Rivers -- West Virginia
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mason County Archives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0663
Scope and Contents
Record book of certificates of appraisement of estrays, including livestock, and lumber, boats and other articles adrift on the Ohio River; also judgements rendered for fines by several Justices and receipts of various county officials for copies of the Code of W.Va., Acts of the Legislature and dockets.
Dates:
1853-1859; 1861-1867; 1870-1876
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960