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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Margaret B. Ballard, Compiler, Monroe County Historical Papers and Other Material, 1783/2021, bulk 1910/1970

41.02 Linear Feet Summary: 41 ft. 1/4 in. (81 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 large notecard box, 9 1/4 in.); (2 ambrotypes in composite box, 1 3/4 in.); (2 notecard boxes, 6 1/4 in. each); (3 notecard boxes, 6 3/4 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.); (8 reels of microfilm; 1.75 in. each)
Papers of Dr. Margaret Byrnside Ballard (1900-1991), regarding the history of Monroe County, West Virginia, and the Ballard family. As a genealogist and author of local history, she was an avid collector of the historical materials contained in this collection, most of which relate to her family and Monroe County. The collection includes personal papers, business records, historical and genealogical research material, scrapbooks, bibles, memorabilia, artifacts, photographs, broadsides, paintings, and postage stamps. See the Historical Note for more information about Dr. Ballard.
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Margaret B. Ballard, Compiler, Monroe County Historical Papers and Other Material, 1783/2021, bulk 1910/1970 41.02 Linear Feet Summary: 41 ft. 1/4 in. (81 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 large notecard box, 9 1/4 in.); (2 ambrotypes in composite box, 1 3/4 in.); (2 notecard boxes, 6 1/4 in. each); (3 notecard boxes, 6 3/4 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.); (8 reels of microfilm; 1.75 in. each)

Ballard, Margaret B. (1900-1976)
Papers of Dr. Margaret Byrnside Ballard (1900-1991), regarding the history of Monroe County, West Virginia, and the Ballard family. As a genealogist and author of local history, she was an avid collector of the historical materials contained in this collection, most of which relate to her family and Monroe County. The collection includes personal papers, business records, historical and genealogical research material, scrapbooks, bibles, memorabilia, artifacts, photographs, broadsides, paintings, and postage stamps. See the Historical Note for more information about Dr. Ballard.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monroe County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers, 1751/1927

65.83 Linear Feet Summary: 65 ft. 10 in. (96 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 box, 12.5 in.); (82 ledgers, 87.5 in.); (120 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
County court records concerning court cases and proceedings, as well as some public records, primarily tax, birth, death, and marriage records. There is also a large collection of private account books from various local businesses.
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Monroe County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers, 1751/1927 65.83 Linear Feet Summary: 65 ft. 10 in. (96 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 box, 12.5 in.); (82 ledgers, 87.5 in.); (120 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Monroe County Court
County court records concerning court cases and proceedings, as well as some public records, primarily tax, birth, death, and marriage records. There is also a large collection of private account books from various local businesses.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Salt Sulphur Springs Records, 1825/1883

5.1 Linear Feet Summary: 5 1/2 in. (3 wrapped ledgers)

List of guests at the Salt Sulphur Springs, including place of residence, and numbers of horses and servants. No data is given for the years 1831-1833. Pasted in the back of the last volume are doctors' prescriptions for medicine at Union, West Virginia, in 1883.

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Salt Sulphur Springs Records, 1825/1883 5.1 Linear Feet Summary: 5 1/2 in. (3 wrapped ledgers)

Salt Sulphur Springs Company

List of guests at the Salt Sulphur Springs, including place of residence, and numbers of horses and servants. No data is given for the years 1831-1833. Pasted in the back of the last volume are doctors' prescriptions for medicine at Union, West Virginia, in 1883.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

William Gaston Caperton (1815-1852) Family Papers, 1801/1930

0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm (ca. 500 items), 1.75 in.)
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of: a Monroe County, West Virginia, farmer and politician; his wife, Harriette Boswell Alexander; their daughters, Isabel and Alice Beulah; Alice's husband, Frank Hereford, U.S. senator from West Virginia; and his daughter, Katherine Hereford Stoddard. There is one folder of business papers, 1820-1841, of Thomas Edgar; a few letters from Caperton's son, John, while a cadet at the Camp of Instruction, Richmond, 1861; a folder of letters concerning Isabel's trips through the American West, the British Isles, and Europe; and a folder on family genealogy. Subjects include mid-nineteenth century life in Union, Monroe County; the excitement in Virginia following John Brown's raid; Washington, D.C., and the slavery controversy, 1860; the secession crisis in Virginia; impressment of material in Monroe County by Union troops; the effect of the war on the social and economic life of Richmond; work of the Ladies Relief Hospital in Lynchburg; and the aftermath of war in Virginia.
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William Gaston Caperton (1815-1852) Family Papers, 1801/1930 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm (ca. 500 items), 1.75 in.)

Caperton, William Gaston (1815-1852)
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of: a Monroe County, West Virginia, farmer and politician; his wife, Harriette Boswell Alexander; their daughters, Isabel and Alice Beulah; Alice's husband, Frank Hereford, U.S. senator from West Virginia; and his daughter, Katherine Hereford Stoddard. There is one folder of business papers, 1820-1841, of Thomas Edgar; a few letters from Caperton's son, John, while a cadet at the Camp of Instruction, Richmond, 1861; a folder of letters concerning Isabel's trips through the American West, the British Isles, and Europe; and a folder on family genealogy. Subjects include mid-nineteenth century life in Union, Monroe County; the excitement in Virginia following John Brown's raid; Washington, D.C., and the slavery controversy, 1860; the secession crisis in Virginia; impressment of material in Monroe County by Union troops; the effect of the war on the social and economic life of Richmond; work of the Ladies Relief Hospital in Lynchburg; and the aftermath of war in Virginia.

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