Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers Regarding General Joseph A.J. Lightburn and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1379
Overview
Materials collected by Roy Bird Cook regarding General Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn. Includes letters sent to Dr. Bird regarding General Lightburn and the Lightburn family, newspaper clippings regarding Lightburn and the Civil War in West Virginia, two maps, a pamphlet, and other material. See the "Historical Note" for further information about General Lightburn.
Dates:
1774-1960; Majority of material found within 1939-1960
Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Papers regarding the Civil War in Southern West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0895
Overview
Papers mainly related to the Civil War in southern West Virginia, including correspondence, maps, photographs, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, and other material. Highlights of the collection include material regarding Captain John V. Young of the 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry; Captain James S. Cassady of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry; Captain W.D. Thurmond and his company of Partisan Rangers; and the 8th and 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry units. The collection is organized...
Dates:
1844-1938; Majority of material found within 1861-1867
Talbott-Tolbert Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1026
Overview
Mainly papers of Samuel T. Tolbert, a onetime constable of Lewis County and postmaster at Frenchton, who operated a general store and acted as agent and surveyor for out-of-state landowners. Included are the papers of Zadock Lanham, J.S. Wilson, John L. Jacob, and W.C. Tolbert. There are surveys, legal papers, correspondence, and lottery certificates from Ohio and Delaware, and Democratic state and county election tickets. Correspondents include Lewis Maxwell, J.M. Bennett, and F.H....
Dates:
1784-1914 1931
Filtered By
- Subject: Lewis County. X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Lewis County. 3
- Charleston (W. Va.) 2
- Civil War battles. 2
- Genealogy 2
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 2
- Kanawha Valley. 2
- Ohio 2
- Steamboats 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- Agriculture 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Baptists 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Carnifex Ferry, Battle of, W. Va., 1861 1
- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
- Civil War - Thurmond's Rangers. 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia - Union soldiers. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 13th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 4th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 7th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Valley, W. Va. 1
- Civil War -- Muster rolls 1
- Civil War battles - Atlanta. 1
- Civil War battles - Kennesaw Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Civil War soldiers letters - Union. 1
- Country stores. 1
- Delaware 1
- Diaries 1
- Elections 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Freemasons 1
- General stores 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Kennesaw Mountain (Ga.) 1
- Land. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Maps. 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Postal service 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Rich Mountain (Randolph County, W. Va.) 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia - oath of allegiance. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1 + ∧ less
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