Mercer County (W. Va.)
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) Papers
Correspondence of General Alfred Beckley and his wife Emily Craig. Several of the letters are by Beckley's mother from Lexington, Kentucky and comment on the Presidential election of 1832 in that state, the reception of President Jackson's in Lexington, 1832 the Cholera scourge, and local social affairs. The rest of the letters are concerned with family matters.
Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) Papers
Manuscript and transcription of a Deed for land in Mercer County, Virginia, dated July 1, 1837, and signed by Alfred Beckley and Edmund Lilly.
Brown and Parsons Families Papers
County Highway Maps for West Virginia
Daniel Hale, Physician and Conservationist, Papers
The correspondence, scrapbooks, articles and speeches of the collection document the later portion of the life of Daniel Hale (1912-1975), a Princeton physician and conservationist, who was a creator of the board of the Southern Soil Conservation District, and a founder of the Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Area. Correspondents include Robert C. Byrd, James Kee, Arch A. Moore, Jr., and Jennings Randolph.
E. Meade McNeill, Botanist, Field Notebook
The item is a field notebook of E. Meade McNeill, instructor of biology at Concord State Teachers College. McNeill's notes, part of which were published in the botany journal, Castanea, include plant life from the Shawnee Lake, Bluestone River, and Brush Creek Falls areas in Mercer County, New River area in Summers County, Cranberry Glades, and Seneca Rocks. McNeill became chairman of the Concord College Biology Department and was president of West Virginia Academy of Science, 1944-46.
Forrest E. Walker Letters
Letters written by Forrest E. Walker from locations in West Virginia to Mary A. Parker. The letters concern the following subjects: personal and family matters; Walker family gatherings; people and events in Mercer County, WV (particularly Princeton, Camp Creek, Spanishburg, Lashmeet, and Matoaka).
James S. Martin, Address at the Dedication of the Colonel William Henderson French (1812-1872) Marker, Typed Document
Address by James S. Martin at the dedication of the Colonel William Henderson French (1812-1872) marker, Mercer County, West Virginia. French, who was from a noted pioneer family, served in the Confederate Army.
J.B.F. Yoak, Jr., Collector, Papers
Histories and recollections of churches, schools, and early settlers in Mercer, Wayne, Jackson, and Lewis counties, by W.M. King. Communities or areas covered include Athens, Wayne, Cow Run, Antioch, Cherry Grove, and Smith Run. There is also an article on Aracoma Lodge, No.99, A.F. and A.M.