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Harrison County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:

Harrison and Doddridge Counties, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1015
Scope and Contents Newspaper clippings, mainly from Doddridge and Harrison county, concerning marriages, deaths, family histories, letters from World War I service men, nurses, and from former residents who had moved, or gone to other states to teach, including a series of letters from L.P. Willis from the Phillippine Islands and Japan. Mr.Willis was employed as a teacher and Head Of the Bureau of Education in Japan, and the Phillipines for twenty years. Also, included in the collection are tax and school...
Dates: 1778-1955
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison and Doddridge Counties, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1018
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings, principally from Harrison and Doddridge county papers, concerning W. Va. Servicemen in World War I, weather and flood reports, and miscellaneous West Virginia Subjects. There are also some clippings from Parkersburg and various Ohio papers.

Dates: 1917-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison County Court Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1827
Overview

Records of the Harrison County court, including the first land entry book for the county (1784-1799), four court minute books (1797-1805).

Dates: 1784-1903
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison County Court Records, Case Involving John Hacker

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4240
Scope and Contents

Court record dated 3 July 1809 for purpose of collecting debt of $10 and interest owed by William Greathouse to Adam Hickman.

Dates: 1809
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison County Court Records, Survey for Land in Monongalia County

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4166
Overview

Copy of a survey dated 1785 for 400 acres of land in Monongalia County claimed by Robison Lucas. The copy dates from between 1812 and 1818 and mentions a conflicting survey made by Morgan Morgan in 1785. The copy is attested by Samuel Hanway, official surveyor of Monongalia County.

Dates: ca. 1812-1818
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison County Court Records, Two Plats of Downtown Clarksburg

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4165
Overview Two plats of downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia, both of which were surveyed in 1822 to establish "prison rules". Plat dated 20 February 1822 includes an area of ten acres centered on the intersection of Main Street and Second Street. Surveyors include Richard W. Moore and Pearson B. Moore. Plat dated 19 April 1822 includes an area of ten acres containing the intersections of Main Street with First Street and Second Street surveyed by Richard W. Moore. Two additional documents describing the...
Dates: 1822
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison County Land Tax Lists

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2344
Overview

Lists of delinquent lands and lots in Harrison County, (West) Virginia, 1833 (written 1834).

Dates: 1833-1834
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison County Militia Payroll

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2660
Overview

This facsimile of a payroll for a Harrison County, Virginia militia unit, which was called to fight native Americans, shows the name, rank, commencement of service, time of discharge, length of service, and pay per month for 20 militiamen.

Dates: 1793
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harvey W. Harmer (1865-1961) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1686
Scope and Contents Correspondence, speeches, essays, clippings, and account books of a Clarksburg lawyer, Republican state senator, and Harrison County local historian. Subjects include the history of Clarksburg and Shinnston; the Progressive Movement, women's suffrage, and prohibition in West Virginia; West Virginia Wesleyan College; West Virginia Historical Society; Methodism in Harrison County and the state; Methodist missions in Korea, China, India, the Philippines, and the United States; gristmills and...
Dates: 1842-1961
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Haymond Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0724
Scope and Contents Correspondence, letters, and papers of Thomas Haywood, a surveyor in Harrison County, West Virginia, and Luther Haymond, postmaster of Clarksburg, West Virginia, concerning inquries about land and land purchases in the surrounding areas. Letters are mostly related to business. Also Includes office warrants, surveys, plats, deeds, and a copy of a land grant signed by Patrick Henry.All items listed as having a form of "Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed" were written to...
Dates: 1783-1867; Majority of material found within 1825-1867
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center