Franklin County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Harry M. Stoops papers
Collection
Identifier: L150
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies and photocopies of documents from Harry M. Stoops and others in Brookville, Indiana and elsewhere; manuscripts written by Harry M. Stoops; awards, diplomas, business papers, wills and family histories; greeting cards and newspaper clippings; poetry and songs; and National Recovery Administration placards ranging from 1804 to 1958 regarding family history, property disposal, business information, and miscellaneous.There are also National...
Dates:
circa 1750-1958; undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harry M. Stoops papers
John G. Bond papers
Collection — Folder S140
Identifier: S0140
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed letter, signed from John G. Bond in Indiana on 1831/04/06 regarding family matters.
Dates:
1831/04/06
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John G. Bond papers
Lemuel and Lydia Snow collection
Collection — Folder S1217
Identifier: S1217
Scope and Contents
There are two letters in this collection with two copies of the October 10, 1814 letter from Wheeling and one copy of the March 18, 1823 letter from Franklin County, Indiana. Both letters are written to "Dear Children" from Lemuel and Lydia Snow. The 1814 letter tells about leaving Barnstable by wagon and arriving at Pittsburgh where they got a boat. They wrote: "here we sent our horses on to Wheeling on the Ohio River ninety two miles below Pittsburgh... Our horses are all as good as they were...
Dates:
1814-1823
Militia election returns
Collection — Folder S1626
Identifier: S1626
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one paper handwritten in ink on both sides giving two election results among British soldiers. In the election held at Brookville, Franklin County, the following officers were chosen to command the Light Infantry Company attached to the 7th Regiment and Militia: David Oliver, Captain; Bethuel F. Morris, Lieutenant; Henry A. Reed, Ensign. In the Dearborn County election, the men elected a lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment and Militia to replace Erasmus Powell, who was...
Dates:
1816
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Militia election returns
Minny V. and Catherine Simonson deed
Collection — Folder S3284
Identifier: S3284
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the February 28, 1854 deed for property owned by M.V. and Catherine Simonson.
Dates:
1854/02/28
Mixersville, Franklin County plat map
Collection — Folder S1321
Identifier: S1321
Scope and Contents
This plat map, written in ink, is on one large sheet folded so the map covers only half the sheet. Main Street is intersected by Washington Street which goes between Brookville and Oxford. Main Street runs north to Connersville and south to Cincinnati. Only five lots are marked off. No names of lot owners are given.
Dates:
1846
Pepper family photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP138
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs taken by Kate Reifel Pepper and others from Franklin County, Indiana in ranging from circa 1914 to circa 1915 regarding the Pepper and Reifel families, bridge building, farming, and Peppertown, Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1914-circa 1915
Rochester, Indiana letter and town plan
Collection — Folder S2730
Identifier: S2730
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one document. On the front is a letter documenting Rochester, Indiana in Franklin County on September 30, 1837. On the back is a hand drawn grid map with streets by name, lots by number, and topographical features, including a mound, school and meeting house structures. The map includes the Whitewater River.
Dates:
1837
Sarah Schooley letters
Collection — Folder S2519
Identifier: S2519
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of two letters written by Sarah Schooley of Loudoun County, Virginia and sent to her sister Ruth in Franklin County, Indiana. Dated May 30, 1830 and April 6, 1841, her letters share news about family, friends, crops, and market prices.
Dates:
1830-1841
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sarah Schooley letters
Sherwood family collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1174
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and documents of the Sherwood family of Franklin County, Indiana ranging from 1816 to 1955. The collection includes a typewritten copy of the 1816 plat of Greensboro (now known as Blooming Grove), Franklin County, Indiana originally platted by James Sherwood and his brother-in-law John Naylor; an undated hand drawn plat of Blooming Grove noting locations of some businesses; a February 10, 1817 bond between Sherwood, Naylor and William Templeton; a...
Dates:
1816-1955
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sherwood family collection
