Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 8 of 8

Courtney Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1629
Overview Papers of a Monongalia County, West Virginia, farm family residing near Maidsville include: the farm account books of John and John J. Courtney, 1831-1877; family Bible records and photographs; college essays of Alpheus Courtney, a West Virginia University student; manuscript ciphering book, 1817; diary of Ulysses J. Courtney, 1878-1883 (7 vols.) pertaining to lumbering, farming, and livestock operations, and community religious and social life; correspondence; steamboat bills of lading,...
Dates: 1804-1920
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

George W. Johnson (1837-1902) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1655
Overview

Diaries, correspondence, notes, receipts, and newspaper clippings of a lumberman and stockman from Morgantown, West Virginia. Subjects include Johnson's agricultural activities, his extensive timber dealings in Monongalia County, and the rafting of logs to Pittsburgh and intermediate points on the Monongahela River.

Dates: 1860-1960
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jacob Williamson Marshall (b.1830) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0054
Overview Papers of a livestock broker, farmer, and merchant of Mingo Flats, Randolph County, who was associated with John T. McGraw in the development of Marlinton and the purchase and sale of land, coal, and timber in neighboring Pocahontas County. There are some items of Civil War interest, while the bulk of the correspondence relates to the marketing of ginseng, beeswax, wool, venison, animal pelts, and farm machinery. There is significant correspondence relating to state politics and railroads....
Dates: ca. 1840-1900
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Job W. Parsons Diaries

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0566
Scope and Contents

Pocket diary (1881-1882) of Job. W. Parsons, a farmer, lumberman, and stockman of Randolph County. There are daily entries center on routine farm chores, weather conditions, prices, and wages. See A&M 598 for years 1875-1879, 1880-1883; and A&M 637 for years 1874, 1884, 1886-1888, 1893-1894

Dates: 1881-1882
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Job W. Parsons Diaries

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0598
Scope and Contents

Pocket diary (1875-1879, 1880-1883) of Job. W. Parsons, a farmer, lumberman, and stockman of Randolph County. There are daily entries center on routine farm chores, weather conditions, prices, and wages. See A&M 566 for years 1881-1882; and A&M 637 for years 1874, 1884, 1886-1888, 1893-1894.

Dates: 1875-1879; 1880-1883
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Job W. Parsons Diaries

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0637
Scope and Contents

Pocket diary (1874, 1884, 1886-1888, 1893-1894) of Job. W. Parsons, a farmer, lumberman, and stockman of Randolph County. There are daily entries center on routine farm chores, weather conditions, prices, and wages. See A&M 566 for years 1881-1882; and A&M 598 for years 1875-1879, 1880-1883.

Dates: 1874; 1884; 1886-1888; 1893-1894
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mason County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0663
Scope and Contents

Record book of certificates of appraisement of estrays, including livestock, and lumber, boats and other articles adrift on the Ohio River; also judgements rendered for fines by several Justices and receipts of various county officials for copies of the Code of W.Va., Acts of the Legislature and dockets.

Dates: 1853-1859; 1861-1867; 1870-1876
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

William A. Jackson Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0660
Overview Papers and records of William A. Jackson (1865-1957), W.W. Smith, and J.G. Jackson, and of various businesses established by these men in Jane Lew. There are many papers of the firm of Jackson and Burnside, cattle dealers, relating to the shipping and sale of livestock to commission merchants in New Jersey, Baltimore, Maryland, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also included are accounts and correspondence of: the West Virginia Christian Endeavor Society and papers commenting on Democratic...
Dates: 1892-1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Filtered By

  • Subject: Livestock X
  • Subject: Lumber trade X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Diaries and journals. 5
Farms and farming. 4
Randolph County (W. Va.) 3
Weather 3
Agriculture 2
∨ more
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
Politics and government. 2
Account books 1
American ginseng 1
Churches -- Methodist 1
Civil War -- Bounty receipts 1
Coal mining. 1
Code of W.Va., Acts of the Legislature 1
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
Frontier and pioneer life 1
Fur trade 1
Grafton (W. Va.) 1
Iowa 1
Jane Lew (W. Va.) 1
Land. 1
Marlinton (W. Va.) 1
Mason County - archives. 1
Mason County. 1
Mingo Flats. 1
Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
Petroleum industry and trade 1
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
Railroads 1
Railroads - Monongahela Valley Railroad. 1
Rivers -- West Virginia 1
Rivers and river valleys. 1
Steamboats 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
+ ∧ less
 
Names
Parsons, Job W. 3
American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Association 1
Bennett, J.M. 1
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 1
Courtney family 1
∨ more
Courtney, Alpheus. 1
Courtney, John J. 1
Courtney, John. 1
Courtney, Ulysses J. 1
Dayton, Alston Gordon 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 1
Jackson and Burnside 1
Jackson, J.G. 1
Jackson, John J. 1
Jackson, William A. 1
Jackson, William A. (1865-1957) 1
Jane Lew High School Athletic Association 1
Johnson, George W. 1
Johnson, George, 1837-1902 1
Marshall, Jacob Williamson 1
Mason County 1
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company 1
McGraw, John T. 1
Morgantown Bridge Company 1
Parkersburg-Buckhannon Oil and Gas Company 1
Pocahontas Development Company 1
Smith, W.W. 1
South Penn Oil Company 1
West Virginia Christian Endeavor Society. 1
West Virginia University 1
+ ∧ less