Monongalia County (W.Va.)

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A grant to John Simpson for four hundred acres of land in Monongalia County, signed by Benjamin Harrison, governor of Virginia.

Scope and Contents Site of Morgantown given, along with boundaries and owners of land along the south side of a line running northeast for the mouth of Decker's Creek to Cheat river, and along the west side of the Monongahela River in Cass district to the Pennsylvania line; located are Jackson's iron works, site of Jackson ore digging, Pleasant Furnace, Ice's Ferry, poor house, and roads; some owners' names given are: John Davis, Thomas Evans, Jarrett, Andrew Ice, Jenkins, Jesse and William Bayles, John Tibbs,...

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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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A sketch, written about 1920 by Hu Maxwell, of a land office operated in the home of Col. John Evans late in the eighteenth century, near Morgantown.

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One Monongalia County voter registration book, Morgan district, precinct #22, dated 1934: Certificate of Result for election, 1940: Certificate of Result for election in 1942: Certificate of Result for the election of 1944: Sample ballot dated 1944: Official ballot, Democratic Party, 1944: Official Ballot, Republican Party, 1944.

Overview Work sheets from a survey of approximately twenty churches in the Grant and Cass districts of Monongalia County, West Virginia, in 1913 and 1914. Work sheets document the religious conditions in these churches by surveying the value of church facilities, church finances, membership and attendance, activities, and growth. More specific topics include a description of church grounds and buildings, including the parsonage and any amenities such as a library or auditorium; the cost of operating...

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Newspaper clippings of death notices and political affairs chiefly related to Monongalia County and West Virginia state politics. Clippings include articles about Mayor Terence D. Stewart and obituaries of prominent citizens in Monongalia County, including Civil War veteran D.B. Stewart.

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Certificate issued to Winnie South to teach in Monongalia County; signed by W. E. Glasscock, president, board of education, 11 October 1890.