Byrne, Charles.

Overview

Land grant to Charles Byrne and Solomon P. Herndon, Preston County, Virginia (present day West Virginia), for thirty-two acres west of the Cheat River. The land grant is dated June 17, 1824 and signed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, James Pleasants Jr.

Scope and Contents Site of Morgantown given, along with boundaries and owners of land along the south side of a line running northeast for the mouth of Decker's Creek to Cheat river, and along the west side of the Monongahela River in Cass district to the Pennsylvania line; located are Jackson's iron works, site of Jackson ore digging, Pleasant Furnace, Ice's Ferry, poor house, and roads; some owners' names given are: John Davis, Thomas Evans, Jarrett, Andrew Ice, Jenkins, Jesse and William Bayles, John Tibbs,...