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Mckinney, William (Lg 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mckinney, William (Lg 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 459. Original land grant, 16 May 1823, by which John Adair, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William McKinney 17 acres on Richland Creek in Butler County, Kentucky.
Phelps, Julian River, 1801-1856 & Robert W. Raglin (Lg 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Phelps, Julian River, 1801-1856 & Robert W. Raglin (Lg 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 400. Original land grant, 1834 May 9, by which James T. Morehead, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Julian Phelps and Robert W. Raglin, assignees of Robert Morrison, 200 acres in Butler County, Kentucky.
Rouk, Hazel Elouise (Russ), 1917-2011 (Mss 563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rouk, Hazel Elouise (Russ), 1917-2011 (Mss 563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 563. Genealogical research (census data, pension papers, correspondence, pedigree charts, Bible records, etc.) and photographs collected by Hazel E. Rouk and her sister Merriel (Russ) Austin on the Russ family of Butler County, Kentucky, and associated families.
Anderson, Catherine (Simmons), D. 2008 - Collector (Mss 517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, Catherine (Simmons), D. 2008 - Collector (Mss 517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 517. Chiefly letters written to James Preston Cherry while he was sick and in a Louisville hospital (1913), in school at the University of Kentucky (1915-1917), and while in military service during World War I (1917-1918). Also includes family information related to the Cherry, Phelps, Simmons and Anderson families.
Drake, Louise (Carson), 1894-1979 (Mss 536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Drake, Louise (Carson), 1894-1979 (Mss 536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 536. Correspondence, notebooks, family histories, photocopies of wills, deeds, and other genealogical research of Louise (Carson) Drake of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes her roster of Revolutionary War soldiers who died in Kentucky.
Bayons, Philips (Lg 339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bayons, Philips (Lg 339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 339. Original land grant, 1856, August 23, by which Charles S. Morehead, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Philip Bayons, assignee of John B. Smith, 34 acres in Butler County.
Dixon, William E. (Lg 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dixon, William E. (Lg 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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FInding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 338. Original land grant, 1820, June 20, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William E. Dixon, assignee of James A. Porter, 150 acres in Butler and Warren Counties.
Helm, Moses (Lg 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Moses (Lg 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 333. Original land grant, 1824, October 26, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Moses Helm, assignee of Oliver C. Porter, assignee of Robert Morrison, 19 ½ acres in Butler County.
Baxter, Neil, 1911-1994 (Sc 2899), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baxter, Neil, 1911-1994 (Sc 2899), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2899. Letter to Hazel Russ Rouk, 1 September 1987, from Neil Baxter, Atlanta, Georgia. The Butler County, Kentucky native provides biographical and family data.
Baker, Walter Arnold, 1937-2010 (Mss 539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baker, Walter Arnold, 1937-2010 (Mss 539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 539. This small collection contains material related to legislative matters of interest to Kentucky legislator and jurist Walter A. Baker, Glasgow, Kentucky. Also includes files about several trips abroad and family material.
Porter, Nathaniel (Lg 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, Nathaniel (Lg 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 223. Original land grant, 7 June 1838, by which James Clark, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Nathaniel Porter 85 acres in Butler County, Kentucky.
Porter, Thomas (Lg 192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, Thomas (Lg 192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 192. Original land grant, 30 May 1825, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Thomas Porter 100 acres in Butler County, Kentucky.
Shelton Family Papers (Mss 527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shelton Family Papers (Mss 527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 527. Letters and compositions written by Butler County, Kentucky native Curran Ralph Shelton, while a student at Glasgow Normal School. Also includes a diary in which he records family, church, and local community happenings in 1891. Also includes several small diaries kept by Curran’s wife John Annie during the Great Depression.