Additional Descriptive Data

Alternate Locations

Six Croghan family papers documents are located in oversize manuscripts:

• Deed granting land on the Virginia State Line to Patrick Simpson by military warrant, signed by Kentucky Governor James Garrand; September 12, 1791.
• Copy of indenture transferring land from William and Lucy Croghan to the heirs of [Nathaniel Mafrie] for the sum of ten dollars; August 1821.
• Copy of indenture transferring land in Louisville, Kentucky, from Daniel McCallister and his wife to John Croghan; April 20, 1831.
• Testimony of John Doe on the demise of John Croghan vs. Benjamin McFarland and Others: plat and report; September 1848.
• Copy of indenture between George Croghan, Serena E. L. Croghan, and John R. Livingston, regarding the property of Serena E. L. Croghan; January 1845.
• List of lands in the disposal of George Clark [of] Lexington; [1800s].

Two maps were separated from this collection and are in the Clements Map Division:

• Clay, G.C. and James Thompson. Surveyed for George Rogers Clark 36.962 acres of land… June 7, 1784
• [George Rogers Clark grant, Indiana Territory], 1790.

Related Materials

The following collections in the Clements Library include additional Croghan-related materials:

• The Michigan collection contains two George Croghan related items.
• The Lucius Lyon papers contain two letters from G. Croghan to Lyon, dated February 18 and October 20, 1837.
• The Winfield Scott papers contain a letter from George Croghan to Winfield Scott, dated October 4, 1830.

Bibliography

Thomas, Samuel W. "Croghan, George", American National Biography Online . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.