Toleman Family Papers, 1840-1945

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Toleman Family 

Title:  Papers, 1840-1945 

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 T649 

Scope and Content Note 

Papers of the Toleman family, predominantly of George W. Toleman (d. 1864). Papers include correspondence, 1850-1945; accounts, 1840-1905; Bracken County, Ky. land papers, 1850-1873; legal papers, 1859-1897; account books; bills of lading; bills of sale for slaves; a bank book, 1891-1900; canceled checks, 1903-1906; and monthly statements of tobacco, 1853-1860. 

Papers of George W. Toleman (d. 1864) include correspondence, 1850-1860, mostly about farming. Several of the letters are from Cassius M. Clay. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

  1. 1 George W. Toleman correspondence, 1850-1852. 
  2. 2 George W. Toleman correspondence, 1853. 
  3. 3 George W. Toleman correspondence, 1854-1855. 
  4. 4 George W. Toleman correspondence, 1856. 
  5. 5 George W. Toleman correspondence, 1857. 
  6. 6 George W. Toleman correspondence, 1858. 
  7. 7 George W. Toleman correspondence, 1859 Jan.-June. 
  8. 8 George W. Toleman correspondence, 1859 July-Dec. 
  9. 9 George W. Toleman correspondence, 1860. 
  10. 10 George W. Toleman correspondence, n.d. 
  11. 11 George W. Toleman accounts, 1840-1852. 
  12. 12 George W. Toleman accounts, 1853. 
  13. 13 George W. Toleman accounts, 1854. 
  14. 14 George W. Toleman accounts, 1855-1857. 
  15. 15 George W. Toleman accounts, 1858. 
  16. 16 George W. Toleman accounts, 1859. 
  17. 17 George W. Toleman accounts, n.d. 
  18. 18 George W. Toleman receipts for payments on stock in the Augusta, Cynthiana, and Georgetown Turnpike Road. 
  19. 19 George W. Toleman bills of lading, 1853-1858. 
  20. 20 George W. Toleman bills of sale for slaves, 1855. 
  21. 21 George W. Toleman monthly statements of tobacco. 
  22. 22 George W. Toleman indenture for sale of rights in his letters patent for a rotary harrow, 1859 May 10. 
  23. 23 George W. Toleman Bracken County, Ky. land papers, 1850-1854. 
  24. 24 George W. Toleman legal papers, 1859. 
  25. 25 Martha Toleman Bracken County, Ky. land papers, 1865-1873. 
  26. 26 Martha Toleman bills for cost of litigation, 1851-1852. 
  27. fl. 27 M. M. Toleman account book, 1868-1881. 
  28. 28 George W. Toleman printed circulars . 

 

Box 2 

29 Charles H. Toleman correspondence, 1888. 

30 Charles H. Toleman correspondence, 1891. 

31 Charles H. Toleman correspondence, 1895. 

32 Charles H. Toleman correspondence, 1896. 

33 Charles H. Toleman correspondence, 1897. 

34 Charles H. Toleman correspondence, 1898. 

35 Charles H. Toleman correspondence, 1899. 

36 Charles H. Toleman accounts, 1896-1897. 

37 Charles H. Toleman accounts, 1900-1905. 

38 Charles H. Toleman canceled checks, 1903-1906. Stubs of Gibson’s U.S. orders, 1898-1899. 

39 Charles H. Toleman bank book containing account with Farmers National Bank, Augusta, Ky., 1891-1900. 

40 Charles H. Toleman legal papers, 1897. 

41 Charles H. Toleman printed materials. 

42 Mary Toleman correspondence, 1896-1915. 

43 George W. Toleman, Jr. account books, 1903-1904.

44 Edwin C. Toleman correspondence, 1944-1945. 

45 Charles H. Toleman account book, 1907-1910.