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

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

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Box 26

Barcode: 31234014049314

Folder 1: Peyton

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Diana Kincaid, Mary E. Tuadway. Also contains a family report on Joseph Peyton, a copy of the will of Joseph Peyton, a copy of the estate of Joseph Peyton, a copy of the will of Yelverton Peyton, a family report on Yelverton Peyton, a copy of court records for Buford and Nancy Peyton, multiple court records for the Peyton family, a family report on Joel White and his descendants, a photocopy of a book entitled The Mills, Payton, Mott, and Butler Families, a bound collection of notes relating to the descendants of Yelverton Peyton, a folder containing a comprehensive history of the descendants of Yelverton Peyton, and a family report on Joseph Peyton.

Folder 2: Phelps

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Michele O. Miller, Susan Stars, Gloria Stenbaum, Carol McKinney, David M. Gerth. Also contains a family report on Drury Willis, a family report on John Phelps, a family report on Lucy Willett, a family report on Tabitha Simmons, a family report on John Phelps, a family report on Jarrot Phelps, a pedigree for Carole Arlene Abbott, a family report for Josiah Phelps, a list of descendants of Zecheriah Phelps, a copy of the births of the Hill family, a family report on Tabitha Taylor, and a family report on John Phelps.

Folder 3: Pherigo

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Charles S. Pherigo, Faye Farrow, Barbara J. King. Also contains a pedigree chart for Charles Stanley Pherigo, Jr, a pedigree chart for James Pherigo, a pedigree chart for Sarah Graham, a pedigree chart for Robert Hardin, a pedigree chart for Elizabeth Hardin, a hand-drawn family tree for Charles Stanley Pherigo, Sr, a marriage certificate for Charles Stanley Pherigo, Sr, and Pearl Margaret Garland, a list of descendants of Ben Franklin Pherigo, a list of marriage records from the Mercer County courthouse for the Pherigo family, a detailed family history of the descendants of James Pherigo , and a list of living Pherigo family members.

Folder 4: Phillips

Contains some handwritten notes about the Philips family and a family report on Isaac, Lewis, and Madison Philips.

Folder 5: Pierce

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Helen Moyers, Mary Ellen. Also contains a family report on Jeremiah Pierce, a deed of conveyance from Jeremiah Pierce, a family report on Curtis Pierce, a family report on Jeremiah Stanton Pierce, a deed of conveyance for E.F. Pierce, and the will of Jeremiah Pierce.

Folder 6: Pinkston

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Darcey Slaughter, Betty Secrest. Also contains a record of a land purchase for Thomas Noland.

Folder 7: Pittman

Contains correspondence between Vockery and John Pittman. Also contains a copy of an obituary for Clara Johnson Pittman, a copy of an obituary for Mae Turhune, a family report on Thomas W. Pittman, a family report on Robert Hasty, a family report on William M. Hasty, a family report on Moses Pittman, a family report on Jesse Pitman, an ancestor chart for John Pittman, a photocopy of a census record for Moses Pittman, an ancestral file for Micajah Pittman, an ancestral file for Moses Pittman, a pedigree chart for William Hasty, an ancestral chart for William Harvey Pittman, an ancestral chart for Jesse Pittman, a pedigree chart for Moses Pittman, a family report on Micajah Pitman, and a copy of a marriage bond for William Pittman and Elizabeth Hasty.

Folder 8: Pointer

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Lucy Pointer, Connie Martin, Lina J. Pointer. Also contains a family report on William Pointer, a family report on Walker Shelton Poynter, a pedigree chart for Wesley Ray Dailey, a pedigree chart for Ada Gaffney, a copy of a death certificate for Sally Poynter Gaffney, a list of marriage bonds for various Gaffney and Ray family members in Garrard County, a pedigree chart for Peter Leon Pointer, and a deed of conveyance between William Pointer's heirs and Thomas  K. Jonn.

Folder 9: Polson

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Barbara Jo Ellis Seutter. Also contains a family report on Carl George Seutter Sr., a family report on Harold Owen Ellis, a family report on Hans Adolph Hansen, a family report on Dennis Hall Polson, a family report on Benjamin Polson, a family report on Thomas Polson, a family report on John Polson, a pedigree chart for Barbara Jo Ellis Seutter, a family report on Haymond George, a family report on Benjamin King, a family report on Bartlett Conyers, a family report on Samuel Rutherford Taylor, a family report on John William Pollard, a family report on Stanton Pollard, a family report on Absolem Pollard, and a pedigree chart on Leon Lambert Johnson.

Folder 10: Poor

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Phyllis J. Manhardt. Also contains a family report on Robert Poor, a family report on John Poor, a family report on Francis Hancock, a family report on Ason Brown, a family report on William Poor, a family report on John William Poor, a family report on John William Poor, a family report on George Feathers, a family report on James Gabrielle Poor, a family report on Robert C. Poor, a family report on Thomas W. Poor, a family report on Stephen W. Poor, a family report on Jon J. Poor, a family report on Wesley Lucien Frost, a family report on John R. Wilds, and a list of marriages in Harrodsburg for the Kersey and Poor families.

Folder 11: Pope

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Pat Matson, Charlene Camerer, Michael Padgett, Beverly Van Orden, Ruth Kemp Long, Caroline Ho.. Also contains a copy of an obituary for Mary E. Pope, a photograph of Thomas Pope, a photograph of Margaret R. Whisnand Pope, a copy of an obituary for Alexander Pope, an ancestor chart for Harriette M. Carpenter, a copy of an obituary for Worden McKee Pope, a copy of an obituary for William Pope, an ancestor chart for Thomas W. Pope, a deed of conveyance for Polly Pope, and a family report for Thomas Pope.

Folder 12: Powe

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Sandra Horton. Also contains a family report for William Powe, a small family history for the Powe family, a family report for Era B. Monnett, a pedigree chart for William Poe, a family report for William Poe, a family report for Joseph Poe, a family report for Rice Poe, a family report for Rebecca Poe, a family report for William Poe Jr., a pedigree chart for John H. Eason, a family report for Minerva Eason, a family report for Sally Rebecca Romans, a family report for George Walton Williams, a family report for Arabelle Williams, a family report for Anna Burns Williams, a family report for Cecil Williams Henderson, a family report for Richard Noel Williams, a family report for Mary Frances Romans, a family report for George Cox, a family report for Minerva Cox, a family report for Walter Cox, a family report for Walton Romans, a copy of the will of William Pope, and some notes from Vockery detailing tracking down one William Powe.

Folder 13: Powell

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Nancy Dostal, Maudean Neill, Barbara Mahaffey, Jim Lieland. Also contains a family report for Richard Powell, a list of descendants for Catherine Powell, and a family report on Carter Dixon Powell.

Folder 14: Portwood

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Betty Woigh, Hope M. Matthews. Also contains a family report on Silas Portwood, a family report on John Elliot, a list of descendants for Page Portwood Sr., and a small biographical sketch for Page Portwood Jr.

Folder 15: Posey

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Lorine Webb. Also contains a biographical sketch for Thomas Posey, a family report on Harrison Posey, a family report on Houson Jackman, and a photocopy of the June 1900 Census with various Posey family members highlighted.

Folder 16: Pratter

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Gary Jean Prather, Delores Baine, Wilma Daniels, Jerretta Tallowed, Debbie Rose, Kathy Short, Gordon H. Woodward. Also contains a list of the estate of James Pratter, a series of family reports under the title "Prather Family Tree", a series of pedigree charts that originate from Gary Dean Prather, a small report entitled "Prather/Prewitt Family History Notes - Gary Dean Prather", a family report on John Taylor Prather, a family report on Reuben Alexander Prather, a family report on Joseph Prewitt, some handwritten notes on a few Prewitt family members (mostly John Prewitt), a flyer for a publication relating to Thomas Prather and his descendants, a copy of the Prather coat of arms, a family report on John Prater, a family report on George Prater, a family report on Anthony Prater, a family report on Thomas Prater, a family report on Johnathan Prater, a family report on Colonel Thomas Prater II, a family report on Phillip Prater I, a family report on John Hunt Prather, a family report on Reverend James Prather Sr., a family report on James B M Prather, a family report on John Taylor Prather, a family report on Reuben Alexander Prather, a Prather family descendants chart, a family report on Philomen Philip Gittens Prater, a family report on Jonathan Prater, a family group record on William G. Prather, a family report on John Hunt Prather, a family report on James Prather, a family report on James A. Wilson, a family report on Samuel Freeman Prather, a family report on Freeman Prather, and a family report on Edward Prather.

Folder 17: Preston

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Betty Sullivan, Amalie Preston, Joyce Jarvis, David Bunton, William H. Johnson. Also contains handwritten notes on a few Preston family members, a family report on Andrew "Huke" Preston, a photocopy of an obituary for Huke Preston, a pedigree chart for William H. Johnson, a genealogy sheet for William Preston, and a genealogy sheet for David Preston.

Folder 18: Prewitt

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Delores Stout, Marie Kelly Prewitt, Donna League. Also contains handwritten note son the Prewitt family, a list entitled "The Prewitts of Garrard and Madison Counties, in Kentucky", a family report on Solomon Prewitt, a family report on Joseph C. Prewitt, and a copy of the will of Peter Ford,

Folder 19: Price

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Barbara Koon, Amy Smallcomb, Donald Thorn, Sally E. Svenson. Also contains handwritten notes on the Price family, a family report on Ichabod Price, an index of names relating to a pedigree chart (with said pedigree chart) for Alma Ilene Mason, a family group record document for Andrew Jackson Hicks, , a family report on Richard Powell, a family group record document for Ichabod Lee Price, a copy of a deed of conveyance from Ephon Brand to Sylvia Huffmond, a court document verifying the registration of George Douglas into the US Military, a biographical sketch of Dr. Jennings Price, a family report on William Price, a family report on Cicero Price, a family report on William Jennings Price, a family report on John Ashburne Price, a family report on Thomas Johnson Price, a family report on Napoleon B. Price, a family report on Benjamin F. Graham, a biographical sketch for Major William Price, and a letter from 1846 from Captain Johnson Price of the First Regiment in the Mexican-American War detailing the death of John Miller in Cato, Arkansas.