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Land Papers Miscellaneous

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2510
Overview

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.

Dates: 1803-1833

Land Title Certificates

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2437
Overview

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.

Dates: 1770-1779

Lawrence A. Lang, Collector, West Virginia Land Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3833
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1865-1896; Majority of material found within 1867-1868

Lewis County, Land Indenture in Town of Preston (Weston)

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4101
Overview

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.

Dates: 1818

Lewis Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0551
Overview Personal and business papers of the Lewis family, mainly of John D. (1800-1882), Charles C., Sr. (b.1839), and Charles C., Jr. (b.1865), of Kanawha County. For the period 1825-1875 there are papers of various members of the Ruffner, Dickinson, and Wilson families of West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Kansas, Missouri, and other states. The business papers relate to farming operations, the purchase and sale of slaves, salt manufacturing and trade, the Old Sweet Springs Company, coal, iron, oil,...
Dates: 1825-1936

Lewis Maxwell Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0963
Overview

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.

Dates: 1825-1861, 1903

Little Kanawha Railroad, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2411
Overview Correspondence, legal papers, financial papers, and other assorted materials relating to the Little Kanawha Railroad and sister companies in West Virginia and surrounding states. The papers deal with the purchase by the Little Kanawha Syndicate of the Little Kanawha Railroad, which ran from Zanesville to Parkersburg, and the surrounding coal lands. Members of the syndicate included George J. Gould, William E. Guy, and Joseph Ramsey, Jr. Correspondents include: J.T. Blair, Lawrence Greer,...
Dates: 1904-1913

Logan County Court Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2733
Overview Birth, marriage, and death records, registers and indexes, deed, will, map, land, lease, and minute books. Indexes of grants, leases, and wills. Surveyor's maps, surveyor records, and survey record indexes. Table of town lots, appraisement, and sale book. Mechanic's lien records, contract records, commissioner's records petitions and records, repatriation petitions. Naturalization index and declarations of intention records. These records reflect the economic and population growth typical of...
Dates: 1846-1980

Logan Osborne Family and Business Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2941
Overview A ledger and financial records of Logan Osborne (1836-39) also containing the will of Balamm Osborne. The ledger contains accounts of an assortment of general store goods from perishables such as food and candles to durable goods such as tools and carriages. There are Osborne family deeds, land contracts and letters about family matters and debt (1808-89). There are early nineteenth century state bank script from Louisiana, Virginia, and North Carolina. There are land indentures and legal...
Dates: 1761-1982

Luke Wilcox (1795-1854) Diary

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2015
Overview

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.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1843-1854; 1795-1879

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Subject
Land. 163
Surveyors and surveying. 38
Politics and government. 33
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 29
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 29
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Account books 28
Coal mining. 24
Lawyers - letters and papers. 22
Railroads 22
Morgantown (W. Va.) 21
Diaries and journals. 20
Harrison County (W. Va.) 20
Taxation 19
Education 17
Preston County (W. Va.) 17
Randolph County (W. Va.) 17
Land - deeds and grants. 15
Rivers and river valleys. 15
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 15
Transportation 15
Church buildings 14
Petroleum industry and trade 14
Farms and farming. 13
Frontier and pioneer life 13
Lumber trade 13
Mills and mill-work 13
Slaves and slavery. 13
Genealogy 12
Maps. 12
Monongalia County - Land. 12
Elections 11
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 11
Land - Plats and surveys. 11
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 11
Coal mining - coal companies. 10
Estate settlements. 10
General stores 10
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 10
Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes. 10
Travel accounts. 10
Women's history -- 1850-1899 10
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 9
Marion County (W. Va.) 9
Universities and colleges 9
Agriculture 8
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 8
Court records 8
Hardy County (W. Va.) 8
Immigration. 8
Land records and papers. 8
Barbour County (W. Va.) 7
Birth, marriage, and death records. 7
Deeds and grants - Monongalia County. 7
Monongalia County - deeds and grants. 7
Ohio 7
Wheeling (W. Va.) 7
Civil War -- letters 6
Land records - surveys. 6
Missouri 6
Ohio County (W. Va.) 6
Pennsylvania 6
Taylor County (W. Va.) 6
Tucker County (W. Va.) 6
Women's history -- 1900-1929 6
Wood County (W. Va.) 6
Europe 5
Harrison County - Land records. 5
Indians of North America 5
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 5
Justices of the peace 5
Land - deeds, grants, and papers. 5
Maryland 5
Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 5
Nicholas County (W. Va.) 5
Ohio River Valley 5
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 5
Revolutionary War. 5
Salt industry and trade 5
Virginia 5
Webster County (W. Va.) 5
Women's history -- 1929-1950 5
Braxton County (W. Va.) 4
Cemeteries and cemetery readings 4
Charleston. 4
Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 4
Gas industry 4
Judges - letters and papers. 4
Kentucky 4
Lewis County. 4
Livestock 4
Logan County. 4
Missionaries 4
Monroe County (W. Va.) 4
Parkersburg. 4
Pendleton County (W. Va.) 4
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 4
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 4
Religion. SEE ALSO Churches. 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 4
United States -- History -- War of 1812 4
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Names
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 11
Monongalia County (W.Va.) 7
West Virginia University 7
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 6
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 6
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Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 6
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 6
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 6
Bennett, J.M. 5
Democratic Party (U.S.) 5
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 5
Hayman family 5
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 4
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 4
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 4
McGraw, John T. 4
Price, Samuel, 1805-1884 4
Rector, Enoch. 4
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 4
Van Meter family 4
Watson family 4
West Virginia. Legislature 4
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 3
Brown, John. 3
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 3
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 3
Edwards, William Henry. 3
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 3
Ice family 3
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 3
Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884 3
Maxwell, Lewis, 1790-1862 3
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 3
Preston County 3
United States. Congress. Senate 3
Van Meter, Isaac. 3
West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1872) 3
Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 3
Wilson family 3
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 3
Beckley, Alfred, 1802-1888 2
Bell, Joseph. 2
Bennett, Jonathan M., 1816-1887 2
Boardman, Daniel 2
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 2
Calmes, George 2
Carpenter, Charles, 1889-1975 2
Cook family 2
Cunningham family 2
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 2
Dayton, Spencer 2
Deakins, Francis. 2
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss (1820-1905) 2
Edwards, William Henry, 1822-1909 2
Fairmont and Palatine Bridge Company 2
Flanagan, William J. 2
Flanagan, William J. (b. 1838) 2
Fleischer family 2
Fleming family 2
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 2
Foulke, William Parker 2
Fox family 2
Fox, Vause. 2
Fox, William. 2
Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, Collector 2
Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike Company 2
Goff, Guy Despard, 1867-1933 2
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 2
Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944 2
Green, Thomas. 2
Greenbrier County 2
Hacker, William Family 2
Hall family 2
Hansford, Felix G. 2
Hanway, Samuel 2
Harrison County (W. Va.) 2
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 2
Haymond, Luther 2
Haymond, Thomas. 2
Haymond, William. 2
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 2
Hoffman, John Stringer (1821-1877) 2
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 2
Hubbard family 2
Hubbard, C. D. (Chester Dorman), 1814-1891 2
Ice's Ferry 2
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 2
James River and Kanawha Turnpike Company 2
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 2
Johnston, John L. 2
Krebs, C. E. (Charles E.) 2
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 2
Kuykendall family 2
Kuykendall, James William 2
Laidley, James M. 2
Levassor, Eugene 2
Lewis family 2
Mason, J. M. 2
Mason, John W. 2
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 2
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