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Brown (f.2)

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1

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

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

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