at the request of many person, some of whom belong to the Society of Friends, to whom it is now dedicated. It may, with their assistance, tend to aid the views of our Legislature in abolishing the representation of slaves, and eventually of the existence of slavery in this country.


Journal Of The Convention, Begun And Held At The Capitol In The Town Of Frankfort, On Monday The Twenty-Second Day Of July, In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand, Seven Hundred And Ninety-Nine., Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1799) Jan 1799

Journal Of The Convention, Begun And Held At The Capitol In The Town Of Frankfort, On Monday The Twenty-Second Day Of July, In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand, Seven Hundred And Ninety-Nine., Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1799)

Constitutional Conventions

No abstract provided.


Journal Of The First Constitutional Convention Of Kentucky, Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1792) Dec 1791

Journal Of The First Constitutional Convention Of Kentucky, Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1792)

Constitutional Conventions

No abstract provided.


Certificate Endorsed By Levi Todd, Levi Todd Nov 1782

Certificate Endorsed By Levi Todd, Levi Todd

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Levi Todd ceritifes that Elizabeth Kirkman is entitled to benefits as a resident on the western frontier. Todd helped found Lexington, Kentucky and was a prominent figures in that state. He was Mary Todd Lincoln's grandfather.


Deposition Regarding Land, Signed By Daniel Boone, David Morris, John Porter, Lewis Craig, Thomas Marshall. Mason County, Kentucky, 1797., Daniel Boone Dec 1779

Deposition Regarding Land, Signed By Daniel Boone, David Morris, John Porter, Lewis Craig, Thomas Marshall. Mason County, Kentucky, 1797., Daniel Boone

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Fragment of a deposition, a legal instrument, in which Daniel Boone appears to testify he had been present at the land in question in 1778.