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By Jackie Couture
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection contains an 11 part manuscript about the pioneer history of Madison County, Kentucky which has been heavily annotated. Also contained in the collection are scattered records from his legal practice which give insight into life in Madison County and its citizens. Many of the legal documents relate to clients who used his services to collect money owed them.
Biographical Note
William Chenault was the son of Joseph P. and Narcissus Oldham Chenault. He was born in Madison County, Kentucky near Fort Boonesborough in 1835. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1856 and began to study law upon his return to Richmond. He was president of the Kentucky College of Law in Louisville and later became Dean of the Faculty at Central University in Richmond.
Chenault was one of the founders of the Kentucky Bar Association and the Filson Club. He was an authority on pioneer Kentucky and was an active advocate for the expansion of the L&N Railroad from Richmond to Stanford.
He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.K. Argo in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1901.
Subject/Index Terms
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Barcode: 31234014044356
- Folder 1: A History of Madison County, with footnotes, undated
- A typescript of Chenault's book on the pioneer history of Madison County with footnotes added.
- Folder 2: A History of Madison County, undated
- A heavily annotated typescript of pioneer history of Madison County. Many of the notes and additions have been incorporated into the typescript in folder 1.
- Folder 3: Legal Papers, 1865-1872
- Various letters, notes and agreements about legal matters in which Chenault was involved.
- Item 1: Elias Burgin Receipt, 27 Feb 1865
- Executors of J.P. Chenault estate to Elias Burgin
- Item 2: Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, 3 Mar 1869
- Letter regarding a dispute over the L&N Bridge that crossed Paint Lick Creek.
- Item 3: Bishop Brothers Wholesale Grocers, 8 Apr 1870
- Collection letter from a Cincinnati grocer regarding the account of A. Pence of Foxtown, KY.
- Item 4: D.W. Chenault, Adm. vs. Elliott Richardson, 18 Mar 1871
- Amended pleadings for the case.
- Item 5: Overton Burgin and Waller Chenault heirs Agreement, 2 Jan 1872
- Agreement for the purchase of 184 acres of land purchased from Waller Chenault heirs (Overton Chenault, Laura Chenault, & T.D. Chenault) by Overton Burgin.
- Folder 4: Payne, C. F. Estate, 1860-1870
- Inventory of the estate and correspondence and affidavits regarding the estate.
- Folder 5: Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machines, 1872-1874
- Chenault provided collection services for Wheeler and Wilson and these notes are in regard to customers and collections of past due accounts.
