Robert Fonner, Collector, Records regarding Tyler County

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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No special access restriction applies.

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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robert Fonner, Collector, Records regarding Tyler County, A&M 3385, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.21 Linear Feet 1 document case, 2.5 in.
Creator:
Fonner, Robert
Abstract:
Records collected by Robert Fonner regarding Tyler County, West Virginia (WV) and also the Civil War. There are clippings (1958-1994) regarding the histories of Middlebourne (WV), Marietta (Ohio), and Tyler County High School. Civil War papers include three letters (1862), one short note (1863), short supply list (undated), discharge for John Brady of Ohio (1866), and three pension documents (1875-1879). There are also over 60 Tyler County appointments and commissions documents (1815-1860s); and Tyler County polling records for delegates (1815, 1857), and for creating a new county, Pleasants, from Tyler, Wood, and Ritchie Counties (1845, 1848, 1850). See access and use for separations; see scope and content note for additional information.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robert Fonner, Collector, Records regarding Tyler County, A&M 3385, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Records collected by Robert Fonner regarding Tyler County, West Virginia (WV) and also the Civil War.

There are clippings clippings (1958-94) regarding the histories of Middlebourne (WV), Marietta (Ohio), and Tyler County High School.

Civil War papers include three letters (1862), one short note (1863), short supply list (undated), discharge for John Brady of Ohio (1866), and three pension documents (1875-1879); two of the letters are authored by George Livingston (possibly an engineer involved with pontoon bridges), the first from Wheeling (1862 May), the second from Georgetown, D.C. (1862 September) mentioning camp conditions, Cedar Mountain, White Sulphur Springs, the Rappahanock River, and Second Bull Run.

There are over 60 Tyler County appointments and commissions documents (1815-1860s, for justices of the peace, sheriffs, etc.) bearing Virginia's seal and Governors' signatures. There are also Tyler County polling records for delegates (1815, 1857), and for creating a new county, Pleasants, from Tyler, Wood, and Ritchie Counties (1845, 1848, 1850). Pleasants County was formed in 1851.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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