Brown (f.2)
Scope and Contents
The ancestry notes in this folder contain family histories, records from deed books, and charts of descent, along with family group sheets. There are also many photocopies: family records (possibly from a family bible), the deed of Baylor Jennings, a Mercer County Census record from 1820, a Mercer County tax list, a newspaper with an article about Emma Graham, a marriage bond from Mercer County, a marriage contract for William Brown and Sarah Blackwell, the deed of Henry Brown, the deed of Benjamin Letcher, excerpts from a book on Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution, William Brown's Treasury Warrant, deed entries for Putnam County, Indiana, more marriage bonds from Mercer County, a deed for a plot of land in Amherst, VA, an application to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, a newspaper article about historical homes of Greencastle and Putnam County, Indiana, a map of Putnam County, Indiana, a list of American Revolution veterans who were buried in Putnam County, a map of Monroe, and the last will and testament of William Brown. This folder also contains multiple correspondence between Vockery and: Michele Amrhein, Sallie Cannon, Ella Sheffield, and others. Included with all of the above are two photographs of two tombstones and a color-coded patent.
Dates
- Acquisition: 2018-06-04
Creator
- From the Collection: Vockery, Kathy (Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 16.28 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository
