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Preston County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 88 Collections and/or Records:

Preston County Miscellaneous Papers, Cemetery Readings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1939
Scope and Contents

Cemetery readings for Freeland Cemetery and directions on how to reach cemetery.

Dates: August 1996

Preston County Miscellaneous Papers, Cemetery Readings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2395
Scope and Contents

Xerox copies of cemetery readings for Preston County, including the following cemeteries: Salt Lick, Pine Run, Pine Grove Church, Wesley Chapel Church, and Beatty Church.

Dates: 1820-1962

Preston County Miscellaneous Papers, Civil War Unit Roster

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2110
Scope and Contents

One colored, engraved and printed roster for the Civil War unit, Co. E. 15th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Most members of the company were from Reno District, Preston County. Commander of the company was Captain Washington M. Paul.

Dates: 1863

Preston County Miscellaneous Papers, Historical Narrative regarding County and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0950
Scope and Contents

Papers on the history and description of Preston County; and ten loose pages of manuscript maps and notes on the county. Covers the period circa 1775-1875. Written by S. Scott Garner, father-in-law of Mr. Victor Hoffman, according to a postal note, 1957 March 29 from Mr. Hoffman.

Dates: undated

Preston County Miscellaneous Papers, Land Grant

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0892
Scope and Contents

A land grant signed by Wyndham Robertson, Esq; Lt. Gov. of Virginia, granting land in Preston County to Abraham Listons, Mar 17, 1835 ; and a bound manuscript workbook containing mathematical exercises in reduction of vulgar (improper) fractions, ca. 1840

Dates: 1835-1840

Preston County Miscellaneous Papers, Political Papers, and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0996
Scope and Contents

Petition, resolutions, memos, clippings, and advertisements concerning change in state constitution, Democratic Party in Preston County, Polk-Clay election, Congressional election ca. 1862, and American Arm & Leg Company.

Dates: 1842-1871

Preston County (W. Va.) Court Record Books

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2578
Overview

County court and public records consisting primarily of land and personal property tax books and civil and criminal dockets. There are also a few other record books of the jail, other court proceedings (such as jury, process, and rule books), and a private account book of the Park & McGrew dry goods store.

Dates: 1818-1945

Preston County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0956
Overview

Records of the Preston County court, consisting almost entirely of land records such as maps, surveys, plats, deeds, and indentures. There are also some personal papers and correspondence of Preston County residents, including Israel Baldwin and Julius K. Monroe, and the Fairfax family. Some photographs from this collection have been digitized.

Dates: 1775-1918

Price's Tavern Ledger Books

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2616
Overview

Four ledger books of Solomon P. Herndon, from Kingwood, Preston County, Virginia, for his public house, also known as Price's Tavern, and an autograph book and a memorandum book which includes a travel diary of a trip to the Holy Lands.

Dates: 1821-1881

Records and Manuscript regarding Early History of Aurora, West Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0906
Scope and Contents

Deed for 800 acres on Foleys Meadows in Monongalia County, to Thomas James Goff, June 25 1787; tax receipts of 1829 and 1843 for Thomas and James S. Watson; a bill of goods of Stephens, Miller & Co., Baltimore, 3 May 1865, to Messrs. Wotring Co., Aurora, W.Va.; a manuscript plat for unidentified land.

Dates: 1787-1865