Surveyors and surveying.
Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:
Monongalia County Land and Legal Papers
Deeds, warrants, surveys and other legal papers from Monongalia County.
Monongalia County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers
Mrs. Glenn V. Longacre, Collector, Papers
Mrs. Louise Morris, Collector, Papers
National Road Survey
Copies of the original surveyor readings of the portion of the National Road traversing West Virginia through Ohio County. The readings are surveyor calculations of area and meridian locations. There are also side notes mentioning special features such as watercourses like Wheeling Creek. Also includes a typed copy of a letter from Richard D. Delafield, a chief engineer of the survey, to James G. Totten stating changes in the course of the National Road survey east of the Ohio River.
Nicholas County Survey Record Book
This collection is a record book of surveys for Nicholas County, Virginia, 1819-1836. The book contains a list of names for whom the surveys were made.
Noah Henderson (Monongalia County, W.Va.) Financial and Legal Papers
Preston County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers
Records of the Preston County court, consisting almost entirely of land records such as maps, surveys, plats, deeds, and indentures. There are also some personal papers and correspondence of Preston County residents, including Israel Baldwin and Julius K. Monroe, and the Fairfax family. Some photographs from this collection have been digitized.
Ralph Fairfax, Collector, Records
A tax book of Monongalia County, 1855, and an estate appraisement of John Fairfax for personal property at the Glades, and Cheat Farm, Monongalia County. The appraisement refers to the sale of eleven enslaved Africans. There are also two lists of delinquent taxpayers; scrip from the Gladesville Furnace, 1877; and a list of the hands at Clinton (Furnace).
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Papers of Thomas Tavenner and the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence; memoirs; journals; financial and legal documents; pamphlets; newspapers; and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family were Confederate sympathizers.