Hi Susan and list. Yesterday, I was looking at an early city directory for Lexington. I can't remember which one it was but it was either 1838 or before. There was a page in there about the lunatick asylum. I think it had a list of staff. Might have a hint. If you are interested in more specifics about the source, please e-mail me off-list. Also, I have had wonderful success in using the Lexington Public Library for research in the Kentucky Gazette. I remember reading just yesterday in one of those early directories that the Kentucky Gazette was the first newspaper in Lexington. It was started early 19th c. Did the early census list the inmates of an institution as such? I can't remember. I didn't write all these things down specifically because they weren't what I was looking for but I remember seeing them. Happy hunting, Caroline [email protected] wrote: > I am looking for any information on an asylum in Lexington in 1832. Also > looking for coroner records for Fayette County for 1832. > > These are some papers found in Lincoln County Courthouse for the Estate of > Dr. Joshua McCormack who died around September 13, 1832. > > Receipt for payment, not dated or signed, road expense to and from Lexington > while taking Joshua McCormack to lunatic assylum. > > Receipt for payment, dated Spetember 13, 1832 purchase of 3 yards of Cambric > for Joshua McCormack. Possibly what his body was wrapped in, when buried, if > he was alive when this was bought, it would not be in his estate papers) > > Receipt for a coroners jury and services, naming James Devers as the coroner > for Fayette County, dated September 17, 1832. > > Does anyone know if the coroner records for this time frame survived over the > years? I know there have been several fires in courthouses but would these > records have been kept at the courthouse or some place else. > > Any help is appreciated. Also, any newsppapers for this time frame. I > understand it would have been very rare for a coroner's jury or as we call it > an inquest to have been held during this time. > > Thanks for your time. > > Susan Hudgens > > ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message with only the word 'unsubscribe' to > [email protected] or [email protected], > depending if you receive 'list mode' or 'digest mode'. Thanks! -- >From the desk of Caroline House http://house.simplenet.com/mom