By Susan D. Wheatley
Collection Overview
Title: DeGroot, Meredith, Thickstun, & Carmichael Records, 1870-1906
Predominant Dates:1870
Extent: 0.44 Cubic Feet
Date Acquired: 08/27/2003
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The DeGroot, Meredith, Thickstun, and Carmichael Papers consist of land grants, court orders and Surveys for Josh Bell County, Kentucky (now Bell County) in February 1870. These documents are arranged in numerical order starting with number 9. All documents are foldered with the exception of one oversize map, which shows the area the surveys encompass. The map was drawn in 1884 fourteen years after the land grants were given to W.H. DeGroot, H.B. Meredith, L.H. Thickstun, and J. Carmichael. The land encompasses the area called Log Mountain south of Chenoa.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Source:
Moore, Sarah L.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Barcode: 31234014110900
- Folder 1: Land Grants, Court Orders and Surveys, 28 Feb 1870
- Surveys 9-37. These documents 11, 14-18, 21- 34 and 36 do not exist.
- Folder 2: Land Grants, Court Orders and Surveys, 28 Feb 1870
- Surveys 38-45
- Folder 3: Land Grants, Court Orders and Surveys, 28 Feb 1870
- Surveys 47-63. These documents 43-58, 60, and 47-63 do not exist.
- Folder 4: Land Grants, Court Orders and Surveys, 28 Feb 1870
- Surveys 64-84. These documents 65-67, 69-74, and 80 do not exist.
- Folder 5: Land Grants, Court Orders and Surveys, 28 Feb 1870
- Surveys 85-127. These documents 87-92, 96, and 98-124 do not exist.
- Folder 6: Land Grants, Court Orders and Surveys, 28 Feb 1870
- Surveys 128- 139.
- Folder 7: Correspondence, Aug 1906
- Correspondence to J.R. Justice asking for original plat and patent.
- Folder OS 1: Survey plat, Oct 1887
- Plat showing the location of the surveys in folders 1-6. (Filed oversize)
- Barcode: 31234013922156