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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.
Gatewood, Williamson (Sc 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gatewood, Williamson (Sc 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 595. Legal papers, including license, 1808, copy of patent, 1812, with attached drawing of machine for shelling corn invented by Paul Pilsbury in 1803, and papers pertaining to lawsuit which evolved from the purchasing of the license by Williamson Gatewood of Bowling Green, Kentucky, for rights to sell the machine south of the Green River in Kentucky, 1812-1815. From Warren County Circuit Court Records #149.
Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 (Sc 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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
Lincoln, Thomas, 1778-1851 (Sc 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.