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Preston County Miscellaneous Papers, Civil War Unit Roster

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2110
Scope and Contents

One colored, engraved and printed roster for the Civil War unit, Co. E. 15th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Most members of the company were from Reno District, Preston County. Commander of the company was Captain Washington M. Paul.

Dates: 1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Preston County Miscellaneous Papers, Historical Narrative regarding County and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0950
Scope and Contents

Papers on the history and description of Preston County; and ten loose pages of manuscript maps and notes on the county. Covers the period circa 1775-1875. Written by S. Scott Garner, father-in-law of Mr. Victor Hoffman, according to a postal note, 1957 March 29 from Mr. Hoffman.

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

Preston County Miscellaneous Papers, Land Grant

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Collection Number: A&M 0892
Scope and Contents

A land grant signed by Wyndham Robertson, Esq; Lt. Gov. of Virginia, granting land in Preston County to Abraham Listons, Mar 17, 1835 ; and a bound manuscript workbook containing mathematical exercises in reduction of vulgar (improper) fractions, ca. 1840

Dates: 1835-1840
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Preston County Miscellaneous Papers, Political Papers, and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0996
Scope and Contents

Petition, resolutions, memos, clippings, and advertisements concerning change in state constitution, Democratic Party in Preston County, Polk-Clay election, Congressional election ca. 1862, and American Arm & Leg Company.

Dates: 1842-1871
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Preston County Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0956
Overview Papers from the Leroy Bucklew Museum in the Preston County, West Virginia, courthouse. The collection includes early papers relating to land, court cases, mills and furnaces, post offices, inns, mineral development, Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad Company, roads, the Virginia-Maryland boundary, and estate settlements. There are photographs of Preston County and Kingwood, and maps of Kingwood, Bruceton Mills, Rowlesburg, Manheim, and of Berkeley Springs, Morgan County. Also includes...
Dates: 1775-1918
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Preston Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2201
Overview

Correspondence, legal papers, and business papers of John J.D. Preston, his ancestors, and his relatives. The correspondence is primarily between members of the Preston family with topics being discussed, such as living conditions, business conditions, military training camps, Civil War battles, politics and campaigns, political personalities, education, schools, and the World Wars. Correspondents include John Preston, Rev. David Preston, John J. Davis, and John W. Davis.

Dates: 1817-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Preston Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2444
Overview

Typescript copies of documents and census lists relating to the Ferrell family, copied by the Calhoun County Historical and Genealogical Society from papers in the possession of Ota Mae Marshall.

Dates: 1830-1880
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Price Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0492
Overview

Business and personal papers of Edward Price (1818-1907), William Edward Price (1856-1938), and other members of the Price family in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Included are birth and death records and newspaper clippings on the Price, McCue, and Lazzelle families, 1830-1945; and other papers centering on Morgantown and Monongalia County.

Dates: 1830-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Price Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0682
Overview Family papers, periodicals, newspapers, clippings, maps, and other materials of the Price family in Marlinton. Most of the papers are those of Andrew Price, a Marlinton attorney, including records of the law firm of Price, Osenton and McPeak. Other materials, ca.1901-1949, concern J.W. Price, a Marlinton physician. There are muster rolls of Company C, Sixty-second Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., from Pendleton County; and manuscripts of essays, verse, and historical articles written by Andrew...
Dates: 1813, 1900-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Price-McBee Families Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0027
Overview Letters to Thomas McBee and members of the McBee family in Monongalia County, West Virginia, from relatives in the Baird, Corns, England, and Noel families of Sharpsburg, Virginia*, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1859-1896. There are also several letters to Thomas and Elizabeth Price of Clinton Furnace, Monongalia County, 1873-1896; as well as subscription lists for the building of the "Union" meeting and schoolhouse, 1830, and for a school to be taught by William Price on the J. Barnes...
Dates: 1825-1896
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 257
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
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West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
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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
West Virginia. Legislature 29
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 28
United States. Congress 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
Monongalia County (W.Va.) 23
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 23
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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