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Box 1

 Container

Contains 21 Results:

Diary, 1811-1812

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1e
Dates: 1811-1812
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Capt. William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers / Diary of William Sommerville (box 1, folders 1b-1h)

Diary (3 leaves), 1812

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1f
Dates: 1812
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Capt. William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers / Diary of William Sommerville (box 1, folders 1b-1h)

Diary, 1812

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1g
Dates: 1812
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Capt. William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers / Diary of William Sommerville (box 1, folders 1b-1h)

Diary, 1812

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1h
Dates: 1812
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Capt. William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers / Diary of William Sommerville (box 1, folders 1b-1h)

Correspondence (9 items), 1799-1836, bulk: 1832-1836

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2a
Dates: 1799-1836; Majority of material found within 1832-1836
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Capt. William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers / Correspondence (box 1, folders 2a-2c)

Correspondence (7 items), 1837-1845

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2b
Dates: 1837-1845
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Capt. William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers / Correspondence (box 1, folders 2a-2c)

Correspondence (5 items), 1865-1888

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2c
Dates: 1865-1888
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Capt. William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers / Correspondence (box 1, folders 2a-2c)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Includes transcribed extract from William Sommerville's diary dated March 1811 (undated); genealogy notes regarding members of the Sommerville family from the 17th century (undated); and Civil War poetry in manuscript, including "Stonewall Jackson's Way" (undated).

Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Capt. William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers / Miscellaneous Material (boxes 1-2)

Family Register, ca. 1870-1900

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Manuscript compilation of facts and clippings regarding the Brown, Sommerville, and other families. Family documented include predominantly Brown, Edwards (from Virginia), and Somerville (from Ireland). This compilation seems to have been created in the late 19th century.pages a-j: estates, including Merida Edwards (1812), William Edwards (1755), and George Edwards (1780).pages 1-20: family register, including James Edwards (ca.1750-1851), John Arnold Edwards...
Dates: ca. 1870-1900
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Capt. William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers / Miscellaneous Material (boxes 1-2)

Genealogy Notes (Small notebook (photocopy) of 185 pages of genealogy notes regarding primarily the Clayton, Edwards, Ridgely, Sommerville, and Alexander families in period ca. 1700-1900.), undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Capt. William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers / Miscellaneous Material (boxes 1-2)