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Collection Overview

Title: Vockery Genealogy Research Files

Primary Creator: Vockery, Kathy (1937-)

Extent: 16.28 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 06/04/2018

Subjects: Kentucky--Genealogy.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of the genealogy research files compiled by Bill and Kathy Vockery over decades of conducting family research for people around the country. They conducted research in Madison and Garrard Counties, Kentucky. The content of the files includes original correspondence between the Vockerys and researchers and copies of documents that prove various family connections. In rare cases there are original letters and documents that were sent to the Vockerys. This collection would be very helpful for family history researchers in Madison and Garrard Counties.

Collection Historical Note

Kathy Vockery, a retired school counselor, and her husband Bill have written numerous genealogy books on Madison, Garrard and Jessamine Counties in Kentucky. They have found hidden cemeteries, and have transcribed court records, marriage records and vital records. In addition, for many years they have assisted genealogy researchers in finding their Madison and Garrard County roots.

Subject/Index Terms

Kentucky--Genealogy.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Source: Vockery, Kathy

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Folder 1: "O": Contains correspondence between Vockery and Arrigo Addamilano. Also contains handwritten notes on various obituaries and family records for Daniel O'Bannion.
Folder 2: Ogg: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Suzanne A. Burr. Also contains some handwritten notes on the Ogg family.
Folder 3: Oglesby: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Betty B Addamiano. Also contains family records for Jesse Oglesby.
Folder 4: Oldham: Contains correspondence between Vockery and William Park, Patricia Oldham Cooper, Helen Quinn, Louise Shelton, Kenneth and Rita Oldham, Allie Oldham, Evelyn Williams Wallace, Harold Crouch, Carol Pullen-Reynolds. Also contains the will of Richard Oldham, the will of Jesse Oldham, a biographical report of Jesse Oldham, a printout of a Bible owned by Reverend Andrew Tribble, a list of the descendants of William Oldham, and a picture of the grave of John Oldham.
Folder 5: Oliver-Blackwell: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Carolyn Puckett. Also contains a copy of a military enrollment document from 1883 for Robert S. Oliver, a copy of an affidavit for A. D. Powell, a copy of a declaration for pension for Robert Oliver, a copy of a declaration for widow's pension for Bettie Oliver, a family report for Robert Oliver, a family report for Mordica Jamison, a family report for James McClancy, a family report for Robert S. Oliver, a family report for Jameson Mordica, a copy of an article about Robert Oliver, and a family report for Joseph Blackwell.
Folder 6: Orchard: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Pamela Foley Stevenson, Judy McFadden, Julie Langford Busse. Also contains a family report on Alexander Orchard, a family report on Daniel Tipton, a family report on William Orchard, a copy of a biographical portrait of Ezekiel Easton from the History of Coles County, a family report on John Orchard, a family report on Peter Adams, a copy of a deed of conveyance between John Hockensmith and an unknown party, and a family report on Alexander Orchard.
Folder 7: Owsley: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Barnett Britton, Donna Grubbs, Lenna Hobbs Burges, William H. Owsley, Ronny O. Bodine, Jane Minton Hanson, Christine C. Sanders, Bob Meyers, Wilma Cornelius, Jean Cook. Also contains a copy of an application of the Daughters of the American Revolution for Jane Akin Houston (the descendant of William Owsley), an index of materials and objects owned by the Owsley family, a family report on Thomas Owsley, a family report on William Owsley, a newspaper article about wallpaper being donated to the Owsley House, the ancestry of one Fordyce Logan, Jr, and a copy of the 1900 Census record for Cora Owsley.
Folder 8: Palmer-Powe: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Gloria Barnes, Karen Palmer, Jeff Mason. Also contains a family report on Nixon Palmer, a copy of the will of James Daniel, two copies of the will of John Palmer, the will of Lewis Palmer, a family report on John Palmer, a family report on James Palmer, a family report on Nixon Palmer, a family report on John M. Palmer, a copy of a deed of conveyance from Thomas Kennedy to the widow of John Palmer, copies of court records relating to several Palmer family members,
Folder 9: Paris: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Lynne D. Miller. Also contains a family report of Robert H. Paris.
Folder 10: Parke: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Todd Moberly, Mary Alice Baker. Also contains a copy of an article pertaining the family tree of Allen Park, a family report on Shipton Parke, a photograph detailing the graves of Ebenezer Park and Tabitha Mills, and two photographs of three unnamed men.
Folder 11: Parker: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Sally L. Graber, Walton D. O'Connor, Betty Parker King, Ann O'Connor, Agnes Markle, Mary E. Dungan. Also contains a family tree relating the Parker and Potter families, a copy of a file pertaining to a court case between Fanny Hudson Parker and the Hudson family concerning her inheritance, a copy of a court file dictating John Parker teaching John Prewit to farm, a family report on John Parker, a biographical portrait of Lewis Banton Ward, an ancestor chart for Mary E. Dungan, copies of several court record relating to Ichabod and Mary Parker, and a family report for Ichabod Parker.
Folder 12: Parrish: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Edgar Parrish. Also contains census records from 1863 for Westly Parrish, a copy of a marriage bond for A.M. White and Martha Parish, a family report for Wesley Parrish, information pertaining to the military history for William Parish, a map of the rivers of Madison County, a copy of an article for Wesley Parrish, a biographical sketch for Stephen Parrish, a family report for Wesley Parrish, a copy of a deed of easement between Robert Locker and Teresa Locker, a family tree listing the descendants of William Parrish, a copy of a marriage bond between Mill Kinnard and Pravy Spiners, a copy of a deed of conveyance between M.A. Parrish and S.D. Parrish, and a family report for George Parrish.
Folder 13: Patterson: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Mandy Patterson Womble, Peggy Riley. Also contains a copy of the will of Mildred Patterson, a flyer for a dedication of military markers places in honor of John and William Patterson, a list of gravestone inscriptions for various Patterson graves in Garrard County, part of an index of vital statistics for Garrard County compiled by Vockery, a copy of the will of John Dickerson Patterson, a family report on John Patterson, a family report on George M. Patterson, a family report on Allen R. Patterson, a family report on James Patterson, a family report on Andrew J. Mershon, a family report on George T. Brown, a family report on John H. Patterson, two photocopies of The Central Record with obituaries for George M. Patterson and Mary R. Patterson, a family report on William Fitzpatrick, a family report on Cyrus Newton Fitzpatrick, a deed of conveyance from the descendants of John Patterson to the descendants of a different John Patterson, and a family report on George M. Patterson.
Folder 14: Pawling: Contains a copy of the will of Henry Pawling and a map of his estate.
Folder 15: Paxton: Contains a family history for James Paxton and his descendants.
Folder 16: Payne: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Doris Branham, Marcella Massey, Keith L. Johnston, Carol A. Novotni, Donald R. Boyd, Lucy Meritt. Also contains a family report on George Payne, a list of the items of the estate of George Payne, a copy of a marriage bond between Robert Pallard and Liney Gillum, a copy of a marriage bond Robert Polland and Ann Ray, and a copy of a marriage bond between Homer Hall and Laney Hilliard.
Folder 17: Peacock: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Charlene Lichtmann, Mattee Dunlap. Also contains a comprehensive family history for the Peacock family, including biographies for Mary Peacock, Thomas Peacock, Samuel Peacock, and a story about Glen Mary; a genealogy of Samuel Wherritt; a genealogy of William Peacock; a family report on Thomas J. Peacock; a telegram relating to the death of George Peacock; funeral brochures from the funerals of Mary Peacock and Captain Thomas Peacock; a copy of an obituary for George Peacock; a handwritten letter from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Miller about the inheritance from Mary Miller; a historic report on the Peacock house in Garrard; a copy of a newspaper advertisement for Thomas Peacock's store; the hair of Captain Thomas Peacock.
Folder 18: Pearson: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Gerald T. Byers.
Folder 19: Peel: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Nancy Belle-Oudry. Also contains a family report on Thomas Peel.
Folder 20: Pendleton: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Shirley Woodward. Also contains a family report on Lee Allen Pendleton, a family report on Hiram Pendleton, a list of individuals in the Pendleton family during the 1880, a family report on Alfred Pendleton, a family report on Hiram Pendleton, and a pedigree chart for Stella Mae Pendleton.
Folder 21: Peniston: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Alice M. Peniston Rathburn.
Folder 22: Perkins: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Louise Beelner, Ann Busch, Robert Perkins, Clandean Perkins, Kimberly Perkins, Mary Horat Dixon, Martha Myers, Jane James, Bonnie D. Schroeder, Judy Perkins Froggett, Norma Reusser. Also contains a pedigree chart for Maud Gertrude Sturgis, a family report on John Sturgis, a family report on Richard Luttrell, a family report on William Perkins, a family report on Thomas Perkins, a copy of the will of James Perkins, a copy of a list of affidavits given by various Perkins family members, a copy of veteran tax records for Christian Perkins, a biography of William Perkins and his descendants in Virginia, a copy of the pension records for William Parks, a family report on Emmanuel Perkins, a pedigree chart for Kimberly Dawn, a family report on James Embry Perkins, a handwritten account of the ancestors of the Jennings farm, a list of the descendants of John Perkins in Garrard county, an ancestor chart for Mary Horat Dixon, a transcript of the will of John Perkins, a family report on Christian Perkins, a family report on James Perkins, a family report on Joseph Perkins, a family report on William Perkins, a family report on Thomas Reynolds, a family report on Isaac Holms, a family report on Samuel Perkins, a family report on William Perkins, a family report on Michael Perkins, a family report on Thomas Perkins, a family report on Anthony Perkins, a list of descendants of Nicholas Perkins, an ancestor chart for Frederick Roddy, a family report for Benjamin Perkins, a family record for Edmund Perkins, a family report for Joseph Perkins, a family report for Hardin Perkins, a family report for Christian Perkins, a family report for James Perkins, a family report for Daniel McDaniel, a family report for Jordan Perkins, a family report for Wyatt Perkins, a family report for Newell Perkins, a family report for Embry Perkins, a family report for Emmanuel Perkins, a family report for William Perkins, and a handwritten account of the Perkins family line.
Folder 23: Perry: Contains correspondence between Vockery and Lee B. Perry, Mary Elizabeth Seip. Also contains a genealogy of Daniel Perry and Nancy Parker.