Elliot family.
Elliot-McKee family deeds1753–1900
1816–1858
MSS 584
43 items
This collection of eighteenth and nineteenth-century deeds, mortgages, and bonds relate to the McKee and Elliot families of New Castle County, Delaware.
Materials entirely in
English.
University of Delaware
Library -
Special Collections
Source
Gift, 1976.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
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Citation
MSS 584,
Elliot-McKee family deeds, Special Collections, University of
Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Shelving Summary
- Box 1: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
- F1–F3: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Processing
Processed and encoded by Keith Minsinger, September 2008.
Historical Note
The eighteenth and nineteenth-century papers included here are from both the McKee and Elliot families of New Castle County, Delaware. They include Andrew McKee and William McKee and their offspring, who were all farmers in the vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware. The Elliot family, also farmers from the same area as the McKee family, served often in local government positions. Family members include John Elliot, Cloud Elliot, and Cloud Elliot's children and grandchildren. The major figure in these deeds and papers is Cloud Elliot. His sons Isaac C. Elliot and John C. Elliot appear also in this collection. Various other names appear as well, many of whom may have had relations with the Elliot family, such as George Scott and James Broome.
Conrad, Henry C. History of the state of Delaware, by Henry C. Conrad, from the earliest settlements to the year 1907.
Wilmington, Del. : The author, 1908.Additional biographical information derived from collection.
Scope and Content Note
The McKee-Elliot family deeds comprise the land indentures, deeds, mortgages, and other papers of two nineteenth-century families of New Castle County, Delaware. Dating from the late eighteenth through early twentieth centuries, these forty-three documents are largely from the dealings of Cloud Elliot with the McKee family, and the dealings of his sons and grandsons with other business associates.
Several of these names appear multiple times, such as George Scott, Ezekiel Bennet, George Armstrong, and the Broome brothers, James and Jacob. The documents are almost entirely deeds of parcels of land in the Brandywine Hundred between the McKee and Elliot families. The later mortgages were issued by corporations, including the Delaware Construction Company and the Christina Improvement Company. Some of these deeds are for marshland and others are for city lots within Wilmington, but most are for farmland within the Brandywine Hundred.
Arrangement
Individual documents arranged in chronological order.
Selected Search Terms
Personal Names
Armstrong, George.
Bennett, Ezekiel.
Broome, Jacob.Broome, James.Elliot, Benjamin.
Elliot, Cloud.Elliot, Eliza.
Elliot, Isaac C.
Elliot, Isaac S, Jr.Elliot, John C.Elliot, William.
McKee, Andrew.
Mckee, Francis.
McKee, George.
McKee, Hugh.
McKee, James.
McKee, Robert.
Scott, George.
Corporate Names
Christina River Improvement Company.
Delaware Construction Company.
Topical Terms
Real property--New Castle County (Del.)--History--18th century--Sources.
Real property--New Castle County (Del.)--History--19th century--Sources.
Real property--New Castle County (Del.)--History--20th century--Sources.
Geographic Names
Wilmington (Del.)--Sources.
New Castle County (Del.)--Sources.
Brandywine Hundred (Del.)--Sources.
Form/Genre Terms
Deeds.
Indentures.Mortgages.Mortgage deeds.
Detailed Contents List
F1
Land indenture between William Epsom and John Elliot
1753 August 29
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
1
F4
Land indenture between Andrew McKee and Jonathan Hulings
1765 June
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
F1
Land indenture between John Long and James Broome
1769 August 12
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
1
F4
Land indenture between Robert Little and Jacob Broome
1781 June 21
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
F1
Land indenture between John Stockton and Thomas Beeson
1789 May 30
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
F1
Land indenture between William Elliot and William Mark
1790 October 18
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
F2
Land indenture between George McKee and Cloud Elliot
1815 November 15
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
F2
Land indenture between Cloud Elliot and J. Elliot & E. Beeson
1816 April 15
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
1
F4
Land indenture between Cloud Elliot and Francis Hughy
1816 April 9
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
F2
Land indenture between Hugh McKee and Cloud Elliot
1816 May 15
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
F2
Land indenture between Rachel & Francis McKee and Cloud Elliot
1816 May 2
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
F2
Land indenture between Benjamin Elliot and Cloud Elliot
1816 June 15
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
1
F4
Land indenture between Cloud Elliot and the McKee Family
1816 November 9
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
F3
Land indenture between Cloud Elliot and James McKee
1817 March 25
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
1
F4
Land indenture between Cloud Elliot and Robert McKee
1817 November 29
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F5
Land indenture between William Elliot and Cloud Elliot
1818 June 4
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
F3
Land indenture between Andrew McKee and Cloud Elliot
1822 August 24
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
F3
Land indenture between Ezekiel Bennett and Jacob B. Vandever
1826 January 28
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
F3
A sale of land for James McKee and Thomas McKee
1825 December 29
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
1
F5
Land indenture between Ezekiel Bennett and Eliza Elliot
1828 November 5
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F5
Land indenture between Eliza Elliot and Andrew McKee
1833 April 2
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F5
Land indenture between Samuel McKee, et al. and George Scott
1833 June 15
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F5
A mortgage between Andrew McKee and George Scott
1834 October 1
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F6
Land indenture between Alexander Moore and Edward Tatnall
1836 January 6
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F6
Andrew McKee and James Cluff et al.
1837 March 20
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F6
Land indenture between Isaac S. Elliot, Jr. and Eliza Elliot
1840 August 28
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F6
Land indenture between Isaac S. Elliot, Jr. and William T. Talley
1842 March 26
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F6
In the Orphan Court of Delaware, for New Castle County.
1851 February 13
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
F3
Land indenture between John . Elliot & George Armstrong and Isaac Elliot, Jr.
1854 February 25
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Large parchment document
1
F7
Land indenture between Isaac S. Elliot, Jr. and Eliza Elliot
1854 March 16
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F7
Bond between George Scott and George McKee
1856 July 28
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F7
Land indenture between George McKee and George Scott
1856 July 28
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F7
Land indenture between Andrew McKee and George McKee
1856 September 15
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F7
Release of bond between George McKee and Frances McKee
1858 February 13
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F8
Letter between Grace and [Howard]
1858 May 18
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Folded thin paper document
1
F8
Land indenture between Matthew Slater and Joshua Heald
1858 June 2
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F8
Release of bond by Isaac S. Elliot, Jr. of Benjamin Elliot
1858 January 13
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F8
Land indenture between Isaac S. Elliot, Jr. and Benjamin Elliot
1859 January 13
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F8
Land indenture between William Bright and George S. McKee
1864 January 13
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F9
Land indenture between George Mosely and Lewis Shelham & Franklin Shelham
1875 October 1
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Large parchment document
1
F9
Mortgage; the Christiana River Improvement Co. and David Bankee & John B. Stradely
1878 December 3
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Small paper booklet
1
F9
Deed between Isaac C. Elliot and Eliza and Holstein Harvey
1894 November 30
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Paper document
1
F9
Mortgage; Delaware Construction Co. to Isaac C. Elliot
1900 December 12
Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
Small paper booklet