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David Goff Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0975
Scope and Contents Papers of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). Includes letters, surveys, land grant, bonds, and receipts. The correspondence includes...
Dates: 1826-1878
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

David H. Sutton, Compiler, Research Papers regarding Helvetia, West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 3687
Overview Research papers compiled by David H. Sutton documenting the early history of Helvetia, West Virginia, including information regarding the work, recreation, and genealogy of Helvetia's early settlers. The collection includes family papers, letters, oral histories, genealogies, photographs, and other material, regarding the Schneider, Aegerter, Hofer, Favri, and other families. Of special interest are the oral histories conducted and compiled by David Sutton of Helvetia citizens who were...
Dates: 1835-2010; Majority of material found within 1890-1925, 1979
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Deakins Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0624
Scope and Contents Additional Deakins family papers, consisting of correspondence, bond of conveyance, deeds, surveys and plats. [ALS] to Colonel Francis Deakin from John Compton, 1793, relative to surveys made by John Compton in 1792; bond of conveyance for land in Randolph County owned by Deakins heirs, 1809; five deeds for land owned by the Deakins family in Randolph and Preston counties W. Va., 1808-1885; 1848 deed from Francis Deakins to Northwestern Turnpike Co.; seven surveys and plats for lands in...
Dates: 1778-1881
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Deakins Family Papers and Surveying Compass

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Collection Number: A&M 0197
Overview Includes records from several generations of the Deakins family of Montgomery County, Maryland and north central West Virginia. William (1742-1798) and Francis (1739-1804) Deakins, among the first generation, were active as land speculators after the American Revolution, applying their skills as surveyors to leverage acquisition of western lands. From 1778 their activities are documented through deeds, agreements, surveys, plats, surveyors' field books, court papers, and letters related to...
Dates: 1778-1925
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Doddridge Family Manuscript

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Collection Number: A&M 0370
Scope and Contents

A manuscript copy and two typed copies of the will of William Parsons, Randolph County, dated January 11, 1828. Two typed copies of information on the families of Philip Doddridge (1773-1832) and John Doddridge (1745-1791).

Dates: 1745-1857
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Doddridge Family Manuscript

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Collection Number: A&M 1787
Scope and Contents

Letter from Cadwaller Doddridge to Horatio N. Bakewell, August 10, 1828. Written from West Point, N.Y., commenting on the course work, complaining about the food and the routine. Doddridge was the son of Philip Doddridge, and the nephew of Joseph Doddridge; he withdrew from West Point on January 15, 1829.

Dates: August 10, 1828
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Don Teter, Randolph County History (typescript)

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Collection Number: A&M 2654
Overview

Xeroxed typescripts of a Randolph County history written by Don Teter. This material has been printed at various times in the Tygart Valley Press.

Dates: 1978-1979
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Edwin A. Smith, Author, Manuscript Regarding Helvetia, West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 1346
Overview

Unpublished manuscript titled "Helvetia, the Swiss Land of West Virginia," by Edwin A. Smith. This collection consists of a photocopy of a typed document. The manuscript regards the history of Helvetia, a Randolph County community established in 1869 by a group of Swiss immigrants.

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

Gibson Lamb Cranmer Papers regarding Statehood and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 2848
Overview Papers regarding West Virginia statehood and the history of Wheeling and Ohio County compiled by Judge Gibson L. Cranmer (1826-1903) of Wheeling, West Virginia, who served as secretary of the Wheeling Convention that repudiated Virginia's secession from the United States in 1861. Series 1 includes manuscript narratives and correspondence describing events of the West Virginia statehood movement, written by eyewitnesses at the request of Gibson L. Cranmer. Manuscript authors include John S....
Dates: 1787-1895, undated; Majority of material found within 1822-1881
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harper Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3090
Overview

The land and legal papers of a Tucker and Randolph County family. Included are power of attorney documents between Jerome Harper of British Columbia and Ezekial Harper of Tucker County. There is also a note of a land survey done for Albert Gallatin. Other names mentioned are Jonathan W. Harper, David Goff and Wyatt J. Ferguson.

Dates: 1794-1880
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 12
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Politics and government. 7
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Rivers and river valleys. 6
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Names
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 4
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 4
Parsons, Job W. 3
Brown, Kenneth E. 2
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 2
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Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 2
Deakins family 2
Deakins, Francis. 2
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 2
Doddridge family 2
Doddridge, John. 2
Fairmont and Palatine Bridge Company 2
Harper family 2
Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884 2
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 2
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2
Snyder family 2
Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 2
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 2
Watson family 2
Watson, Benjamin H. 2
Watson, Henry. 2
Watson, Thomas. 2
West Virginia Library Commission 2
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company 2
Aegerter family 1
Alexander, Herbert Lee. 1
American Constitutional League 1
American Red Cross 1
American Victory Union 1
Andrews, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1899-1983 1
Appel family 1
Armstrong, Ned. 1
Ash and Purkey Families 1
Ash family 1
Ash, Adam. 1
Ashby, George. 1
Ashby, Henry. 1
Ashby, William. 1
Averell, W.W. 1
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 1
Bakewell, Theron Hervey. 1
Baldwin-Chandlee Supply Company 1
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 1
Barns, Thomas Rufus. 1
Barns, Uz 1
Basil, Ben. 1
Bennett, J.M. 1
Blackford family 1
Blackwater Lumber Company 1
Blundon, Edgar B. 1
Bongiorni, Joseph P. 1
Boreman, Jacob S. (Jacob Smith), 1831-1913 1
Bosworth family 1
Bosworth, Squire Newton. 1
Bosworth, Squire. 1
Broaddus Institute. Whitescarver Hall 1
Brooke, Robert. 1
Brown, James H. 1
Brown, John. 1
Brown, Joseph. 1
Brown, William G. (William Gay), 1800-1884 1
Burdett, John S. 1
Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 1
Byrd, Richard E. 1
Campbell, Alexandar. 1
Carter, Watson. 1
Cass, Joseph K. 1
Cassady, Capt. James S. 1
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Coalman, Daniel. 1
Compton, John 1
Condon-Lane Boom and Lumber Company 1
Confederate States of America 1
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (U.S.) 1
Conklyn family 1
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 1
Cookus, Joseph Lambright. 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 1
Cranmer, Gibson L. (Gibson Lamb), 1826-1903 1
Critchfield, Charles Sutton. 1
Crouch, Moses H. 1
Cumberland Road 1
Cushwa family 1
Daughters of the American Revolution. West Virginia Chapters 1
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 1
Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916 1
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 1
Davis, T.B. 1
Dayton, Spencer 1
Deakins, Leonard M. 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Dewees, Daniel S. 1
Doddridge, Cadwaller (sic) 1
Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832 1
Duke, William, 1757-1840 1
Durkin, Patrick and Cyrus Kittle 1
Duvall, George W. 1
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