Van Meter family

Overview Copies of Fairfax grants and surveys made or copied by James William Kuykendall, county surveyor; record of the town lots in Moorefield; extracts from Hardy and Hampshire County records; cemetery readings; muster roll of the McNeill's Rangers, 1861-1865; prospectus for Kuykendall family history, and local history items. The volume contains detailed records for Cunningham, Harness, Kuykendall, Parsons, and Van Meter families. Other records pertain to the Casey, Fisher, Hite, Hopkins,...

Overview

Genealogy of the Van Meter, DuBois, Hanna, Thornburn, Garden, and Sweeney families in W. Va. historic spots marked by the Wheeling Chapter, N. S. D. A. R. An address by Mrs. John B. Garden, "Ohio County Prior to 1800." Newspaper quotes on Thomas Sweeney, and a newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Call-Bulletin concerning Col. Walter C. Sweeney.

Scope and Contents

Deeds, and parchment grants for land in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, 1775-1849, signed by governors of Virginia, beginning with Edmund Randolph; and one photostat account of Jacob Van Meter with Jacob and John Clower showing the cost of constructing the Van Meter home in Hampshire County, 1842-1845.

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A list of the personal property of Isaac Van Meter, the sale price, and the persons to whom the items were sold at a sale held at Fort Pleasant on the South Branch. Henry Van Meter and Garret Van Meter are shown as administrators.

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Notes, bills, receipts, tax notices and scattered land papers of Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and James E. Van Meter, Hardy County, W. Va.