Clark, William (1770-1838) Papers, 1811-1879
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Clark, William, 1770-1838
Title: Papers, 1811-1879
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 2 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A C596
Scope and Content Note
Collection includes business and personal correspondence; an account book, 1812-1861; bills for the sale of slaves, 1829-1848; and land papers.
Correspondents include Clark’s daughter, Frances Ann Lawson Biddle and her family, R. A. Bacon, William S. Bodley, George W. Clark, General Jonathan Clark, James G. Gordon, George B. Kinkead, Judge John McKinley, Edmund Pearce, H. C. Smith, James R. Steelman, James Taylor of Harrodsburg, John B. Temple, H. G. Tompkins, Dr. Benjamin Tompkins, and George Woolfolk.
Biographical Note
William Clark (1795-1879), the son of Jonathan Clark and brother of George Rogers Clark was born in Louisa County, Va. on Nov. 13, 1795. In 1800, he came to Ky. with his father. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and moved to Huntsville, Ala. where he practiced medicine for just over one year. He moved to Fayette County, Ky. where he lived as
a farmer. About 1835, he moved to Jefferson County. Clark was an early Ky. Mason who founded the Clark Lodge of Masons about 1818. He married Francis Tompkins of Louisville. Clark died in Louisville, February 3, 1879.
Folder List
Box 1
1 Clark Lodge (Masons) certificate.Invitation, 1818 Dec. 10.
2 Obituaries, 1879 Feb.
3 Correspondence, 1811-1820.
4 Correspondence, 1825-1829.
4a Correspondence, 1826.
5 Correspondence, 1830-1832.
6 Correspondence, 1833-1834.
7 Correspondence, 1835-1838.
8 Correspondence, 1839.
9 Correspondence, 1840-1842.
10 Correspondence, 1843-1845.
11 Correspondence, 1846-1847.
12 Correspondence, 1848-1849.
13 Correspondence, 1850.
14 Correspondence, 1851-1854.
15 Correspondence, 1855-1859.
16 Correspondence, 1860-1865.
17 Correspondence, 1868.
18 Correspondence, 1869.
19 Correspondence, 1870.
20 Correspondence, 1871-1879.
21 Correspondence, n.d.
22 Correspondence from Frances Ann Biddle and her family, 1847-1852.
23 Correspondence from Frances Ann Biddle and her family, 1855-1869.
24 Correspondence from Frances Ann Biddle and her family, 1870.
25 Correspondence from Frances Ann Biddle and her family, 1871.
26 Correspondence from Frances Ann Biddle and her family, 1872.
27 Correspondence from Frances Ann Biddle and her family, 1873.
28 Correspondence from Frances Ann Biddle and her family, 1874.
29 Correspondence from Robert T. Cosby to Frances Ann (Tompkins) Clark, 1848-1852.
Box 3
29 Accounts, 1813-1815.
30 Accounts, 1816.
31 Accounts, 1817.
32 Accounts, 1818.
33 Accounts, 1819.
34 Accounts, 1820.
35 Accounts, 1821.
36 Accounts, 1822.
37 Accounts, 1823.
38 Accounts, 1824.
39 Accounts, 1825.
40 Accounts, 1826.
41 Accounts, 1827.
42 Accounts, 1828.
43 Accounts, 1829.
44 Accounts, 1830.
45 Accounts, 1831.
46 Accounts, 1832.
47 Accounts, 1833.
48 Accounts, 1834.
49 Accounts, 1835.
50 Accounts, 1836.
51 Accounts, 1837.
52 Accounts, 1838.
53 Accounts, 1839.
54 Accounts, 1840.
Box 4
55 Accounts, 1842-1844.
56 Accounts, 1845-1847.
57 Accounts, 1850-1852.
58 Accounts, 1853.
59 Accounts, 1855-1862.
60 Accounts, 1865-1872.
61 Accounts, 1873 and n.d.
62 Bills of sale for slaves, 1829-1848.
63 Indiana land papers.
64 Louisville land papers, 1839-1878.
65 McCracken County, Ky., land papers.
65a Plat of land below the mouth of the Tennessee River showing division betweenheirs of General George Rogers Clark in McCracken County, Ky.
65b Two plats of land below the mouth the Tennessee River showing divisionbetween heirs of Jonathan Clark in McCracken County, Ky.
66 Mercer County, Ky. land papers.
67 Insurance policies, 1868-1871.
68 Legal papers: Tracy and Rudy v. Clark andKinkead, 1847-1848.
69 Miscellaneous legal papers.
70 Estate papers, 1880.
70a Prescriptions.
70b Excerpt from William Lewis, Materia Medica.Prescriptions.
Box 5
71 Clark and Bullock accounts, 1836-1841.
72 William Clark and Co. accounts, 1838-1840.One letter, n.d.
73 Churchill Clark and Co. correspondence, 1840.
74 Churchill Clark and Co. correspondence, 1841.
75 Churchill Clark and Co. correspondence, 1842.
76 Churchill Clark and Co. correspondence, 1843.
77 Churchill Clark and Co. correspondence, 1844.
78 Churchill Clark and Co. accounts, 1840 Jan.-June.
79 Churchill Clark and Co. accounts, 1840 July-Dec.
80 Churchill Clark and Co. accounts, 1841.
81 Churchill Clark and Co. accounts, 1842.
82 Churchill Clark and Co. accounts, 1843.
83 Churchill Clark and Co. accounts, n.d.
84 Churchill Clark and Co. receipts, 1840.
85 Churchill Clark and Co. canceled checks, 1840.
86 Churchill Clark and Co. canceled checks, 1841.
87 Churchill Clark and Co. insurance policies, 1840.
Box 6
88 Accounts, 1880-1889.
89 Canceled checks, 1879-1886.
90 Katherine Clark accounts, 1890.
91 Eliza and Eugenia Clark: lease to twenty acres of land in Jefferson County beingpart of Mulberry Hill place, 1884 Dec. 1.Insurance policies, 1883-1886.
92 Eliza and Eugenia Clark accounts, 1883-1890.
93 Eliza and Eugenia Clark accounts, 1893-1894.
94 Eliza and Eugenia Clark accounts, 1895.
95 Eliza and Eugenia Clark accounts, 1896.
96 Eliza and Eugenia Clark accounts, 1897.
97 Eliza Clark accounts, 1898-1899.
98 Eliza and Eugenia Clark accounts, n.d.
99 Eugenia Clark canceled checks, 1883-1896.
100 Mary Clark accounts, 1896-1898.
101 Mary Jane (Clark) Cooke accounts, 1894.
102 Account book, 1812-1861.
