Carroll, James Hawley, 1820-1890

Overview Military records, business papers, and correspondence of a brigadier general, Kingwood attorney, state legislator, secretary of the West Virginia Horticultural Society, state adjutant general, and state Selective Service director. Other papers include a letter book, West Virginia National Guard, 1903-1907; state Selective Service memoranda, 1940-1947; and a "Historical Record of Selective Service in West Virginia." Other subjects include the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Pierce's coal...

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Political, legal, and business letters of James H. Carroll, an 1850's Preston County Circuit Court Clerk and Confederate sympathizer. The letters pertain to a collection of court fees and debts, discussions of criminal court decisions and opinions about the local political prospects of the Democratic party.

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Letters, advertising circulars, and other papers received by Carrol as postmaster at Kingwood, West Virginia. Correspondents include Nathan Goff, Alonzo Loring, and Joseph Ritzell.

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Letters, legal papers, advertising circulars, photographs, and other materials of a Kingwood attorney and postmaster. There are scattered letters relating to the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War; post office records of Preston County, WV dating from the 1840's; and political correspondence. Correspondents include Nathan Goff and Benjamin F. Shaffer of Company A, Seventh West Virginia Volunteer Infantry.

Scope and Contents Typescript copies from records of the Kingwood Methodist Church; articles on the Judy, Cuppy, Cuppett, and Guseman families; a copy of John Fairfax's will, 1843; minutes of a meeting of the board of education, Reno School District, Preston County, 1880; a letter from Senator J.P. Dolliver; letter from John Scott to James H. Carroll, Richmond, 20 February 1840, concerning a bill to permit construction of a road from German Settlement through Kingwood to Morgantown; and an account book,...