Jacob-Johnson Family Papers, 1798-1928
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Jacob-Johnson Family
Title: Papers, 1798-1928
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 1 cubic foot
Location Number: Mss. A J15a
Scope and Content Note
Collection contains correspondence, accounts, legal papers, and other material relating to two of Kentucky’s leading families over three generations. The bulk of the material originates in the period 1839-1925 and gives insights into antebellum Ky. and Miss., the James B. and Susan Jacob Clay family, brief glimpses of Civil War conditions, postwar conditions, 19th century education of men and women, and European conditions before and after World War I, particularly for a traveler. The papers also give a brief look at the situation of various family members in the first quarter of the twentieth century.
Folder List
Box 1
1 Correspondence, 1839-1849.
2 Correspondence, 1851-1856.
3 Correspondence, 1857-1858.
4 Correspondence, 1859-1860.
5 Correspondence, 1861-1868.
6 Correspondence, 1870-1898.
7 Correspondence, 1905.
Box 2
8 Correspondence, 1907-1916.
9 Correspondence, 1918-1919.
10 Correspondence, 1920-1921.
11 Correspondence, 1922.
12 Correspondence, 1923-1928.
13 Correspondence, n.d.
14 Correspondence written prior to 1863 (n.d.) all from “Clifton” near Westprt, Ky.
15 Accounts and receipts, 1798-1910.
16 Legal papers, 1852-1927.
Box 3
17 Genealogy of the Jacob family and the Payne family.
18 Invitations and announcements, 1892-1920.
19 Cards.
20 Newspaper clippings, 1898-1917.
21 Photographs.
22 Great Crossings Church-Memo of extracts from records, 1923.
23 Prohibition, 1917.
24 Poetry.
25 Recipes.
26 Miscellaneous.
27 Envelopes.
