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Belden, Walker & Company, Greenbrier County General Store, Records 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in.

Belden, Walker & Company. Greenbrier County General Store
Papers and ledger of a Greenbrier Co. general store containing ledger entries for cloth, clothing, hardware and food items. The papers include inventories, receipts, contracts, correspondence and legal documents that pertain mostly to the indebtedness incurred by the company. Names mentioned are Hezekiah Belden, William Pettis, Edwin Porter, Samuel Price, Cyrus Walker, and Ezra Walker.
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James Kincaid Papers 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.

Kincaid, James
Bills, receipts, and letters of Kincaid of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, mainly concerning his attempts to obtain a position at the Richmond, Virginia insane asylum as a medical student and his various contacts with Greenbrier County as a school teacher. Also there is a Renick family history.
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Snyder Family Papers 0.63 Linear Feet 1 document case, 5 in.; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 1 oversize folder, 0.1 in.

Snyder family

Personal and business correspondence of Harmon, Molly, John, and other members of the Snyder family; genealogical information on the Lantz and Snyder families; land grants, surveys and deeds for land in Barbour, Greenbrier, and Randolph counties, West Virginia; and poll and registration books for Randolph County. Included also is Harmon Snyder's daybook and diary, listing accounts for the years 1866-1896 and incidents of the Civil War.

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Southeastern West Virginia Historical Records, Civil War Letters and Other Material 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 3/4 in. (3 folders)

Records relating to the history of southeastern West Virginia. Most of the items in the collection relate to Greenbrier and/or Monroe County. Includes antebellum (1833-1850; 7 items), Civil War (1861-1863; 4 items), and postbellum (1886-1933; 9 items) materials. Antebellum material includes a land suit, an estate report and schedule, other financial documents, and personal letter. Civil War material includes four letters authored by Confederate soldiers. Two of these letters describe the battle of Carnifex Ferry. Family names Sharitz and Yonce appear in three of the letters. Postbellum material includes pharmacy receipts, personal letters, programs, and a photograph.
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Stuart Family Papers 1.5 Linear Feet 1 ft. 6 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 ledger, 1/2 in.)

Stuart family

Papers of John and Lewis Stuart, 1785-1823, and of Samuel Price, 1830-1879. Price's papers include mainly legal and business correspondence related to Price's law practice in Lewisburg, West Virginia. The Stuart papers concern settlement in Greenbrier County, land transactions, and family matters. The collection includes lawyer's fee books and account books for general merchandise, ca.1830-1880. There are also printed booklets of court briefs, pamphlets concerning "the slavery question" and railroads, and several Congressional documents.

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T.B. Camden Papers 1.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 1 3/4 in. (1 ft); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Camden, T. B.
Original appraisement and account book pertaining to the estate of John S. Camden, 1862-1881. There are two ledgers of T.B. Camden, a physician, covering his medical practice in sixteen counties, listing private accounts, cost of medical care, insurance claims, and statements of Camden's income, 1865-1907. There is a scrapbook of clippings, numerous broadsides, and correspondence on professional and political activities of Camden including letters from friends regarding his dismissal as superintendent of the state hospital for the insane at Weston. The microfilm includes entries from the diary of Thomas S. Feamster, a Confederate soldier, noting troop movements in Greenbrier County, 1861, 1864-1865, and entries from the commonplace book of Theodore Woodridge.
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Thomas W. Dixon, Collector, Papers 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Dixon, Thomas W.

One book titled "Inward Delivery Book of the Adams Express Company," used at the C & O depot, Alderson, WV, during the period 1894 October 1-1895 June 2.

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Thomas W. Dixon, Collector, Papers 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Dixon, Thomas W.

Accounts of businesses and the Grange, in Alderson, WV. Include: Flash 1, 1872-1883, Alderson Presbyterian Church and Masonic Hall journal and day book. Flash 2, 1883-1887, cash book, bank account and journal, separate account for R. W. Gardner and R. J. Bell. Flash 3, 1897, 1898 day book record of fines and costs for cases listed as debits, rest of book is cash book listing people almost exclusively. Flash 4, in 4 parts, journal and ledger of Brights Mill, Alderson; in addition to standard mill items, lists coal and covers periods of 1889 Jul-1891 Apr: 1892 Jul-1893 Nov; 1892 Jul-1894 Feb; 1898 Apr-1899 Oct.

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Thomas W. Dixon, Collector, Papers 0.42 Linear Feet 5 in. (1 document case)

Dixon, Thomas W.

Xerox copies of the correspondence of William White, Cregan Cave (Greenbrier County) 1871-1897. William White (II) fitted himself to become a land surveyor, and for many years held the official position of surveyor of Greenbrier County. Letters relate to surveys and sale of several acres of land for George S. and John C. Knox and E. C. Halliday.

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