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Dille Family of Monongalia County (W.Va.), Financial, Legal, and Military Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3703

Overview

Miscellaneous nineteenth-century financial, legal, and military materials chiefly related to the Dille, Dawson, and Evans families of Morgantown, Virginia (now West Virginia). Papers chiefly contain surveys of and land grants for Monongalia County, Virginia, from 1792 to 1875 (many of these are oversize), including plats sold to O.H. Dille in 1839 and 1875. There is also an oversized plan of Morgantown, Virginia, 1785-1824, showing deeds along the Monongahela River and Decker's Creek. Military materials consist of an 1819 pension for John Fairchild, killed during the War of 1812; declarations about military service during the Revolutionary War written in 1832; and a May 1864 letter from R. W. Dawson regarding the Union 10th Army Corps at Bermuda Hundred during the Civil War. Miscellaneous items include checks from Morgantown banks, 1873-1874; receipts, 1816-1874; scattered Dille genealogical information, undated; materials from the Morgantown Presbyterian Church, 1896-1897; and undated photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1785-1896
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1816-1875

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (2 1/2 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder))

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Subject

Title
Dille Family of Monongalia County (W.Va.), Financial, Legal, and Military Papers, 1785-1896
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Date
2009/12/12
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536