Ballard Smith Papers,1787, 1788

Author

Staff

Title

Ballard Smith Papers

Date

1787, 1788

Repository

Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections & Archives.Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931

Conditions Governing Access note

Access at KHS only. Use microfilm, transcriptions or images when available.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Ballard Smith Papers, 1787, 1788, 92SC51,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort.

Extent

2 items

Scope and Content

This collection contains a 1787 bond given by Ballard Smith to William Buckner and James Knox for debt of 167 pounds, fourteen shillings, and a 1788 document certifying a land grant to Smith for 40,000 acres on the waters of the Rockcastle River in Lincoln County. Smith was identified as a resident of Jefferson County on the bond.

These papers may possibly be related to papers of William Taylor at the Kentucky Historical Society.

Arrangement: Chronological

County: Jefferson; Lincoln

Subjects

• Smith, Ballard--fl. 1788
• Insurance, Surety and fidelity--Kentucky--Jefferson County--18th century
• Land grants--Kentucky--Lincoln County--18th century