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Kentucky

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

McClure Family

 File — Box 6, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

This folder contains an account of a 1785 Native American attack and the scalping of McClure children in Lincoln County, Kentucky. There is also the last will and testament of John McClure which includes the sale of a slave named Anthony conditional upon the remarriage of McClure's wife or the coming of age of his youngest child.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1700 - 1960

Tucker Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0024
Scope and Contents

This collection includes items of John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897) and Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932) including 18 letters, 16 of which are to J.R. Tucker, legal lecture notebooks, 54 printed speeches in Congress and before other organizations by both father and son, obituaries, in memoriams and miscellaneous items. Correspondents include Thomas Mann Randolph and George Washington.

Dates: Inclusive 1794-1934

William Fleming Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0009
Scope and Contents Contains miscellaneous papers, 23 documents, photocopies from microfilm, a medical journal dated 1765, and an account book. Includes items of Col. William Fleming and the Fleming family, including the diaries of Col. Fleming, 1782-1790, with accounts of his trips to Kentucky; Fleming's journal of the first Kentucky convention, 1784-1785, of which he was chairman; c.250 letters to and from Fleming and his family about business, Kentucky land claims, and family affairs; commissions, wills,...
Dates: Inclusive 1755-1833