McKee
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence between Vockery and Carole Walcutt Arnold, Carol Ann Moore, Julie Hu (notably writing from Taiwan), Margaret Humphrey, Elogene Pierson Robinson, James T. Menefee. Also contains a copy of a biographical sketch of Alexander R. McKee (b. 1815), a copy of a document in which Alexander R. McKee agrees to buy Elizabeth McKee furniture, dated 19 May 1841, a copy of a deed of conveyance involving Hugh McKee dated 17 January 1815, a copy of a newspaper article about the 1908 store "Owen McKee Dry Goods and Notions" from the Richmond Register on 17 September 1990 along with other copies of papers detailing the existence of the store, a copy of the obituary of Owen McKee dated 15 November 1878, a more lengthy obituary of Owen McKee from a Richmond Climax article dated 8 July 1903, family pedigrees beginning with John M. McKey (b. 1810, m. 1830), a copy of an article entitled "The McKee Family" from June Bork's "Wayne County, Kentucky, Volume 4," pertinent pages copied from William E. Railey's "History of Woodford County, Kentucky," a copy of a document entitled "McKee Abstracts from DAR Lineage Books," a copy of a newspaper article regarding Lieutenant Hugh McKee with a photo of his grave, the original last will and testament of Margaret Hardie dated 25 March 1844, the original deed of conveyance involving Samuel McKee dated 5 April 1821, a copy of a manuscript entitled "McKee" which tells the story of one line of McKees beginning in Ireland in the 12th century, an original copy of an 1830 letter from Benjamin H. Yanks to Joseph P. Letcher, a very aged letter involving Sam McKee and George F. McKee, and an original letter from Sam McKee to his grandmother dated 3 October 1851, a copy of a chapter from "Our Pioneer Ancestors" by Emma Hynes Riggs regarding the McKee family beginning in 1694, an annotated transcription of one of Col. Samuel McKee's letters to "Hon. W.M. Dunn" dated 22 June 1859.
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