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McClaugherty Family Civil War Letter and Financial Papers 0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.25 in.

Several letters and financial papers of the McClaugherty family of Princeton, West Virginia, pertaining to family affairs, estate settlements, and the early years of the Civil War. An 1861 letter from George B. Schmitz of the 24th Virginia Infantry written to Hugh McClaugherty chiefly describes the battle of Bull Run in July 1861 and the status of Confederate troops after the battle. A February 1863 letter from Edward McClaugherty of the 17th Virginia Cavalry to his father, John McClaugherty, primarily describes his recovery in a home near Salem, Virginia, and the health of his regiment. Collection also includes a few financial documents (receipts related to dry goods and taxes paid on slaves and horses and estate matters) and letters from the McClaugherty family from the 1840s, 1850s, and early 1870s. Major topics of these letters include health, weather, and news of family members.
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Monongalia County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers 273.54 Linear Feet (343 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 records carton, 15 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (83 record books, 17 ft. 7 in.); (175 flat boxes (nonstandard), 4 in. each); (340 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each); (58 reels of microfilm, 0.75 in. each)

Monongalia County Court

County court records consisting primarily of records of court proceedings including dockets, executions, orders, and fees as well as case papers and public records consisting primarily of land and property records including deeds, land, and personal property books. There are also some records of private businesses, private organizations, Sheriff's records, and voting records. This collection consists of three series and an addendum.

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Nathaniel V. Wilson Correspondence 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Wilson, Nathaniel V.
Letters to Wilson at Farmville, Virginia, and Charleston, West Virginia, from members of his family at: the University of Virginia; Lewisburg, West Virginia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Clarksville, Virginia. Includes references to family business affairs, the Ruffner-Donnally salt works at Charleston, purchase of slaves, and medical education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1836 and 1844.
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Ohio County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers 384.71 Linear Feet Summary: 384 ft. 8.52 in. (38 reels of microfilm, 0.75 in. each); (730 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each); (595 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 document case, 2.5 in.); (12 record cartons 15 in. each); (1 oversized record carton, 17 in.); (47 record books, 102 in. total)

Ohio County Court
County court and public records consisting primarily of court dockets and records relating to these court proceedings, including order, execution, minute, and fee books. There are also various public records, including land records, birth, marriage, and death, estate settlement, and naturalizations. There are a small number of private papers of businesses involved in court cases.
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Ralph Fairfax, Collector, Records 0.17 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Fairfax, Ralph

A tax book of Monongalia County, 1855, and an estate appraisement of John Fairfax for personal property at the Glades, and Cheat Farm, Monongalia County. The appraisement refers to the sale of eleven enslaved Africans. There are also two lists of delinquent taxpayers; scrip from the Gladesville Furnace, 1877; and a list of the hands at Clinton (Furnace).

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Robinson Family Manuscripts 0.75 Linear Feet Summary: 9 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)

Robinson family
Most of the letters are to Helen M. Robinson of Fetterman, Taylor County, West Virginia, from relatives and friends. Subjects discussed include housekeeping, fashions, farming, schools, religion, and the Civil War from both the Confederate and Union perspectives. There are frequent, specific references to the political and military state-of-affairs in the upper Ohio Valley region.
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Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers 5.5 Linear Feet 5 ft. 6 in. (10 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (3 oversize folders, 1 in.)

Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook. They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc. Series 9 includes oversized material from earlier series.
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Samuel Price, Lawyer and Politician, Papers 5.5 Linear Feet 5 ft. 6 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 ledger, 1 in.)

Price, Samuel, 1805-1884

The papers of a prominent Lewisburg, Greenbrier County lawyer and politician, Samuel Price, who served numerous terms in the Virginia state legislature and was Virginia's Lieutenant-Governor during the Civil War. He was also a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1851, the Secession Convention of 1861, and the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872; and he completed the U. S. Senate term of Allen Caperton in 1876. The papers include correspondence relating to local and state politics, Price's law practice, slavery, the Civil War, land speculation, and railroads. Also included are files and ledgers documenting Price's legal and political activities as well as personal financial records. Among the prominent correspondents are the Civil War generals John Echols and Jubal Early (1872) as well as the following: G. D. Camden, Allen T. Caperton, Charles J. Faulkner, William Parker Foulke, David Goff, Henry M. Mathews, and H. O. Middleton.

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Samuel T. Wiley (1850-1905) Papers 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Wiley, Samuel T.
Letters, notebooks, scrapbooks, diaries, manuscripts, and memorabilia of a secondary schoolteacher in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and Preston County, and an author and local historian of Preston and Monongalia counties in West Virginia. The collection includes notes on history, orthography, new method arithmetic, two teachers report books of 1872-1885 and 1879-1880, teachers' certificates, a Wiley family genealogy, manuscripts on slavery, Odd Fellowship, public schools, after-dinner speeches, history of the United States, short stories, assorted sayings and aphorisms, notes for a history of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, a biographical sketch of Wiley and copies from his diaries and works, and an autograph book and information on Monongahela College at Jefferson, Pennsylvania.
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Slaves and Slavery Legal Documents 0.01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (6 items in 1 folder)

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 called Negro Jim, charged with murder (February 14, 1816); and the petition of Negro George (undated).
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