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Legal Documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Crook and others to others to John Winterbottom Bradbury indenture (deed), 1838 September 11

 File — Box 5: Series 1
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents

Large manuscript document on parchment. This deed was executed on September 11, 1838 and registered at Wakefield, County of York[shire], April 18, 1839.

Dates: 1838 September 11
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Collection of Nineteenth through Twenty-first Century manuscripts (Autographs) / Nineteenth through twenty-first century signed documents / Oversize materials

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, Deed for sale of land to William Lane, 1840

 File
Identifier: 55
Scope and Contents

Manuscript deed for sale of land in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, transferring ownership from Cyrenus E. Wyckoff (1807-1878) and Hannah Daugherty Wykoff (1810-1841) to William Lane. Darkened, fragile paper.

Dates: 1840
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Collection of Nineteenth through Twenty-first Century manuscripts (Autographs) / Nineteenth through twenty-first century signed documents / Box 1: Unidentified authors and Authors A - F

Collection of Second Through Eighteenth Century manuscripts

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BCA 0302
Abstract This study collection comprises eighteen written works that were created between the second century C.E. and 1792. These items were collected by Hutchins Library for use as educational resources in the Special Collections and Archives department. They were described as a unit in 2024 to enhance discovery and use. One codex and seven book leaves have been digitized. Researchers may view these images by accessing the individual records and activiating the recto (front) and verso (back)...
Dates: circa 100-1792
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Combs family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0308
Abstract

The Combs family papers record data about the business and personal affairs of an Owsley County, Kentucky family during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most materials are Combs family documents prior to 1930.

Dates: 1849 - 1970
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Deeds, Conveyances, Indentures and Agreements, 1820 - 1906

 File — Folder 1: Series 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents Includes materials of the following or with following names: American Missionary Association, Samuel Smith, Eli C. Cornelison, Silver Creek area, John G. Fee, Matilda Fee, Cassius M. Clay, Dr. Cornelius, Brushy Fork, Elisha Dobbs, Eugene P. Fairchild, Scaffold Cane Pike, Will of John G. Fee (copy of), E.H. Harrison, J.A.R. Rogers, L.E. Rogers, John G. Hanson, Berea College Board of Trustees, Walnut Meadow, big glade, John Smith, Sally Ann Lewis Clay Smith, Bushy Fork of Silver Creek, Reuben...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1820 - 1906
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Buildings and Grounds / Historical Deeds, Conveyances, and Land Surveys / Box 1

Deeds, Conveyances, Indentures and Agreements, 1865 - 1906

 File — Folder 2: Series 1
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents

C.M. Clay, Mary Jane Clay, J.A.R. Rogers, Big Glade, Village of Berea, "Slaughter House", James Maupin, Meeting House land, Elisha Harrison, Delilah Harrison, John McHone, Martha McHone, Narrow Gap, church house lot in Narrow Gap, Hanson family, Albert Stevenson, E.H. Fairchild, the Britton Place, John Smith, Mary M. Starr, John G. Fee, Walker Cochran, John G. Hanson, other.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1865 - 1906
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Buildings and Grounds / Historical Deeds, Conveyances, and Land Surveys / Box 1

English charter, 1663 October 1

 Item — Box 1
Scope and Contents

Large legal document on vellum with partial wax seal on ribbon. English in origin.

Dates: 1663 October 1
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Collection of Second Through Eighteenth Century manuscripts

English indenture / deed, 1674 October

 Item — Box 1
Scope and Contents

Large legal document on vellum in English and Latin with calligaphic decoration.

Dates: 1674 October
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Collection of Second Through Eighteenth Century manuscripts

Floyd Cornette land grant title, Martin County, Kentucky, 1891 January 15

 File — Box 1: Series 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents

Document granting 50 acres of land in Martin County, Kentucky to Floyd Cornette. Signed by Governor S. B. Buckner and Secretary of State George M. Adams.

Dates: 1891 January 15
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Collection of Nineteenth through Twenty-first Century manuscripts (Autographs) / Nineteenth through twenty-first century signed documents / Box 1: Unidentified authors and Authors A - F

John B. Fry Soldier's Certificate of Citizenship, 1887 October 29

 File — Box 1: Series 1, Folder: 103
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents

Document signed. Naturalization papers signed by probate judge and ex-officio clerk of the probate court of Lucas County, Ohio. Soldier's certificate of citizenship issued to John B. Fry in Toledo, Ohio, 1887 October 29. Fry was a native of Canada who had enlisted in and was honorably discharged from United States military service.
This document was found in Log 9558. The association with Euphemia Corwin, if any, is not known.

Dates: 1887 October 29
Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives / Collection of Nineteenth through Twenty-first Century manuscripts (Autographs) / Nineteenth through twenty-first century signed documents / Box 1: Unidentified authors and Authors A - F

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