Denton Family Collection, 1820-1991

By Marissa Posada, Daniel Lucio, Rachel Motes

Collection Overview

Title:	Denton Family Collection, 1820-1991
Predominant Dates:	1936-1967
ID:	01/ HM. 61
Extent:	14.0 Boxes
Arrangement:	This collection is arranged around individuals and subjects with each box representing either an individual family member/researcher or the type of content contained within.
Date Acquired:	00/00/1994
Languages:	English

Abstract

This collection contains personal genealogical research concerning the Denton family. This research is primarily in the form of personal letters, photos, family trees, official and unofficial documents, and other sources as well.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Denton family has throughout the years compiled various sources ranging from photos to documents in order to preserve adequate genealogical knowledge. This is a collection of all the sources utilized for the genealogical research as well as a record of the pursuit of the genealogical research itself. In particular, this collection contains information regarding how the Denton family came to establish itself in the U.S. such as governmental and informal records, photos, letters, and family trees.

Access Information

Access Restrictions:

Selected items in this collection are restricted. Please contact the UNT Special Collections for more information.

Use Restrictions:

Reproduction and publication of materials in this collection are subject to the policies of the UNT Special Collections department. Copyright restrictions may apply.

Physical Access Note:

Portions of this collection are stored off-site and require a minimum of 24 hours notice prior to use. Boxes 1 - 11 and Box 14 are housed in the Research Collections Library.

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Administrative Information

Repository:	University Archives
Acquisition Source:	UNT
Acquisition Method:	This collection was a donation to the UNT Archives from the Denton family itself.
Preferred Citation:	Denton Family Collection, University of North Texas Special Collections
Finding Aid Revision History:	Rachel Motes processed the accretion of [Box 14] to this collection on August 11, 2017.

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Box and Folder Listing
Box 1: Dwight Wilson Denton Box 2: Dwight Wilson Denton Box 3: Dwight Wilson Denton Box 4: Dwight Wilson Denton Box 5: Dwight Wilson Denton Box 6: Dwight Wilson Denton Box 7: Dwight Wilson Denton Box 8: Carolyn Miller Box 9: Carolyn Miller Box 10: Hazel Denton Box 11: Lynn Denton,N.G. Denron,Sydney Yetive Denton Ramsey Box 12: Photographs Box 13: Dwight Wilson, Denton Scrapbook Box 14: Denton Family – Unknown Accretion

Box 1: Dwight Wilson Denton Request Reading Room Access

Bar Code: 50094
- Folder 1: Letters: William Derel Denton to Walter Bion Denton, 1935-1937 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 2: Letters: William Derel Denton to Walter Bion Denton, 1938-1941 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 3: Letters: James L. Adams Jr., 1937-1942 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 4: Correspondence File (C), 1963-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 5: Correspondence File (D), 1963-1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 6: Correspondence File (G), 1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 7: Correspondence File (H), 1941-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 8: Correspondence File (L), 1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 9: Correspondence File (R), 1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 10: Correspondence File (S), 1963-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 11: Correspondence: Virginia, Maryland, National Archive, 1941-1958 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 12: Rev. Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, 1942-1963 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 13: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Simeon Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 14: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Mary Denton Brown, 1955-1960 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 15: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Mary Denton Brown, 1956-1962 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 16: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Mary Denton Brown, 1922, 1957 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 17: Rev. Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Levi Denton, 1942-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 18: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Levi Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
Box 2: Dwight Wilson Denton Request Reading Room Access

Bar Code: 50093
- Folder 1: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard Lines, Wesley G. Denton, 1936-1955 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 2: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard Lines, Wesley G. Denton, 1942-1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 3: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Wesley G. Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 4: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard Lines, Selah F. Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 5: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Selah F. Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 6: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Benjamin Denton Jr., 1954-1963 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 7: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Benjamin Denton Jr., 1940-1963 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 8: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Benjamin Denton Jr., undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 9: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson Lines, Lorenzo Denton, 1902, 1941-1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 10: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Lorenzo Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 11: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson Lines, Susan Denton Rice, 1952-1965 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 12: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Susan Denton Rice, 1957-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 13: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Susan Denton Rice, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 14: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson Lines, Margaret Ellen Denton Hutchens, 1954-1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 15: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Margaret Ellen Denton Hutchens, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 16: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson Lines, Tabitha Denton Rice, 1962-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 17: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Tabitha Denton Rice, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 18: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson Lines, Milton, John, and Jackson Denton, 1954 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 19: Benjamin Denton, Isaac Denton "Girl" Denton, Phillip Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 20: Benjamin Denton's Account & Notebook, 1821-1863 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
Box 3: Dwight Wilson Denton Request Reading Room Access

Bar Code: 50092
- Folder 1: Phillip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, Phillip Dorsey Denton, 1966, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 2: Phillip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson Smith Lines, John Hiett & Peterson-Smith Line, 1763, 1814, 1942-1951 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 3: Phillip Dorsey Denton - Catherine P. Smith, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 4: Philip Dorsey Denton, Catherine Peterson-Smith, and Their Descendants, Harvey Wesley Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 5: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine P. Smith, Harvey W. Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 6: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, Harvey Wesley Denton, Sophia G. Denton Cochran, 1941-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 7: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, Sophia G. Denton Cochan Wright, Emanda J. Denton, Philip Franklin Denton - 1st Marriage, 1942-1957 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 8: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine P. Smith, Sophia G. Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 9: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, Philip Franklin Denton - 2nd Marriage, 1942-1955 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 10: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith, Philip Franklin Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 11: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith, Matthias Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 12: Philip Dorsey Denton (Samuel line - entered - Extra), undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 13: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, Receipts & Records, 1847-1908 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 14: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photo of Ferne Denton
- Folder 15: Denton Newspaper Clippings, 1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 16: Unknown Photographs, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
Box 4: Dwight Wilson Denton Request Reading Room Access

Bar Code: 50091
- Folder 1: James & Johnathan Denton, Philip Dorsey Denton, 1964-1965 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  (Sellman and Robinson)
- Folder 2: Jonathan & Hiram Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Kentucky
- Folder 3: Rev. Richard Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Mostly S. E. Virginia Dentons
- Folder 4: Rev. Richard Denton - Nathaniel and Daniel, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 5: "Some Decendants of Rev. Richard Denton", 1959 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 6: John Sauage Denton Notes by D.W. & L.G. Denton, October 2 & 3, 1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Copied at Franklin, Tennessee.
- Folder 7: Jonathan and Susan Denton, 1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Illinois.
- Folder 8: Marion G. Denton, 1943-1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 9: William P. Denton & Melinda Jones, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 10: Rev. Richard Denton Line - Jonas & Jane Denton, 1965-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 11: William Denton, 1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 12: William Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
- Folder 13: Kyle Correspondence, 1960 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 14: Kyle & Walters, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photo
- Folder 15: Clarence & Belle Kessler, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Photos
Box 5: Dwight Wilson Denton Request Reading Room Access

Bar Code: 50090
- Folder 1: Indiana Brown's, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 2: Mrs. Martha W. Robertson - Mrs. Audrey N Sanson, 1957-1958 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  836 Shawnee Ave. Lafayette, Ind.
  1208 Ball St. Lafayette, Ind.
- Folder 3: Carroll M. Miller, 1965-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Eugene, Oregon
- Folder 4: Mrs. Maulder, Robert Barnes, 1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 5: Denton - Buck, 1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 6: Cook - Cornwell, 1958-1959 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Miss Alta H. Kibler
  711 West 22 St.,
  Kearney, Nebraska
- Folder 7: Geckler - Gickler, 1958-1959, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Mona Corbin East, Mrs. Charles M. East, Sr.
  1741 E. Spring St.
  New Albany, Indiana
- Folder 8: Meeks - Christy, 1958 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Mr. John R. Phipps
  1516 Lafayette Ave.
  Mattoon, Illinois
- Folder 9: George Bingaman - Barbs, 1958 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  P.O. Box 247
  Purell, Oklahoma
- Folder 10: Sturgeon Line, 1958 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 11: Teal Records & Tennessee Cousins, 1962, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Frankfort, Kentucky
Box 6: Dwight Wilson Denton Request Reading Room Access

Bar Code: 50089
- Folder 1: Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Census Records, 1830-1860 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 2: Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Census Records, 1850-1860 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 3: Connecticut Records, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 4: Illinois Marriages, 1824-1891 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 5: Indiana and Illinois Census Records, 1820-1870 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 6: Indiana & Illinois Census Records, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 7: Indiana & Illinois Dentons Records, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 8: Indiana & Illinois Courthouse Records, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 9: Indiana Marriages, August 9, 1961, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 10: Kentucky Field Trips Courthouse Records, 1962-1963 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 11: Kentucky Field Trips Courthouse Records, 1962-1963 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 12: Dwight Wilson Denton Kentucky Courthouse Records by D.W. and L.G. Denton, 1957, 1958, 1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 13: Dwight Wilson Denton Kentucky Courthouse Records by D.W. and L.G. Denton, 1967,1958, 1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
Box 7: Dwight Wilson Denton Request Reading Room Access

Bar Code: 50088
- Folder 1: Dwight Wilson Denton Kentucky Land Grants, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 2: Dwight Wilson Denton Kentucky Courthouse Records, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 3: Dwight Wilson Denton Maryland Notes, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 4: Dwight Wilson Denton Maryland and Virginia Wills and Marriages Photostats and Typed Copies, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 5: Dwight Wilson Denton Tennessee Census Records, 1820,1830,1840 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 6: Dwight Wilson Denton New York State Census, 1790-1870 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 7: Dwight Wilson Denton New York Wills, 1965 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 8: Dwight Wilson Denton Fairfield, Ohio Cemeteries Listed by Wagner, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 9: Dwight Wilson Denton Fairfield County Cemeteries, Ohio, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 10: Dwight Wilson Denton Tennessee Census Records, 1850 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 11: Dwight Wilson Denton Tennessee Census Records, 1860-1870 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 12: Dwight Wilson Denton Virginia Records, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 13: Dwight Wilson Denton Census Records, 1790,1800,1810,1820,1830,1840,1850,1860 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
Box 8: Carolyn Miller Request Reading Room Access

Bar Code: 50087
- Folder 1: Dawkins, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 2: Miscellaneous Denton Correspondence, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 3: George and Jennie 964-2967, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 4: Open, 1965,1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 5: John Denton Carter, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 6: William A. Denton, 1826-1897 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 7: Immogene B. (Nee Hannen) Brown, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 8: Mrs.Frank Harrington, Sweetwater, Tennessee 37874, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 9: Rev. Richard Denton, circa 1603- circa 1663 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 10: Louis Wilson Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 11: Logan Family, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 12: Logan and Stewarts Families, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 13: Alexander, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 14: Antill Etc-Belonging to Ampthill Bedfordshire, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 15: Denton, Copy of Allman Letter, 1938 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 16: Mrs. Smith Yucca Valley, Temp- Jason c. Page- Hillsboro, Kentucky, James Hunt - Muncie, Indiana, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 17: Kentucky, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 18: Denton Misc, Lloyd, Sally, Horning(Davey Nebr), Reg Dean(plus Spencer Tracey), undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 19: ODell, 1975 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 20: Randy Miller, Miller Genealogy, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 21: Swem Index Sheets, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 22: Hunts, Dentons, 1967 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 23: Denton, Mrs. Little Simmons, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 24: Hunt Archive Records, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 25: Maggie Wagener, Denton-Hunt, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
Box 9: Carolyn Miller Request Reading Room Access

Bar Code: 50086
- Folder 1: Miller-Master Copy, Circa 1965 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 2: J.W. Denton-Family, Lancaster County, Nebraska, B-Ind 1838, D-Nebr 1878 Lancaster Co-Burial Jordan Cemetary, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 3: News Items, Denton and Miller Et. Al, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 4: Zerox Orig, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 5: Notes of Booklet, Denton Research Notes, 1960-1980 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 6: Nebraska State Historical Society, Library Materials, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 7: The Dawkins and Stewart Families of Virginia and Kentucky, 1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 8: Joseph Denton and Family, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 9: Research Notes on Index Cards, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 10: C.M. Miller- Denton Line, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 11: Miller Family, 1964,1980 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
Box 10: Hazel Denton Request Reading Room Access

Bar Code: 50085
- Folder 1: Jonathan Denton, Sr. and Descendants 1, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 2: Jonathan Denton, Sr. and Descendants 2, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 3: Jonathan Denton, Sr. and Descendants 3, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 4: Jonathan Denton, Sr. ansd Descendants 4, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
Box 11: Lynn Denton,N.G. Denron,Sydney Yetive Denton Ramsey Request Reading Room Access

Bar Code: 50084
- Folder 1: Denton Family, Lynn Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 2: N.G. Denton, John B. Denton, 1989,1991 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 3: Sydney Yetive Denton Ramsey, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
Box 12: Photographs Request Reading Room Access

Barcode: 706558
Box 13: Dwight Wilson, Denton Scrapbook Request Reading Room Access

Barcode: 706411
Box 14: Denton Family – Unknown Accretion Request Reading Room Access

Barcode: 642187

Note: Folders 1-9 in this Box were originally found within a box with a label that stated, “HM Denton Family Collection Boxes 1999-2005” while Folders 10-18 were originally found within a box with a label that stated, “Denton Family Dups”. While the arrangement of these folders have been kept in their original order, their titles have been changed to better reflect their contents.
- Folder 1: Correspondence and Denton Family Genealogy Notes, 1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Note: This folder originally had the title of “Box 1999: Dwight Wilson Denton Unmarked Folder (letters from Bertie)”.
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1963 and 1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains two letters, one is from Richard “Dick” Stracke, dated February 14, 1963, while the other letter is from M. Sisson (Tex), dated December 20, 1966.
  
  Note: This folder originally had the title of “Box 1999: Folder 10”.
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1955 – 1960 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains correspondence from Mrs. Hite.
  
  Note: This folder originally had the title of “Box 1999: Folder 14”.
- Folder 4: Correspondence with Denton Family Genealogy Notes, September 9, 1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains paper with family genealogy notes.
  
  Note: This folder originally had the title of “Box 1999: Folder 17”.
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1957 – 1958 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains two letters, one is from Grace, dated February 4, 1957, while the other one is from Stella, dated January 26, 1958.
  
  Note: This folder originally had the title of “Box 2000: Folder 1”.
- Folder 6: Correspondence, October 12, 1952 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains one letter from Grace Denton.
  
  Note: This folder originally had the title of “Box 2000: Folder 2”.
- Folder 7: Correspondence, May 5, 1955 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains one letter from Georgia.
  
  Note: This folder originally had the title of “Box 2000: Folder 11”.
- Folder 8: Correspondence, 1957 and 1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains two letters from Georgia addressed to Dwight and Louise.
  
  Note: This folder originally had the title of “Box 2000: Folder 12”.
- Folder 9: Correspondence, August 17, 1954 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Note: This folder originally had the title of “Box 2000: Folder 14”.
- Folder 10: A Memorial Record for the Friends & Relatives of Van M. Denton, April 21, 1965 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Extent: 3
- Folder 11: A Memorial Record for the Friends & Relatives of Claude Denton, August 27, 1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 12: In Memory of Mrs. Mary J. (May) Shaver, February 8, 1959 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Extent: 2
- Folder 13: Denton Family Genealogy Notes, August 30, 1941 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains Denton Family history notes on the Rev. Richard Denton line as well as the Rev. Douglas Austin Denton line from Margery Adams to her brother Jimmie.
  
  Note: This folder originally had the title of “Copy from Box 1”.
- Folder 14: Dwight Wilson Denton, John Savage Denton Notes by D.W. & L.G Denton Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains an empty envelope, an Elkins Inter-Mountain Newspaper dated May 21, 1966, one notebook referenced as first part of the Whitley Womach booklet “Some descendants of Rev. Richard Denton”, and another notebook referenced as being part two of the Whitley’s Book.
  
  Note: The title for this folder also originally contained, “(copied at Franklin Tennessee on October 2, 3, 1961)”.
- Folder 15: Dwight Wilson Denton, Rev. Benjamin Denton Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains newspaper clippings, notes, scanned documents, and a “History of Pine Grove, United Brethren Church” booklet.
  
  Note: The title for this folder also originally contained, “( (copy from Prof. Allan R. Taylor)”.
- Folder 16: Mrs. Mary J. (May) Shaver Newspaper Clipping Obituary Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 17: Genealogy Notes from the Thomas & Margaret (Denton) Hutchens Bible, 1825 – 1878 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 18: Scanned Marriage Record Notes, 1840 – 1948 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Denton Family Collection, 1820-1991

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Box 1: Dwight Wilson Denton Request Reading Room Access

Folder 1: Letters: William Derel Denton to Walter Bion Denton, 1935-1937 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 2: Letters: William Derel Denton to Walter Bion Denton, 1938-1941 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 3: Letters: James L. Adams Jr., 1937-1942 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 4: Correspondence File (C), 1963-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 5: Correspondence File (D), 1963-1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 6: Correspondence File (G), 1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 7: Correspondence File (H), 1941-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 8: Correspondence File (L), 1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 9: Correspondence File (R), 1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 10: Correspondence File (S), 1963-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 11: Correspondence: Virginia, Maryland, National Archive, 1941-1958 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 12: Rev. Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, 1942-1963 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 13: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Simeon Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 14: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Mary Denton Brown, 1955-1960 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 15: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Mary Denton Brown, 1956-1962 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 16: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Mary Denton Brown, 1922, 1957 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 17: Rev. Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Levi Denton, 1942-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 18: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Levi Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Box 2: Dwight Wilson Denton Request Reading Room Access

Folder 1: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard Lines, Wesley G. Denton, 1936-1955 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 2: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard Lines, Wesley G. Denton, 1942-1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 3: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Wesley G. Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 4: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard Lines, Selah F. Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 5: Benjamin Denton - Mary Sheppard, Selah F. Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 6: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Benjamin Denton Jr., 1954-1963 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 7: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Benjamin Denton Jr., 1940-1963 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 8: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Benjamin Denton Jr., undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 9: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson Lines, Lorenzo Denton, 1902, 1941-1964 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 10: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Lorenzo Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 11: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson Lines, Susan Denton Rice, 1952-1965 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 12: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Susan Denton Rice, 1957-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 13: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Susan Denton Rice, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 14: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson Lines, Margaret Ellen Denton Hutchens, 1954-1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 15: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Margaret Ellen Denton Hutchens, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 16: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson Lines, Tabitha Denton Rice, 1962-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 17: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson, Tabitha Denton Rice, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 18: Benjamin Denton - Tabitha Jackson Lines, Milton, John, and Jackson Denton, 1954 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 19: Benjamin Denton, Isaac Denton "Girl" Denton, Phillip Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 20: Benjamin Denton's Account & Notebook, 1821-1863 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Box 3: Dwight Wilson Denton Request Reading Room Access

Folder 1: Phillip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, Phillip Dorsey Denton, 1966, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 2: Phillip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson Smith Lines, John Hiett & Peterson-Smith Line, 1763, 1814, 1942-1951 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 3: Phillip Dorsey Denton - Catherine P. Smith, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 4: Philip Dorsey Denton, Catherine Peterson-Smith, and Their Descendants, Harvey Wesley Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 5: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine P. Smith, Harvey W. Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 6: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, Harvey Wesley Denton, Sophia G. Denton Cochran, 1941-1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 7: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, Sophia G. Denton Cochan Wright, Emanda J. Denton, Philip Franklin Denton - 1st Marriage, 1942-1957 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 8: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine P. Smith, Sophia G. Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 9: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, Philip Franklin Denton - 2nd Marriage, 1942-1955 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 10: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith, Philip Franklin Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 11: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith, Matthias Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 12: Philip Dorsey Denton (Samuel line - entered - Extra), undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 13: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, Receipts & Records, 1847-1908 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 14: Philip Dorsey Denton - Catherine Peterson-Smith Lines, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 15: Denton Newspaper Clippings, 1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 16: Unknown Photographs, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Box 4: Dwight Wilson Denton Request Reading Room Access

Folder 1: James & Johnathan Denton, Philip Dorsey Denton, 1964-1965 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 2: Jonathan & Hiram Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 3: Rev. Richard Denton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 4: Rev. Richard Denton - Nathaniel and Daniel, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 5: "Some Decendants of Rev. Richard Denton", 1959 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 6: John Sauage Denton Notes by D.W. & L.G. Denton, October 2 & 3, 1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services