Box 3
Container
Contains 21 Results:
Series 5. Zimmerman Collection -- History of Greenbrier County, 1867-1940 and undated
Series — Box: 3, Folder: 1-13
Scope and Contents
This series includes manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings regarding the history of Greenbrier County and some of its families. Topics include, among others: the formation of Greenbrier County (WV), Augusta County (VA), and Frederick County (VA); Washington landing on the Kanawha River; Jarrett's Fort; the Battle of Cedar Creek; old houses of Lewisburg; history of the Henning and Plumer families; West Virginia archaeology; and Alexander Welch's account of life as a colonial...
Dates:
1867-1940 and undated
Series 6. Military Records, 1855-1938 and undated, bulk: Bulk, 1861–1865
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
This series contains four subseries, which include:
West Virginia; 1859-1938; box 3, folder 14-18;
31st Virginia Infantry; 1855-1936 and undated (bulk 1861-1865); box 4, folder 1 through box 7, folder 28;
Other Virginia CSA Units; 1910-1932 and undated; box 7, folder 29 through box 8, folder 2; and
Clippings; 1927; box 8, folder 3-5.
Dates:
1855-1938 and undated; Majority of material found within Bulk, 1861–1865
Includes articles on the formation of Greenbrier County, the name of Lewisburg, various family sketches, and settlements along the Great Kanawha River. 14 items, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Includes articles on the formation of Greenbrier County, Hawk's Nest and the Tax Release Road from Lewisburg to Deep Water on the Kanawha River, western travels on the Mississippi River to New Orleans and Baton Rouge, and the history of the Renick Community in Greenbrier County. (See also the book "Memoirs, Correspondence and Reminiscences of William Renick" [1880] for information regarding a related family member.) 20 items, 1903-1924, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Dates:
1903-1924, undated
Contains correspondence to Edith Lett regarding an article she submitted to the WPA Federal Writers' Project on old houses of Lewisburg, drafts of that article, WPA record forms on West Virginia buildings, and information on lot ownership in Lewisburg in 1825. 9 items, 1936-1937, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Dates:
1936-1937, undated
Includes historical articles on "Don Juan," Native American Indians (Algonquin), and "The Pioneer." 12 items, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Contains historical sketch materials on Greenbrier County families such as Henning, Hening, Plumer, and a short history of the dividing of Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 15 items, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Contains historical sketch materials on Greenbrier County families and copy of an article on "The Old Tyree Road House." 17 items, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7