Wood County (W. Va.)
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Henry R. Kelly, Collector, Scrapbook
Scrapbook of a Parkersburg postal clerk containing historical clippings on Wood County and World War II, and the scrapbook (1854-1921) of A.L. Collins which has statements from numerous Parkersburg mercantile houses, criminal reward notices, and a few legal papers.
Hugh Sayre, Collector, Papers
Correspondence, miscellaneous family papers, nineteenth century school records, ledgers, bank books, and memorabilia of Hugh F. Sayre and family of Parkersburg, Reedy, St. Marys and West Creek, West Virginia. Some material relates to oil and gas leases on the Sayre family farm and Sayre's invention of a scientific alphabet called EBDECORD.
Lawrence A. Lang, Collector, West Virginia Land Records
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.
Maggie Metheny, Author, Typescript regarding Travel by Wagon from West Virginia to Kansas
Typescript authored by Maggie (Rhodes) Metheny regarding her family travelling from West Virginia to Kansas by covered wagon in 1892, with copies of related correspondence and family photographs.
Marshall, Ohio, and Wood Counties Legislative Petitions
Petitions from northwestern counties to the Virginia State legislature for internal improvements, namely turnpikes, railroads and river navigation claims. Mention is made of the Ohio River, Little Kanawha River, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Northwestern Turnpike.
Marvin Leach, Wood County Commissioner, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs, Cards, and Correspondence
News clippings, photographs, cards and correspondence of Wood County Commissioner, Marvin Leach. Documents developments in Wood County and nearby of such projects as installation of a new courthouse building, Mountwood Park and the Parkersburg-Marietta Airport. There is much on the routine duties of a county commissioner such as purchase of new equipment and attendance of ceremonial functions.
Mary McKendree Johnson, Collector, Papers
Microfilm copy of a loose leaf note book with Mrs. Johnson's articles on "Your Famous Forefathers," published serially, 1953-1954 in Hampshire Review; also clipping on early Parkersburg history.
Mary McKendree Johnson, Collector, Papers
The collection consists primarily of genealogical notes on a number of Virginia and West Virginia families. There are also lists of war pensioners, copies of county and parish records, historical news clippings on Virginia and West Virginia, one box of newsclippings and other material relating to Wood County history and a folder of John J. Jackson papers, 1837-1884.