Berkeley County (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Sarah Morgan McKown Diaries
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0718
Overview
Yearly diaries in 39 volumes by Sarah Morgan McKown of Berkeley County, West Virginia, regarding everyday domestic and agricultural activities, local auctions, births, weddings, deaths, emigrations, churches, and religious activities. Also mentioned are the Civil War and its personalities. An index to the Sarah Morgan McKown diaries can also be found in the control folder--includes errata, pages missed on microfilming.
Dates:
1860-1899
Schools, Berkeley County Board of Education, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1404
Overview
Records of the Arden District, 1916-1930; Gerrardstown District, 1877-1925; the Hedgesville District, 1866-1927; Martinsburg District, 1908-1918; Mill Creek District, 1921-1935; and the county superintendent, 1893-1911. Subjects covered include: tax assessments, attendance applications, teacher appointments, apportionment of funds, and school levies.
Dates:
1866-1935
Slaves and Slavery Legal Documents
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2059
Overview
Six court case papers from Frederick County, Maryland, involving slaves suing for freedom, one slave charged with murder, and slaves in an appraisement of property. The cases are: appraisement of property of Jacob Miller (December 13, 1791); petition for freedom of Negroe Fawcet (filed November 21, 1795); Rebecca Toogood vs. Joseph Wood, Jr. (October 1805); Nelly Toogood's petition for freedom (1805?); bond for Justice of the Peace for Dr. William Hilleary to appear in court against a man...
Dates:
1791-1816, undated
Slaves and Slavery Legal Documents
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2078
Overview
Five court documents from Frederick County, Maryland, and Jefferson County, Virginia, mostly regarding slavery and manumission. They consist of: declaration by Christian Kemp of the removal of Negro Joseph from Berkeley County, Virginia to Frederick County, Maryland (January 13, 1797); affidavit of Philip Coblentz affirming manumission of Negro Mathew, Frederick County, Maryland (August 20, 1811); deed of bill of sale between William P. Craighill, William Little, Samuel Brown, and Samuel...
Dates:
1797-1829
Sommerville Family of Berkeley County, Family History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4035
Overview
Material regarding the Sommerville family of Berkeley County, mainly concerning Robert A. Sommerville and his son Obed W. Somerville. Includes a family history narrative (folder 1), transcript of a journal (folder 1), copies of legal documents (folder 2), and colored copies of photographs and portraits of Sommerville family members and of artifacts associated with the family (folders 3 and 4). Material regarding Robert A. Sommerville includes a transcription of family and personal memoranda...
Dates:
1852-2013
West Virginia University, Extension Service, Publications, Reports, and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5232
Scope and Contents
Records of the WVU Extension Service. Collection includes instructional booklets on cooking, decorating, and sewing from the 1910s to the 1960s, materials on rural electrification in West Virginia in the 1930s, annual conference programs, and materials on incomes and family budgets. Also includes materials relating to the Farm Woman's Club in West Virginia, studies of school children during the 1940s, and studies of cost of living in rural areas during World War II. There are historical...
Dates:
ca. 1910-1980
William Parker Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0156
Overview
Letters, legal papers, and accounts of William Parker, Hampshire County, West Virginia. Included also are scattered papers of John P., Benjamin, and James Parker and Company. Letters originate from Virginia; Greene County, Illinois, 1859; and Pleasant Hill, Dallas County, Alabama, 1849. Subjects include doctors' fees; election of 1851 in Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties, and Frederick County, Virginia; prices of farm produce; and observations of Virginians newly settled in Illinois...
Dates:
1845-1886
William Rice Research Papers regarding West Virginia Genealogy and Other Topics
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4317
Overview
Historical research material collected by William Rice from ca. 1975-2015, mostly relating to the history of western Virginia and southeastern West Virginia, the Upper Potomac River basin, and particularly Elkins and Randolph County. There are three record series including subject files (boxes 1-4), miscellaneous research files (boxes 4-5), and family histories (boxes 5-16). Subject files are arranged alphabetically and cover many topics ranging from early settlement, the formation of cities...
Dates:
ca. 1975-2015
William Seibert, Resident of Berkeley County, Virginia, Financial and Legal Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3704
Overview
Financial and legal papers of William Seibert of Berkeley County, Virginia. Contains three bills owed by Seibert, one for food, drink, horse feed, etc. that appears to be from an inn (1842; Philip Carper was the vendor), another bill for two years subscription to the German grave yard fence (1844), and another for a large water bucket (1846). Also contains one survey of land owned by Seibert (1819; ), articles of agreement between Samuel Seibert and George Newkirk concerning the sale of land...
Dates:
1818-1847; Majority of material found within 1842-1847