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Hampshire County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Hardy and Hampshire Counties, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1171
Overview Copies of Fairfax grants and surveys made or copied by James William Kuykendall, county surveyor; record of the town lots in Moorefield; extracts from Hardy and Hampshire County records; cemetery readings; muster roll of the McNeill's Rangers, 1861-1865; prospectus for Kuykendall family history, and local history items. The volume contains detailed records for Cunningham, Harness, Kuykendall, Parsons, and Van Meter families. Other records pertain to the Casey, Fisher, Hite, Hopkins,...
Dates: ca. 1750-1922

Haymond-Fleming Law Firm Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0544
Overview Correspondence of A.F. Haymond and A. Brooks Fleming, Fairmont attorneys. Correspondents include J.M. Bennett, G.D. Camden, J. Carlile, Henry Mathews, and F.H. Pierpont mentioning politics, separation from Virginia, the Arthurdale community development, and routine legal business. Included are land and legal papers, 1760-1797, from Hampshire, Monongalia, and Ohio counties, mentioning Patrick Henry and Henry Lee. Also in the collection are: a leather billfold; estate papers and marriage...
Dates: 1760-1936

Hugh Parrill, Deputy Sheriff, Receipts of Hampshire County Court

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3782
Overview

Receipts for business of the Hampshire County Court, ca. 1852-1857 collected by Hugh Parrill, Deputy Sheriff. They were stored in a cloth filing system designed and used by Parrill. The receipts, on small slips of paper, document monies collected by the Court for taxes and other transactions involving court cases, land and other property, and the local militia.

Dates: 1852-1857

J.C. Sanders, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2034
Overview

A collection of court records, genealogies, historical sketches and other materials relating to Hampshire and Mineral counties in West Virginia and surrounding areas in Virginia and Maryland. Subjects include a naturalist description of the area and an early history of the region including Indians, white settlement, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. There is material on the Civil War and World War I and World War II veterans.

Dates: ca. 1700-1950

Judy Family Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 2749
Overview Genealogy of the Judy family extending back to the birth in Switzerland in 870 of Johann Von Glarus, who though born a slave, attained freedom and became knighted by Ludwig III who appointed him chief administrator of Glarus Canton. Another early prominent family member was Heinrich Von Schudi who as chief military officer to the royal court was bestowed (ca. 1100) an honorary title that became used as the family surname. The first members of the family to come to America were Martin and...
Dates: 1985

Keller Hotel of Romney, West Virginia, Hotel Register

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Collection Number: A&M 4476
Scope and Contents DVD containing digital copies of pages from the hotel register of the Keller Hotel of Romney, West Virginia for the period 1854-1909 (incomplete). The register book pages list the guests' names and check-in dates. The pages may also list the guests' home residence and/or room number. In some cases, financial information is also included, such as how much each guest paid, and calculations of the hotel’s total revenue. The collection also includes scans of black-and-white photos of the hotel...
Dates: 1854-1909; Majority of material found within 1855-1907

Lawrence A. Lang, Collector, West Virginia Land Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3833
Scope and Contents

West Virginia land records, including receipts for fees paid, surveys, certificates of survey, land patents, grants, correspondence and other material. Some of the records are copies rather than official documents. The records are sorted by the names of buyers and stored in envelopes. Recorded to the fronts of the envelopes is information relevant to their contents.

Dates: 1865-1896; Majority of material found within 1867-1868

Mrs. Raymond Cook, Collector, Hampshire County Historical Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2338
Overview

School lists for Springfield and Duck Lick, Hampshire County, 1906 and 1907; hand-written Act of the West Virginia Legislature creating a School for the Deaf and Blind at Romney, 1871; and an agreement between George Deaver and John Eaton relating to the sale of a tract of land in Hampshire County, 1887.

Dates: 1871, 1887, 1906, 1907

Ransom Day, Hampshire County Land Grant

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Collection Number: A&M 3170
Overview

Land grant from Commonwealth of Virginia, based on Treasury Warrant Number 4602, to Ransom Day for 32 1/4 acres on Little Cacapon River in Hampshire County, ca. 1811, signed by Governor James Barbour (original copy).

Dates: ca. 1811

Revolutionary War, Hampshire County, Purcell Brothers, Histories

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3128
Overview

Four typescripts by Royal Purcell include "Revolutionary War Records of Three Purcell Brothers", "Dunmore's War and Two Purcell Brothers", "When Did the Revolutionary War Start?" (along with appendices concerning Revolutionary War pension legislation of 1832), and "Three Purcell Brothers and the War of Independence." The Purcell family resided in Hampshire County.

Dates: 1992