Henderson, Alexander.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Henderson and Tomlinson Families Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1426
Overview
Microfilm copy of the papers of the Henderson and Tomlinson families of Wood County, West Virginia, from 1789 to 1859. Materials relate to frontier life in the Parkersburg-Marietta area, and include Alexander Henderson's journal about his settlement on the Little Kanawha River, 1798-1803; his plantation accounts; letters on the Burr conspiracy; and an account of a duel between Henderson and Stephen R. Wilson in 1803. Also includes several items related to Marine Corps Commandant Archibald...
Dates:
1789-1859
Lewis (1778-1843) and George W. (1804-1868) Summers Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1791
Overview
Papers of Lewis Summers, a lawyer, businessman, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1817-1818, delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention, 1829-1830, and his brother George W., a lawyer in Charleston, a judge, a member of the House of Delegates, 1830-1832, 1834-1836, the U.S. House of Representatives, 1841-1845, a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850, candidate for governor in 1851, member of the 1861 Peace Convention, and delegate to the Richmond...
Dates:
1828-1890, 1901, 1935
Ward Family History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3191
Overview
Typescript history of the Ward family of Ohio with a concentration on its association with Harman Blennerhassett, whose secretary was Sylvester Ward. Included is some information on the Blennerhassetts, Aaron Burr, Dudley Woodbridge, Elijah Backus and Aaron Waldo Putnam. Much mention is made of neighboring allied families to the Wards, particularly Hendersons and Putnams in the adjoining counties of Wood Co., VA and Washington Co., OH. There is a detailed transcription of an October 8, 1805...
Dates:
1994
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- Blennerhassett Island (W. Va.) 1
- Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 1
- Charleston. 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Dueling 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Genealogy 1
- Grave Creek. 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Judges - letters and papers. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Little Kanawha River (W. Va.) 1
- Marietta (Ohio) 1
- Ohio 1
- Parkersburg. 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851. 1
- Virginia -- Secession Convention of 1861 1
- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Washington County (Ohio) 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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