Jesse Head document, 1833 Jan. 1.

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Jesse Head document, 1833 Jan. 1.

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This document, dated January 1, 1833, is a certificate and receipt for advertising in a newspaper published by Jesse Head, a Kentuckian best known as the minister who married Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks in 1806. This document is a certificate attesting that paid advertisements were run in THE AMERICAN as promised and is also a receipt for the money paid for those advertisements. A clipping containing a portion of a list of taxes due on land is taped to the document.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Head, Jesse, 1768-1842

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Clergyman. From the description of Papers of Jesse Head, 1798. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453691 Jesse Head, a native of Maryland, pursued several disparate careers during his life. He moved to Kentucky about 1795. He owned a farm and horses in Washington County and lots in Springfield, the county seat. He worked as a cabinetmaker and served as a justice of the peace. Head also worked as a carpenter. Head did not officiate at the Lincolns' marriage in his capacity as a...