Haycraft family papers, 1841-1930.

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Haycraft family papers, 1841-1930.

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The Haycraft collection is composed largely of correspondence to and from Samuel Haycraft. The obituaries of the following people are also included: Bettie Haycraft, Sallie Helm, John Helm, and Sarah Brown Haycraft. In addition, the collection contains a family journal kept by Sallie Morton, an indenture involving a land sale in Indiana, and a photograph of a watercolor of the Haycraft home. There are also Dix, Haycraft, Helm and Morton family genealogical charts as well as William Showers' legal documents and receipts. There is also a photocopy of a letter from Abraham Lincoln to Samuel Haycraft, May 28, 1860.

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Morton, Sallie Louis.

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Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate

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Haycraft family.

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Samuel Haycraft of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. was appointed clerk of both circuit and county courts in 1816. He held that position until 1851, when he began the practice of law in Elizabethtown, Ky. In 1855, he was elected as clerk of the circuit court and served until he became a state senator from 1858 until 1862. In 1862 he was again elected as clerk of the circuit court, and so continued until his retirement in 1868. Samuel's son's name was Edgar H. Haycraft and his son-in-law was Cha...

Haycraft, Samuel, 1795-1878

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Clerk of Hardin County, Ky. From the description of Samuel Haycraft : miscellaneous papers, 1792-1870. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49279726 Clerk of Hardin County, Ky.). From the description of Journal, 1849-1878. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49279696 Clerk of court, Lawyer, State Senator. Samuel Haycraft of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. was appointed clerk of both circuit an...

Helm, John, 1761-1840.

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Kentucky pioneer. From the description of Deposition, 1823 Aug. 23. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49242180 ...

Haycraft, Bettie, d. 1863.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Helm family.

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Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894

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Joseph Holt, 1807-94, American public official, judge advocate general of the U.S. army (1862-75). A native of Kentucky, he became a well-known lawyer and prominent Democratic politician. In 1857, President Buchanan appointed him commissioner of patents in 1857, and in 1859 he became Postmaster General. In the beginning of 1861, before the outbreak of the Civil War, he was Secretary of War. A staunch opponent of the secession movement, Holt was instrumental in preventing Kentucky from seceding. ...

Poston, Charles D. (Charles Debrille), 1825-1902

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Biographical note: Explorer, miner, and territorial delegate to the U.S. Congress; known as the "father of Arizona," he was instrumental in gaining territorial status for Arizona. From the description of Poston sketches, ca. 1864-1870. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 49938796 First Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Arizona, 1863-1864; known as the Father of the Arizona Territory due to his lobbying efforts to establish Arizona ...

Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820

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Daniel Boone (1734-1820) was a pioneer land settler, Indian fighter and he served in military and political positions in Kentucky. At the time this letter was written, he was on the verge of losing his many tracts of land because the titles were improperly entered. From the description of Letter : to Charles Yanc[e]y, Luecy [i.e. Louisa] County, 1785 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122602570 Indian fighter and scout. From the description of Daniel Boone pa...

Haycraft, Edgar H.

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Morton family.

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Pope, Benjamin W.

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Showers, William Broze, 1931-

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Morton, Samuel Helm.

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Helm, Sallie Brown, 1787-1853.

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Haycraft, Sara Brown Helm, 1799-1878.

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Dix family.

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