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Ashford Brown Papers, Archives 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Brown, Ashford
Ledger of illness remedies used by Dr. Ashford Brown of Gladesville, West Virginia, who practiced medicine in Monongalia, Preston and Taylor counties before and during the Civil War.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers ca. 9 Cubic Feet 13 boxes; 7 oversize folders; 1 oversize roll

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) (1889-2009)
The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. While much of the renovation occurred in the 1960s, many of the records detail other renovation projects done in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also includes historical and other related documents dating from before the original Preston family's residence at Smithfield.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Assorted Monongalia County, West Virginia, Historical Documents 0.21 Linear Feet 1 document case, 2.5 in.

Gray, Kay

Assorted legal and historical documents from the Monongalia County, West Virginia, area, including legal documents of the Noah Henderson and Alfred and Flossie Henderson Fordyce families, several Rights of Way and Waivers of Damage for construction on Bula-Fairview Road (most from 1929 September), and assorted other invoices, tax documents, and more. Also includes a land deed for 100 acres in Monongalia County to Jacob Sole, Jr. (1827).

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Assorted Morgan County Records 0.15 Linear Feet 1 reel of microfilm (103 items), 1.75 in.

Morgan County
School commissioners' papers, 1821-1846, containing reports to the president and directors of the Literary Fund; treasurer's accounts and reports; reports of tuition paid for poor children; and a report on the formation of school districts. The collection also includes marriage lists and certificates of the officiating clergymen, 1820-1854.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers 1.9 Linear Feet Summary: 23 in. (4 document cases, 1 flat storage box)

Atkeson-Morgan Family

Papers of John and Sarah Atkeson-Morgan documenting Atkeson-Morgan family history and the history of the Morgan home and farm in Putnam County, West Virginia for period ca. 1840-1900.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Austin-Twyman Papers 27.50 Linear Feet

Austin, Archibald, 1772-1837

Papers, 1765 (1800-1890) 1939, of the Austin, Twyman, Spiller and Horsley families of Amherst and Buckingham counties, Virginia.

  1. College of William and Mary

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