Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: Biography
Creech Family
WILLIAM CREECH FAMILY BUSINESS RECORDS 1903 – 1931
TAGS: William Creech; William Creech Family; Charles Creech; Ruth Creech; James Columbus Creech; Henry C. Creech; C.M. McLung & Company, Knoxville, TN; business records; 1903-1931; Herbert Hoover; mail-order; seed catalog; Charles McCullough Seed Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; banking; J.W. Tinsley; ledgers; bank notes; promisary notes; J. F. Skidmore; E.M. Nolan; J.G. Dixon; W.W. Lewis;
WILLIAM CREECH FAMILY BUSINESS RECORDS 1903-1931.consist of mail-order catalogs, bank deposit statements, canceled bank checks, notes and a ledger, from the papers of WILLIAM C. CREECH and his son, JAMES COLUMBUS CREECH. This collection was donated by RUTH SMITH CREECH, wife of Charles Creech (Henry C. Creech‘s son & William’s grandson). The donation was received by PMSS Collections on APRIL 3, 2018.
1. 1931.C.M. McLung & Company, Knoxville, TN. (1931)
(4-page sales catalog with mailing envelope) “President Hoover is trying to help the World. We are trying to help our Customers meet mail-order competition. The prices on the enclosed pages are for July only and are not good after July 21st.”
2. 1928. Seed Annual. The J. Chas. McCullough Seed Co., Cincinnati, O. (96 pages with index)
BANK DEPOSIT STATEMENTS OF WILLIAM CREECH
1. 1903. November 28. Account Statement $1043.55 (Note: “We appreciate the nice Balance you are maintaining with us. W.W. Lewis [cashier]
2. 1904. April 24. First State Bank Postcard advising of deposit $185.00
3. 1904. April 28. Account Statement $1291.95 (Balance $1006.45)
4. 1904. November 26. Checks delivered $775.00
5. 1905. May 13. Checks delivered. $750.26
6. 1907. October 26. Deposit $20.00
CANCELED CHECKS OF WILLIAM CREECH
1. 1903. Envelop First State Bank, Harlan, KY Dec. 4, 1903 [Held following canceled checks]
2. 1903. June 3. E.M. Nolen. $12.25 Mdse
3. 1903. June 8. J.W. Tinsley $20.00 Fees collected
4. 1903. June 11. J.F. Skidmore. $7.95 Mds. [?]
5. 1903. July 17. E.M. Nolen. $10.00 Mds. [?]
6. 1903. August 11. J.W. Tinsley $25.00 Fees collected
7. 1903. August 13. E.M. Nolen. $10.00 Cash
8. 1903. September 10. E. G. Lewis $16.00 Cow
9. 1903. September26. A.A. Howard $21.30 Note
10. 1903. October 5. W.W. Lewis, Cashier. $40.00 Cash
11. 1903. October 8. W.D. Scott. $28.48 Note
12. 1903. October 5. J.A. Ward. $22.75 Taxes
13. 1903. October 19. W.W. Lewis $30.00 Cash
14. 1903. October 26. Martha Smith $28.44 Note
15. 1903. November 4. Isaiah Metcalf $30.60 Note
16. 1903. November 5. J.G. Dixon $56.88 Notes
17. 1903. November 7. Wm. Melton $20.00 Check
18. 1903. November 10. James Metcalf $33.00 Check
19. 1903. November 16. John Boggs. $115.00 Mule
20. 1903. November 21. James Choots $6.00 Check
21. 1903. November 21. W.W. Lewis $10.00 Cash
22. 1903. December 1. J.W. Tinsley $26.00 Fees
23. 1904. January 19th. E.M. Nolen. $125.00 Cash
24. 1904. February 10. W.W. Lewis, cashier. $5.00
25. 1904. May 11. S.F. Lucas. $20.00 Check
26. 1904. May 13. J.T. Metcalf $190.00 Cattel [sic]
27. 1904. June 5. J.G. Dixon. $100 Note
28. 1904. July 8. T.J. Asher $300.00 ofc [?] Land
29. 1904. August 26. J.G. Dixon $100 Note
30. 1904. October 15. W.R. Thompson (Wise Supply Company) $65.00
31. 1904. December 31. John Marshall $1.00 for Caleb Powers defence fund
32. 1905. January 7. J.A.C. Creech. $213.80 Part on check.
33. 1905. February 1. Rev. John Creech. $8.75 Furniture & Thools [sic]
34. 1905. March 6. John Yeary $100 Horse
35. 1905. March 28. W.W. Lewis, cashier. $87.48 Land bought of T.J. Asher
36. 1906. May 6. W.W. Lewis, Cashier. Cash $339.23
LEDGER and ACCOMPANYING PAPERS of HENRY C. CREECH
[Notes from donor, Ruth Creech, accompanying the material: “James C. is Uncle Columbus,” and “Uncle Columbus cruised timber (figured out how many board feet were in a group of trees) and I think the page with just figures on it was a board foot record.” Ruth Creech]
1. Ledger. Contains accounts and debts and notes held, sales, contacts, debts, etc. (xxxx lined pages) Ledger also had multiple folded promissory notes, lists, bank notes, etc)
2. Paper Note: “This March 15, 1923. Six months after date I promis [sic] to pay H.C. Creech fifteen dollars for value removed of him.” W.M. Nolen
3. 3 pages of timber board feet. Includes Chestnut, Maple, and Oak. November 13, 1926. Chestnut 50291; Maple 18344; No/Oak 12394 = TOTAL 63007
4. 1911. August 14. Check to A.H. Nolen and also endorsed by J.C. Wingfield from Creech Bros. and H. [Henry] C. Creech
5. 1926. October 27. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Inc., Baltimore Maryland. Paid by G.W. Lockwood, Auditor of Payroll, Harlan, KY. Logging and lumbering payroll insurance agreement [?].
6. 1926. February 5. Intermountain Coal and Lumber Company, Inc., Putney, KY . Describes credit for logs supplied in January of 1926 (70,814 feet = $807.70 less deductions for total payment of $641.96)
7. W.H Blanton Note and China Blanton Note regarding timber transactions. Reads:
MISC. CREECH MATERIAL (Notes from Ruth Creech)
1. New orchid. On January 28, 2013, the Royal Horticultural Society accepted our registration of a new hybrid Pap, Memorin Charles Creech. (Dark Mirror x charlesworthii)
2. Card from the N.K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, “The Best Things that Float. Fairbanks FAIRY soap. Pure white floating.”
