Joyes Family Papers, 1780-1871
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Joyes Family
Title: Papers, 1780-1871
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 J89
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, 1783-1868, some concerning Thomas Joyes’ land transactions, litigation arising from the transactions, and management of his landed property; legal papers, 1784-1862, including those regarding the estate of Henry Reed (d. 1793) of Fort Pitt and Louisville, Ky.; bills, receipts, promissory notes and orders to pay, 1783-1870; land papers, 1780-1871, a good many of which concern Thomas Joyes’ property in Ky., Ind., Kn., and Mo.; two slavery documents, 1834, 1851; War of 1812 material, including an orderly book, account of service, defense of Ky. troops at the battle of New Orleans, plan of the battle, and rosters of Captain Thomas Joyes’ company of militia; shipping papers; notebooks; surveyors’ instructions (printed); Indian treaties (printed); newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous material.
The collection also includes papers, 1817-1850, of Chapman Coleman, containing correspondence; fee bills, 1831-1843; statements of account, 1839-1849; bills of sale for slaves, 1823-1837; legal papers; land papers concerning land in Bath County, Ky., Frankfort, Louisville, and Mason County, Ky., La., Miss., and Tx.
Folder List
Box 1
1 Correspondence, 1783-1802.
2 Correspondence, 1803-1817.
3 Correspondence, 1818-1823.
4 Correspondence, 1824-1826.
5 Correspondence, 1827-1833.
6 Correspondence, 1834-1836.
7 Correspondence, 1837.
8 Correspondence, 1838.
9 Correspondence, 1839
Box 2
10 Correspondence, 1840 Jan.-June.
11 Correspondence, 1840 July-Sept.
12 Correspondence, 1840 Oct.-Dec.
13 Correspondence, 1841 Jan.-Mar.
14 Correspondence, 1841 Apr.-June.
15 Correspondence, 1841 July-Sept.
16 Correspondence, 1841 Oct.-Dec.
17 Correspondence, 1842.
18 Correspondence, 1843 Jan.-June.
19 Correspondence, 1843 July-Dec.
20 Correspondence, 1844.
21 Correspondence, 1845 Jan.-June.
22 Correspondence, 1845 July-Dec.
23 Correspondence, 1846.
24 Correspondence, 1847.
Box 3
25 Correspondence, 1848.
26 Correspondence, 1849 Jan.-June.
27 Correspondence, 1849 July-Dec.
28 Correspondence, 1850 Jan.-June.
29 Correspondence, 1850 July-Dec.
30 Correspondence, 1851.
31 Correspondence, 1852.
32 Correspondence, 1853 Jan.-Mar.
33 Correspondence, 1853 Apr.-Dec.
34 Correspondence, 1854.
35 Correspondence, 1855.
36 Correspondence, 1856-1857.
37 Correspondence, 1858-1859.
38 Correspondence, 1860.
39 Correspondence, 1861.
40 Correspondence, 1862-1868.
41 Correspondence, n.d.
Box 4
42 Land papers, 1780-1786.
43 Land papers, 1787-1793.
44 Land papers, 1794-1805.
45 Land papers, 1806-1817.
46 Land papers, 1818.
47 Land papers, 1819 Feb.-Apr.
48 Land papers, 1819 May-Dec.
Box 5
49 Land papers, 1820.
50 Land papers, 1821-1822.
51 Land papers, 1823-1826.
52 Land papers, 1827-1828.
53 Land papers, 1829-1832.
54 Land papers, 1833-1835.
55 Land papers, 1837-1839.
56 Land papers, 1840-1845.
57 Land papers, 1846-1849.
Box 6
58 Land papers, 1850-1854.
59 Land papers, 1855-1856.
60 Land papers, 1857-1859.
61 Land papers, 1860-1871.
62 Land papers, n.d.
63 Land papers, n.d.
64 Land papers, n.d.
65 Land papers, n.d.
66 Newspaper clippings containing lists of forfeited lands.
Box 7
67 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1783-1785.
68 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1786-1793.
69 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1794-1799.
70 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1805.
71 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1806-1808.
72 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1809-1811.
73 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1812-1816.
74 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1818-1820.
75 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1821-1825.
76 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1826-1829.
77 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1830-1834.
78 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1835-1838.
79 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1839.
Box 8
80 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1840.
81 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1841.
82 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1842.
83 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1843-1844.
84 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1845-1846.
85 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1847-1848.
86 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1849.
87 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1850.
88 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1851.
89 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1852-1854.
90 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1855.
91 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1856.
92 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1857.
93 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1858.
94 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1859.
95 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1860.
96 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, 1861-1870.
97 Bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders to pay, n.d.
Box 9
98 Legal papers, 1784-1799.
99 Legal papers, 1801-1815.
100 Legal papers, 1816-1820.
101 Legal papers, 1822-1828.
102 Legal papers, 1831-1839.
103 Legal papers, 1840-1848.
104 Legal papers, 1852-1862.
105 Legal papers, n.d.
106 “A map of the town of Columbus.” Iron Banks maps and surveys.
107 Shipping papers, 1813-1815.General instructions to Deputy Surveyors. Notebook.
108 Fragments.
Box 10
109 Thomas Joyes commissions, 1807-1816.
110 13th Ky. Militia Regiment muster rolls, 1814-1815.
111 Order book. Account of service in the War of 1812.Defense of Ky. troops in the War of 1812.
112 Indian treaties and other Indian papers.
113 Certificate of membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Louisville, Ky., 1851 Sept. 14.
114 Slavery documents, 1834-1851.
115 Poems.
116 Printed material.
117Miscellaneouspapers.
118Miscellaneouspapers.
119Miscellaneouspapers.
Box 11
120 Estate of Henry Reed. CLICK TO ACCESS PDF
121 Estate of Henry Reed. CLICK TO ACCESS PDF
122 Estate of Henry Reed. CLICK TO ACCESS PDF
123 Estate of Henry Reed. CLICK TO ACCESS PDF
124 Chapman Coleman letters, 1823-1846 and n.d.
125 Chapman Coleman accounts, 1831-1850.
126 Chapman Coleman slavery documents, 1823-1837.
127 Chapman Coleman land papers, 1817-1828.
128 Chapman Coleman land papers, 1831-1834.
129 Chapman Coleman land papers, 1836.
130 Chapman Coleman land papers, 1839-1850.
131 Chapman Coleman miscellaneous papers, 1833-1841.
Box 12
132 Mary Verhoeff: Miscellaneous notes and material concerning the Joyes family.
133 Mary Verhoeff: Miscellaneous notes and material concerning the Joyes family.
134 Mary Verhoeff: Miscellaneous notes and material concerning the Joyes family.
135 Mary Verhoeff: Miscellaneous notes and material concerning the Joyes family.
136 Mary Verhoeff: Miscellaneous notes and material concerning the Joyes family.
