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A.C.L. Gatewood Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1519
Overview Correspondence, diary, and farm account book of a Confederate officer and Pocahontas County cattleman and farmer. The correspondence deals primarily with Gatewood's activities as adjutant general and chief of staff of the West Virginia Division, United Confederate Veterans. The Civil War diary, 11 March-15 December 1865, covers action of Company F, Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, "Laurel Brigade," Rosser Cavalry Division, from Staunton to Appomattox. The farm account book, 1866-1869, also...
Dates: 1801-1816, 1855-1919
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Anna Shue Atkins Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3984
Overview

Papers of Anna Shue Atkins (1918-2010), a poet, writer, and schoolteacher who was born and spent her early life in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Contains Atkins's poetry and autobiographical writings, as well as her genealogical research, legal documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other material. See "Scope and Content Note" and "Historical Note" for further information.

Dates: 1918-2013
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Civil War Diary of a Confederate Soldier at Appomattox Court House

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Collection Number: A&M 0815
Overview One page typescript of a transcription of a Confederate soldier's diary entries for 9-12 April 1865. The soldier was at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Topics discussed include fighting the morning of 9 April; flag of truce and Lee's going to Grant's headquarters; terms of surrender; General John B. Gordon's farewell address to his troops; General Lee's General Order No. 9; another speech by General Gordon, referring to the possibility of a second Southern rebellion; and formal surrender...
Dates: 1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Civil War Muster Rolls

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Collection Number: A&M 2837
Overview Two ALS, Samuel Young, Senate Chamber, Wheeling, West Virginia, to Capt. John Sharp, October 1 and 6, 1863. Both letters discuss the importance of forming an official Pocahontas County militia immediately among Union refugees of that county to insure that Union officers will be elected; Vouncher for salary paid to Horace R. Sargent, 1st Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry, November to December, 1861; Muster Rolls for Company 7, 9th Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers, 1862, and 19th Regiment,...
Dates: 1861-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

County Highway Maps for West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 4479
Content Description Highway maps for the 55 counties of West Virginia created in 1937. They are in two tones (blue on white), in varying dimensions (including items in the range of 36 in. x 36 in. to 36 in. x 58 in., etc.), and scaled to 1 inch equaling 1 mile. Features indicated on the maps include: roads (US, primary state roads, secondary state roads); state, county, district, and corporate lines; railroads; streams; parks and forests; highway bridges; county seats; cities and villages; lodges; farms;...
Dates: 1937
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Frances Hunter Diary

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Collection Number: A&M 2860
Overview

Diary of a female teenager from Pocohontas County, Frances Hunter, documenting her social life and other activities, including athletics, movies, parties, and 4-H camp. She mentions seeing General Pershing, General Petain, and President Hoover at Williamsburg. This is a candid statement of everyday life of a young woman in east-central West Virginia.

Dates: ca. 1930-1939
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Henry Rauch, Author, True Crime Story Set in Pocahontas County Published in "The Journal of Spelean History"

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Collection Number: A&M 4464
Content Description An article written by West Virginia University Geology professor and cave enthusiast Henry Rauch about the disappearance, and deaths, presumably by murder and suicide, of Walter Smith and noted caver Peter Hauer in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in June 1975. Ruled as a case of murder-suicide by law enforcement officials, the author explores alternate theories drawing on eyewitness testimony from friends of the victims and other evidence. The article appeared in "The Journal of Spelean...
Dates: 2018
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Homer C. Cooper, Compiler, Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 1258
Scope and Contents

Typescript genealogies of James Cooper (1780-1845) and Nancy Agnes Wooddell (1785-1861) family and the Joseph Wooddell (1752-1834) and Elizabeth Wooddell ([unknown]-1820) family.

Added 1971 March 1, two mimeograph copies of typescripts written by Dr. Cooper; "Charles Slavens Cooper (1844-1921) and Mary Jane Hall (1845-1886), married 1867, of Gilmer County W. Va." and "Springston, Springstone, and Lambert".

Dates: 1959, 1960, 1970
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Homer C. Cooper, Compiler, Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 1647
Scope and Contents

Sketch of Joseph William Cooper, Pocahontas County and a copy of a letter written by Cooper to his son, while a member of the 19th Virginia Calvary, C.S.A.

Dates: 1963
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Isaac McNeel (b.1830) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1451
Overview Correspondence, legal and business papers, mercantile records and tax receipt books of Isaac McNeel, who operated a store at Edray and Mill Point, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, served as sheriff of the county, operated a gristmill, raised livestock, and was appointed provost marshal of the county in 1862 by the Confederate Army. The collection also includes letters and school reports of McNeel's sons, Winters and Summers, while students at Washington and Lee and the Medical and Law...
Dates: 1850-1908
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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