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Slavery -- West Virginia -- Monongalia County

 Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Henry vs. Pierpont, Monongalia County Court Record regarding an Enslaved African

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0376
Overview

Monongalia County, Virginia, court paper concerning an enslaved African named Rose in the case of Michael Henry vs. John Pierpont, on 7 September 1790.

Dates: 1790

John Rogers (1786-1864) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0504
Scope and Contents

Letters to and from John Rogers of Morgantown concerning his business affairs; subjects of the letters include the Morgantown Bridge Company, building an academy in Morgantown, the North West Turnpike, stage routes between Morgantown and Uniontown, salt, wool, carding, the purchase of machinery for the manufacture of woolen goods, plow points, and negroes. Correspondents include John Hoye, J. M. Mason, George Calmes, John R. Cooke, George White, J. A. Stein, and G. Faber and Sons.

Dates: 1823 - 1852

Monongalia County Property Tax Ledgers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3886
Overview Property tax ledgers of Monongalia County, Virginia (1851-1862), later West Virginia (1863-1954). There are 175 ledgers containing information collected annually regarding property owned by individual citizens of the county for purpose of taxation. Records for each year are entered by district, and for each district are listed the names of citizens in alphabetical order; from 1923 onward address information for each citizen is also included. Slave ownership and free African Americans are...
Dates: 1851-1954

Moreland Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2983
Overview

Papers of the Moreland Family of Monongalia County. Materials include assorted land patents and grants for land in Monongahela County, Virginia and other locations, typescripts regarding West Virginia history, and assorted correspondence of members of the Moreland family. Also includes correspondence and other material regarding the opening of Richwood Avenue in Morgantown, which was constructed by the Works Progress Administration.

Dates: 1788-1944