Wallace Family Papers, 1764-1884

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Wallace Family 

Title:  Papers, 1764-1884 

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 W194 

Scope and Content Note 

Papers include correspondence, 1764-1785, discussing family matters, the Revolutionary War, and early Ky.; wills of Dr. James Wallace and John Wallace; land and legal records; records, 1819-1829, of slaves belonging to the estate of Thomas Wallace; papers of Arthur Hooe Wallace, commission merchant at New Orleans and later resident of Louisville, Ky., including letters, 1829-1832, to his brother, William Wallace, in Culpepper County, Va., and letters, 1834-1860, to Arthur Hooe Wallace about business and family matters; accounts, 1835-1837, 1858; bills of lading for tobacco and general merchandise shipped to and by Arthur Hooe Wallace on Mississippi and Ohio River steamboats, 1834-1835; insurance policies on boats and cargoes, 1834-1835; Crittenden County, Ky., land papers, 1839, 1857, 1867; correspondence, 1860-1865, of Lieutenant Thomas Wallace, 6th Kentucky Cavalry, Morgan’s Brigade, C.S.A., with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hooe Wallace, and with his brother and sisters, while serving in the army and as a prisoner of war at Camp Chase and Johnson’s Island, Ohio; letters to Thomas Wallace, 1866-1884; notes and plats of surveys of land for him in Crittenden County, Ky., 1867; genealogical records of the Wallace family and the allied Brown, Dade, Hart, and Preston families; and a store ledger, 1783-1784, of Alexander Dick of Spotsylvania County, Va. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Chart of the Wallace and allied families. Family record.

1a Indenture of Michael Wallace of Scotland, 1734 Mar. 18. (Photostat).

2 Birth and death records.

3 Records from the family prayer book of Dr. Gustavus Brown. 

4 Excerpt from the will of Dr. Gustavus Brown, 1775. 

5 Letter from William Wallace to Dr. Michael Wallace, 1764 Sept. 15.

6 Extract from the will of Dr. Michael Wallace, 1814.

7 Letter from Gustavus Brown Wallace to Dr. James Wallace, 1773 July 27. 

8 Letter from Gustavus Brown Wallace to Michael Wallace, 1775 June 29. 

9 Letter from Dr. James Wallace to Michael Wallace, 1777 Oct. 12.

10 Letter from Dr. James Wallace, 1778 Sept. 15.

11 Notes of Dr. James Wallace about the treatment of Revolutionary War soldiers who suffered with fever, ca. 1780.

12 William Scott letter to Dr. James Wallace, 1785 June 26.

13 Will of Dr. James Wallace, 1790 Dec. 10.

14 Land grant of Dr. James Wallace for 6000 acres of land on the Ohio River and Parroquette Creek, 1806 July 28. 

15 Plat and survey of land belonging to William Brown Wallace in Crittenden County, Ky., ca. 1806.Petition to Congress about his Revolutionary War service, 1832. 

16 Michael Wallace, William B. Wallace, and John Wallace v. Lucinda Wallace et al., 1807.

17 John Wallace will, 1826 Jan. 3.(Copy).

18 Deed to John H. Wallace and others for land in Livingston County, Ky., 1834Jan. 20.

19 Deed to Evey Yager, for land in Culpepper County, Va., 1792 Feb. 26. 

20 Records of slaves belonging to the estate of Thomas Wallace, 1819-1829.Report of commissioners in case of James B. Wallace et al. v. Mary Wallace et al., 1830. 

21 Deed to Henry B. Wallace for land in Livingston County, Ky., 1826 Oct. 26.

22 Two grants of land to Robert Kirk by the state of Va. for land on the Ohio River and in Livingston County, Ky., 1826 Sept. 20.

23 Deed of William Wallace for land in Livingston County on the Ohio River, 1836June 24.

24 Letter from James B. Wallace to Thomas Henry Wallace, 1855 July 13.

25 Notes of survey for Thomas Wallace for land in Crittenden County, Ky., 1867Jan. 8.Plat of surveys for Thomas Wallace for land in Crittenden County, Ky., 1870 May 11. 

26 Proceedings in the case of Horace F. Walworth, v. William B. Patton, 1834 Feb.22.

27 Land patent to Charles Brownfield for land in the Illinois Territory, 1818 Sept.30.

28Anaccount of travel in India. 

29 Note from P. Norvellto Lucien Dade, 1837 Dec. 6. 

30 Correspondence from Letitia Preston Wallace to her daughters, 1863-1865. Will of Letitia Preston Wallace, 1866 July 8. 

31 Letter from Robert Crittenden to Dr. C. P. Blackburn, 1820 Apr. 29.Letter from William H. Chase to Letitia P. Hart, 1826 Sept. 3. 

 

Box 2 

32 Correspondence from Arthur H. Wallace to William Wallace, 1829-1830. 

33 Correspondence from Arthur H. Wallace to William Wallace, 1831-1832. 

34 Correspondence to Arthur H. Wallace, 1834. 

35 Correspondence to Arthur H. Wallace, 1835 Feb.-June. 

36 Correspondence to Arthur H. Wallace, 1835 July-Nov. 

37 Correspondence to Arthur H. Wallace, 1836-1861. 

38 Arthur H. Wallace accounts, 1835-1858.

39 Arthur H. Wallace bills of lading, 1834-1835.

40 Arthur H. Wallace insurance policies on boats and cargoes, 1834-1835.

41 Arthur H. Wallace Crittenden County, Ky. land papers, 1857-1867.

42 Arthur H. Wallace Livingston County, Ky. land papers. Processioner’s report on 1000 acres of land on the Ohio River, 1839 Nov. 13. 

43 Arthur H. Wallace record of membership in the Presbyterian Church, 1872 July27.

44 Thomas Wallace correspondence, 1856-1862.

45 Thomas Wallace correspondence with his family while a prisoner of war, 1863. 

46 Thomas Wallace correspondence with his family while a prisoner of war, 1864. 

47 Thomas Wallace correspondence with his family while a prisoner of war, 1865. Discharge of Thomas Wallace from military prison at Johnson’s Island, 1865 June 11 and oath of allegiance to the U.S. 1865 June 11. 

48 Thomas Wallace correspondence, 1866-1884.

48a Photograph of Thomas Wallace.

48b Letter to Mary H. Wallace from Letitia Hart Wallace, 1866 Feb. 1. Letter to Mary H. Wallace form William Wallace, Feb. 2. 

 

Box 3 

49 Genealogy of the Dade family and miscellaneous Dade family materials.

50 Genealogical history of the Hart family of Ky., 1840.

51 Memoranda of the Preston family.

52 Genealogy of the Preston family.

53 Commission of Major William Preston, 1758 Sept. 30.(Photograph).Nathaniel Hart commission as Captain in the Orange Regiment of Militia, 1771; Dec. 5 1771. (Photograph). 

54 Letter to on the history of the Wallace and Dade families.

55Letterfrom Tom Wallace to Mary Verhoeff. 

56 Alexander Dick ledger, 1783-1784.