Land deeds and grants - Fayette County.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4590
Scope and Contents
Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly, a Baptist minister and local historian, collected these materials for his own research and interest in West Virginia history. The collection contains various materials pertaining to coal mining and West Virginia history, especially in the New River area and Fayette County. It includes correspondence, land grant and deed records, pamphlets, journals, local histories, records, photographs, and art relating to mining and life in the New River area. One set of...
Dates:
1731, 1781-1992, and undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1980
William Bennett Land Grant
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2665
Overview
A grant of land from the State of Virginia to William Bennett for 400 acres in Fayette County, March, 1780. The document bears Governor Patrick Henry's name.
Dates:
1780