E.P. Benton's Correspondence with Lyman Draper

Index

Submitted by Lynn Greene

These are a series of letters written mainly by E. P. Benton with Lyman Draper regarding various places of interest in Estill County

E. P. Benton was Elihu Polk Benton, son of Jesse Benton, son of Richard Benton who came to Madison County early on around the very late 1700’s from Caswell Co., N. C.. Richard was a member of the Cornstalk Militia.  I have much history on him which is too much to share.  My 2nd great grandmother was Ailcy Benton Easter.  Ailcy was E. P. Benton’s sister.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Also, these papers were copied from the interlibrary loan of the originals and all the misspellings were  left intact for authenticity.  I believe they were from the University of Wisconsin.

• 20 Aug 1883 - Station Camp Creek

• 16 Jun 1884 - Station Camp Creek

• 29 Sep 1884 - Boone's Camp & Other Contacts

• 09 Oct 1884 - Estill County Information

• 07 Feb 1885 - Pompey's Death & Various Creeks

• 13 Jun 1885 - Boone Tree

• 04 Aug 1885 - Boone on Station Camp

• 13 Aug 1885 - Boone's Fort - Station Camp Creek

• 20 Aug 1885 - Boone Tree Information

• 29 Aug 1885 - Estill Co. Information

• 22 Feb 1886 - Boone's Name on Cliff

• 20 Jan 1887 - Boones Rock Dimensions

 

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