Terrell, Chiles (1780-1851) Papers, 1799-1865

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Terrell, Chiles, 1780-1851 

Title:  Papers, 1799-1865 

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

Size of Collection:  0.33 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A T325 

Scope and Content Note 

Papers include correspondence, 1820-1848, regarding land in Livingston, Crittenden, McCracken, and Fleming counties in Ky.; records regarding the sale and transfer of slaves to help pay his debts; legal records regarding land in Chesterfield County, Va., Jefferson County, Ky., and a dispute with Brutus J. Clay over land in McCracken County; and an 1828 report about the Jefferson Seminary in Louisville. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Correspondence, 1820-1828.Letter from Lucy Sthreshly to her mother, Mrs. Mary Upshaw, 1799 May 30. 

2 Correspondence, 1829-1832.

3 Correspondence, 1833-1839.

4 Correspondence, 1840-1848.Letter from Warren Thornberry to T. F. Terrell, 1865 Feb. 21 about the cotton trade. 

5 Contracts and deeds to land in Va. and Ky., 1808-1856.Pages from Terrell’s survey notebook from western Ky. and note of a survey of land granted to G. R. Clark patented, 1795 Dept. 15. 

6 Notebook, 1828, kept while a professor at Jefferson Seminary.

7 Accounts, 1825-1847.

8 Legal papers: William A. Massie v. Chiles Terrell, 1818-1822.

9 Legal papers: Charles Smith v. Chiles Terrell, 1821-1826.

10 Legal papers: County Court of Jefferson County, Ky. v. Chiles Terrell and John Burruss, 1836.

11 Legal papers: Chiles Terrell v. Brutus J. Clay, executor and Isabella Clay, executrix of Sidney P. Clay, 1837.