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Levi Todd ceritifes that Elizabeth Kirkman is entitled to benefits as a resident on the western frontier. Todd helped found Lexington, Kentucky and was a prominent figures in that state. He was Mary Todd Lincoln's grandfather.
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[recto]Court continued and held for Fayette County November the 14th 1782 Due application and satisfactory proof being made this Court doth certify to the Surveyor of Fayette County that Elizabeth Kirkner is entitled to the Benefit of an act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain persons now Resident on the Western Frontier[".] A copy teste [signed] to Levi Todd[?] [verso] Do Assign my Right & Title[?] of the within recited Certificate unto Robert Patterson for value Rec. Witness my Hand this 7th Day of Oct. 1782. Test. Elizabeth x[her mark] Kirkman [signed] And W. Steele
Creation Date
11-14-1782
County
Fayette
State/Province
Kentucky
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1756-1807
Keywords
Levi Todd, certificate, Elizabeth Kirkman, western frontier, froniter, Kentucky, Lexington, Fayette County, 1782, benefits
Resource Identifier
070428-40
Date Digital
November 2013
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Archival Science | Social History | United States History | Women's History
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
En-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Todd, Levi, "Certificate endorsed by Levi Todd" (1782). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 99.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/99
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