Madison County Historical Exhibit, 1884 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Madison County Historical Exhibit, 1884

Extent: 6.0 Folders

Date Acquired: 09/05/2002

Subjects: Madison County (Ky.)--History--18th century.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Typescripts of various documents relating to the early history of Madison County. They seem to have been used for an exhibit of some sort in 1884.

Subject/Index Terms

Madison County (Ky.)--History--18th century.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Method: Found in collections

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Exhibit #1, Cherokee Deed to Richard Henderson, 1884],
[Folder 2: Exhibit #5, Depositions],
[Folder 3: Exhibit #6, Depositions],
[Folder 4: Exhibit #7, Banta's Heirs vs. Green Clay Depositions, 1884],
[Folder 5: Exhibit #9, Estill's Defeat, 1884],
[Folder 6: Exhibit #10, Estill's Defeat and Milford, 1884],
[Folder 7: Exhibit #13, War of 1812, 1884],
[Folder 8: Exhibit #14, 65th Anniversary of Fort Boonesborough, 1884],
[Folder 9: Exhibit #15, Boonesborough Celebration, 1884],
[All]

Folder 1: Exhibit #1, Cherokee Deed to Richard Henderson, 1884

Includes:

Deed of the Cherokee Chiefs to Richard Henderson, 17 Mar 1775.

Speech of Chief Tassell made 6 Nov 1785 in regard to the above deed.

Comments from Chief Dragging Canoe and other warriors about the above deed, Mar 1775.

Appellate court decision claiming the above deed void, 1823.

Folder 2: Exhibit #5, Depositions

Clay vs. Stains, Blythe's Heirs vs. Kincaid, Bush vs. Jameson

Folder 3: Exhibit #6, Depositions

Walker vs. Montgomery, Bedinger vs. Gilbert, Walker's Heirs vs. Williams, Finney vs. Clay, Meriwether's Heirs vs. Wolfscale, etc.

Folder 4: Exhibit #7, Banta's Heirs vs. Green Clay Depositions, 1884

Includes the depositions of Michael Stoner, Stephen Hancock, and Oswald Townsend.

Folder 5: Exhibit #9, Estill's Defeat, 1884

Includes descriptions of the battle from Chief Justice Robertson, Joseph Proctor, David Cook and Wm. H. Caperton.

Folder 6: Exhibit #10, Estill's Defeat and Milford, 1884

Nathaniel Hart's account of Estill's Defeat, history of Milford and a list of court cases that document the history of Madison County.

Folder 7: Exhibit #13, War of 1812, 1884

Address of Green Clay to his troops when they left Cincinnati 7 Apr 1813 and Green Clay's report to William Henry Harrison of the Battle of Fort Meigs 5 May 1813.

Folder 8: Exhibit #14, 65th Anniversary of Fort Boonesborough, 1884

Minutes of meetings in Clark and Madison Counties to prepare for the celebration of the anniversary, Apr 1840.

Folder 9: Exhibit #15, Boonesborough Celebration, 1884

The speech of John Speed Smith at the 1840 celebration of the settling of Fort Boonesborough.