Vockery Genealogy Research Files | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

By Michael Shultz, James Fernandez, Katie Davis, Trent Catlett

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Collection Historical Note

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Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 4

Barcode: 31234014049082

Folder 1: Braden

Only contains correspondence between Vockery and Brenda Hall. The correspondence also includes a family group sheet.

Folder 2: Bradley

Includes a letter from Virginia Wilson that also has a family group sheet with it. Also includes a packet containing an article about Hon. William O. Bradley. There is a print out of an email along with some ancestry notes, as well as correspondence between Vockery and Patty that comes with a photocopy of a patent and a deed. There is also a print out from the Find a Grave website.

Folder 3: Bradshaw

A print off of an email from Kathy Hinckley to the Vockery's. There is also correspondence between Vockery and Jerry Hall (which also contains a family group sheet), and another correspondence between Vockery and Lula Holmes. Ancestry notes, a photocopy of a family photo, an obituary, a deed, a will, a letter, and many contracts, and family group sheets are also included in this folder.

Folder 4: Brady

Contains correspondence between Vockery and David Bradley that comes with a photocopy of a deed, another correspondence between Vockery and Iris Rivers that comes with a family group sheet, and a third correspondence between Vockery and Joan Carruthers that comes with family group sheets, photocopies of deeds; other family group sheets; ancestry notes; print offs of census records from 1850;  a photocopy some family history, two contracts, and Garrard County Board Minutes.

Folder 5: Brank

Print out of Brank ancestry; notes on Brank family copied from Robert Brank's Bible; a letter to Judge Calico from R.P. Moore; correspondence between Vockery and Steve McLean that include two family group sheets; two other family group sheets.

Folder 6: Brannaman

Only correspondence between Vockery and Felicia Nichols is in this folder. However, this correspondence does have a family group sheet with it.

Folder 7: Bratcher

Includes a photocopy of a deed, John Bratcher's last will and testament, a certificate of marriage, photos of Tuncil W. Bradshaw and Margaret Walker Bradshaw, the sale of personal estate of John Bratcher, a deed for land in Garrard County, an obituary for Tuncell W. Bradshaw, and records from a marriage book; lots of ancestry records and notes; family record sheets; General Index of Real Estate Conveyances in Bedford Co, VA, Grantors and Grantees.

Folder 8: Brawner

Contains a family group sheet; a photocopy of a newspaper article about an old field on Crab Orchard Pike from February 4, 1926 and various will documents of Emelia Brawner.

Folder 9: Bright

Correspondence between Vockery and Forrest F. Anderson (includes a family group sheet, ancestry notes, and a photocopy of the last will and testament of James Bright); a letter to Vockery from Eunice M. Christiansen is attached to two family group sheets, a photocopy of a register of death, an obituary from Greenbery Bright Luck, a page from a Dubuque Co. History, and an article about Mrs. Catherine Luck; a letter to Vockery from Laura Bright Adams; a letter to Vockery from Marie Embry; ancestry notes; family group sheets; and a photocopy of an excerpt from a book with a paragraph about George Robert Bright.

Folder 10: Brazelton

Contains two different correspondence, one between Vockery and Mary Landkamer that is attached to ancestry records, and another correspondence between Vockery and Frances Eson(?) that includes a photocopy of a contract.

Folder 11: Brewer

Only contains ancestry notes and two family group sheets.

Folder 12: Bridwell

Includes correspondence between Vockery and Harold E. Dobbs Jr. (which includes a family group sheet) and a letter to Vockery from Mrs. Ellen Lee Bridewell Elliot (which comes with a photocopy of a contract).

Folder 13: Brim

There is correspondence between Vockery and Rebecca K. Gregory that includes an ancestry chart, family group sheets, an article about Noah Baldwin dying of a heart attack, an obituary for Joseph Willis Lane, copies of photos of Mary Jane Kent and Joseph W. Lane, a photocopy of a certificate of death from the Indiana Board of Health, photocopies of census records, a marriage bond for William Lane and Mary Brim, and ancestry notes. Also within this folder are correspondence between Vockery and Jim Blackwell which includes an ancestry chart, family group sheets, a letter to Jim Blackwell from Gene Blackwell, a photocopy from Kentucky Records, a photocopy of Garrard County Marriage Records from 1796-1851, a photocopy of a deed, a photocopy of a contract, Blackwell family records, and a photocopy of a deed. There is also a letter from Brandon K. Slone to Roberta Fenner attached to Jessamine County Marriage Records, a family group sheet, a photocopy of a declaration for Widow's Pension, another photocopy of a Declaration of Invalid Pension, and a photocopy of a Pensioner Dropped from the United States Pension Agency.

Folder 14: Briscoe

Only has correspondence between Vockery and Helen James Bingaman with a family group sheet attached.

Folder 15: Broaddus

Includes correspondence between Vockery and Melvin W. Broaddus that also contains family group sheets, ancestry notes, a photocopy of a settlement made with Mrs. Ann M. Broaddus, and a photocopy of the will of Ann M. Broaddus. There is a second correspondence between Vockery and Christine S. Agee which has an ancestry chart attached to it. Also within this folder is a letter to Vockery from someone named "Thad" (most likely short for Thadeus) that has the descendants of Morton Broaddus and Mary Sanders attached to it, a third correspondence between Vockery and Forrest Broaddus, which contains photocopies of newspaper clippings from 1898, an article about J.W. Cooper getting hit by a truck, ancestry notes, family group sheets, clippings from Nora Broaddus' Album, more newspaper clippings, and photocopies of census records; an article about David Thompson Broaddus; a photocopy of John Broaddus' will; a photocopy of the History of the Broaddus Family; family group sheets; a death notice for Betsy Cooper; a photocopy of the last will and testament of Thomas Broaddus; another correspondence between Vockery and Zina Betsill; an obituary for Margaret Neal Broaddus, a missionary in Hong Kong; a fifth correspondence between Vockery and Jacqueline Dunham; correspondence between Vockery and Johann Broaddus Parsons; a newspaper article about Walker Broaddus; a print off of an email from John Newman; a photocopy of Broaddus Genealogy; and ancestry notes.

Folder 16: Brock

Contains ancestry notes; a photocopy of a marriage bond; a photocopy of a marriage certificate; copies of pictures of John T. Brock, Eliza Brock's grandmother Rochester and cousin, and Sarah Elizabeth Wilcher; a photocopy of census records; a photocopy of an article titled Never Learned Salute; a photocopy of an article about John Brock; various newspaper articles about the Brock family; correspondence between Vockery and Keith E. Silliman that has family group records and a photocopy of a contract; another correspondence between Vockery and Peggy M. Brock that includes family group sheets and ancestry notes; a letter from Lola Lewis; a letter from Vockery to Mr. Scarbraugh; and a letter from Alfred Shane.

Folder 17: Brooks

Correspondence between Vockery and Jeanne Shirley; family group sheets; ancestry notes; a photocopy of the deed of John Brooks; a second correspondence between Vockery and Ann Clark; another correspondence between Vockery and Lamona Dennison, which includes a family group sheet; a fourth correspondence between Vockery and Ben Wyman that includes a photocopy of an index from a book of wills; and a final correspondence between Vockery and Thornton D. Walker, which includes photocopies of marriage bonds, and a marriage certificate.

Folder 18: Broughton

Includes correspondence between Vockery and Pat Riddell which includes a family group sheet; ancestry notes; and a letter to Vockery from Nancy Virgin.

Folder 19: Brown (f.1)

The ancestry notes in this folder contain family histories, records from deed books, and charts of descent, along with family group sheets. There are also many photocopies: family records (possibly from a family bible), the deed of Baylor Jennings, a Mercer County Census record from 1820, a Mercer County tax list, a newspaper with an article about Emma Graham, a marriage bond from Mercer County, a marriage contract for William Brown and Sarah Blackwell, the deed of Henry Brown, the deed of Benjamin Letcher, excerpts from a book on Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution, William Brown's Treasury Warrant, deed entries for Putnam County, Indiana, more marriage bonds from Mercer County, a deed for a plot of land in Amherst, VA, an application to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, a newspaper article about historical homes of Greencastle and Putnam County, Indiana, a map of Putnam County, Indiana, a list of American Revolution veterans who were buried in Putnam County, a map of Monroe, and the last will and testament of William Brown. This folder also contains multiple correspondence between Vockery and: Michele Amrhein, Sallie Cannon, Ella Sheffield, and others. Included with all of the above are two photographs of two tombstones and a color-coded patent.