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Unless otherwise indicated, all books in this list are in sound, usable condition ("very good"), in the original cloth binding and are 8vo. (approximately 6" X 9" in size.) Most are not new; however, previous owners' names, bookplates, stamps and other marks of ownership are not noted unless such markings are disfiguring. Bindings on older books will usually show normal signs of wear and use relative to the age of the book. Excessive wear or damage is noted in the description. Books whose condition is above average are also noted.
611078 A Place in Time: The Story of Louisville’s Neighborhoods. Published by The Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Company, Louisville, KY in 1990. 3rd printing. Index, illus., photos, maps, softcovers, folio, VG condition, 161 pp. Much history and nicely illustrated. $25.00
211043 Will Records of Clark County, Kentucky [Volumes I & II], by Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather. Author published, Chillicothe, MO, no date. Indexes, soft covers (soiled, red ink notations), in plastic covers, 4to., 15, 26 pp. Covers Will Book I, 1792-1809 and Will Book B, 1809-1826 $10.00
211073 History of Kentucky: Volume II, by Collins Lewis and Richard H. Collins. Published by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1979 ?. Reprint of 1882 edition. Index, biblio., illus., folding map, blue cloth, 8vo., 804 pp. Owner's stamp and red ink marks on fep. History of the state and each of its counties through 1874. Includes nearly 500 biographical sketches of prominent residents. $30.00
211147 Clinton County, Kentucky Census 1840 & 1850, by Farmer, Jane Frogue and Frances E. Parker. Author published, California, 1978. Indexes, soft covers (creased), bound with tape on spine, 4to., 55 pp. Red ink notation on title page. Includes numbers of males and females by five-year age groups. The first 16 pages are lightly creased. $12.50
211165 The Kentuckians, by Giles, Janice Holt. Published by The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1981. Reprint edition. Map, soft covers, 8vo., 248 pp. Owner's stamp on fep., interior VG. A fictional account of the frontiersmen who straggled through Cumberland Gap in the 1770s and carved their farms from the wilderness of Virginia's westernmost county. $7.50
211224 Jefferson County Kentucky Records Volume 2 [County Court Records], by Cook, Michael L. Published by Cook Publications, Evansville, IN, 1987. Index, red buckram, 4to., 571 pp. Owner's stamp and red ink marks on fep., a few red ink marks inside. Volume 20, Kentucky Records Series. Abstracts of the County Court, Minute Books 4 through 9 (1795-1811). $30.00
211225 Jefferson County Kentucky Records Volume 5 [Deeds], by Cook, Michael L. Published by Cook Publications, Evansville, IN, 1987. Index, red buckram, 4to., 412 pp. Owner's stamp and red ink marks on fep., a few red ink marks inside. Volume 25, Kentucky Records Series. Lengthy, comprehensive abstracts of all deeds recorded in Deed Books 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, covering the period 1783 to mid-1806. $30.00
906673, Hendrick, William J., Rev. James P. Hendrick, D.D.; Memoirs, With... History of Ebenezer Presbytery. Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA, 1907, 342 pp., 1st edition, 8vo., Index, frontis., brown embossed cloth., VG condition; minor spine abrasion, rear hinge starting., Hendick, minister and educator, was born near Nicholasville, KY in 1828. The Presbytery history is from 1799-1888. $30.00
906854, McGill, Anna B., The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky, Encyclopedia Press, New York, 1917, 436 pp., 8vo., index, photos, cloth, VG condition. History of this Catholic religious order in Kentucky from 1815. Contains an interesting chapter on the Civil War. $50.00
702013 Tennessee Soldiers in the Revolution, by Penelope Johnson Allen. Published by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD in 1975. Reprint of 1935 publication. Wraps (a little shabby looking), 8vo., VG condition, 71 pp. Includes Index to Soldiers Residing in Washington and Sullivan Counties 1781-1783 [North Carolina]; Index to Wills of Washington County, TN; Abstracts of Wills, Washington County, TN; Marriage Records, Blount County, TN; Marriage Records, Davidson County, TN; and Revolutionary Grants in Davidson County, TN. $12.50
612021 Hearts Strangely Warmed: A History of the First Broad Street United Methodist Church Kingsport, Tennessee, 1911-1975, by Winifred W. McMahon and Margaret N. Wimberly. Published by Mr. & Mrs. John D. Wimberly, Kingsport, TN in 1976. Illus., biblio., photo, gray cloth, 8vo., VG condition, 145 pp. Includes biographical sketches of ministers and associate ministers. $20.00
611073 Calendar of the Tennessee and Kings Mountain Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts [Calendar Series Volume 3]. Published by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, no date. Reprint of the 1929 edition. Index, black buckram, 8vo., VG condition, 699 pp. This volume, one of a series published by the Wisconsin State Historical Society, describes in detail the manuscripts donated by Lyman C. Draper relating to the history of Tennessee. An essential reference for anyone researching this geographic area. $25.00
611077 Kingsport, Tennessee: A Planned American City, by Margaret Ripley Wolfe. Published by The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, in 1987. Index, biblio, notes, photos., maps, endpaper maps, white cloth, dj., 8vo., near-new condition, 259 pp. Kingsport, TN was the first thoroughly diversified, professionally planned, and privately financed city in 20th century America. $22.50
308210 Visions of Utopia: Nashoba, Rugby, Ruskin, and the "New Communities" in Tennessee's Past, by Egerton, John. Published by The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN, 1977. 1st edition. Index, biblio., illus., photos, maps, softcover, 8vo., 95 pp. VG condition. A fascinating history of three experimental communities: Nashoba, an interracial settlement near Memphis in 1825; Rugby, an English cooperative community on the Cumberland Plateau in 1880; and Ruskin, a socialist community in Dickson County in 1894. $10.00
211103 Tennessee 1830 Census Index, by Jackson, Ronald Vern (ed.). Published by Accelerated Indexing Systems, Bountiful, UT, 1980. 3rd printing. Map, red cloth, 4to.,213 pp. Owner's stamp and red ink notations on fep. Lists heads of household, sex and agegroup of family members, county, page number on microfilm, census division within county. $30.00
211161 Record of Commissions of Officers in the Tennessee Militia, 1796-1815, by Moore, Mrs. John Trotwood. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 1977. Reprint edition. Index, blue cloth (lightly scuffed), 8vo., 272 pp. Owner's stamp and red ink marks on fep., a few red ink marks inside. Arranged by county. Includes name, rank, and date of Commission. $25.00
211172 1830 Census-West Tennessee, by Sistler, Byron. Published by Byron Sistler & Associates, Evanston, IL, 1971. Map, tan cloth (light soil), 4to.,213 pp. Owner's stamp and red ink notations on fep., a few red ink marks inside. Includes entries for 24 western counties in 1830. Gives name of the head of the family, the number or males and females by age group, the county, and the microfilm page number. $25.00
906852, Govan, Gilbert E. and James W. Livingood, The Chattanooga Country, 1540-1976: From Tomahawks to TVA, University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, 1977, 536 pp., 3rd edition, 8vo., illus, index, biblio., photos, cloth, dj., VG condition. A readable history of this Tennessee region. $17.50
906853, Govan, Gilbert E. and James W.
Livingood, The Chattanooga Country, 1540-1976: From Tomahawks to TVA,
University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, 1977, 536 pp., 3rd edition, 8vo.,
illus, index, biblio., photos, cloth, VG condition. A readable history of this
Tennessee region. $15.00
108150 Early History of Warren County, by Will T. Hale. Printed by Standard Printing Co., McMinnville, Tennessee, 1930. Adverts, softcovers, 8vo., 65 pp. Loose in original wraps; somewhat soiled and abraded. $30.00