Harrison County (W. Va.)

Newspaper clippings, principally from Harrison and Doddridge county papers, concerning W. Va. Servicemen in World War I, weather and flood reports, and miscellaneous West Virginia Subjects. There are also some clippings from Parkersburg and various Ohio papers.

A land grant signed by Patrick Henry, dated March 21, 1786, to Thomas Proctor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 3,000 acres of land along the Hughes River; a manuscript plat of land; and a volume of field notes taken in laying out the town of Montgomery, compiled by Abraham Nelson, Junior, for Col. Thomas Proctor, 1788-1789.

Abstracts of Harrison County Land titles abstracted by Attorney George W. Bland (1866-1941).

Photostats of birth, death, and marriage records of the Mason and Turner Families, taken from family Bibles; and a photostat of a land grant to Sotha, Hickman, 26 Sept.. 1787, for 400 acres in Harrison County.