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Pocahontas County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

James E. Heath, Auditor, Listings of Delinquent Lands in Western Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4182
Overview

Listings of delinquent lands issued by James E. Heath, Auditor of Virginia. Contains printed documents pertaining to Kenawha County [Kanawha County] (1832), Greenbrier County (1833), Nicholas County (1833), Ohio County (1833), Pocahontas County (1833), and Preston County (1833).

Dates: 1832-1833
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

James Wooddell, Compiler, Genealogy Research Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3422
Scope and Contents Genealogy research papers of James Wooddell regarding familes of primarily Pendleton, Pocahontas, and Randolph Counties, West Virginia. This collection also includes lists of veterans of various wars from Pocahontas County; deeds and surveys from Pocahontas County; papers regarding various towns and communities; and other related material.Series include: Series 1. Genealogy Research Papers, 1823-2000, undated (boxes 1-11) Series 2. Subject Files, 1914-1990, undated...
Dates: 1970-2000
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Joseph H. Hill (b. 1851) Civil War Reminiscences

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0061
Overview Reminiscences of Hill, a Summersville resident, about central West Virginia, particularly Pocahontas and Nicholas counties, during the Civil War period. Hill narrates a brief overview of his life, beginning with the facts of his childhood in Summersville, West Virginia, in the early 1850s to his marriage in 1869 and the subsequent birth of his children and the operation of their family farm. Hill chiefly describes his memories of the Civil War. He describes their slaves; guerrilla...
Dates: 1939
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

Louise McNeill, Poet, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3201
Overview Papers of Louise McNeill (Pease), 1911-1993, of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, noted twentieth century Appalachian poet and author, poet laureate of West Virginia from 1979 to 1993, and professor of history and English. Though most well-known for her lyrical poetry about the history and spirit of West Virginia, McNeill also wrote articles, short stories, essays, and her memoirs. Includes biographical materials, letters, writings, poems, photographs, audio-visual materials, artifacts, and...
Dates: ca. 1861-1865, 1930-1993; Majority of material found within 1970-1993
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Matthew Wallace, Physician, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0781
Scope and Contents

Papers of Wallace, a physician of Mill Point, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, and of his colleague, a Dr. Larue. There are records of farm expenses, with a few references to payment for professional visits, and accounts of the carding firm of Barkley and Wallace and the leather business of Wallace and McCarty.

Dates: 1830-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Moses Farnsworth Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0751
Scope and Contents

Collection includes an 1832 letter from D. D. T. Farnsworth of Buckhannon Town, Upshur County to his brother Moses; an 1845 indenture of land between George E. Craig and Matilda Craig of Pocahontas County, W.Va.; An 1893 catalogue from Siegel-Cooper and Company, Chicago, IL; and an 1895 “Universal Almanac and Catalogue of Seeds.”

Dates: 1832-895
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Philip Bagdon, Research Notes regarding Cass, West Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3070
Overview Notes compiled by Philip Bagdon which were used by Dr. Roy Clarkson to complete his history of the logging town of Cass entitled Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga. Bagdon's notes, composed of maps, tables and quotes from newspapers, correspondence and business records, are arranged chronologically and topically covering subjects important to the history of Cass, the Greenbrier River valley and east central West Virginia. Subjects mentioned are land purchases, timber appraisals, railroads,...
Dates: 1876-1976
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Pocahontas County Roads

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2695
Overview A rough draft history of the main roads covering segments of highways, such as State Route 39 between Huntersville and Marlinton, in the form of a travel brochure. Mentions frontier and pre-Civil War history of such places as Mill Point and Lewisburg, but its focus is on the Civil War history of Pocahontas, Greenbrier, and Randolph counties. Significant people and places mentioned are: The Great Warrior Path, Droop Mountain, Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs, W. W. Averell, Huntersville,...
Dates: ca. 1985
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Samuel Young Letters (photocopies)

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2737
Overview

Photostatic copies of two letters from Samuel Young to John Sharp, written in 1863 at Wheeling, West Virginia, where Mr. Young was representing Pocahontas County in the West Virginia legislature. The letters deal mostly with the appointment of Sharp as Adjutant of the 127th Reg., West Virginia Militia (Pocahontas County), and with West Virginia senatorial elections.

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