Secession - Virginia.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0104
Overview
Personal and business papers of lawyer, U.S. Senator, circuit court judge, and first Governor of West Virginia, Arthur I. Boreman. See scope and content note for more details.
Dates:
1861-1895, undated
Benjamin Wilson, Attorney, Letter Regarding Conditions in Richmond after Passage of Secession Ordinance
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3626
Overview
Letter of two pages authored on 19 April 1861 from Richmond, Virginia by Benjamin Wilson, a Harrison County attorney, describing conditions in Richmond after passage of the Ordinance of Secession by the Virginia General Assembly on 17 April. He indicates how " ... almost every man and boy are in the street has [sic] a gun and sword in hand. Companies are leaving every day, where to I do not know." Benjamin Wilson was born in Harrison County, Virginia in 1825, attended law school in Staunton,...
Dates:
1861
Harrison County Court Records, Ordinance of Secession Amendment, Poll Books
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3522
Overview
Poll books from the Harrison County communities of Bridgeport, Lynch, Swishers Mills, Clarksburg, Lumberport, Romines Mills, Shinnston, and Sardis indicating the vote on the 1861 Ordinance of Secession amendment to the Virginia constitution. The books contain the names of individuals voting and how they voted as well as the oath of office of those officials conducting the election.
Dates:
1861