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Revolutionary War.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Howard Burton Lee (1879-1985) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2139
Overview Correspondence and photographs used by Lee, who was a lawyer and attorney general of West Virginia, in the writing of his book, BLOODLETTING IN APPALACHIA, 1969, concerning the coalfields of West Virginia and the attempts by miners to unionize. The photographs show individuals, coal camps, mine guards, and scenes from the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek area in 1912-1913, Matewan, and Monongalia County during the 1925-1929 period. Correspondents include Gordon C. Felts, Coleman A. Hatfield, Henry D....
Dates: 1912-1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ira E. Robinson Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0965
Scope and Contents Additional papers of Ira E. Robinson, including ts. and photostat copies of papers concerning the Revolutionary War service of Col. John Gibson and Col. Archibald Lochry; a tls. From J. Wm. DeGrange with accompanying articles on army activities in the vicinity of Philippi, W. Va. during the Civil War; and a clipping and reprint of articles by I. E. Robinson. There are, also, facsimilies of ms. letters and poems by James Whitcomb Riley; tls written by Edmond Eitel for Mrs. Riley to Mr....
Dates: 1818-1822; 1875-1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

J.C. Sanders, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2034
Overview

A collection of court records, genealogies, historical sketches and other materials relating to Hampshire and Mineral counties in West Virginia and surrounding areas in Virginia and Maryland. Subjects include a naturalist description of the area and an early history of the region including Indians, white settlement, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. There is material on the Civil War and World War I and World War II veterans.

Dates: ca. 1700-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Lyman C. Draper, Antiquarian, Manuscripts

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3045
Overview The interviews, correspondence, notes and reports of a Wisconsin based, New York born antiquarian and early researcher of frontier history. Lyman C. Draper's manuscripts were willed to the Wisconsin State Historical Society where he had been its corresponding secretary and instrumental in its development. Microfilm was produced by the society of his papers and made available for purchase to libraries because of their significance for studying the Eastern frontier and its pioneers. Draper had...
Dates: ca. 1740-1815
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mary McKendree Johnson, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1132
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of genealogical notes on a number of Virginia and West Virginia families. There are also lists of war pensioners, copies of county and parish records, historical news clippings on Virginia and West Virginia, one box of newsclippings and other material relating to Wood County history and a folder of John J. Jackson papers, 1837-1884.

Dates: 1932-1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County Revolutionary Soldiers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0091
Scope and Contents

Copies of statements made by Revolutionary War soldiers to prove services in the war. Taken from county court records of Monongalia County.

Dates: 1750-1850
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County Revolutionary Soldiers, Typed Document

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0406
Scope and Contents

List of names showing birth and death dates, name of wife, and pages numbers from an unidentified volume; includes a few names of Ohio County soldiers.

Dates: No Date
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County, Revolutionary Soldiers, Typed Document

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1212
Scope and Contents

Typescript Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Monongalia County, W.Va. Records compiled by genealogical committee, Col. John Evans Chapter D.A.R., Morgantown, 1940. Typescript, Revolutionary Soldiers who applied for Pension in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Copied from original statement made by the soldier. By genealogical committee, Col. John Evans Chapter, Morgantown, 1942.

Dates: 1940; 1942
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mrs. Lawrence M. Cox Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1206
Scope and Contents Genealogical records compiled and collected by Mrs. Cox include correspondence, Revolutionary War records of Monongalia County veterans, Bible records of various West Virginia families, and the records of the Thomas Cox, James Curtis, George Dement, John Devore, Lewis Frankenberry, Dennis Springer, Joseph Bennett, John Burrough, Ulwrick Hostetter, Samuel Hyman, James Coburn (Cobun), Daniel Vanata, David Wherry, Whitham, and Jacob Wolfe families. The collection also includes the diary of J.H....
Dates: ca. 1816, 1859, 1924-1940
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mrs. Louise Morris, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1808
Scope and Contents Materials Collected by Mrs. Louise Morris, genealogist and authority on local history. The collection includes a notebook kept by J. H. Wherry, a student at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1859; a genealogy of the DeVaul, Haun, [F]ast families of Marion and Monongalia counties, 1817-1957; an essay on "Immigration" by George Whitham, 1896, favoring immigration restriction because of the increased number coming from " the Latin races of southeastern Europe;" land surveys from dead books, 1827-1933,...
Dates: 1859-1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center