Box Small Coll. 09
Contains 275 Results:
Correspondence, 14 Mar 1893
ALS J.W. Spencer, letter addressed to Absalom Shearer & Sons discussing a $15 payment and offering to stand one of two horses "Idol Wilkes" or Umpire S." at stud for one of the Shearer's mares.
Live Stock Contract, 27 May 1876
DS Ab. Shearer and A.B. Pullium. Contract to haul one car of hogs from Combs Ferry to Louisville.
Masonic Lodge Demit, 15 Dec 1877
DS Sanford Oldham. Document allowing Absalom Shearer to demit from the Daniel Boone Lodge, N. 45.
Receipt, 5 Jul 1878
DS J.F. Johnston. Receipt from Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum for a sum paid for board of Mrs. R.J. Shearer for six months.
Slave Receipt, 6 Jun 1858
DS Mirium Hamette and Simeon Hammitte. Receipt for the hire of a slave from the estate of Matthew Shearer by Absalom Shearer.
Slave Receipt, 20 Feb 1863
DS Daniel Dunbar. Receipt for a 38 year old woman named Matilda, sold by Dunbar to Jesse Cobb and AB Shearer for $200.
United States Internal Revenue, 16 Nov 1865
DS R. Armstrong. Tax bill for Ab. Shearer.
Oliver F. Shearer Journal Typescript, 1988-1994
Mr. Shearer documented his search for his family tree and includes stories that were told him along the way by people he spoke to. This also documents his conversations with Virgil and Christine Coleman who gave him the materials in folder 1.
Breeding Record, undated
ALS Absalum March. Certifying sire, dam and birth date of a bull named Colonel Morgan.
Receipt, 2nd Feb 1867
DS D. Nat. Wilson. Receipt for the claim of Absolem Shearer for compensation and bounty for three slaves.