Kenton vs. McConnell and Keene depositions, 1789-1795, 1789-1790 (bulk dates)
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Kenton vs. McConnell and Keene depositions, 1789-1795, 1789-1790 (bulk dates)
- Creator
- Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836.
- Extent
- 13 pieces.
- Subjects
- Keene, Francis, defendant.
- Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836, complainant,.
- McConnell, Alexander, defendant.
- McConnell, Francis.
- Claims against decedents' estates--Kentucky.
- Estates (Law)--Kentucky.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Kentucky.
- Land titles--Kentucky.
- Kentucky--History--To 1792.
- Depositions
- Arrangement
- Chronological arrangement.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Frontiersman, scout. Kenton, a native of Virginia, lived in Kentucky for more than twenty years. He worked with Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark and fought in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
- Scope and Content
- This is a collection of depositions submitted to a court in Danville, Ky. in a suit over improvements in the neighborhood of a pond on land in dispute between Simon Kenton and the estate of Francis McConnell.
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