Haymond, William.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
William McCleery (1741-1821) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0146
Overview
The papers of Colonel William McCleery of Morgantown, a Revolutionary War veteran, attorney, county clerk, prosecuting attorney, representative from Monongalia County to the Federal Constitutional Convention, founder of the Presbyterian Church in Morgantown, and landholder and purchasing agent. The papers include correspondence, typescripts, land records, and some printed materials. Much of the correspondence is between McCleery and his agent, Benjamin Oden of Upper Marlboro, Maryland,...
Dates:
1770-1857, 1945; Majority of material found within 1770-1857
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- Subject: Morgantown (W. Va.) X
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- Churches -- Presbyterian 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Coburn's Fort. 1
- Fortification 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Fur trade 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Indiana 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio 1
- Ohio River Valley 1
- Palatine. 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes. 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- Tygart Valley. 1
- Williamstown (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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