Monongalia County (W.Va.)

Overview This collection consists of a quarterly journal and copies of unrecorded Monongalia County, WV wills. The journal, Keyhole, a quarterly publication of the Genealogical Society of Southwestern Pennsylvania, features two articles which discuss West Virginia residents: "Unrecorded Monongalia County, West Virginia wills," Ruth E. Renton and Raymond Martin Bell and "McCollock of Ohio County, West Virginia," Raymond Martin Bell. In "Unrecorded Monongalia County, West Virginia Wills" the authors...

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Photostat negatives of account for clothing, Monongalia County, 1800; broadside concerning the policy of the Confederate States Army towards the state government at Wheeling, the conduct of civilians, and a General Order congratulating the army on victories at Fayette C. H. ,Cotton Hill and Charleston by Major William W. Loring. Photostat positive of land grant to Casper Everly for land in Monongalia County signed by Benjamin Harrison.

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Papers, mainly orders, of the Board of Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Supervisors; also miscellaneous orders, Sheriff's receipts; and Officers of Election accounts for 1863.

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A guide to local history and genealogy compiled by L.D. Arnett. Includes an index to family Bible records compiled by Rachel Cox. Includes information for the following families: Baker, Beall, Burris, Chipps, Clark, Colebank, Crow, Dean, Evans, Fleming, Gapin, Garlow, Haldeman, Hall, Henry, Hickman, Hill, Hyman, Jenkins, Kelley, Lynch, Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Morrison, Musgrave, O'Neal, Pethtel, Pindall, Price, Ross, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Shriver, Smith, Steele, and VanCamp.

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Incorporation certificates for various businesses registered in West Virginia.

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Dockets, 1878-1887, 1899-1911, and cases, [1881-1916]. Of various justice in Battelle District, Monongalia County.

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Deed from William W. Price and wife to Levi Low, Richard Price and Samuel Webb, trustees for land on Big Indian Creek, Monongalia County, on which meeting house and school are located for use of churches and school. Specifies time when each church is to have use of meeting house.

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Includes grants for land in Monongalia County to James Calbreath, assignee of Joseph Tidball; William Austin, assignee of Thomas Laidley; Samuel Hanway; and Zackquil Morgan, signed by governors Henry Lee, James Monroe and James Barbour.

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Monongalia land grants, 1784-1841. See inventory sheet for a list of grantees and assignees. The collection also includes a few grants for Montgomery County.

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Deeds, warrants, surveys, inventory of estate of Thomas Dell, Chapter County, Pennsylvania, 1750, and a surveyor's field book; material on Albert Gallatin's Monongalia County lands included.