Lewis County.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Lightburn Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0292
Overview
Letters, legal and land papers, tax receipts, and other papers of Benjamin, John F.C.L., Benjamin F.M.V. and J.A.J. Lightburn in Lewis County. Included are a pocket account book of the Lightburn Mill, 1836-1855; 32 items bearing on General J.A.J. Lightburn's Civil War activities, including correspondence, orders, and reports (including battle reports in connection with the Atlanta campaign, 3 items, June-July, 1864); correspondence between J.A.J. Lightburn and Soule & Co., relative to...
Dates:
1836-1935
Opal Jones and Beth Curry, Folklore, Lewis County Manuscript
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0364
Overview
A collection of folk sayings, medicinal remedies, and words of songs collected in Lewis County by Opal Jones and Beth Curry through personal interviews with old residents.
Dates:
n.d.
Richard and Kathleen Harrison, Obituaries and Photographs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3346
Overview
Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings and two photographs of the Richard Hoffman Harrison home (ca. 1900-1910) on Center Avenue in Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia. Photocopied newspaper clippings consist of an article about the wedding of Dr. George I. Keener and Rowena Isabella Beattie (1898), two biographical articles about Richard H. Harrison on occasion of his 80th birthday (1939), and on occasion of his 52 years of service to St. Paul's Church in Weston (1940), and obituaries...
Dates:
1898-1950
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers Regarding General Joseph A.J. Lightburn and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1379
Overview
Materials collected by Roy Bird Cook regarding General Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn. Includes letters sent to Dr. Bird regarding General Lightburn and the Lightburn family, newspaper clippings regarding Lightburn and the Civil War in West Virginia, two maps, a pamphlet, and other material. See the "Historical Note" for further information about General Lightburn.
Dates:
1774-1960; Majority of material found within 1939-1960
Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Papers regarding the Civil War in Southern West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0895
Overview
Papers mainly related to the Civil War in southern West Virginia, including correspondence, maps, photographs, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, and other material. Highlights of the collection include material regarding Captain John V. Young of the 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry; Captain James S. Cassady of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry; Captain W.D. Thurmond and his company of Partisan Rangers; and the 8th and 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry units. The collection is organized...
Dates:
1844-1938; Majority of material found within 1861-1867
Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0873
Overview
Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative...
Dates:
1840-2003; Majority of material found within 1918-1955
Sam W. Hardman, Compiler, History of Big and Little Skin Creek Community, Typed Document
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1255
Overview
History of Big and Little Skin Creek Community (Vandalia), Lewis County, West Virginia, compiled by Sam W. Hardman. The typescript also includes Names of Pioneer Settlers Prior to 1860, by W.H. Peterson.
Dates:
1928
S.W. Davis, Minister, Journal
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3290
Overview
Photocopy of the journal of S.W. Davis, a minister who lived in Weston, Lewis County. Includes manuscript notes, poems, scriptures, finances, and personal thoughts, and brief daily entries for 1864. There are also lists of baptisms, weddings, funerals, sermons, and names of members of several WV churches. Numerous towns, churches, families, and clergymen are mentioned, mostly in the vicinity of Weston, Lewis County. These writings are recorded into a publication entitled "Clergyman's Pocket...
Dates:
1860-1866
Talbott-Tolbert Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1026
Overview
Mainly papers of Samuel T. Tolbert, a onetime constable of Lewis County and postmaster at Frenchton, who operated a general store and acted as agent and surveyor for out-of-state landowners. Included are the papers of Zadock Lanham, J.S. Wilson, John L. Jacob, and W.C. Tolbert. There are surveys, legal papers, correspondence, and lottery certificates from Ohio and Delaware, and Democratic state and county election tickets. Correspondents include Lewis Maxwell, J.M. Bennett, and F.H....
Dates:
1784-1914 1931
Thomas Lacy, Minister in Lewis County, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2279
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other papers of a Lewis County Episcopal minister relating to family matters and church business.
Dates:
1867-1895