Tavenner, Thomas, 1776-1857
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0081
Overview
Papers of Thomas Tavenner and the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence; memoirs; journals; financial and legal documents; pamphlets; newspapers; and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family were Confederate sympathizers.
Dates:
1772-1955; Majority of material found within 1855-1866
Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0858
Overview
Papers of the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family was sympathetic to the Confederate cause. One member of the family, William Cabell Tavenner, served in the Confederate army; his letters are part of the collection. This collection also contains material related to families allied to the Tavenner family by marriage, particularly the...
Dates:
1778-1953; Majority of material found within 1819-1884
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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- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 2
- Civil War -- letters 2
- Diaries and journals. 2
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 2
- Land. 2
- Surveyors and surveying. 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Account books 1
- Blennerhassett Island (W. Va.) 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 133rd Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 19th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers 1
- Civil War -- Indiana 15th Regiment, Company I 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Riflemen 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Dueling 1
- Genealogy 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
- Maps. 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Ohio 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Ravenswood (W. Va.) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Washington County (Ohio) 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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