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Monongalia County Militia Muster Roll

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Collection Number: A&M 0095
Overview Muster roll of a company of Monongalia County Militia dated February 20, 1818, and printed in original spelling of the names of ninety-eight soldiers in the company. Their commander was Capt. John Launce who had orders from the President of the United States for active service. This volume was presented to the University by Siegel O. Gardner, Morgantown public schools, Morgantown W. Va., in the summer of 1945. George Sils, last survivor of Gen. Lee's army in Monongalia County, died in summer...
Dates: 1818
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County Miscellaneous Glass Plates

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Collection Number: A&M 4117
Scope and Contents

Includes six boxes of glass plate negatives documenting subjects possibly from Monongalia County. Subjects include individuals, families, military members in front of back drops, homes, a Christmas tree, trains, stores, river recreation, miniature furniture, and events. The locations where the photographs were taken are unknown. However, "Weibel's Place," a store that appears in box 1 folder 6, is a Morgantown, West Virginia location.

Dates: circa 1915-1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County Miscellaneous Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0439
Overview

Pension certificate, 5 September 1834, of Revolutionary service of a private.

Dates: 1783-1940
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County, North American Hill and Jew Hill Communities, Reports

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Collection Number: A&M 1313
Overview

Surveys by Mrs. Gideon S. Dodds of the economic and social conditions in two mining settlements near Maidsville. The surveys address the issues of poverty, education, and morality in these two communities.

Dates: 1934
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County, Photographs of Students, Cemeteries, and Other Subjects from Core and the Surrounding Area

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Collection Number: A&M 3590
Overview

Includes group portraits of students with their teachers (4 items, ca. 1915-1944); candid shots of citizens (ca. 1915-1930); and photographs of churches, cemeteries, and tombstones from around the area of Core, West Virginia (Monongalia County). Names of students and citizens are mostly identified.

Dates: 1915-1990; Majority of material found within 1979-1985
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County Place Names

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Collection Number: A&M 1256
Overview

Anonymous compilation of "Cemeteries and Location Within Monongalia County." 39pp.

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

Monongalia County, Plat for Land on Cheat River

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Collection Number: A&M 4099
Overview Plat for land located in Monongalia County dated 7 July 1794. The plat shows four pieces of land consisting of 7000 acres located on the waters of the Cheat River below the Dunker Bottom[s] settlements. The plat also indicates the owners of each piece and dates when the land was surveyed. Also contains a description of the land written by Clement Biddle. The document was mailed to Colonel William Deakins, on evidence of sealing wax and the address of Georgetown Potowmack [sic], Maryland...
Dates: 1794
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County Revolutionary Soldiers

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Collection Number: A&M 0091
Scope and Contents

Copies of statements made by Revolutionary War soldiers to prove services in the war. Taken from county court records of Monongalia County.

Dates: 1750-1850
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County, Revolutionary Soldiers, Typed Document

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Collection Number: A&M 1212
Scope and Contents

Typescript Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Monongalia County, W.Va. Records compiled by genealogical committee, Col. John Evans Chapter D.A.R., Morgantown, 1940. Typescript, Revolutionary Soldiers who applied for Pension in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Copied from original statement made by the soldier. By genealogical committee, Col. John Evans Chapter, Morgantown, 1942.

Dates: 1940; 1942
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County Revolutionary Soldiers Typed Document

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Collection Number: A&M 0406
Scope and Contents

List of names showing birth and death dates, name of wife, and pages numbers from an unidentified volume; includes a few names of Ohio County soldiers.

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

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Account books 251
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 186
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Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
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Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
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Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 38
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United States. Congress. Senate 38
West Virginia University. President 35
West Virginia University. Library 32
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 31
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 31
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 29
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 28
United States. Congress 28
West Virginia. Legislature 28
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 27
West Virginia University. Agricultural Extension Service 26
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 25
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 23
Byrd, Robert C. 23
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 23
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 23
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 23
Monongalia County (W.Va.) 22
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 21
West Virginia University. Department of History 21
Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 21
Smith family 20
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 18
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 18
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 18
Dayton, Alston Gordon 18
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 18
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 18
West Virginia University. College of Agriculture 18
Davis family 17
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 17
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 17
Brown, John. 16
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 16
Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 16
United States. Army 16
West Virginia (Ship) 16
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 15
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 15
Monongalia Academy (Morgantown, W. Va.) 15
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 15
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 14
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 14
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 14
Morgan family 14
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 14
Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 14
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 13
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 13
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 13
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 13
Hayman family 13
Meadows, Clarence W. 13
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 13
Patteson, Okey L. 13
Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971 13
Weston State Hospital 13
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 13
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 12
Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984 12
Dawson, William M.O. 12
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 12
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 12
Moore family 12
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 12
Barron, W. W. 11
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 11
Consolidation Coal Company 11
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 11
Gore, Howard M. 11
Jackson family 11
Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930 11
Washington, George, 1732-1799 11
West Virginia University. College of Pharmacy 11
West Virginia University. Department of Biology 11
West Virginia University. Extension Service 11
American Federation of Labor 10
Brown family 10
Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 10
Dayton, Spencer 10
Evans family 10
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 10
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 10
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 10
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 10
Robinson family 10
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 10
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 10
Cuthbert, John A. 9
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 9
Green, William. 9
Hall family 9
Hardesty, David C., Jr. 9
Johnson, Louis. 9
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