Haymond, Luther
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Luther Haymond, Surveyor, Diary and Surveyor's Book
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1797
Scope and Contents
A manuscript surveyor's book of first five-mile section of the Weston and Fairmont Road. Haymond was Engineer for the Weston & Fairmont Turnpike Co., 1849. The drawings show the cuts and fills to be made during the first five miles.
Dates:
1849
William Haymond (1771-1848), History of the Haymond Family, Typed Document
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1695
Overview
History of the Haymond family, pioneer residents of the Palatine tract in Marion County, West Virginia. Eight letters written by William Haymond to his nephew Luther Haymond recall frontier life in the Monongahela, Tygart, Ohio, and Kanawha valleys, 1780-1793. Subjects include the settlement of Morgantown, Clarksburg, Williamstown, the Palatine tract, and Coburn's Fort; land surveys in Harrison County; trapping and hunting; road surveying; and Indian warfare.
Dates:
1893
Filtered By
- Subject: Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes. X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coburn's Fort. 1
- Fortification 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Fur trade 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio River Valley 1
- Palatine. 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- Tygart Valley. 1
- Weston-Fairmont Road 1
- Williamstown (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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