Clark-Hite Family Papers
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Clark-Hite Family
Title: Papers
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 4 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A C593
Biographical Note
The Clark and Hite families were early Kentucky families whose roots were in Virginia. Jonathan Clark was a Revolutionary War soldier and Virginia farmer who later moved to Kentucky. His wife was a member of the Hite family of Frederick County, Virginia. Josh Hite was a landowner in Virginia’s Northern Neck. Abraham and Isaac Hite were early Kentucky settlers.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Jonathan Clark, Josh Hite, Isaac Hite, Major Isaac Hite of Kentucky, and Abraham Hite.
Jonathan Clark’s papers include correspondence, accounts, bonds, land papers, and legal papers. For an index of correspondence, please click here to open the PDF. Land papers concern Clark’s lands in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia. Included is a deed book, and a notebook concerning improvements made by settlers in the Northern Neck of Virginia in 1786. Legal records, 1756-1797, of Spotsylvania County, Virginia; and legal fee bills.
Papers of Josh Hite concern his land dealings. Includes papers about his lands in the Northern Neck, 1734-1760; contemporary transcript of the record in the case of Josh Hite et al. v. Thomas Lord Fairfax, et al., 1749-1786, confirming Hite’s title to the land; other records, 1786-1807, relating to land and litigation involving Josh Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, including documents drawn by John Marshall; and letter, 1786-1812, to Isaac Hite and Colonel John Green from their attorney, John Taylor of Caroline County, and others.
Also includes the papers of other Hite family members. The papers, 1773-1795, of Isaac Hite including Va. and Ky. land papers. Papers, 1796-1807, of Major Isaac Hite of Ky.; and the papers, 1807-1812, of Abraham Hite.
Correspondents include Richard C. Anderson, John Armstrong, George Rogers Clark, John M. Herndon, Abraham Hite, Isaac Hite, James Williams, Leonard Young, and others.
Portions of this collection have been digitized. To view PDF scans, click on the links provided below.
Folder List
Folder 1a: Jonathan Clark (1750-1811) obituary notice, 6 December 1811, and miscellaneous finding aids
Folder 1b: Silhouettes found with papers of Jonathan Clark
Folder 1: Jonathan Clark letters, 1783-1793
Folder 2: Jonathan Clark letters, 1794-1796
Folder 3 Jonathan Clark letters, 1797-1798
Folder 4: Jonathan Clark letters, 1799
Folder 5: Jonathan Clark letters, 1800
Folder 6: Jonathan Clark letters, 1801
Folder 7: Jonathan Clark letters, 1802
Folder 8: Jonathan Clark letters, 1803
Folder 9: Jonathan Clark letters, January – June 1804
Folder 10: Jonathan Clark letters, July – December 1804
Folder 11: Jonathan Clark letters, January-July 1805
Folder 12: Jonathan Clark letters, August-December 1805
Folder 13: Jonathan Clark letters, January-June 1806
Folder 14: Jonathan Clark letters, July-December 1806
Folder 15: Jonathan Clark letters, January-July 1807
Folder 16: Jonathan Clark letters, August-December 1807
Folder 17: Jonathan Clark letters, January-June 1808
Folder 18: Jonathan Clark letters, July-December 1808
Folder 19: Jonathan Clark letters, 1809
Folder 20: Jonathan Clark letters, January-June 1810
Folder 21: Jonathan Clark letters, July-December 1810
Folder 22: Jonathan Clark letters, 1811
Folder 23: Jonathan Clark letters, undated
Folder 24: Jonathan Clark letters and papers regarding the settlement of his estate. Petition to the General Assembly of Virginia about General Jonathan Clark’s Revolutionary War service, undated
Folder 24a: Commission by Samuel Huntington, President of the Continental Congress, to Isaac Jeffries as an Ensign in the Fifth Virginia Regiment of the Army of the United States, dated January 7(?), 1781(?)
Folder 24b: Inventory of the effects (belongings) of Achilles Foster, Quarter Master to Twelfth Virginia Regiment, dated August 25, 1778, and signed by Major Jonathan Clark; two accounts against Achilles Foster’s estate, 1776
Folders 25-54: Jonathan Clark accounts,1771-1811, and undated
Folder 55: Jonathan Clark, accounts against his estate, 1812-1816
Folder 56: Sarah Hite Clark (Mrs. Jonathan Clark) accounts, 1812-1817
Folder 56a: Jonathan Clark, miscellaneous accounts, and papers found with his papers, owners or signees unidentified (?)
Folder 56b: Richard Clark, Lieutenant in the Illinois Regiment (1783-1784 and 1795) and brother of Jonathan Clark; papers showing that Jonathan Clark inherited one thousand acres of land from Richard Clark (location of the land is not identified)
Folder 56c: Jonathan Clark, memoranda of repairs to Jonathan Clark dwelling, and to a chapel, 1789, 1791
Folder 57: Jonathan Clark bonds, 1784-1807
Folder 58: Jonathan Clark land papers, Indiana
Folder 59: Jonathan Clark land papers, Fayette County, Kentucky
Folder 60: Jonathan Clark land papers, Green County, Kentucky
Folder 61: Jonathan Clark land papers, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Folder 62: Jonathan Clark land papers, McCracken County, Kentucky
Folder 63: Jonathan Clark land papers, Mercer County, Kentucky
Folder 64: Jonathan Clark land papers, Kentucky
Folder 65: Jonathan Clark land papers, Ohio
Folder 65a: Jonathan Clark land papers, Caroline County, Virginia 1785
Folder 66: Jonathan Clark land papers, Hanover County, Virginia
Folder 67: Jonathan Clark land papers, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Folder 68: Jonathan Clark land papers, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Folder 69: Jonathan Clark land papers, Virginia
Folder 70: Jonathan Clark land papers, Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
Folder 71: Jonathan Clark legal papers, records of Dunmore County, Virginia
Folder 72: Jonathan Clark legal papers, forms used in office of County Clerk, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Folder 73: Jonathan Clark legal papers, records of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, 1756-1797
Folder 74: Jonathan Clark legal papers, fee bills, 1768-1800
Folder 75: Jonathan Clark legal papers, fee bills, 1801-1811
Folder 76: Jonathan Clark legal papers, James Green and others versus Jonathan Clark and James Williams, 1797, 1805-1807
Folder 77: Jonathan Clark legal papers, Gavan Lawson versus Jonathan Clark and James Williams, 1797
Folder 78: Jonathan Clark legal papers, John Walden versus Johnathan Clark, 1799-1810
Folder 79: Jonathan Clark legal papers, James Johnson versus Jonathan Clark, 1802-1803
Folder 80: Jonathan Clark legal papers, Thomas Dickerson versus Isaac Robertson, 1804
Folder 80a: Jonathan Clark legal papers, Jacon Froman versus Jonathan Clark, 1807
Folder 81: Jonathan Clark legal papers, Samuel Daniel and John Daniel, administrators of John Daniel (deceased) versus Executors of Lord Thomas Fairfax, representatives of Jost Hite (deceased), James Williams, and Jonathan Clark, 1807
Folder 82: Jonathan Clark legal papers, N. Dickerson versus Jonathan Clark, undated
Folder 83: Jonathan Clark legal papers, Jonas Hedges versus Jonathan Clark, undated
Folder 84: Jonathan Clark legal papers, Andrew McKay and others versus Jonathan Clark, undated
Folder 85: Jonathan Clark legal papers, J. Walker Semple versus Motley, undated
Folder 86: Jonathan Clark legal papers, lawsuits brought by Jonathan Clark against various persons, 1790-1807
Folder 87: Jonathan Clark legal papers, miscellaneous, 1774-1812
Folder 87a: Jonathan Clark legal papers, Power of Attorney given by George Rogers Clark of Jefferson County, Kentucky to Jonathan Clark of Spotsylvania County, Virginia empowering him to adjust and settle all claims against the State of Virginia and individual citizens thereof, dated September 29,1795, document signed
Folder 88: Jonathan Clark, vouchers for claims against the representatives of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, 1790-1795
Folder 89: vouchers for claims against the representatives of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, 1796-1802
Folder 90: vouchers for claims against the representatives of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, against the separate claim and against the Hite family, 1792-1805
Folder 91: vouchers for claims against the representatives of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, and against the separate claim, 1795-1805
Folder 92: vouchers for claims against the representatives of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, 1806-1809
Folder 93: vouchers for claims in the case of James Green, Andrew Mc Kay, and others versus Jonathan Clark and James Williams, 1796-1807
Folder 94: vouchers for tavern bills while selling land of (?) representatives of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, 1795, 1797
Folder 95: Jonathan Clark, memorandum books of money received by Clark in 1796-1797, 1799-1800, 8 items, unbound
Folder 96: Jonathan Clark, accounts with General James Williams, 1781, 1795-1807
Folder 97: Jonathan Clark, list of bonds taken for lands sold for the representatives of Jost Hite and others by Jonathan Clark and James Williams; “Cash received for land to be accounted for by J. Clark for lands sold.”
Folder 98: Jonathan Clark, miscellaneous accounts, 1786, 1790-1799
Folder 99: Jost Hite and others versus Lord Thomas Fairfax and others, history of the case, 1749- (?)
Folder 100: Jost Hite and Robert McCoy (?) McKay versus Lord Thomas Fairfax 1749, transcript of the record of the case
Folder 101: Lord Thomas Fairfax versus representative of Jost Hite and others, the case of the respondents, Hite and others in the appeal of Lord Thomas Fairfax
Folder 102: letters from Isaac Hite and John Green to Lord Thomas Fairfax and others regarding Jost Hite and others versus Lord Thomas Fairfax and others, 1749-1786, 1789
Folder 103: representatives of Jost Hite and others versus Lord Thomas Fairfax and others, records in the case, 1735, 1770, 1786
Folder 104: representatives of Jost Hite and others versus Lord Thomas Fairfax and others, records in the case, 1790-1797
Folder 105: John (?) Jost Hite, Isaac Hite, and others versus the executors, heir at law and other legal representatives of Lord Thomas Fairfax (deceased) and others, 1790, 1793
Folder 106: representatives of Jost Hite and others versus Robert Stevens and others, 1794, 1796
Folder 107: representatives of Jost Hite and others versus (?) Strode and others, 1800
Folder 108: lawsuits brought by Jost Hite and others against various persons, 1789-1797
Folder 108a: statement on the “separate claim” of the representatives of Jost Hite, by Jonathan Clark and others, 14 pages
Folder109: memoranda in Hite versus Fairfax, notes and observations on the case, also notes on the forty-nine claims against Hite and others
Folder 110: land papers, Virginia,1734-1737
Folder 110a: land papers, Virginia,1741-1760
Folder 111: agreement of Abraham Van Meter with an agent of representatives of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay to rent land (no date, document signed), description of land held by Abraham Van Meter and Jacob Van Meter in the claim of the grantees
Folder112: representatives of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, accounts, 1786-1795
Folder113: representatives of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, accounts, 1796
Folder114: representatives of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, accounts, 1797-1807
Folder115: representatives of Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, accounts, undated
Folder 116: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), letters 1777-1782
Folder 116a: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), letters to Hite and Colonel John Green from John Taylor and others, 1783-1795
Folder 117: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), powers of attorney to Isaac Hite from members of the Hite family, 1770-1794
Folder 118: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), miscellaneous papers, 1773-1795
Folder 119: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), land papers, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1790
Folder 120: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), land papers, Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1762
Folder 120a: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), land papers, Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1772, 1776, 1783
Folder 121: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), land papers, Virginia
Folder 122: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), land papers, Mercer County and Lincoln County, Kentucky, 1784
Folder 123: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), papers as administrator of James Buchanan (1782-1794, Buchanan was the son-in-law of Isaac Hite
Folder 123a: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), legal papers, Isaac Hite versus Lewis Craig, 1786
Folder 124: Isaac Hite (1721-1795), accounts against his estate,1789-1807
Folder 125: Eleanor Hite (Mrs. Isaac Hite, Senior), receipt to Christopher Man, May 27, 1790, document signed
Folder 126: Isaac Hite (1758-1836), letters to Hite, 1797, 1812, 1829
Folder 127: Isaac Hite (1758-1836), accounts with Jonathan Clark,1796-1807
Folder 128: Isaac Hite (1758-1836), miscellaneous papers, 1796-1807
Folder 129: Abraham Hite (1729-1790), papers regarding his estate, 1796-1801
Folder 129a: Abraham Hite, Junior (1755-1832), papers, 1797-1812
Folder 130: Andrew (?) Hite, receipt for note on William Barker, September 19, 1808
Folder 131: representatives of Jost Hite and others, land papers, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
Folder 132: representatives of Jost Hite and others, Frederick County, Virginia
Folder 133: representatives of Jost Hite and others, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Folder 134: representatives of Jost Hite and others, land papers, Virginia
Folder 135: maps of Virginia
Folder 136: list of lawsuits against representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 137: legal papers, Joseph Barnes and Ruth Whitson versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1770-1790
Folder 138: legal papers, Joshua Browning and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1736-
Folder 139: legal papers, Robert Bull and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1790
Folder 140: legal papers, William Carthey and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 141: legal papers, Mary Clevinger, executrix of Joseph Clevinger versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1792
Folder 142: legal papers, Walter Clarke and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 143: legal papers, Adam Cunningham versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1786-1792
Folder 144: legal papers, Walter Cunningham versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1770, 1790
Folder 145: legal papers, Samuel Daniel, administrator of John Daniel versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1791, 1806
Folder 146: legal papers, John Denton and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, no date
Folder 147: legal papers, William Ewing and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1788
Folder 148: legal papers, George W. Fairfax versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1790 [click to access PDF]
Folder 149: legal papers, John Feller versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1789
Folder 150: legal papers, William Grubbs versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1742
Folder 151: legal papers, (?) Hoop versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1770-1790
Folder 152: legal papers, Solomon Huddle versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1787-1792
Folder 153: legal papers, Simeon Hyatt and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 154: legal papers, Dr. George Kellar versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1787-1790
Folder 155: legal papers, Benjamin Layman and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1787-
Folder 156: legal papers, Ebenezer Leith versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1790-1792
Folder 157: legal papers, James Leith versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1787-1790
Folder 158: legal papers, John Lindsay, Jr., and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 159: legal papers, Solomon Matthews versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1787-1790
Folder 160: legal papers, Peter Miller versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1792
Folder 161: legal papers, Abram Nave and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 162: legal papers, John Netherton and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1797
Folder 163: legal papers, James O’Bannon and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1790-1791
Folder 164: legal papers, James O’Dell versus representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 165: legal papers, Margaret Paul v Jost Hite and others [click to access PDF]
Folder 166: legal papers, Edward Snickers and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1790
Folder 167: legal papers, Daniel Stover versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1760, 1792
Folder 168: legal papers, Van Swearingen versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1790
Folder 169: legal papers, William Taylor and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 170: legal papers, Benjamin Thrailkeld versus representatives of Jost Hite and others,1790
Folder 171: legal papers, William Vance and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 172: legal papers, John Augustine Washington versus representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 173: legal papers, Jeremiah Whitson and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1792
Folder 177: legal papers, Henry Wolfe and others versus representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 177a: legal papers, Edwin Young versus representatives of Jost Hite and others, 1792
Folder 178: Jonathan Clark Day Book, February-April 1777, 1784-1811; contains account with John Clark, 1784-1785; account with State of Virginia for his military pay, 1776-1785 Click here to access pdf of Jonathan Clark Daybook Transcription.
Folder 179: Jonathan Clark Account Book, 1798-1799 (Volume 1, 21 pages, 21 ½ centimeters, unbound); contains record of payments made by settlers on “Narrow Passage” tract of land at Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, 1795-1796
Folder 180: Jonathan Clark Account Book, 1795-1801 (Volume 1, 24 pages, 16 ½ centimeters, unbound); contains list of “Grantees Land” sold by Clark in 1795; account with representatives of Jost Hite; 1796-1801
Folder 181: Jonathan Clark Account Book, 1796-1798 (Volume 1,10 pages, 20 ½ centimeters, unbound); account with Major Isaac Hite about the 100,000-acre grant to representatives of Jost Hite and others
Folder 182: Account Book, 1805-1810 (Volume 1, 10 pages, 15 centimeters, unbound); record of charges for work on wagons, wheels, and plows in Jefferson County, Kentucky
Folder 183: Jonathan Clark Account Book, 1806; record of corn sold in 1806
Folder 184: Jonathan Clark, an account of bonds collected or to be collected for General Jonathan Clark, beginning in 1802, by John M. Herndon; inclusive dates 1802-1807 (Volume1, 33 pages, 18 centimeters)
Folder 185: Jonathan Clark, 2 (two) notebooks, July-August 1786 (Volume 1, 50 pages, 15 centimeters, unbound); contains notes on land and improvements of settlers in the Northern Neck of Virginia; other notes on lands
- Volume 185(1a): Jonathan Clark Notebook [click to access PDF]
- Volume 185: Other notebook, June 1786 [click to access PDF]
Folder 186: Jonathan Clark Memorandum Book, 1791, (Volume1, 6 pages, 9 ½ centimeters, unbound) contains Isaac Hite’s receipt to Jonathan Clark dated February 18, 1791; memo of legal papers left with Hite and Willams
Folder 187: Jonathan Clark Memorandum Book, 1794, 1796 (Volume 1, 9 pages, 10 ½ centimeters, unbound); notes on the “Grant Business”; list of suits brought by Clark in Fredericksburg; accounts with Isaac Hite and General Williams
Folder 188: Jonathan Clark Memorandum Book, circa 1809 (Volume 1, 6 pages, 8 ½ centimeters, unbound); notes on lands of Humphrey Tompkins, Jacob Froman, Edmund Clark, and John Stroude.
Volume 189: Jonathan Clark Deed Book, 1770-1806 (Volume1, 198 pages, 8 ½ centimeters, bound); contains copies of Clark’s patents and deeds to lands in Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana; also deeds to Isaac Hite for lands in Kentucky and Virginia. In reverse, Jonathan Clark’s land entered with the auditor in Kentucky agreeable to an Act of Assembly passed in 1795.
Folder (no number): Original labels from the papers
Folder (no number); Miscellaneous items