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 24

Barcode: 31234014049298

Folder 1: Moore

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Denise McVey-O'Mara, Elizabeth Stuerke, Pauline M. Boggess,  Milton A. Miller, Christopher A. Moore, Harvey W. Glenn, Polly Moore Boggess, Frances Moore Brummett. Also contains a copy of the last will and testament of James Moore dated 25 October 1852, family group records, a copy of a transcription of the last will and testament of James Moore dated 5 July 1858, a copy of the last will and testament of John Moore dated 11 October 1807, a copy of the obituary of "Mrs. J.W. Moore" dated 12 September 1929, a copy of the death certificate of Alexander Moore dated 20 March 1887, a copy of the land survey of "Rolling Acres Subdivision," a transcription of a deed of conveyance involving William H. Moore and Etta L. Moore dated 10 January 1930.

Folder 2: Morehead

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Patricia Bishop Obrist. Also contains a few primary documents that are poorly copied and hardly legible.

Folder 3: Morgan-Turner

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Catherine Swoyer, Pat Chandler, Robert Morgan. Also contains an ahnentafel graph.

Folder 4: Morris

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Richard Morris, Norman D. Morris. Also contains a copy of a marriage bond involving Richard Morris dated 3 June 1871, a transcription of a pension application for Thomas Morris who served in the Revolutionary War.

Folder 5: Moss

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Monte M. Hendrickson regarding the Moss family from Garrard and Lincoln Counties.

Folder 6: Mounce

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Carmen J. Finley, Margie Broadbent (Mrs. Gordon Broadbent), Betty Vargas Howard, Susie Turley. Also contains a copy of a transcription from a deed of conveyance involving Mary Mounce dated 24 December 1798.

Folder 7: Mullins

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Inez Evans and Sue Moore. Also contains extensive family group records.

Folder 8: Munday

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Roberta Munday Berkheimer. The attached documents detail the Munday family extending back to the early 1800s.

Folder 9: Murphy

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Lois M. Arthur (Mrs. David G. Arthur), Thad G. McLaughlin, Eileen Hickey, Shirley Estes, Joseph Hehe, Phyllis Clark Hawkins, Robert Murphy. Also contains a document detailing the lineage of Murphy family beginning with John Murphy (b. 1755), an ahnentafel graph, a copy of a genealogical manuscript entitled "Murphy Family" by Mattie Kanatzer Turpin, a biographical sketch of James M. Murphy (b. 1834), a transcription of the memoir of James M. Murphy (b. 1834) which was verbally given to his granddaughter between 1910 and 1915, a copy of a chapter entitled "Murphy" regarding John Murphy (d. 1848), a copy of the marriage bond of Elbert Murphy and Ocie Davis dated 18 October 1909A copy of a marriage bond involving Alvan Murphy and Flossie Lear dated 5 October 1959, a copy of Alvan Murphy's obituary, a copy of the obituary of Elbert Murphy.

Folder 10: Myers

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Nelda Smith. Also contains a copy of a document entitled "Myers" which tells the lineage of the Myers family beginning with the group that moved to Kentucky in 1793.

Folder 11: Nave

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Harold E. Jandebeur, Ethel D. Nave, Maudie R., Gladys Nave, Genevieve Willett Slade. Also contains copies of pertinent portions of the 1870 and 1900 Census, original 1800s-era photos of Lena Totten Dunn, Sallie Nave Wilson (b. 1877), Morton Bourne "Moto" Nave (b. 1867), John E. Stormes, and Mary Nave Scott.

Folder 12: New

Contains a copy of a document entitled "Cyclopedia of Biography of Virginia" which regards Thomas and William Newce/Nuse, a document entitled "The Descendants of John Stubbs" which involves Thomas New of the late 1600s, and a document entitled "New Light on Old Charles City County" which begins with James L. New in the early 1800s.

Folder 13: Newby

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Bonita Mangrum with attached family group records and a deed of conveyance involving Lucy Newby dated 28 April 1865.

Folder 14: Newland

Contains family group records and hand written notes composed by Vockery.

Folder 15: Newton

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Darwin Newton, Erma Nash Herrmann, Mary Edith Marley (Mrs. William C. Marley). Also contains a copy of the last will and testament of John Newton dated 18 August 1810, a copy of the last will and testament of Nancy Newton dated 14 January 1832.

Folder 16: Nicholson

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Pat Florey Hageman, Elizabeth Scholes, L.E. McKenzie Jr., Joseph E. Jenkins, Jr., Loretta Donlea, Ron Weddle. Also contains a snipped document from the Daily Republican from 8 March 1873, a biographical sketch of Jeremiah P. Nicholson (b. 1840), family group records,

Folder 17: Nickum

Contains a copy of the last will and testament of Michael Nickum dated 23 January 1800.

Folder 18: Noel

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Barnett Britton. Also contains a deed of conveyance between John Noel/John Bryant and two individuals named Zach and Ray, a deed of conveyance between Alexander Boyle Yenith Carpenter and Anne Boyle/Susan Wright, family records about James Henderson, family records about Taylor Noel, a copy of gravestone inscriptions from the cemetery at Cornishville Christian Church in Mercer County as of the summer of 1991, handwritten notes about the genealogy for James Noel, a copy of an obituary for John Henry Noel, a copy of part of some graveyard records from the Florida branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a copy of part of a Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin relating to the Monroe family, and a copy of a deed verifying livestock purchases in Garrard County.

Folder 19: Noland

Contains correspondence between Vockery and J. Douglas Froehlich, Margaret Rodland, Earl McCain. Also contains family records for James Nowlin and John Noland.

Folder 20: Norman

Contains correspondence between Vockery and Carol J. Newman. Also contains family records for William Norman, a copy of a map detailing "Township 47 North Range 12 West", records of who is buried at Oakland Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery in Boone County, Missouri, an ancestry report on James T. Norman, a copy of Civil War service records for James T. Nopman, a copy of a marriage license for James F. Norman and D.J. Nevius, a slightly different copy of a marriage license for James F. Norman and D.J. Nevius, a copy of a death certificate for James Frank Norman, and a census record for Amine Gorham.

Folder 21: Nowlin

Contains correspondence between Vockery and David Mitchell, Gail Shaffer Blankenau, Nito R. Agate. Also contains family records for Zachariah Nowlin, family records for James Nowlin, two copies of the will for Zachariah Nowlin, two copies of a receipt showing a transaction between Zachariah Nowlin and an unnamed party, five  copies of an appeal to the court of Garrard County from Zachariah Nowlin, and a deed of conveyance between Zachariah Nowlin and his family,