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“Jae Breitweiser Collection” MasterList
Organized by: Mersi Curtsinger with additions by Jan Vetrhus, Linda Roaks & Joyce Perkins
Key: JBC: “Jae Breitweiser Collection”
Topics within the Collection:
BG: Black Genealogy
WG: White Genealogy
UGRR: Underground Railroad
AS: Anti-Slavery
BH: Black History
EC: Elutherian College
JC: Jefferson County, IN History
IN His.: Indiana History
US His.: United States History
JEFF: Thomas Jefferson descendents
Rec.: Records (Census, Registration, slave holdings, etc.)
OR: Other Research/ Contacts
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A
Abigail (Abby)(Owner: John Pugh and Eliza B.)
Abraham, Henry
Almus, Ashbury
Alum, Osberry
Alums, Carrie
Allen, Josephus
Ananias (Owner: Stephen D. Hill)
Anderson, Albert
Anderson, Elijah
Anderson, Frank
Anderson, Freeman
Anderson, George
Anderson, Harriet
Anderson, Harris
Anderson, John
Anderson, Owen
Anderson, Patsy
Anderson, Sarah (Sarah Smith)
Anderson, William
B
Baptist and Lott
Baty, John (John Beaty)
Beatty Family File
Beatty, Adam
Beatty, George
Beatty, Henery
Beatty, James
Beaty, Henry (Henry Beatty)
Berry, Eli
Bibb, Henry
Blackburn, George
Blackburn, Thomas
Blanding, Julius
Blue, Harry
Bogar, Pencer
Bolden, William (William Bolen)
Boothe, Griffin
Boothe, Peter
Boulder, Powhattan
Bowler, Charles
Bowler, David
Bowler, Miller
Boysaw, Edna
Broddey, Axley
Brodus, Daniel
Brodus, John
Brodus, William
Brousard, Joseph
Brown Family File
Brown, Grace
Brown, Harriet
Brown, James
Brown, John
Brown, Mary
Brown, Sandy
Brown, William Wells
Broyles Family File
Broyles, Joseph
Broyles, Moses
Broyles, Rachel (Rachel Gregory)
Bryant, Charlotte
Bryant, Israel
Bundy, Henry
C
Carter, Ann
Carter, George M.
Carter, Jacob
Carter, John
Carter, Morgan
Carter, Rob (Bob)
Carver, Sam
Carver, Vachel
Caston, Martin
Cave, Ellen
Cave, Hester Ann
Chavis, Washington
Chine (Chinne), Little Fars
Chinn, Julia
Clay Family File
Clay, Henry
Clay, J.H.
Clay, Martha
Clay, Thomas
Clay, William
Claybrook, Stephen
Colored Methodist Church
Cook, Amos
Cook, Harrison
Cook, James
Cooper, Thomas (Narrative written by Issac T. Hopper)
Copeland family
Frederick D. Copeland
Copeland, John A. (Harper’s Ferry)
Copeland, Lottie
Cornelius (Owner: William Moore)
Cosby, Virginia
Craig, Caroline
Craig, Henrietta
Craig, Robert
Cravens, Powhatten
Crittenden, Aggatha
Crittenden, Lydia
Cunningham, Benjamin
Cunningham, George W.
D
Daphny (Owner: Henry Cook)
Davis, Harvey
Dean, Sandy
DeBaptiste, George
Derconit, Absalom
Dickson, George
Ditto, George
Doctor (Owner: Daniel Farley)
Douglas(s) Family File
Douglas, Rev. WIlliam
Douglass, Frederick
Dubach, Mariah
Dunn, Phillis
E
Ellen, Mary, Virginia, James, and Andrew (Owner: Malachai Warren)
Ellington, Nelson
Evans, A.C.
Evans, Ardenia (Ardinia/Andrian)
Evans, Berry
Evans, Francis
Evans, Frank
Evans, John
Evans, Lewis
Evans, William
F
Forson, Daniel
Forson (Forcen), John (“Rafe”, “Ralf”, “Ralph”), (28th Indiana, US Colored Troops)
Forson, Margaret
Foster, William (Colored Troops)
Francis, Fanny Ann (Fanny Borow)
Freeman, George
G
Gabriel (Clerk: John McKinney)
Garrard, Christopher
Garret, William
Gimrall, William
Gray Family File
Gray, Dennis
Gray, Lewis
Gray, Moses
Gray, Robert
Gray, Semon
Gray, Simon
Gray, Thomas
Gray, William
Graysville
Greenbrier Community
Griffin Family File
Griffin, Alfred
Griffin, Allen
Griffin,Calvin
Griffin, Charles
Griffin, Franklin
Griffin, James
Griffin, Louis
Griffin, William
H
Hackney, Etta (Ettie)
Hackney, James
Hackney, Mary
Hackney, William
Hardy, Joseph
Harris Family File
Harris, Anna M.
Harris, Chapman
Harris, Charles
Harris, Christina
Harris, Cornelius
Harris, Emma
Harris, George
Harris, Gertrude (Gertie)
Harris, Guy
Harris, Harry
Harris, John
Harris, Joseph
Harris, Lucile
Harris, Martin
Harris, Mary
Harris, Maston
Harris, Patsy
Harris, Rosaletta (Lettie)
Harris, Stella (Stella Clay)
Harris Susan (Susan Bolen/Bolden)
Harris, Toney (Tony)
Harris, Virgina (Ginnie/Ginny)
Harris, William
Harris, William and Wife and Seven Children
Hart, Green
Hayes, Jesse
Hile, Paul
Hile, Sharper
Hill, Clarissa
Holton, Charles
Holton, William
Hood, William
Hopkins, Jacob
Hopkins, Robert (Bob)
Hubbard, Marshal
Hudson (Owner: John and Mary Landy)
Hume, Matthew
Humphrey, Mary
Hunter, Jane
I
Israel and Barnaby (Owner: Vincent and Lactitia Self)
J
Jackson, Edmund
Jackson, Emily
Jackson, Henry
Jackson, Hurley
Jackson, Robert
Jefferson, Robert
Jenkins, Jesse
Jenkins, Polly
Johnson, Adaline Chinn (Adeline Chinn)
Johnson, David
Johnson, James
Johnson, Letitia
Johnson, Mary (Mary King)
Johnson, Pete
Johnson, Theodore (Theadore)
Johnston, David
Jones, David
Jordan, Clay
Jordan, Mary E. Harris
Junior, George
K
Kimberley, George
King, Sylvia
L
Lambert, William
Landrum, Uriah
Law (Owner: Christopher Harrison)
Lawrence Family File
Lawson, Angelica
Lenna, Ann Virginia, and John Tut (Owner: Samuel Smith)
Lewis, Archibald (Archie)
Livers, Lillian Sue (Sue)
Locklear, Arthur
Long, Garet
Lott, David
Lott, John
Lott, Henry
Lotte and Stephen (Owner: Harrison Taylor)
Lucy and Mildred (Owner: Henry Jackson)
M
Martin (Owner: Ira and Benjamin Arnold)
Martin, Thomas
Mary and Children (Mary Lou and Elizabeth Hereley) (Owner: Nathan Hitt)
Mason, Hampton
Matthew and Nancy (Owner: Samuel Todd)
Maxwell, Eve
McKay (McKay) Family File
Miller, Larkins
Miner (Owner: John Reed)
Mitchell, Samuel
Moore, Susan
Morgan, John
Morgan, Richard
Morgan, Robert
Moses (Owner: Ira and Benjamin Arnold)
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Nancy and Lucy (Owner: Isoms Enlows)
Nelson, Amos
Nuttals, Cornelius
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O’Banion, Charlie (Charles)
P
Payne, Ellen
Payne, Theopolis
Perry (Owner: William Stith)
Perry, Robert
Peter (Owner: William and Catharine Cook)
Phillips, Amos
Phillips, Arthur
Phillips, Fannie (Fanny)
Phillips, Gilmore
Phillips, H. Wesley
Phillips, Joshua
Pittford, Leroy
Pittford, Mary Ann
Preston, Mrs.
Pryer, John
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Revels, Hiram
Risher, Eliza
Roberte, Elisha
Robinson, Azarariah
Robinson, Edmund
Roger, P.
Ronalds, Matt
Russell, Charles
S
Sanders, Orin
Sanders, Oscar
Shelton, Joseph
Simms, Jack
Simms, William
Simone, Nancy
Smith, Edmund
Smith, George
Smith, Jane
Smith, Mary Isabella
Smith, Sarah
Stafford, Leah
Stafford, Peter
Stanford, Betsey
Stephen (Owner: William Anderson)
Stewart, James
T
Tabitha and Children (Owner: Mary and Alexander Tucker)
Tandy, Amanda
Taylor, Aaron
Taylor, Lottea
Taylor, Samuel
Taylor, Squire
Taylor, William
Thomas, James
Thompson, Mary Eliza
Thompson, Rev. Harry (Pastor)
Thurman, Fountain
Tosset, Caroline
Towden (Plowden/Rowden), George
Tyree, Joseph
V
Vincent, Della
Vincent, Dennis (Den)
Vincent, Henry
Vincent, Susan (Sussan)
W
Warren Family File
Warren, Alonzo
Warren, Andrew
Warren, Ellen
Warren, Henry
Warren, Hinchey
Warren, James
Warren, Malachi
Warren, Mary (Mary Bowler)
Warren, Richard
Warren, Robert
Warren, Virginia
Weaver, Rev. Elisha
Webb, William
Wells, Andrew
William (Owner: Archibald Brooks)
Williams, Nancy
Wright, Jeptha F.
Y
Young, William
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Abbot/Abbott family
Abbott, Henry
Abbott, James
Abbott, John
Allen, James
Alley family
Anderson family
Anderson, Levi
Anderson, Louisa
Anderson, Martha
Anderson, William
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Baily, Commodore P.
Baily, John P.
Beale, Brig. Gen. Richard
Bland, James
Blum, Protus
Bolen, Elizabeth
Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt (books written by)
Brazelton, William
Breitweiser, Lynda “Jae”
Bright, Jesse David
Brown Family
Brown, Alanzo
Brown, Arthur
Brown, Dos
Brown, Francis
Brown, Hallie
Brown, John (Harpers’ Ferry)
Brown, Noel
Brown, Ola
Brown, Pearl
Brown, Richard D.
Brown, Theresa (Klinger)
Burr, Susan
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Carr, Anna (Scarff)
Carr, John
Cavins, B. F.
Clashman, Lawrence
Cochran, William
Coombs, Andrew
Coombs, Anthony
Coombs, Jacob
Cotton Family
Cox Family
Cox, Stephen
Cox, John
Craft, Mary
Craven Family
Craven, Ella
Craven, Herman
Craven, John
Craven, Mary
Craven, Nancy
Craven, Rebecca
Craven, Thomas
Craven, Vinton
Cravens, Drusilla (Lanier)
Cravens, Roger
Cushman/Cooshman) Family
Cushman, Edwin
Cushman, Eldridge
Cushman, Leonidas
Cushman, John
Cushman, Joshua
Cushman, Rebecca
D
Dailey/Daily/Dayley Family
Dailey, Rude
Dailey, Samuel
Dailey, William
Demaree, Lille
Dryden Family
Dryden, Clarence
Dryden, Cora (1893-1894 Diaries, Lancaster)
Dryden, Harmon
Dryden, W. R.
Dunn, Anita Jane
Dunn, William
Dunn, Williamson
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F
Ferris, George
Fewell Family
Fewell, Bennett
Fewell, Charles
Fewell, Elsie
Fewell, Everett
Fewell, Richard
Fischer, Belle
Fischer, H. A.
Freeman, Charles
Froman Family
Froman, Hiram
Froman, Issac
Froman, Jacob
Froman, James
Froman, John
Froman, Jonathan
Froman, Paul
Froman, Solomon
Froman, William
Furnish, Carl
Furnish, Emmett
G
Garber, Michael (dissertation by Mark Furnish)
Gillett Family
Garrison, William Lloyd
Gitch, Mary Ellen
Gordon, Samuel
Graham Family
Graham, James
Graham, John
Graham, Samuel
Gray, Heyden
Griffith, Joshua
H
Hall Family
Hall, Anderson
Hall, Sally
Hall, Sarah
Hammond, Charles
Hammond, Cora
Hammond, Curtis
Hammond, James
Hammond, Jonathan
Hammond, Peter
Harrison, William Henry
Hartsock
Hays Family
Hays, Janis
Hays, Thomas
Hays, William
Hedson, Jennie
Hensley, Mary
Hicklin Family
Hicklin, Agnes
Hicklin, Felix
Hicklin, James
Hicklin, Jane
Hicklin, John
Hicklin, Lewis
Hicklin, Oscar
Hicklin, Thomas
Hicklin, William
Hoffpauir, Girard
Hoffpauir, Pearl
Hoffpauir, Silas
Hovey, Sarah
Howell Family
Howell, Lelord
Howell, Mary
Hoyt Family
Hoyt House
Hoyt, Asenath
Hoyt, Auretta
Hoyt, Benajah
Hoyt, Gershan
Hoyt, Henry
Hoyt, Louis
Hoyt, Lyman
Hoyt, Mary (Hurst)
Hoyt, Walter
Hoyt, William
Hughes Family
Hughes, Anna
Hughes, Annie
Hughes, Bell
Hughes, David
Hughes, Samuel
Hughes, Thomas
Hughes, William
Hurst, Irene
Hutchinson, Cora
Hutchinson, Elan
I
J
Johnson, Richard
K
Kern, Kyle Buford
King, John Lyle
Klinger, David
Kuppler – Kreeger
L
Landan Family
Lapy, Charles
Lapy, Henry
Lapy, Jacob
Latta Family
Lawless, Albert
Lawless, Barbara
Lawless, Elizabeth
Lawless, Lazarus
Lawless, Nancy
Lawless, Thomas
Lee, Albert
Lee, Beverly
Lee, Jacqueline
Lee, John
Lee, Richard
Lewis, Grace
Lewis, William
Logan Family
Logan, Ezikel
Logan, George
Logan, James
Logan, Joseph
Logan, Jas. C.
Logan, Margaret
Long, John
Lovejoy House
Lovejoy, Elijah
M
Marshall, Isaac
McCartney Family
McCartney, Harrietta
McCartney, John
McCartney, Samuel
McCoy, William
McFeely, Clyde
McFeely, Edgar
McFeely, Ethel
Middleton, Lydia
Misc. Newspaper Clippings about various people
Monroe, William
Moore, Joseph
Morton, Governor Oliver P.
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Nay, Bennett
Nay, Polly
Neaville Family & Neaville’s Grove
Nelson Family
Nelson, Carrie
Nelson, Clarra Palmyra
Nelson, Cordelia
Nelson, Daniel
Nelson, Edgar
Nelson, Ella
Nelson, Ellvira
Nelson, Emma
Nelson, Guy
Nelson, Harriet
Nelson, Hiram
Nelson, James
Nelson, Jefferson
Nelson, John
Nelson, Joseph
Nelson, Katherine
Nelson, Lucy
Nelson, Mary
Nelson, Phillip
Netherland, Powhatton
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Officer House
Officer, James
Officer, Joe
Ogdon, Sarah (Hughes)
P
Page, George
Page Jacob
Pence, Imogen
Phillips, Martha
R
Ralson, Lawrence
Rabourn Family
Rabourn, Enoch
Rabourn, Nancy
Rea Family
Rea, George
Rea, Joseph
Rea, Robert “Right” (Wright)
Record, Lemuell
Records, Edith Mary (Masow)
Records, Harold Spencer
Renfro/Rendroe Rev. John William
Robinson, James
S
Salyers, David
Salyers, Rebecca
Salyers, William
Sampson, Mary Ann
Sharp/Sharpe Ross
Sheegog
Spicer, Avery
Spillman, James
Stevens, Stephen
Stimson, Eusebia (Cravens)
Stimson, Samuel
Stites, America
Stites, Charles
Stites, Eliza
Stites, Henry
Stites, Jonathan
Stites, Nehmiah
Stout Family
Stout, Olive
Stribling, Benj
Sullivan, Frank Thomas
T
Tate, James
Tewell, Myrtle
Thomas, Evan
Thompson Family
Thompson, Alexander
Thompson, George
Thompson, John
Thompson, Lucinda
Thompson, Lucy
Thompson, Maurice
Thompson, Rebecca
Thompson, William
Thomson, Samuel
Tibbetts Family
Tibbetts House & Barn
Tibbetts Home of Dr. Samuel
Tibbetts, Charles
Tibbetts, Ebenezer
Tibbetts, Elliot
Tibbetts, Eugene
Tibbetts, Ezra
Tibbetts, James
Tibbetts, John
Tibbetts, Joshua
Tibbetts, Mary
Tibbetts, Milburn
Tibbetts, Ora
Tibbetts, Samuel
Tibbetts, Sarah
Todd, Robert
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Vinson Family
W
Wallace, Barrett
Walker, Stephen
Walker, Thomas
Walton Family
Walton, Abraham
Walton, Dudley
Walton, Isaac
Walton, Isaiah
Walton, Merritt
Webster, Delia
Whitsitt, Effie
Wiley, Harvey
Wilmore, George C.
Winchester Family
Winchester, Alta
Winchester, Arthur
Winchester, Charles
Winchester, Ellen
Winchester, Frances
Winchester, Mary (Carver)
Winchester, Nancy
Winchester, Persis Annette
Winchester, Philander
Winchester, Phillip
Woollen/Woolen, Mary
Woollen/Woolen, William
Workman, Joseph
Wright, Leanna
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Yost Family
Yost, Charles
Yost, Nathan
Yost, Thomas
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Zapp, Kathryn
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VHS recording of the 2003 Gathering
Cassette tape 6-19-2004, Historical Marker Celebration, Lyman Hoyt House, Hoyt Descendants,
April 22, 1861 Madison Daily Courier, Home Guard organized at College Hill
Newsletters (College Hill Gazette)
2000, 2001, 2004, 2007
A Heap O’ Live to Make a Home
Eleutherian Institute Faculty & Students 1849-1887
Eleutherian Visitor Center Photos
Visitors’ Center Deeds
Craven, Padgett, Cox, Greene, Officer, Berry
Reindollar Award for Preservation 2005
Newspaper clippings, HMI program booklet
Articles about Eleutherian College
The Gathering
Photos, articles, notes, programs
2007 Lawsuit against Confined Feeding Operations in Lancaster Township
Eleutherian Domitory photo
Underground Railroad Re-enactment by Rivers Institute
7127 W. SR 250 – Mefford Property Sheriff Sale
2006 Restoration Photos
Eleutherian Brochure
2003 Candlelight Tour
Lancaster Antislavery Church hymns
Newspaper articles: Community Development Grant
Paper: “They Gave of Themselves to Help Change our Nation”
Photos of Jae, Dottie and others
Eleutherian Purchase Deeds
Eleutherian China Photos
Historical Markers text and approvals
National Trust Most Endangered Historic Places 2005
Internship proposal, Amanda Lohrig, 2005
Seating in Early Churches
Correspondence with Louis G. Linn, Wichita, Kansas
Transylvania University 2004 Spring Break Reflections
History – time-line and old photos
History – newspaper articles
History – Early documents
History – Wm. Thompson 1923
Histories – Edwin V. O’Neel 1920, Mary Graves 1957, Judge Curtis Marshall 1948, Phil Cole, Levi Coffin 1850, Ruth Jacobs, ?? handwritten draft 1954.
Pre-restoration photos 2000
1850 Census: Workers who built EC
Representative Billy Bright visit 2006
Hanover College Intern Michelle Purvis 2005
Southeastern IN Trails to Freedom 2006
National Historic Landmark application
Eleutherian College Façade Easement 1990
Hanover Township Directory
Records of Carmel Church, near Hanover 1837-1857
Carmel Cemetery, Hanover Township, 2001 Survey
Big Creek Cemetery
Graysville Cemetery
Booth Cemetery
Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster Township, 2000 Survey
Mouser Cemetery warranty deeds
Nelson Cemetery (Neil’s Creek Cemetery) Compiled by Larry L. Stout, 2004
Dedication of Marker, newspaper article
Directory of Towns in Jefferson County, 1887-1888
Historical Collection Vol. 3, Pioneers of Jefferson County
House on 250/ Lancaster Township Photos
Drusilla Cravens’ history notes
Kinnear Cemetery
College Hill Cemetery 1941 DAR Survey, Bob Scott history 2001
My Lancaster by Meagan S. Brown
Misc. Early Letters
Industry in Lancaster 1850 (Census records)
Lancaster School Years 1887 – 1937
People and Places in Lancaster, IN
Lancaster, 1862 Militia Enrollment, Map, aerial photos
Lancaster School Lot, Deed
Biographical & Historical information on people from Lancaster & Jefferson County
From My Indiana Home 2004
Madison City Directories (1859, 1875, 1879, 1887)
“They Say and Do in the Country” newspaper columns by Charles E. Herberthart
Paris, Indiana
County Farm, newspaper articles from the 1950s
Cemetery Locations in Jefferson County, by township
Wills and Administrations by Robert W. Scott, 2000
Civil War – 4th Indiana Regiment
Civil War – 28th Indiana, U.S. Colored Troops
Civil War – Jefferson County, IN (includes MyIndianaHome printout)
Civil War – Black Soldiers, articles
Civil War – Jefferson County, IN Militia
Enrollment 1862, Volunteers from Lancaster, Smyrna, Graham & Monroe Townships
Churches of Jefferson County (includes MyIndianaHome printout)
St. Stephens A.M.E. Church, Hanover, IN
A.M.E. Church, Georgetown, Madison, IN
Broadway Baptist and St. Paul’s 2nd Baptist, Madison, IN
1999 paper by Diane Perrine Coon, The Chronicles of Chapman Harris
Death of John Carter
Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Madison, IN
College Hill Baptist (Neil’s Creek)
Lancaster Baptist Church
Notes on Negro Schools
Blacks in and around Jefferson County, IN (information available at the Public Library)
Hanover Colored School
Ryker’s Ridge Colored School
Broadway School (Madison)
Historic African-American Sites & Structures in Jefferson County (brochure)
Georgetown Historic Marker (application, text & dedication)
Georgetown (Includes walking tour brochure)
“Mobs in Madison” 1916 article in Madison Courier
John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail brochure
The Indianian 1899 article on Jefferson County
Free Democrats/Madison Daily Democrat Souvenir Edition
Indiana Historical Markers, applications and correspondence