Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Cleaver Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1945
Scope and Contents
Facsimiles of historical documents. Land grant to William Cleaver and others for 1,000 acres on the Monongahela River, 1782; certificate for money due B. Cleaver for service in the Virginia Militia, 1783; affidavits concerning the military service of William and Benjamin Cleaver, 1774-1782, in Dunmore's War, at the Falls of the Ohio, and on General George Rogers Clark's expedition against the Indians, including the Shawnee. There is also a petition, 1777, by residents of the Tygart Valley,...
Dates:
1777-1833 (facsimiles), 1969
Lyman C. Draper, Antiquarian, Manuscripts
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3045
Overview
The interviews, correspondence, notes and reports of a Wisconsin based, New York born antiquarian and early researcher of frontier history. Lyman C. Draper's manuscripts were willed to the Wisconsin State Historical Society where he had been its corresponding secretary and instrumental in its development. Microfilm was produced by the society of his papers and made available for purchase to libraries because of their significance for studying the Eastern frontier and its pioneers. Draper had...
Dates:
ca. 1740-1815
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- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Buckhannon Creek 1
- Kentucky 1
- Lord Dunmore's War, 1774 1
- Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio River 1
- Ohio River and Valley. 1
- Shawnee Indians 1
- Tennessee 1
- Tygart Valley. 1
- United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 1
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 1
- West Fork of the Monongahela. 1
- Women -- United States -- History 1 + ∧ less
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