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Hardy County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Thornton Tayloe Perry, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3192
Overview This microfilm version of the Thornton Tayloe Perry Collection held by the Virginia Historical Society contains historical material collected by Perry over a 30 year period. It concentrates upon western Virginia and West Virginia with particular emphasis upon the lower Shenandoah Valley and Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties of West Virginia. The microfilm was placed in the West Virginia Collection by the Virginia Historical Society under provisions of a National Historical...
Dates: 1732-1965

Van Meter Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0260
Scope and Contents

A list of the personal property of Isaac Van Meter, the sale price, and the persons to whom the items were sold at a sale held at Fort Pleasant on the South Branch. Henry Van Meter and Garret Van Meter are shown as administrators.

Dates: 1758

Van Meter Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0569
Scope and Contents

Deeds, and parchment grants for land in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, 1775-1849, signed by governors of Virginia, beginning with Edmund Randolph; and one photostat account of Jacob Van Meter with Jacob and John Clower showing the cost of constructing the Van Meter home in Hampshire County, 1842-1845.

Dates: 1775-1849

Van Meter Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0189
Scope and Contents

Notes, bills, receipts, tax notices and scattered land papers of Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and James E. Van Meter, Hardy County, W. Va.

Dates: 1758-1886; Majority of material found within 1854-1886

Welton Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0806
Overview

Receipts and land records of two generations of the Weltons in Hampshire and Hardy counties, West Virginia, including papers of Job, Aaron, Archibald, and A. Archibald Welton. There is a Fairfax deed for eighty-four acres in Hampshire County in 1770, and a pocket diary of A.A. Welton, for 1880-1881, which records daily farm chores, livestock sales, and the like.

Dates: 1770-1928

West Virginia University, Agricultural Extension Service, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2007
Overview This material consists of annual reports of county extension agents, cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, plans of work, annual narrative reports for West Virginia counties, annual reports of the Agricultural Extension Service (AES) (1912-1955), plans of work for the AES (1927-1961), and reports of Country Life Conferences. There is a typescript of the annual report from 1959, a Plan of Work from 1961, and narrative reports from 1961 for 53 of the 55 Counties. See...
Dates: 1912-1961

Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3230
Overview Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries,...
Dates: 1708-1997