Parker, William
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Foulke Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3075
Scope and Contents
Papers of the administration of the Foulke family's lands on the Meadow River, principally in Fayette County but also including land in Nicholas and Greenbrier counties. The acquisition of large tracts of land by this prominent Philadelphia family in what is now southern West Virginia began in the 1780s with the partnership of Jeremiah Warder and Richard Parker. In the 1840s, nearly 3/4 of this land (estimated at around 40,000 acres) came under the control of William Parker and later his...
Dates:
1784-1914
William Parker Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0156
Overview
Letters, legal papers, and accounts of William Parker, Hampshire County, West Virginia. Included also are scattered papers of John P., Benjamin, and James Parker and Company. Letters originate from Virginia; Greene County, Illinois, 1859; and Pleasant Hill, Dallas County, Alabama, 1849. Subjects include doctors' fees; election of 1851 in Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties, and Frederick County, Virginia; prices of farm produce; and observations of Virginians newly settled in Illinois...
Dates:
1845-1886
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- Alabama 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Election of 1851. 1
- Elections 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Fayette County (Pa.) 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) 1
- Illinois 1
- Jefferson County. 1
- Land. 1
- Meadow River. 1
- Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 1
- Morgan County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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