By Jackie Couture
Title: Madison Lodge No. 183 F. & A.M., Kirksville Records, 1888-1997
Primary Creator: Madison Lodge No. 183 F. & A.M., Kirksville (1848-present)
Extent: 1.29 Cubic Feet
Date Acquired: 05/14/2014
Subjects: Freemasons--Kentucky--Madison County.
Languages: English
The Madison Lodge was the third lodge organized in Madison County, Kentucky with a dispensation granted in July 1848. The original officers were Allen R. Patterson, W.C. Montgomery, Benjamin Boatright, Humphrey T. Jones, Robert A. Broadhurst, Geo. W. Crooke and John P. Crooke. The charter was granted in August 1850.
The original charter and early minutes were destroyed by fire about 1893.
Source: History of Masonry in Madison County, Kentucky, by Robert R. Burnam, 1913.
Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source: Madison Lodge, No. 183
Acquisition Method: Temporary loan that became a permanent deposit.
