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Wilson-Lewis Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2135
Overview Papers relating to the Wilson, Lewis, and Ruffner families of Prince Edward County, Virginia, Kanawha County, [West] Virginia, St. Charles County, Missouri, and Fairfield County, Ohio. Correspondence between Nathaniel V. Wilson and Dr. Goodridge Wilson, concerning land purchases, preparation for the settlement of the family, care of livestock, employment of slaves, salt making and marketing, and the market price of salt. Other members of the family migrated to St. Charles County, Missouri,...
Dates: circa 1693-1942 and undated

Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1455
Overview Letter and account books, clipping scrapbooks, and miscellaneous family papers of a pioneer, Ohio Valley, general merchandise firm founded by Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., at Marietta, Ohio, and operating under various names for a period of more than sixty years. The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land...
Dates: 1743-1882

Zinn Family Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 3213
Scope and Contents Genealogical information compiled by the donor and documents of the Zinn family of north central West Virginia. The family is traced back to George Zinn, a German immigrant from Darstadt and a Revolutionary War veteran who settled after the American Revolution in Monongalia County. There is mention of various of his descendents, mainly West Virginians, but most of the information is on the line of the Civil War veteran George Harrison Zinn and his son Frank Garfield Zinn. Most of the...
Dates: 1808-1994; Majority of material found in 1832-1888

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Indians of North America 19
Rivers and river valleys. 17
Land. 13
Education 11
Diaries and journals. 10
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 10
Church buildings 9
Politics and government. 9
Transportation 9
Account books 8
Genealogy 8
Revolutionary War. 8
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 8
Farms and farming. 7
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 7
Slaves and slavery. 7
Travel accounts. 7
Marion County (W. Va.) 6
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 6
Fortification 5
Illinois 5
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 5
Kanawha Valley. 5
Kentucky 5
Mills and mill-work 5
Missouri 5
Railroads 5
Salt industry and trade 5
Agriculture 4
Barbour County (W. Va.) 4
Coal mining. 4
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 4
General stores 4
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 4
Iowa 4
Kanawha River (W. Va.) 4
Morgantown (W. Va.) 4
Ohio 4
Ohio River Valley 4
Steamboats 4
Tennessee 4
Universities and colleges 4
Women's history -- 1850-1899 4
Churches -- Methodist 3
Clifton. 3
Elections 3
Europe 3
Justices of the peace 3
Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 3
Lawyers - letters and papers. 3
Livestock 3
Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 3
Mercer County (W. Va.) 3
Pennsylvania 3
Randolph County (W. Va.) 3
Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes. 3
Schools 3
Teachers 3
Women's history -- 1800-1849 3
Academies (Private schools) 2
Alabama 2
Barrackville Covered Bridge. 2
Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike. 2
Buckhannon (W. Va.) 2
California 2
Charleston. 2
Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
Civil War -- Camps and camp life 2
Civil War battles. 2
Court records 2
Covered bridges 2
Environmentalism. 2
Floods 2
Fur trade 2
Georgia 2
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 2
Hardy County (W. Va.) 2
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 2
Harrison County (W. Va.) 2
Ice's Ferry. 2
Jefferson County. 2
Judges - letters and papers. 2
Kansas 2
Lewis County. 2
Little Kanawha River (W. Va.) 2
Louisville (Ky.) 2
Marietta (Ohio) 2
McKeesport (Pa.) 2
Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining. 2
Missionaries 2
Moorefield (W. Va.) 2
Ohio River 2
Parkersburg. 2
Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.) 2
Spanish-American War, 1898 2
Summers County (W. Va.) 2
Surveyors and surveying. 2
Taverns (Inns) 2
Tygart Valley. 2
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Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike Company 3
Hansford, Felix G. 3
James River and Kanawha Turnpike Company 3
United States Military Academy 3
Weaver family 3
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Brown family 2
Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 2
Cochran, Nathaniel. 2
Corbly, John, 1733-1803 2
Cresap, Michael, 1742-1775 2
Hayman family 2
Ice family 2
Ice's Ferry 2
Johnston, John L. 2
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 2
Leeper family 2
Leeper, Harry T. 2
Leeper, Thomas M. 2
Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886 2
Moore, Alvin Edward and Ralph E. Fisher 2
Reger, Jacob. 2
Rowan, Andrew Summers 2
Summers, George W. (George William), 1804-1868 2
Watson family 2
Watson family - Genealogy 2
West Virginia University 2
Whig Party (U.S.) 2
Alexander family 1
American Colonization Society 1
Anderson family 1
Anderson family - Genealogy 1
Aracoma Lodge, No.99, A.F. and A.M. 1
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 1
Averell, W.W. 1
Bailey, Vida 1
Barbe, Waitman, 1864-1925 1
Barboursville Common Council 1
Beal family 1
Beckley, Alfred, 1802-1888 1
Beirne family 1
Bennett and Related Families. 1
Bennett family 1
Bennett, John. 1
Bennett, Joseph. 1
Bennett, Levi. 1
Bennett, William 1
Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764-1831 1
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 1
Bowman family 1
Bradford(e), W.A. 1
Brady, Samuel. 1
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807 1
Bratton, Martha 1
Brody, John. 1
Brown, John. 1
Brown/Braun family. 1
Browning family - Genealogy 1
Browning, Edmund, Jr. 1
Browning-Weaver Family 1
Burnside family 1
Caldwell family 1
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 1
Campbell family 1
Campbell, Alexandar. 1
Campbell, James. 1
Carpenter, Jacob Family 1
Carpenter, Jacob family. 1
Cary, J.H. Oley. 1
Cass, Lewis. 1
Cauthorn, Townley B. 1
Cauthorn, Townley. 1
Chenoweth family 1
Clarke, James C. 1
Clarke, John P. 1
Clarke, John P. (1825-1900) 1
Cleaver family 1
Cleaver, Benjamin. 1
Cleaver, William. 1
Cochran family 1
Conaway, Virginia H. 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Bryan's Battery 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Wise Legion. Company B 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 25th. Company H 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 2nd 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 2nd. Company A 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 31st 1
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 1
Courtney family 1
Courtney, Alpheus. 1
Courtney, John J. 1
Courtney, John. 1
Courtney, Ulysses J. 1
Cowan family 1
Craig family 1
Crawford family 1
Cromwell family 1
Crozet, Claudius, 1790-1864 1
Curry family 1
Curry, Jane. 1
Dandridge, Danske, 1858-1914 1
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