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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
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| Title: | Collection 435. Wolf's Head Receipt, 1801 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | Wolf's Head Receipt consists of one 1801 receipt for a wolf's head from Lincoln County, Kentucky. |
| American communities instituted wolf bounties to control the predators' attacks on livestock. | |
| Extent: | 0.0001 linear feet, 1 archival folder |
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[Identification of item], Collection 435. Wolf's Head Receipt, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.
The W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection purchased this collection from L and T Respess Books in July 2007. Its accession number is 08-46. Its original title was "Lincoln County, Kentucky: Kentucky Wolf Bounty, 1801." It opened to the public in August 2008.
Processed by Kathryn Staley, August 2008
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, August 2008
Lincoln County, Kentucky is located in eastern Kentucky in the Southern Knobs area. Its elevation ranges from 760 to 1440 feet above sea level. It was organized in 1780 as one of the first three counties formed out of Kentucky County, Virginia. County court was held within the walls of Fort Logan from 1781 to 1783. Fort Logan was later renamed Standford and became the county seat.
American communities instituted wolf bounties to control the predators' attacks on livestock. The Virginia Bay Colony, from which Kentucky originated, enacted a wolf bounty in 1632. On January 26, 1810, the General Assembly created a law to allow county courts to provide "by levy, compensation of such persons as have destroyed Wolves therein" when "the interest of the county requires it." The compensation was one dollar for wolves younger than six months and a dollar and a half for wolves older than six months. Kentucky continued to pay bounties through the 1870s.
| Lincoln County (Ky.) |
| Wolf hunting -- Lincoln County (Ky.) |
| Collection 435. Wolf's Head Receipt. (1801) | |||||||||
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