Davis Families of Ohio and Marshall Counties, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0140
Personal and business papers of Isaac, Albert, and Silas R. Davis, of Ohio and Marshall counties, West Virginia. Includes correspondence, estate settlements, financial records, court records, and record books.
Records include correspondence, wills, estate settlements, deeds, surveys, indentures, and agreements. Most of the correspondence is written to Albert Davis. Financial records include accounts, receipts, bills, and check stubs. Court records include summons and two justice of the peace dockets. Record books include day books, account books, and diaries. There are also photocopies from the Davis Family Bibles of Albert (1805-1882) and Mary Rodefer (1801-1883) Davis of Marshall County; Allen (1808-1890) and Elisabeth Feay (1814-1865) Davis of Ohio County; and Silas R. (1837-1922) and Mary Jane (1837-1911) Davis of Marshall County. These excerpts include records of baptisms, marriages, births, and deaths.
Highlights include a Civil War loyalty oath for J.N. Keller; a War of 1812 discharge for Thomas Moore; an 1844 presidential campaign broadside for the Whig candidate Henry Clay; and hand-written recipes for Ginger Beer and Pickling Beef (box 1, folder 11).
All materials appear to have been microfilmed; box 1 is copied on reel 1, and box 2 is copied on reel 2. The Albert Davis Diary (1866-1872) and the Justice of the Peace Dockets exist only as microfilm; the originals were loaned and are no longer with the collection.
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1.13 Linear Feet (2 document cases, 5 in. each; 2 reels microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
English
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
Acquired from unknown, 1948.
1981 addendum loan for duplication of Swiger, Elizabeth, 1981 October 19.
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository