Laidley (Laidlaw), Thomas.

Overview

The collection consists largely of correspondence to Morgantown businessman John Rogers from relatives in Pennsylvania and Maryland. It also includes two letters from Sgt. William A. Widney, who was assigned to the U.S. War Department during the Civil War, to a Morgantown friend (possibly William Hennen). One letter was written by an unidentified woman to her grandson, a West Virginia University student.

Overview Genealogical information relating to the descendants of the first lot owners of Morgan's Town, Monongalia County, WV, 1785. The genealogies of the following families are included: James Daugherty, John Evans, Michael Kerns (Karn), Thomas Laidley (Laidlaw), Richard Merrifield, Zackquill Morgan, Jacob Nuze (Nusz, Nuce, Nuse, Noose) John Pierpont (Pierpoint), Jacob Pindall, David Scott, William Stewart, James Thompson (Thomson) and others not directly descended from the original lot owners:...