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Land Papers Miscellaneous
This collection contains: plat of Phillips Land, Morgan County, WV (no date); survey of land owned by Alexander Stephen, Berkeley County, Virginia (1833); deed of land from the Davis heirs of Robert Stephen, Berkeley County, Virginia, December 15, 1803; plats of two surveys (both drawn on one sheet) of land deeded to Robert Stephen, September 23, 1831.
Land Title Certificates
Xerox copy of the Transallegheny Historical Magazine, 1901-1902, listing land title certificates issued mostly in Morgantown and Clarksburg for pioneer settlements in the 1770's for Ohio, Monongalia, and Yohogania counties in the state of Virginia. These land grants are not mentioned in Sims. Also included are names of stream and river branches. Indexed.
Lawrence A. Lang, Collector, West Virginia Land Records
West Virginia land records, including receipts for fees paid, surveys, certificates of survey, land patents, grants, correspondence and other material. Some of the records are copies rather than official documents. The records are sorted by the names of buyers and stored in envelopes. Recorded to the fronts of the envelopes is information relevant to their contents.
Lewis County, Land Indenture in Town of Preston (Weston)
Indenture between sellers Daniel Stringer, Millie Stringer, Lewis Maxwell and buyer Robert W. Collins for the sale of land in the town of Preston, Lewis County, (West) Virginia, dated December 1818. This copy of the indenture may have been a draft or unofficial copy; it does not record the full date or the names of witnesses. The town of Preston changed its name to Weston in 1819.
Lewis Family Papers
Lewis Maxwell Papers
Papers of Lewis Maxwell, an attorney at Weston including primarily letters from clients concerning land in West Virginia, 1840-1859. Correspondents include J.H. Diss Debar, John S. Carlile, Matthew Edmiston, J.M. Bennett, and Benjamin H. Latrobe. Other subjects covered include railroad legislation and construction and the surfacing of the Weston-Clarksburg road.
Little Kanawha Railroad, Papers
Logan County Court Records
Logan Osborne Family and Business Records
Luke Wilcox (1795-1854) Diary
Diary of Luke Wilcox, a Kanawha County farmer, merchant, salt well and furnace owner and operator, written in memorandum form except for scattered entries giving more information on specific subjects, such as the weather, churches and ministers, farm operation, travel, salt wells and furnaces, slaves, names of personal and business correspondents, coal, and land purchases. There is also an addendum regarding the Wilcox family bible. See "Scope and Contents" for additional information.