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Bayles Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0779
Overview Correspondence and genealogical notes of John C. Bayles of Morgantown relating to the histories of the Bayles, Vandervort and other Monongalia County families. Also included are materials on the history of West Virginia University buildings and the department of buildings and grounds, compiled by Mr. Bayles; originals and copies of wills, deeds, and land surveys in Monongalia County; an account book for general merchandise, Monongalia County, 1857-1859; newspaper clippings; photographs; a...
Dates: 1827-1945

Civil War Military Commission Proceedings

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Collection Number: A&M 2757
Overview Proceedings of a trial by a U. S. Military Commission of Harrison H. Stalnaker, who was accused of the crime of bushwhacking in regard to the deaths of Capt. Michael T. Haller, Sgt. Andrew M. Nester and William S. Martin on 24 April 1865 in Barbour County. The incident began when a small party of Confederates raided the home of a Union sympathizer. Their intent was to entice the Home Guard stationed at Camp Haller (Valley Camp) into an ambush. Stalnaker, whose defense attorney was Spencer...
Dates: 1865

David Goff Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0627
Scope and Contents Letters to David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). These sixteen letters cover topics including land in Randolph and Tucker counties,...
Dates: 1852-1868

David Goff Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0975
Scope and Contents Papers of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). Includes letters, surveys, land grant, bonds, and receipts. The correspondence includes...
Dates: 1826-1878

David Goff Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1027
Scope and Contents Papers of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). The papers include correspondence; land papers, particularly, for Randolph County; court...
Dates: 1840-1878

Edward C. Bunker (1830-1867) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1615
Overview

Legal papers of a Morgantown lawyer, partner of United States Senator Waitman T. Willey, prosecuting attorney of Monongalia County, state senator, and judge of the Eleventh Circuit Court. Included are papers which relate to Bunker's Civil War service and Willey's legal practice. There are a few items of correspondence on land speculation and immigration in post-Civil War West Virginia.

Dates: ca. 1850-1865, 1901

Ellison Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2484
Scope and Contents The correspondence, wills, deeds, receipts, recipes, remedies, and genealogy, of the Ellison-Dunlap Petrie families of Monroe County. The letters discuss family and business matters, enslaved Africans, the Civil War, and settlement of some family members in Kansas. There are papers about land and farming, including surveys, deeds, memos, and accounts as well as correspondence and printed material about the WVU Agricultural Extension Service. There are ledgers for Han Creek Mill and an...
Dates: 1819-1977

Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1188
Overview Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). Includes correspondence, legal documents, photocopies of printed material, and land grants. Subjects of the correspondence include West Virginia politics; the elections of 1840, 1860, and 1861; Reconstruction; the Flick Amendment; Southern sentiment in Clarksburg;...
Dates: 1784-1899

Goshorn Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2426
Overview This collection comprises the personal and business correspondence, as well as financial and legal papers of the Goshorn family of Wheeling, West Virginia, including papers from members of several allied families. Highlights include letters from William S. Goshorn during his Civil War imprisonment and letters from a Virginia legislator in the House of Delegates (1833). An addendum (2012/09) contains three ledgers of John Goshorn (1827-1874). See the Scope and Content Note for more...
Dates: 1827-1926

Henry O. Middleton Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 0626
Scope and Contents

Letters to Middleton at Buckhannon, VA [now WV] and other places, regarding land sales in several West Virginia counties, with notes on court cases and comment on the fall of Richmond, VA. Correspondents include Allen T. Caperton.

Dates: 1832-1867

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 29
Land. 27
Politics and government. 11
Account books 8
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Surveyors and surveying. 6
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Education 5
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Randolph County (W. Va.) 5
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 5
Slaves and slavery. 5
Women's history -- 1850-1899 5
Church buildings 4
Genealogy 4
Travel accounts. 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 4
Civil War -- Camps and camp life 3
Civil War -- Confederate letters 3
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 3
Harrison County (W. Va.) 3
Livestock 3
Ohio River Valley 3
Rivers and river valleys. 3
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 3
Wheeling (W. Va.) 3
Agriculture 2
American ginseng 2
Banks and banking 2
Barbour County (W. Va.) 2
Camp Chase (Ohio) 2
Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 2
Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 2
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Revolutionary War. 2
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United States -- History -- War of 1812 2
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Bank of Berkeley Springs - Banks and Banking. 1
Banks - Central Bank of Virginia. 1
Banks and Banking - American Institute of Banking. 1
Banks and Banking - Bank of Berkeley Springs. 1
Banks and Banking - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. 1
Banks and Banking - Financial Public Relations Association. 1
Banks and Banking - First Virginia Corporation. 1
Batesville (Va.) 1
Berkeley Glass Sand Company -- Glass Sand Industry 1
Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 1
Berkeley Springs Water Works and Improvement Co. -- Power Industry 1
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Bonds -- Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia 1
Boone County (W. Va.) 1
Bounty warrants 1
Bowling 1
Broadsides. 1
Buckhannon (W. Va.) 1
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Names
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 5
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 4
Brown, John. 3
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 3
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 3
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Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 3
Bennett, J.M. 2
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 2
Cook family 2
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 2
Dayton, Spencer 2
Fleischer family 2
Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884 2
Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute 2
Price, Samuel, 1805-1884 2
Rector, Enoch. 2
Tavenner family 2
Tavenner, Jennet Withers. 2
Tavenner, Thomas, 1776-1857 2
Tavenner, William Cabell. 2
West Virginia University 2
West Virginia. Legislature 2
Agricultural College of West Virginia 1
American Colonization Society 1
American Institute of Banking 1
American Red Cross 1
Armstrong, James D. 1
Austin family 1
Bailey family 1
Baker family 1
Baltimore Trust Company 1
Barr, Henrietta Fitzhugh 1
Bayles, John C. 1
Bayless family 1
Bell, Joseph. 1
Bennett, Jonathan M., 1816-1887 1
Berkshire, R.L. 1
Brody, John. 1
Bull and Bear Club 1
Bunker, Edward C. 1
Bunker, Edward C. (1830-1867) 1
Bunner family 1
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 1
Camden family 1
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 1
Camden, John S. 1
Campbell family 1
Caperton, Allen Taylor, 1810-1876 1
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 1
Cass, Lewis. 1
Cassady, Capt. James S. 1
Castleman family - Genealogy 1
Castleman, Ann Rebecca Isler. 1
Castleman, Estelle. 1
Castleman, Frank A. 1
Castleman, Sarah Jane. 1
Chadwick family 1
Chicago, Parkersburg, and Norfolk Railroad 1
Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia - Bonds. 1
Civil War. Military Commission 1
Crogan, Patrick J., 1856-1949 1
Cunningham, John S. 1
Cutlip, P. G. 1
Daugherty, Jean. 1
David, S. O. 1
Day, Solomon. 1
DeVaul family 1
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Devore, Leland Swarts 1
Dickinson family 1
Dille, Thomas Ray 1
Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832 1
Dorman, Roger 1
Dunlap family 1
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 1
Echols, John, 1823-1896 1
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 1
Ellison family 1
Ellison, Allison Dunlap. 1
Emerald Shillelagh Chowder and Marching Society, Inc. 1
Fast/Fass/Faust family. 1
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 1
Foulke, William Parker 1
French, S. Bassett 1
Friend, William. 1
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 1
Gambrell family 1
Gambrill, Charles. 1
Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, Collector 1
Goff family 1
Goshorn family 1
Goshorn family - Genealogy 1
Goshorn, John. 1
Goshorn, William S. 1
Great Cacapon Silica Sand Company 1
Greene, Daniel. 1
Greene, John. 1
Greene, Richard. 1
Greer, H.C. 1
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