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West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Herbert Warder Dent (b.1880) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0088
Overview

Deeds of Peter T. Laishley and Samuel Arnold, Preston County, 1834 and 1837; photographs of the judges of the State Supreme Court of Appeals, 1863-1937; a map of the McGraw and Yates addition to Grafton; and Dent family genealogical data.

Dates: 1834-1937

John Stringer Hoffman (1821-1877) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1703
Overview Legal correspondence and papers of a Clarksburg lawyer who specialized in land title litigation and served as associate judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, 1862-1876. Papers pertain to lands in the central counties of West Virginia. Subjects include: the James Swan lands; European immigration to West Virginia following the Civil War; New York Southern Land Company; Philadelphia International Land Association; state economic development during Reconstruction; and...
Dates: ca. 1856-1883

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Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
Estate settlements. 1
Grafton. 1
Immigration. 1
Judges - letters and papers. 1