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Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 (Sc 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 (Sc 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 218. Document signed by Christopher Greenup, clerk of the Mercer County court, 17 December 1788, to the sheriff of Madison County, related to damages awarded Thomas Upshaw against Patrick Joyes. At this time, Mercer and Madison Counties were part of the District of Kentucky of the Commonwealth of Virginia.


Lincoln, Thomas, 1778-1851 (Sc 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Lincoln, Thomas, 1778-1851 (Sc 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 184. Photographs of a $500 bond posted by Thomas Lincoln as constable of Cumberland County, Kentucky. In addition to Lincoln, bond signed by Jesse Gee and Moses Kirkpatrick. Scholars disagree as to whether the signer of this bond was President Abraham Lincoln's father or a cousin.