Calk Family Collection, 1744-1978 (Bulk 1775-1920).

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Calk Family Collection, 1744-1978 (Bulk 1775-1920).

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The Calk Family Collection consists of many different types of documents spanning from 1744-1978. The bulk of collection is business related documents of James, William, Thomas, Thomas, Jr., William, Jr., Price and other Calk family members. The business documents are legal papers, receipts, tax accounts and receipts, survey notes and land plats, and business correspondence. The collection also has personal correspondence to and from various Calk family members. The printed materials the collection has are newspapers and broadsides, sheet music and music books, periodicals and almanacs, war atlases, post cards, pamphlets, and souvenir books of Washington, D.C.A small portion of the collection was microfilmed by the University of Kentucky in 1932 and the print-back copies are included in this collection. Also included are photographs taken in the Fall 2002 of the Calk Family home in Montgomery County, Kentucky. The collection is housed in Fourteen (14) boxes, (7 c.f.), six (6) of the boxes are oversized.

7 c.f. : six (6) of the boxes are oversized.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7878000

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Calk, Sarah Catlett, 1755-1826.

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William Calk, 1740-1823.

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William Calk was born in Prince William County, Virginia on March 7, 1740. When older, he managed his father's plantation. He married Sarah Catlett about 1763. She was born in 1755 and died on November 20, 1826. In 1765, he went to South Carolina and purchased land on the Dan River. He returned to his family in 1767. William Calk, starting on March 13, 1775, journeyed from Prince William, County, Virginia to Boonesborough, Kentucky. He traveled with Abraham Hanks, Philip Drake, Enoch Smith, and ...

Calk, Thomas, Jr., 1820-1900.

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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...

Calk family.

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Calk, William, Jr.

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Drake, Phillip.

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Smith, Enoch.

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Rancher; came to California in 1859. Worked in Fresno, Tulare, and Nevada Counties. From the description of Papers of Enoch Smith, 1861-1912. (California State University, Fresno). WorldCat record id: 45808293 ...

Calk, William, 1740-1823.

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Fort Hawkins (Ga.)

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Calk, Thomas, 1784-1853.

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Whitledge, Robert.

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Calk, Sidney J., 1889-1975.

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Hanks, Abraham.

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McCarthy, Mary Catherine Calk, 1883-1981.

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Calk, Price, 1858-1934.

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Natchez Trace.

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Calk, James P., 1920-

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