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 32

Barcode: 31234014049330

Folder 1: "T"

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Janice Tate, Jo Ann Selph, Duane E. Wilson, Barbara Stokely, Jo Ann Cooper, Carol Jacobson, Connie Hilker, Charlotte Baker Robinson, and Steve True. Also contains family group sheets and a list of Terry family generations.

Folder 2: Talbot

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Marilyn Talbot. Also contains family group sheets, family group records, a list of Kentucky Will Records of Boyle County between 1864 and 1897, a biographical sketch of Honorable Albert Gallatin Talbott, a copy of a wikipedia entry for John G. Talbot, a copy of a promissory note between John G. Talbott and Daniel Rill (9 April 1838), a copy of the last will and testament of Charles Henry Talbot (18 July 1834), a copy of the last will and testament of John G. Talbott (15 December 1875), a copy of the last will and testament of Presley Talbott (28 March 1835), a copy of the estate appraisal of Presley Talbott (June 1835), and a copy of an excerpt from a History of Kentucky regarding John G. Talbot.

Folder 3: Tankersly

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Viola Heath, Georgia B. Bennett, Mary Walton,. Also contains family group sheets, a copy of a marriage bond between John Tankersly and Eurielain Liar, a copy of a marriage bond between John Tankersly and Emilin Price, a copy of a marriage bond between Saul and Lizzie Tankersly, a copy of a deed between Isabella Wardlow and Roosevelt Tankersly, a copy of the last will and testament of Elizabeth Tankersly, a copy of a marriage bond between Eb Poinlet and Emiline Tankersly, a copy of a marriage bond between James Pointer and Linda Tankersly, a copy of a marriage bond between Thomas Ballard and Sarah Tankersly, a copy of a marriage license for Quince Tankersly and Dovie Colette, a copy of Genealogy of the Tankersly Family in the United States by Charles W. Tankersly, a copy of a deed between Elizabeth Tankersly's heirs and Tom Baker, a copy of the death certificate of Dixie Tankersly (24 February 1923), a copy of a deed between Elizabeth Tankersly and Hiram Rothwell (9 March 1883), and information about the law suits against David Johnson.

Folder 4: Tatum

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Lucille Adams Smith, Pat Thumme, Sam D. Lawson, Walter Evans, Phyllis Moore, Wayne Tatum, Mary Jane Olewnik, and Geraldine Maddox True, . Also contains family group sheets, a copy of a land commission in Garrard County (December 1854) as part of an estate settlement and a deed explaining what partitions of the land go to which heir, a copy of the last will and testament of Samuel Tatum (11 November 1805), a copy of a photograph of Alford Tatum, a copy of a list of Tatum family ancestors, a few pages about the Tatum family history, a generational pedigree chart beginning with Phyllis Jean Davis, copies of military records (War of 1812 and Revolutionary War) for Ensign Captain Howell Tatum, a pedigree chart beginning with Rose Marie Tatum, a pedigree chart beginning with Clifton Rowland Brooks Sr., and a copy of a deed between Squire Tatum and Sarah Tatum (30 October 1868).

Folder 5: Taylor (1)

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Darlene Wilson, Bill Taylor, Evelyn Taylor Cook, Georgia Napier, Ken Taylor, Josiah W. Douglas, Lonnie Taylor, Patricia King, Donna M. Chapman, Mrs. Stanley D. Simpson, Gene Taylor, Judy Spencer, Dixie Dickinson Tyree, and Mary C. Smith. Also contains family group sheets, a biographical sketch of Major Taylor, a promissory note between Dudley Taylor and John Sublet, a list of Taylor men who fought in the Revolutionary War, A document titled "The Name and Family of Taylor", a number of obituaries for Reuben Taylor, pedigree charts beginning with Elizabeth Taylor and Lucinda Taylor, a copy of a deed between Elizabeth Taylor and C.M. Mitchell (22 March 1886), a copy of a deed between Jackson S. Willis and David Sanders (23 February 1870), a document titled "The Taylors", a copy of a promissory note between Isaac Taylor and William Davis (12 July 1852), a pedigree chart beginning with William Riley Douglas, a copy of a deed between Nathan Taylor and Jonathan Taylor (15 October 1832), a copy of a deed between Jonathan Taylor and Ruth S. Jacobs, a copy of a deed between Benjamin Letcher and James Taylor (22 July 1817), a copy of a summance of Augustin Jennings, a deed between James Taylor and Bayley Childers, a copy of a receipt for Mr. Montgomery, and a copy of a deed between James Taylor and Winston Taylor (30 January 1864).

Folder 6: Taylor (2)

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Mrs. Stanley D. Simpson, Gene Taylor, Sylvia Taylor, Georgia Napier, Anne B. Willis, Dale Anne Broyles, Mrs. Thomas E. Crane, Jackie A. Smith, Frank Taylor, Joan F. Prater, Dorothy S. Lefort, Mary Frances Clifton, and Evelyn Jackson. Also contains family group sheets, census records, individual data sheets, a deed between James Taylor and Winston Taylor (30 January 1861), a deed between James Taylor and Joseph Fox's Heirs (30 August 1865), an excerpt about the Taylor Family from a book titled "King and Queen County, Virginia", an excerpt about George Taylor from a book titled "Amherst County, Virginia, in the Revolution", a biographical sketch of Zachary Taylor, a list of Orange County Marriages, a deed between John Taylor and Matthew Matton (22 September 1795), a biographical sketch of Samuel, Simon P., George M., Uriah L., Matthew, and Rev. B.F. Taylor, a copy of the last will and testament of Zachariah Taylor (3 May 1794), a copy of the last will and testament of Hugh Morris (17 September 1773), a copy of a deed between Zachariah Taylor and John Stogg (18 September 1782), a copy of a deed between Zachariah Taylor and John Eubank (29 June 1785), a copy of court case details for Zachary Taylor v. Andrew Rucker, a copy of a deed between George Taylor and Henry Taylor (5 September 1763), a copy of a deed between Daniel Dejarnet and Thomas Taylor (5 November 1799), a copy of a deed between Francis Taylor and Thomas Tyree (31 August, unknown year), a copy of a deed between Thomas and Elizabeth Taylor (26 December 1814), a copy of a deed between Green Clay and Thomas Taylor (3 February 1796), a copy of a deed between Francis and Mary Taylor (18 July 1802), a copy of the last will and testament of Thomas Taylor (10 May 18__), a document titled "Elberton, Taylor's Delight, and What Became of Francis Taylor, ancestor charts, and census history records for Hannah Bartleson, Thomas Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, William Taylor, Grace Taylor, Tarleton Taylor, Benjamin Taylor, Parker Taylor, and Groom Taylor, a document titled "Taylors" which lists the children of Tarleton (Talton) Taylor, a copy of the last will and testament of Thomas Taylor (4 January 1843), another document titled "Taylors" that lists the children of Benjamin Taylor, a family tree for the Taylor family that dates back to about 1615, a transcription and a copy of a file of divorce between William and Polly Adams , and a copy of the estate settlement of John Taylor (unknown date).

Folder 7: Teater

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Timothy P. Teater, Carol Waite, Juanita Reason, Ava Powell, Beatrice Taylor Counts, Kay C. Wilmot, Marjorie E. Teater Birk, Madeline R. Wilson, and Connie Lentz. Also contains a copy of a marriage bond for William Teater and Martha J. Soon, copies of Garrard County Court Orders from March and June 1885 involving the Teater family, an ancestry chart beginning with William Preston Teeter, a document titled "Finding the Teater Cemetery in Garrard County Kentucky, photocopies of pages from a stenographer's notebook that belonged to Grant Teater in 1961, and a copy of receipt for A.T. Teater from 1884 for his stock in the Poor Ridge and Sugar Creek Turnpike Road Co. in Garrard County.

Folder 8: Terril

Contains correspondence between Kathy Vockery and Marie B. Bruner, Catherine Terril Adams Starcher, Ken Cooper, Ruby O' Hall, Julia Fitzpatrick, Harry W. Starr III, Bonnie Pendergraft, and Linda Terrell Lawson. Also contains correspondence between Judge Calico and W.W. Thompson, Eunice G. Robinson, Lloyd L. Stone, and William R. Layton. And, finally, this folder contains family group sheets, a biographical sketch of John H. Walker and W. S. Walker, photocopies of newspaper articles about a cabin owned by O.U. Terrill as well as a drawing of that cabin and a photocopy of the wallpaper within the cabin, a copy of the last will and testament of H.F. Terrell's (22 April 1869), a copy of a marriage record of Edward and Sarah(?) Terrill, a copy of an application for the Daughters of the American Revolution (13 March 1989) for Jewel Marie Dickey Pridemore who as a descendant of Robert Terrill Jr., a biographical sketch of Captain Ed Terrell, a copy of a letter from G.W. Terrell to his younger sister about the death of their father (unknown date), a copy of an 1880 census record for Edward Terrell, a copy of census records from 1840 in Jasper Co., Mississippi, a copy of 1820 Census records, a copy of a list of Terrell deed records from 1810, a copy of the 1840 census record for Jasper County, Mississippi, a copy of the 1820 census record for Maury County, Tennessee, a certificate of death Josephine J. Winesburge, a copy of a widow certificate for Josephine J. Winesburge, a pedigree chart beginning with Kenneth Winston Cooper, another pedigree chart beginning with Josephine J. Terrell, a copy of an article about Uncle Ed Terrell, a copy of the last will and testament of B.S. Terrill, a copy of a deed between David Elder and Alex L. Baugh (3 April 1810), a copy of a promissory note between Edward Terril and David Elder (8 February 1934), a census sheet for the families of David Elder and Alex Baugh in 1810, a copy of Kentucky tax lists from 1800, a copy of Edward Terrill's declaration of attorney(?) accompanied by a copy of a deed between Edward Terril and (unknown first name) Stephenson (2 August 1838), a copy of the last will and testament of Henry Terrill (27 December 1822), a copy of the last will and testament of William Terrill (1 February 1827), a pedigree chart beginning with Emmeline Terrill, a document titled Some Descendants of G. Dalton, M. Fenton, J. Matthews, and N. Stover Additions of Fenton Ancestors Including Terrell - Terrill Family Connections, and copies of paperwork for the estate settlement of Robert Terrill.