George Knight Hester collection
Collection — Folder: S2185
Identifier: S2185
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three items related to George Knight Hester and the Hester family: a partial letter dated November 14 from Saguanche, Colorado with a typed transcript; a typed transcription of a personal narrative titled "Diary of Rev. George Knight Hester" (1851); and typed transcripts of papers relating to the Hester family compiled by the Indiana State Library in 1926.
Dates
- 1851-1890, undated
Creator
- Hester, Francis A. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Rev. George Knight Hester was born in Kentucky on September 26, 1794 to Susannah (Huckleberry) and John Matthias Hester. The family relocated to the Northwest Territory to what became Charlestown, Clarke County, Indiana. Hester was first licensed as a Methodist preacher in 1819. He married Bence Briggs in 1820 and they had five children. Hester died September 2, 1874, and was buried in Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. "George H. Knight." 1860 United States Federal Census. Accessed July 1, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Rev George Knight Hester." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed July 1, 2015. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69837278/george-knight-hester.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. "George H. Knight." 1860 United States Federal Census. Accessed July 1, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Rev George Knight Hester." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed July 1, 2015. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69837278/george-knight-hester.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Fern Hestor on 1920/06/28.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2015/05/28 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield. EAD finding aid completed 2015/05/28 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield. EAD finding aid revised 2015/07/01 by Brittany Kropf.
- Autobiography
- Charlestown (Ind.)
- Clark County (Ind.)
- Correspondence
- Delaware Indians
- Family history
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Indiana
- Hester family
- Indians of North America -- Treaties
- Methodist preaching
- Methodists -- Biography
- Pigeon Roost Massacre, 1812
- Pioneers -- Indiana
- Potawatomi Indians
- Racism
- Shawnee Indians
- Transcriptions
Creator
- Hester, Francis A. (Person)
- Hester, George Knight, 1794-1874 (Person)
- Title
- George Knight Hester collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
