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Barbour County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Holt-Keyes Families Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0631
Overview Business and personal correspondence of several members of the Holt and Keyes families of Barbour County, West Virginia, including Ben M., Charles, Samuel T.H., and Stephen Holt, and W.G. and Bertha Holt Keyes. The collection includes records of firms operated by these families, mainly the Keyes Lumber Company, the Holt Ice Company, and Holt's Mill; genealogical material on the Holt family; records relating to foundries, coal, coke, building supplies, general merchandise, farm and...
Dates: 1878-1944
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jacob Carpenter Family History

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2502
Overview

A history of the Jacob Carpenter family of Barbour County. Immigrating from Germany, Jacob settled in the United States in 1810. Much of the content is an account of pioneer and rustic ways of life in the early days of West Virginia.

Dates: 1985
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Burns Murphy, Compiler, Genealogy of Murphy and Related Families

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3199
Overview Three volumes of genealogical compilations of family group sheet forms of the Murphy family and allied families by John Burns Murphy (b. July 5, 1914-d. November 24, 1992). There are three separate name indexes, one for each volume, and 12 captioned photos of the William and Hester Murphy family of Moatsville, Barbour Co., WV, 1770-1988, 1 1/2 ft. Other families mentioned most often in the index are Allen, Amos, Anderson, Anon, Arnett, Ashcraft, Bailey, Baker, Ball, Barnes, Barr, Bartlett,...
Dates: ca. 1890-1988
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John C. Shaw, Author, Historical Articles regarding Cove District in Barbour County, West Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0649
Overview

Typed articles about the history of Cove District in Barbour County, West Virginia, written by John C. Shaw. These thirteen pieces cover the period from circa 1790 to 1944 and describe significant people and events in the history of the district.

Dates: circa 1944
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Joseph M. Kellogg, Compiler, Notebooks

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Collection Number: A&M 1626
Overview Genealogical records, compiled by Professor Joseph M. Kellogg, Lawrence, Kansas, of the Henkel, McCann, Johnson, Mitchell, and Teter families. The records include copies of many nineteenth century documents. Allied families mentioned are Apple, Eschmann, Grisemer, Hammer, Harper, Hite, Pearies, Peterson, Ruleman, Scholl, See (Zeh), Simmons, Skidmore, and Westfall-Kortrecht. Most of these families settled in the South Branch Valley and the counties of Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Barbour,...
Dates: ca. 1945-1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Lawrence A. Lang, Collector, West Virginia Land Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3833
Scope and Contents

West Virginia land records, including receipts for fees paid, surveys, certificates of survey, land patents, grants, correspondence and other material. Some of the records are copies rather than official documents. The records are sorted by the names of buyers and stored in envelopes. Recorded to the fronts of the envelopes is information relevant to their contents.

Dates: 1865-1896; Majority of material found within 1867-1868
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Manuscript regarding Volga Community of Barbour County

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Collection Number: A&M 0704
Overview

Sketches of pioneer life on the Virginia frontier (what is now central West Virginia) in the late eighteenth century including the exploits of pioneers and Indian fighters such as Jacob Reger, Sam Hughs and Joseph and Joel Martin. White comments on the activities of the company, Confederate sympathies and activities of various citizens, the Ringgold Raiders, and the Confederate scout, John Righter.

Dates: 1955
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0821
Scope and Contents This collection includes manuscripts, printed and newspaper materials collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. This collection includes papers concerning many phases of West Virginia History, although centered on Preston, Taylor, and Monongalia counties. Includes marriage licenses from Preston County, 1881-1947; newspaper clippings from Morgantown newspapers; a meeting invitation from the Monongalia...
Dates: 1880-1947
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Samuel F. Harsh Family, Genealogy, Photographs, and Artifacts

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Collection Number: A&M 3789
Overview Material regarding the family of Samuel Frances Harsh of Barbour County, West Virginia. Includes genealogy and family history records, photographs, three bibles, and artifacts. Photographs include a cased photograph, tintypes, and cabinet cards of the Harsh family and relatives, some dating to the Civil War era. The bibles date from 1865, 1880, and 1881, and include family genealogical information. There are two artifacts in the collection owned by Samuel Harsh, including a potato masher and...
Dates: ca. 1860-1918, 2011; Majority of material found within ca. 1860-1910
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Samuel W. Shingleton, Collector, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1158
Overview

Ledger, 1849-1851, of Samuel D. Thorn, a purveyor of groceries, grain, and whiskey from Thorntown, Monongalia County, West Virginia; and a Sunday school minute book, Mt. Morris Methodist Episcopal Church, Barbour County, 1848-1863.

Dates: 1848-1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center