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By Michael Shultz, James Fernandez, Katie Davis, Trent Catlett
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection consists of the genealogy research files compiled by Bill and Kathy Vockery over decades of conducting family research for people around the country. They conducted research in Madison and Garrard Counties, Kentucky. The content of the files includes original correspondence between the Vockerys and researchers and copies of documents that prove various family connections. In rare cases there are original letters and documents that were sent to the Vockerys. This collection would be very helpful for family history researchers in Madison and Garrard Counties.
Collection Historical Note
Kathy Vockery, a retired school counselor, and her husband Bill have written numerous genealogy books on Madison, Garrard and Jessamine Counties in Kentucky. They have found hidden cemeteries, and have transcribed court records, marriage records and vital records. In addition, for many years they have assisted genealogy researchers in finding their Madison and Garrard County roots.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Vockery, Kathy
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- Box 27
- Barcode: 31234014049256
- Folder 1: Pritchett
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Glores Prichon. Also contains a family report on John D. Pritchett, a family report on Harrison Hiatt, a funeral bulletin for Carrie Lee Smith, and an obituary for Carrie Lee Smith.
- Folder 2: Proctor
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Lillian Van Arsdale, J. A. Proctor, Anna Martin. Also contains a family report on John Ephraim Proctor, a family group record for Elizabeth J. Nelson, a family report on Nicholas Proctor, a family report on Micajah Proctor, a family group sheet on Nicholas Proctor, a photocopy of a section from the book Early Days in Danville briefly mentioning Thomas Proctor, a family report on "Thomas" Jefferson Proctor, a copy of the will of Uriah Proctor, a small book entitled Proctor Family which contains various notes on the Proctor family as compiled by Harry W. Mills, a transcript of the will of William Carpenter, a copy of a small biography for James McPike Proctor as found in The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, a family group sheet for John J. Proctor, a family report on John T. Proctor, a family report on John T. Proctor II, a family report on William Patton Proctor, a list of Proctor family records,
- Folder 3: Pryor
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Fred and Ellen Pryor, Francis Hall McCracken, Virginia Hanks, Washington Ellensburg. Also contains a copy of a marriage license for Jefferson Pryor and William Dunn, a copy of a deed of conveyance from Jefferson and Richard M. Robinson, a family group sheet on J. Nicholas Pryor, a family group sheet on Robert Childers, a family report on Henry/Harry Childers, a family group sheet on Hillian Arnold, a family group sheet on Henry Childers, a deed of conveyance between Robert Foster and Mary Foster, a family report on Jefferson Prior, and a family report on Jordon Prior.
- Folder 4: Pulliam
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Irma Sackett, Dorothy Armistead, Lillian Weller, Georgia Tuck, Renee Kettering. Also contains a family report on William W. Pulliam, a family report on Joseph Hedrich, a family report on William Pulliam, a copy of an 1820 Federal Census with some names from the Pulliam family in Garrard county, a copy of an 1830-40 Federal Census with some names from the Pulliam family in Garrard county, a handwritten list of Pulliam family members, a family report on William Pulliam, a transcript of a deed of conveyance from Nathan Pullam to Moody Pullam, a handwritten list of Pulliams in Louisa County in Virginia, a handwritten biography of the Pulliam family, a copy of a deed of conveyance from Nathan Pullam to Moody Pullam, a copy of a letter declaring the death of John Pulliam, a family report on Harman Pulliam, a biographical sketch for Harman Pulliam, a family group record for John A. Pulliam, a copy of a deed of conveyance from J.A. Pulliam to Henson Green, a family group sheet for William Pulliam, a family report on John Pulliam, a family report on Bushrod Pulliam, a family report on Absolom Pulliam, a family report on William W. Pulliam, a family report ton Woodrow Pulliam, a family report on John A. Pulliam, a family report on Jefferson Pursifull, a copy of an obituary for Mary Pursifull, a copy of a marriage bond between J.A. Bowman and Jol Bowman, and a copy of a deed of conveyance between William Pulliam and Nathan Pulliam.
- Folder 5: Pullins
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Joann Turner. Also contains the will of Loftus Pullins, a family report on William W. Pullins, a family report on Loftus Pullins, handwritten notes on various Pullins family members in Lincoln, Madison and Garrard counties, a family report on Thomas Watkins, a family report on William A. Watkins, a family report on Mathias Pullins, a list of the descendants of Mathias Pullins, a list of the descendants of John A. Pulliam, a family group sheet on Nathan Pulliam, a small report detailing a court case involving Nathan Pulliam and William Poindexter, and a biographical sketch on the descendants of Loftus Pullins Sr.
- Folder 6: Pumphrey
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Frances and Edward Ortman. Also contains a family report on James W. Pumphrey and a family report on Harrison Pumphrey.
- Folder 7: Pursell
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Dorothy L. Kruger, Patricia Tincher. Also contains several correspondence between Dorothy L. Kruger and others pertaining to her membership within the Daughters of the American Revolution, a copy of a marriage certificate for Thomas Brown and Rachel Purcell, a family report on Benjamin Purcell, a family report on Michael Thomas Purcell, a family report on Thomas Purcell, a family report on George D. Bryant, a family report on Green Leenhit, a family report on Greenbury Bryant, a family report on John Bryant, and a copy of a marriage bond between Greenbury Bryant and Mary Hall.
- Folder 8: Putt
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Philip Huff. Also contains a family group sheet on Charles Putt and a family group sheet on James Putt.
- Folder 9: Quick
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Clara Foster and Sharon Hart about the surname Quick.
- Folder 10: Quinn
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Hillary Delaney, Hugh McKee, Connie Bradbury, Elizabeth A. Kaspar, Paul S. Quinn, Julia Laughlin. Also contains a family report on Thomas Stewart, a family report on William Quinn, a copy of a deed of conveyance from Samuel Walters to Boris L.M. Jones, a copy of the will of John Moon, a copy of the estate of Lucy Padin, a copy of the estate of Adam Padin, a transcript of the will of John Moore, a family report on Joshua Quinn, an Ancestry.com report on Hiram Quinn, a biographical sketch of Hiram Quinn, a biographical sketch of James Quinn, a family report on Robert H. Quinn, a family report on Joshua Quinn, a family report on Hiram Quinn, a family report on John Quinn, a family report ton John Moore, and a copy of the will of Joshua Quinn.
- Folder 11: Quissenberry
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Karen Taylor. Also contains a family group sheet for James Tuley, a family group sheet for Jacob Braxton Quisenberry, a family group sheet on Miles Quisenberry, a family group sheet on Tandy Quisenberry, a family group sheet on James Quisenberry, and a family group sheet on Aaron Quisenbery Sr.
- Folder 12: "R"
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Jeanne Powell Marlow, Linda Stroud Lamb. Also contains a biographical sketch for George W. Rigg and his family, a family report for Robert Rhodes, a family report for Joseph Ryland, a family report for William Ramey, a family report for George M. Ramey, a family report for George Grow, and a family report for William Rowe.
- Folder 13: Radcliff
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and William Westbrook Smith, Mary L. Bergman, Jane Sader, Gary Radcliff, William Smith, Sue Olive Bevell, Mary Bergman. Also contains a family group record for Richard Radcliff with attached notes, a family group record for Nicholas S. Smith Sr, a family report for Richard Radcliff, a family report for Johnathan Peters, a family report for William Stennett, a family report for William Ellis, a family report for Charles Radcliff, a family report on John Radcliff, a family report on David Radcliff, a family report on Nicholas S. Smith, a family report on Benjamin Radcliffe, a family report on Richard Radcliff, a family report on Isaac Marksberry, a copy of the will and an inventory of the will of Richard Radcliff,
- Folder 14: Ramey
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Alyene Westall Prehn, Pat Seckinger, Terri E. Lindquester. Also contains a copy of an application for the Daughters of the American Revolution for Patricia Seckinger and some handwritten notes on the Raney family.
- Folder 15: Ragsdale
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Richard E. Brenneman. Also contains a family grouping list for Peter Ragsdale and a biographical sketch for Peter Ragsdale.
- Folder 16: Ramsay
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Nancy J. Norris, Anne H. Lee, Juanita Witt, Linda Anderson, Christine T. Bramstedt, Marianne Lamken. Also contains a series of notes entitled "The First Drafts of the Ramsay Family Genealogy", a photocopy of a picture of Wilson Estes, a photocopy of a picture of John and Bettie Estes, a family group record for Joseph Ray, a photocopy of a picture of "Sallie and J.W.", a letter written to Daniel Ramsay in 1902, a biographical sketch of Francis Alexander Ramsey and his descendants, a family group sheet for John William Ramsey, a family group sheet for Daniel James McCabe Ramsey with attached notes, a photocopy of a letter from J.W. Ramsey dated 1894, a photocopy of the Census of Garrard County in June 1880 for one of the districts, a photocopy of a marriage certificate for Jess Simpson and Myrtle Daley, a biographical sketch on Francis Ramsey, a family report on Zachariah Ray, a family report on Michael Ray, a family report on Joseph Ray, a family group sheet on John William Ray, a biographical sketch for John William Ramsey, a photocopy of part of the 1860 Garrard County Census, a family group sheet on Joseph Ray with attached biographical sketch, a photocopy of a picture of A.J. Earp, a photocopy of a picture of A.B. Carp, a map of Lancaster with Daley road highlighted, a family report on Thomas Ramsey, a family group sheet for Mary Jane Hedgpeth, a family group sheet for Lenna Ann Ramsey, a family group sheet for Sally Myrtle Elizabeth Ramsey, a family group sheet for Josn Jasper Ramsey with attached biographical sketch, a family group sheet for Charley Ulman Ramsey, a list of the descendants of Daniel James McCabe/McCage Ramsey, a family group sheet for John Jasper Ramsey, a family group sheet for John Jasper Ramsey with attached biographical sketch, a family group sheet for Flora May Hoobler with attached biographical sketch, a family group sheet for Janie Mildred Ramsey with attached biographical sketch, a family group sheet for Forrest Gladstone Ramsey, a family group sheet for Bernice Ramsey, a family group sheet for Maynard Eugene Ramsey, a family group sheet for Lavon Louise Shearhod with attached biographical sketch, a family group sheet for Nancy Jane Ramsey with attached biographical sketch, a family group sheet for Charlene Kay Ramsey, a family group sheet for Raymond Paul Norris with attached biographical sketch, a family group sheet for Nancy Jane Ramsey with attached biographical sketch, a family group sheet for Gary Donn Norris, a family group sheet for Russell Gordon Norris, a family group sheet for Vonda Kay Norris, a family group sheet for John William Ramsey with attached biographical sketch, a family group sheet for Daniel James McCabe/McGabe Ramsey with attached biographical sketch, a family group sheet for John William Ramsey with attached biographical sketch, a family group sheet for Sarah "Sallie" Ray with attached biographical sketch, a list of people buried in Good Hope Cemetery, a list of various records in Rockcastle county relating to Francis Ramsey Sr and his descendants, a photocopy of a letter declaring the death of John William Ramsey, a photocopy of a picture of John William and Sarah "Sallie" Ramsey, a photocopy of a photograph of the family of Daniel James McCabe Ramsey, a copy of a deed of conveyance from Thomas Ramsey to Jordon Perkins, a copy of a deed of conveyance from Johnson Ramsey to Thomas Ramsey, a copy of the estate of Thomas Ramsey, a family group record sheet for Alexander Ramsey, a summary of Thomas Ramsey's Revolutionary War pension files, a transcript of a letter to the Pension Board from the descendants of Franic Ramsey and James Chasteen, a family report on Moses Campbell, a family report on Reuben Hill, a family report on John A Ramsey, a family report on Joel Ramsey, a family report on John Campbell, a family report on Edmond Ramsey, a family report on Thomas Ramsey, a family report on Alexander Ramsey, a family report on William N. Ramsey, a family report on Johnson Ramsey, a photograph of John William and Sallie Ramsey, and one photograph of Sallie Ramsey.
- Folder 17: Ray
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Malinda Sanders, Cindy Evans, Katrina Richardson, Pat McMullin, James F Heubner, Richard G Ray, Carolyn Snider. Also contains a family report on Zachariah Ray Sr, a family report on Daniel Ray, a family report on Alexander Ray, a family report on Zachariah Ray Jr, a family report on James Day Ray, a family report on Abner G Daniel Ray, a family report on Hezekiah Ray Jr, a family report on Sherod Ray, a family report on Ambrose Ray, a family group sheet for Hezekiah Macrae, a family group sheet for Zachariah Ray Sr, a family group sheet for William Ray, a family group sheet for Zachariah Ray Jr, a family group record for Lewis Franklin Ray, a family group sheet for Marion John Allen, a family group sheet for John Gordon Allen, a family report on Allen Ray, an ancestor chart for Sallie Hurt, an ancestor chart foe Lilburn B Ray, a biographical sketch for Ozellar Ray, a small pedigree chart for Zachariah Ray, a photocopy of a Census record bearing Micah Ray's name, a list of various Ray family members, a small list from the 1900 Jasper County Missouri Census, a small list from the 1880 Labette County Kansas Census, a list of Ray family members from an unnamed Census in Garrard County, a family group record for James Fitzgerald, a copy of the estate of Mike Ray, a transcript of the will of Benjamin Ray, a family group record for Benjamin Ray, a photocopy of tax records in Fayette County showing Ben Ray and his sons, a pedigree chart for William Henry Ray, a pedigree chart for Carolyn Jean Fields, a family group record for Elmer Isaac Fields, a family group record for Anthony Holmes Ray, a photocopy of a marriage license for Anthony H Ray and Carrie W Zink, a photocopy of a death certificate for Anthony Holmes Ray, a copy of an obituary for Anthony H Ray, a photocopy of a death certificate for Carrie Ray, a copy of an obituary for Carrie Ray, a family group record for Moses Ray, a copy of a marriage bond for Moses Ray and Michael Ray, a photocopy of gravestones found in Wooden Cemetery, a photocopy of a funeral notice for J A Cunningham along with an obituary, a copy of an obituary for Elizabeth Williams along with a photograph, a photocopy of the will of Moses Ray, a family group record for Michael Ray with attached biographical sketch, a family group record for Zachariah Ray with attached biographical sketch, a pedigree entitled "Hezekiah Rays' Genealogical Line", a copy of the will of Zachariah Will, a copy of a deed of conveyance from the heirs of Michael Ray Sr to the heirs of Michael Ray Jr, and a history of the Ray's in Garrard County as written by Forrest Calico.
- Folder 18: Rayburn
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Nita Walker Raybourn. Also contains a family report on Robert Raybourn and a pedigree chart entitled "Ancestors of Claud Minot Raybourn".
- Folder 19: Redding
- Contains correspondence between Vockery and Marian Waters Challender. Also contains a small family history relating to William George Wallace and Amanda Redding.
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