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Ohio County Deed to Land on Wheeling Creek

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Collection Number: A&M 3176
Overview

Deed of 500 acres on Wheeling Creek, Ohio County from Martin and Mary Whetzel of Ohio County, Virginia to Jacob Crow of Greene County, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1805
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ohio County, Wishart vs. White, Civil Suit Transcript

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Collection Number: A&M 3173
Overview

Official transcript of a civil suit which originated in 1829 when John Wishart rendered medical treatment to David White, and White failed to pay for the services. Wishart sued in Ohio Co. Court, and the case was resolved in 1832.

Dates: 1842
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ohio Historical Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1202
Overview

Papers relating to the early development of Marietta and the Ohio Valley include the journal, 1784-1790, and correspondence, 1776-1824 (3 vols.), of a Revolutionary War officer and organizer of the Ohio Company, General Rufus Putnam; papers of Samuel Prescott Hildreth entitled: "Early Events in the Valley of Ohio, 1787 to 1847" (2 vols.); letter from Nathan Goodale to Rufus Putnam, 15 March 1788; journal of Joseph Buell, 1785-1789; and a journal of John Mathews, 1786 (holograph copy).

Dates: ca. 1776-1872
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ohio River Data Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 2690
Overview This collection consists of one scrapbook, compiled by Dan B. Fleming, of St. Mary's, WV, between the years of 1945 and 1960. It contains a variety of information concerning the Ohio River. Subjects covered include: flood records, flood control projects, history of the river, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact of 1948, navigation, snow and ice records, the proposed Lake Erie and Ohio River Canal (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), and the Ohio River Valley Improvement Association, Inc....
Dates: 1945-1960
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ohio River Sheet Music and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 3810
Overview

This collection contains photocopies of sheet music, photographs, and other material regarding music that was played on or associated with steamboats traveling the Ohio River in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: ca. 1845-1930, 1985-1986
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ohio Valley Floods, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2408
Overview

Newspaper clippings, picture-books, postcard albums, and government reports relating to floods along the Ohio River Valley especially at Pittsburgh, Wheeling, and Parkersburg.

Dates: ca. 1913-1971
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Osborne Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0930
Overview

A genealogy of the Osborne family of Greenbrier County. Originally from New Jersey, the family settled in Greenbrier and Hampshire counties.

Dates: 1987
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Parkersburg Town Council Journals

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Collection Number: A&M 1422
Overview Aside from routine municipal affairs these journals contain material on the development of internal improvements in the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area like the Wheeling-Parkersburg struggle for the western terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the development of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, and the demands for various river improvements. There are also a few references to Civil War military activities and the development of the oil industry in the Wood County area. Mayors...
Dates: 1826-1862, 1869-1874
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Patrick J. Crogan (1856-1949) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0201
Overview

Correspondence and legal papers of a Preston County attorney who was counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. There is much material on cases tried by Crogan for banks, utilities, lumber, and coal companies.

Dates: ca. 1900-1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Peter Larew Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1603
Overview Papers of a pioneer Monroe County family, including a manuscript ciphering book, 1790, a diary of a journey to southwestern Ohio, 1810, a manuscript militia manual and company roster, and various business, church, and legal papers of county militia captain, Peter Larew. The papers of his son, John M., include a general merchandise account book, the estate papers, and various business and legal documents. The collection also contains a series of letters, 1876-1892, from John Larew's sons in...
Dates: 1790-1892
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 35
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Ohio County (W. Va.) 26
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Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 13
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 12
Farms and farming. 12
Frontier and pioneer life 12
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Ohio River Valley 12
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Kanawha Valley. 5
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 9
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 8
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 6
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 6
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 6
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Brown, John. 5
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 5
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 5
Democratic Party (U.S.) 5
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 5
West Virginia University 5
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 4
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 4
Imboden, John D. (John Daniel), 1823-1895 4
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 4
Wilson family 4
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 3
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 3
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 3
Davis family 3
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 3
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 3
Hayman family 3
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 3
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 3
McCausland, John, 1836-1927 3
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 3
McGraw, John T. 3
McKinley, William, 1843-1901 3
Morgan family 3
Ruffner family 3
Washington, George, 1732-1799 3
West Virginia Historical Society 3
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 3
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 2
Baldwin-Felts Detective Inc. 2
Bassel, John, 1840-1914 2
Bennett, J.M. 2
Bennett, Jonathan M., 1816-1887 2
Bennett, Jonathan McCally, 1816-1887. 2
Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764-1831 2
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 2
Brinkman, Charles. 2
Brinkman, George W. 2
Carpenter, Charles, 1889-1975 2
Cather, Fabricius A. 2
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company 2
Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 2
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Collins family 2
Collins, Jarius. 2
Collins, Justus, 1857-1934 2
Confederate States of America 2
Cox, Jacob D (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900 2
Cresap, Michael, 1742-1775 2
Crook, George, 1828-1890 2
Cumberland Road 2
Cunningham, John S. 2
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 2
Davis, T.B. 2
Dixon, Thomas W. 2
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 2
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 2
Ford, J. B. 2
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 2
Gambrell family 2
Garrett, John W. 2
Goff family 2
Grafton Rotary Club 2
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 2
Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926 2
Harmer family 2
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961 2
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 2
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 2
Haymond, William. 2
Henderson family 2
Henderson, Alexander. 2
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 2
Hubbard, C. D. (Chester Dorman), 1814-1891 2
Jackson family 2
Jackson, J.J. 2
Jenkins, Albert Gallatin, 1830-1864 2
Johnson family 2
Kenna, John E. 2
Krebs, C. E. (Charles E.) 2
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 2
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 2
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 2
Lewis family 2
Library of Congress 2
Ludwig, William 2
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 2
Mann, Isaac T. (Isaac Thomas), 1864-1932 2
Matheny, H. E. (Herman Edmond), 1910- 2
Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884 2
Matlick, Jacob G. 2
Maxwell, Rufus. 2
McNeill family 2
Moats family 2
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