William Seibert, Resident of Berkeley County, Virginia, Financial and Legal Papers

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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
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POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Seibert, Resident of Berkeley County, Virginia, Financial and Legal Papers, A&M 3704, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (6 items in 1 folder)
Abstract:
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 in Berkeley County (1818; William S. Porterfield was the executor of the Newkirk estate), and an indenture between the same parties also concerning land in Berkeley County (1819). Seibert is also spelled Sibert and Seybert in the documents in this collection.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Seibert, Resident of Berkeley County, Virginia, Financial and Legal Papers, A&M 3704, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Biographical / historical:

William Seibert and Samuel Seibert are most likely descendents of (Johann) Wendel Seibert (1721 - 1802). Wendel Seibert was born in the Saarland (now part of Germany) and immigrated to the United States in 1738. He arrived in Philadephia and later settled in Bethel Township (now Berks county), Pennsylvania. In 1796, Wendel Seibert, along with a number of his grown children, moved to Martinsburg, (West) Virginia. More information concerning the Seibert family can be found in A&M 1869.

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/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Land records - surveys.
Names:
Seibert, William
Places:
Berkeley County (W. Va.)