Jacob Seibert Family 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
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jacob Seibert Family Papers, A&M 1857, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)
Creator:
Seibert family
Abstract:
Papers of the Jacob Seibert family of Berkeley County, West Virginia, from 1813 to 1925. Manuscript materials chiefly include surveys, inventories, receipts, and notes related to the settlement of Seibert's farm.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jacob Seibert Family Papers, A&M 1857, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of the Jacob Seibert family of Berkeley County, West Virginia, from 1813 to 1918. Manuscript materials chiefly include surveys, inventories, receipts, and notes related to the settlement of Seibert's farm. There are documents related to the death of Jacob Seibert and the settlement of his estate (including land surveys and inventories of property), as well as letters of attorney related to the subsequent suit by his daughter Elizabeth Nesbitt (nee Seibert) against his son and executor Michael Seibert (1813-1836). Contains court records (summons and receipts) related to the service of Jacob M. Seibert as a Constable (1841-1876). Also contains documents related to the death of Catherine Seibert (nee Myers) (1878-1879). Later records (1883-1918) consist of pamplets, newspaper clippings, receipts of payment, and other ephemera for other family members, including W.V. Seibert, W.M. Seibert, Henry J. Seibert, Moses Seibert, C.J. Seibert, C.M. Seibert, and C.A. Seibert. Seibert is also spelled Sibert and Seybert in the documents in this collection.

Biographical / historical:

(Johann) Wendel Seibert (1721 - 1802) 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 some of his grown children, moved to Martinsburg, (West) Virginia. (John) Jacob Seibert (1752-1832), Michael Seibert (1791-1858), and Elizabeth (Seibert) Nesbitt (1776-?) were children of Wendel Seibert. Michael Seibert married Catherine (Myers) Seibert (1794-1878), and Jacob Myers Seibert (1815-1891) was their son. 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:
Genealogy
Names:
Seibert family