Craig-Brooking family papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Craig-Brooking family papers
- Date
- 1807-1905 (inclusive)
- 1857-1869 (bulk)
- Extent
- 1.31 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence.
- Deeds.
- Arrangement
- This collection is arranged by subject at the folder level.
- Preferred Citation
- 2010ms007: [identification of item], Craig-Brooking family papers, 1807-1905, bulk 1857-1869, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Albert Gallatin "A. G." Craig was born to Benjamin Craig and Elizabeth Morris on April 1, 1807 in Riverview, Gallatin County, Kentucky. He married Virginia Judith Brooking (April 15, 1817-June 15, 1893) on September 23, 1834, and they had eleven children. A. G. Craig served as a judge in Gallatin County, Kentucky (appointed in 1851 and 1854) and also served as a school commissioner. Along with his brothers John Anderson and Walton, he speculated in land in Arkansas and Missouri. His sons later went to live on the lang. Craig died on October 22, 1883 in Gallatin County, Kentucky.
- The Brooking family is closely tied to the Craigs. A.G. Craig married Virginia Judith Brooking, and her brother Edward Brooking married Craig's sister Elizabeth Morris Craig.
- Scope and Content
- The Craig/Brooking family papers (dated 1807-1905, bulk 1857-1869; 1.31 cubic feet; 3 boxes) consist of photocopied papers from the children, siblings, and other relations of A.G. and Virginia Craig. The bulk of the family correspondence takes place during and concerns the Civil War. In addition to correspondence, the collection includes receipts, some published accounts, and advertisements. Furthermore, the deeds found in the collection contain the signatures of the following Presidents of the United States: James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Grover Cleveland. The collection provides insight into the life of the Craig and Brooking families of Kentucky in the nineteenth century.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Letters, 1807-1846
Receipts: Little Rock property plus uniform account, 1831
Letters, land speculation documents, and drowning notice, 1835-1849
To Benjamin and Elizabeth Craig from Samuel Nuckolls, 1844 December 29
To Elizabeth Craig from Sarah Martin, 1844 December 30
To Elizabeth Craig from Sarah Martin, 1845 August 19
Elizabeth Craig account, 1848 October 30-1849 June 20
To Elizabeth Craig from J. H. Morris, 1850 March 1
Kentucky Governor (Helm), 1850-1851
Letters, receipts, inventories, relinquishments, 1850-1856
Kentucky Governor (Powell), 1851-1855
Account, 1853 December 23
To Elizabeth C. Brooking from Laura Brooking, 1854 February 4
Letters, 1857
Letters, 1858 January-July
Letters, 1858 August-December
To Mollie Craig from Elizabeth Craig Fenley, 1859 May 17
Letters, 1859
Letters, 1860 January-June
Letters, 1860 July-December
Letters, 1861
Letters, 1862
Newspaper clippings, inventories, boarding school expenses, 1862-1882
Ginia Craig's diary, including "Coronation", 1863 February-1865 March
Letters, 1863-1864
Letters, 1865
Letters, 1866
Letters, 1867
Letters, 1868
Letters, 1869 January-May
Letters, 1869 June-December
Letters, 1870-1872
Letters, 1873
Letters, 1874-1881
Letters, 1882
Letters, 1883-1901
Miscellaneous printed materials, including a travel journal, circa 1905
Letters, undated
Descendants of Benjamin Craig of Kentucky, undated
Brooking genealogy, undated
Items of interest from Inda Frank Kurtz, undated
Deeds, 1833-1837
Deeds, 1835-1838
Deeds, 1845
Deeds, 1850-1859
Deeds, 1860-1868
Deeds, 1866-1868
Deeds, 1868
Deeds, 1870-1879
Deeds, 1880-1882
Deeds, 1895
Deeds, undated
Miscellaneous papers, undated
Craig family research notes, undated
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