Mason County

Scope and Contents Court case papers, 1786-1908, and record books, 1804-1903. Collection also contains poor claims, county claims, delinquent road lists, county road and bridge petitions, Justice’s reports, election certificates, road claims, birth reports, appraisements and bills of sale, Board of Education reports, abstracts of Judgements, oaths of county and district officer, bond records, administrator accounts, and surveyor appointments and road cases. A chronological index to the case papers is...

Scope and Contents

Record book of certificates of appraisement of estrays, including livestock, and lumber, boats and other articles adrift on the Ohio River; also judgements rendered for fines by several Justices and receipts of various county officials for copies of the Code of W.Va., Acts of the Legislature and dockets.

Overview

Treasurer's report 1818-1821, order and receipts 1819, commissioner's report, including treasurer's and master's report, 1823; 1827-29; 1831-32; 1837; 1839-49. Information given in reports includes: number of schools in operation, number of children eligible to attend and number in attendance, length of terms, commissioner's and master's names, types of books used and cost of book and tuition.