Fenley-Williams Family Papers, 1756-1951

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Fenley-Williams family 

Title:  Papers, 1756-1951 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  3.75 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A F333 

Scope and Content Note 

Contents include correspondence, 1799-1951; financial records, 1756-1904; land papers, 1790-1920; genealogical material on the Fenley, Williams, Carr, and Honore families; newspaper clippings; Bible records; and miscellaneous material. 

Correspondence discusses personal, legal, land, family, and social matters, including farming activities in Jefferson County and domestic activities. 

Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Dept. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Correspondence and documents, 1784-1799.

2 Correspondence and documents, 1800-1821.

3 Correspondence and documents, 1822-1827.

4 Correspondence and documents, 1828.

5 Correspondence and documents, 1829-1832.

6 Correspondence and documents, 1833.

7 Correspondence and documents, 1834-1835.

8 Correspondence and documents, 1836.

9 Correspondence and documents, 1837.

10 Correspondence and documents,1838Jan.-Sept.

 

Box 2 

11 Documents, 1838 Oct.-Nov.

12 Correspondence and documents, 1839-1840.

13 Correspondence and documents, 1841-1846.

14 Correspondence and documents, 1847-1849.

15 Correspondence and documents, 1850-1851.

16 Correspondence and documents, 1852-1853.

17 Correspondence and documents, 1854.

18 Correspondence and documents, 1855-1856.

19 Correspondence and documents, 1857.

20 Correspondence and documents, 1858.

21 Correspondence and documents, 1859.

22 Correspondence and documents, 1860 Jan.-June.

23 Correspondence and documents, 1860 July-Sept.

24 Correspondence and documents, 1861.

25 Correspondence and documents, 1862.

26 Correspondence and documents, 1863 Jan.-Oct.

27 Correspondence and documents, 1863 Nov.-Dec.

 

Box 3 

28 Correspondence and documents, 1864 Jan.-June.

29 Correspondence and documents, 1864 Aug.-Dec.

30 Correspondence and documents, 1865 Jan.-Aug.

31 Correspondence and documents, 1865 Sept.-Nov.

32 Correspondence and documents, 1866.

33 Correspondence and documents, 1867 Jan.-Apr.

34 Correspondence and documents, 1867 May-Dec.

35 Correspondence and documents, 1868.

36 Correspondence and documents, 1869.

37 Correspondence and documents, 1870 Jan.-June.

38 Correspondence and documents, 1870 July-Dec.

39 Correspondence and documents, 1871-1872.

40 Correspondence and documents, 1873 Jan.-July.

41 Correspondence and documents, 1873 Aug.-Dec.

42 Correspondence and documents, 1874.

43 Correspondence and documents, 1875.

 

Box 4 

44 Correspondence and documents, 1876.

45 Correspondence and documents, 1877-1879.

46 Correspondence and documents, 1880 Jan.-Feb.

47 Correspondence and documents, 1880 Mar.-Dec.

48 Correspondence and documents, 1881.

49 Correspondence and documents, 1882 Jan.-June.

50 Correspondence and documents, 1882 Aug.-Dec.

51 Correspondence and documents, 1883.

52 Correspondence and documents, 1884.

53 Correspondence and documents, 1885.

54 Correspondence and documents, 1886 Jan.-June.

55 Correspondence and documents, 1886 July-Dec.

56 Correspondence and documents, 1887-1889.

57 Correspondence and documents, 1890-1891.

58 Correspondence and documents, 1892.

59 Correspondence and documents, 1893 Jan.-June.

60 Correspondence and documents, 1893 July-Dec.

 

Box 5 

61 Correspondence and documents, 1894.

62 Correspondence and documents, 1895-1898.

63 Correspondence and documents, 1900-1910.

64 Correspondence and documents, 1913-1920.

65 Correspondence and documents, 1921-1951.

66 Mary Elizabeth Fenley correspondence, n.d. 

67 Mary Elizabeth Fenley correspondence, n.d. 

68 Susan Allison Fenley correspondence, n.d. 

69 Mary Lewis Abbott correspondence, n.d. 

70 Mary Carr correspondence, n.d. 

71 Eliza Jane Honore correspondence, n.d. 

72 Bertha M. Palmer correspondence, n.d.

73 Ruth Maria Hall correspondence, n.d. 

74 Winchester Hall correspondence, n.d.

75 Laura Virginia Honore correspondence, n.d. 

76 Martha Gaither Edmunds correspondence, n.d. 

77Undatedenvelopes. 

78Undatedfinancial records, accounts, checks, receipts, and dressmaker bills. 

79Undatedplats. 

 

Box 6 

80Miscellaneouspapers, postcards, greeting cards, and social cards. 

81Miscellaneouspapers, advertisements and menus. 

82Miscellaneouspapers, recipes and medicine. 

83Miscellaneouspapers, school work. 

84Miscellaneouspapers, paintings and photographs. 

85Miscellaneouspapers, undated poetry. 

86Miscellaneouspapers. 

87 Photographs, newspaper clippings, William C. Williams mansion, 1876-1958. 

88 “Death and funeral notices of friends and relatives of Frances Marion Williams Fenley, 1900-1922 and n.d. 

89 Newspaper clippings, death and marriage notices, 1860-1897, and n.d.

90 Newspaper clippings, 1859-1951 and n.d.

91 Newspaper clippings, John Norris Fenley estate, 1961. 

92 Pages from Williams family Bible, and newspaper clippings.

93 Pages from Williams family Bible.

94 Pages from Williams family Bible.

95 Pages from Fenley family Bible. 

96 Account book: John N. Fenley’s account with A.D. Hunt and Co., 1855-1857. 

97 Account book: William Carr Fenley’s account with the Bank of Kentucky, 1861-1863. 

98 Account book: Mrs. Mary E. Fenley’s account with Citizens National Bank, 1881-1886. 

99 Pages from account book-cost of house built by R. Ayars, 1832.

 

Box 7 

100 Account book. 

101 Account book. 

102 Account book. 

103 Account book, 1816-1831. 

104 Account book, 1820-1825. 

105 Account book. 

 

Box 8 

106 Account book, 1830-1850. 

107 Account book, 1838-1861. 

108 Recipe book. 

109 Diary, 1864. 

110 Autograph book. 

 

pkg. 111 Account book of William C. Williams, Hannah Dubborly, William Grushon, Lucy Ann Hamilton, 1830-1834. 

pkg. 112 Farm ledger, 1900-1917.