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Preston County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

George W. Fairfax Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1062
Scope and Contents

These papers include receipts; promissory notes; legal papers; articles of agreement; indentures and miscellaneous correspondence. The bound volumes include legal tax records; land surveys; merchandise account books and ledgers. The papers deal principally with Monongalia and Preston county subjects.

Dates: 1832-1898

George W. Fairfax Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1084
Scope and Contents

Legal papers and business receipts, notes, and accounts of a Preston County sheriff and entrepreneur who operated a tannery and a sawmill. Fairfax was also a Colonel in the Virginia Militia and served as deputy sheriff of Monongalia County about 1854.

Dates: 1806-1885