Pleasant Furnace.

Overview

Articles of agreement for establishment of Pleasant Furnace in Monongalia County, Virginia, between John B. Armistead of Loudoun County, Virginia, and John Davis, Henry Dering Junior, and Isaac Hite Williams of Morgantown, Monongalia County, Virginia dated 20 December 1797.

Scope and Contents Site of Morgantown given, along with boundaries and owners of land along the south side of a line running northeast for the mouth of Decker's Creek to Cheat river, and along the west side of the Monongahela River in Cass district to the Pennsylvania line; located are Jackson's iron works, site of Jackson ore digging, Pleasant Furnace, Ice's Ferry, poor house, and roads; some owners' names given are: John Davis, Thomas Evans, Jarrett, Andrew Ice, Jenkins, Jesse and William Bayles, John Tibbs,...