Box 1
Container
Contains 49 Results:
Account/Diaries, 1875 - 1876
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 3
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Consists of several combination books, accounts and diary events arranged chronologically by date. Entries show farm and household goods, children boarding bills while attending school, trade of sewing garments, and notations regarding medical ailments (i.e., smallpox and tumors). Also included are farm rentals and breeding records for his horses, which he often bred to jacks.
Dates:
1875 - 1876
Statements/Bill of Goods, 1847 - 1888
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1847 - 1888
Attorney's fees/statements, 1865 - 1872
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1865 - 1872
Bounty claims, 1868 - 1871
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1868 - 1871
Court records, 1862 - 1887
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1862 - 1887
Discharge (Joshua Shiflett), 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1864
Internal Revenue receipts One for "Keeper of Jack", 1863 - 1870
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1863 - 1870
Land deed/Missouri, 1865
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1865
Land rental receipts, 1857 - 1866
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1857 - 1866
Quitclaim deed, 1871
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1871