Simon Bolivar Buckner family papers, 1780-1900.

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Simon Bolivar Buckner family papers, 1780-1900.

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This collection consists of the papers of the Simon Bolivar Buckner family. The papers, dated between 1780 and 1900, include surveys, deeds, letters, complaints, depositions, an affidavit, other court documents, a will, contracts, letters, bills, and notes. The legal documents mostly deal with land disputes in Kentucky during early to mid 1800's. Names represented in this collection are John Thomas, William Pollard, Mary Pollard, Pollard McCormick, James Speed, Dudley Roundtree, John Ramsey, Mark Hardin, Daniel Ashcraft, William W. Bowling, Aylett Buckner, Mary Lang, Thomas Lang, John Roe, George Washington Bowling, James Madison Bowling, Samuel Leedom, Alfred Lang, Mary Vass, Silas Tharp, Robert Balton, Daniel William, Annistead Churchill, William J. Adair, George T. Wood, Joel Compton, William Gerard, Henry Smith, Cadwallader Churchill, Joseph Pane, Philip L. Read, H.A. Read, William Sutherland, Thomas Crump, Jefferson Hodges Crump, John W. Lester, E.A. Tooke, William Richardson, Mary King, Ruthy J. Brown, and Joseph D. Brown. Locations include Jefferson, Hardin, Hart, and Grayson Counties in Kentucky as well as Richmond, Virginia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

110 items.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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