Gooch, Thomas G. (d. ca. 1869) Papers, 1827-1885
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Gooch, Thomas G., d.ca. 1869
Title: Papers, 1827-1885
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 0.66 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A G645
Scope and Content Note
The collection is comprised of papers concerning the enterprises and legal proceedings of Thomas Gooch. He was an executor of wills, a guardian of a business partner’s daughter and a farmer who dealt in tobacco, cotton, wool, bee hives and saw milling. Lists from 1845 to 1864 record prices paid for household and personal items and reflect the needs of a prosperous Logan County, Kentucky family. Included in the collection are Adkins family papers. These are mainly letters and sermons of an Ohio preacher.
Biographical Note
Thomas G. Gooch was a preacher and farmer in Logan County, Kentucky. His business activities included surveying, a saw mill and bee hives as well as the farm production of tobacco, cotton and wool. He was a trusted man in his community who witnessed many wills and became the guardian of a business partner’s daughter. Gooch continued to oversee the woman’s lands even after she was married and moved to Louisiana.
Gooch had a prosperous farm in Logan County, Kentucky. He was a sound businessman who invested in many different projects. His son did not fare so well and in 1865 a Nashville banker has to pay many of the younger Gooch’s debts. The elder Gooch then works a deal to pay back the banker.
Folder List
Box 1
Folder 1: Correspondence 1847-1856.
Folder 2: Correspondence 1857-1859.
Folder 3: Correspondence 1860-1884.
Folder 4: Business Papers: 1827-1859.
Folder 5: Business Papers: 1860-1869.
Folder 6: Business Papers: Undated.
Folder 7: Legal Papers.
Folder 8: Surveys and Land Papers: 1836-1852.
Folder 9: Surveys and Land Papers: 1853-1873.
Folder 10: Surveys and Survey Notes: Undated.
Box 2
Folder 11: Household and Farm Accounts 1839-1862.
Folder 12: Miscellaneous Papers: 1855-1874.
Folder 13: Adkins Family Correspondence and Elyria Church Business 1840-1884.
Folder 14: Adkins Family Sermons and Religious Notes 1837-1872.
