Skip to main content

Phillips, George

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

William Ewin Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0106
Overview

Several thousand pieces mounted in bound volumes. Ewin, whose home was in St. George, Tucker County, was a land speculator who owned and developed large holdings in Barbour, Preston, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. He was a surveyor and surveying instrument maker in Baltimore Maryland, from about 1835 to 1850 and was a member of the West Virginia State Senate, 1879-1881.

Dates: 1784-1877