Date range: 1908 / Places: Tyler County (W. Va.)

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Athey Family Civil War Letters and Assorted Photographs, 1863/1949

0.21 Linear Feet 2.5 in. (1 document case)

Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence of the Athey family of Tyler County, West Virginia, consisting primarily of ten letters written from Dudley and Austin Athey, brothers who served in the 11th West Virginia Infantry Regiment from 1863 to 1865 (Folder 1). In letters to their siblings and parents at home, the Atheys describe their desire to visit home; their location on railroads or in camps at New Creek and Parkersburg, West Virginia; their health; and their desire to receive more letters from home. Letters from family members at home chiefly contain news about the family's farm and harvest. Most of the letters are brief and notable for phonetic spelling. One letter to the Athey family from another member of the 11th West Virginia documents the regiment's position in Deep Bottom, Virginia, in January 1865 and describes the cold weather, winter quarters, African American troops, the interaction between Confederate and Union pickets, and artillery fire. There is also an 1869 letter written by a Methodist circuit rider, Loren Stewart, concerning his work around Spencer following the Civil War.

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Athey Family Civil War Letters and Assorted Photographs, 1863/1949 0.21 Linear Feet 2.5 in. (1 document case)

Creator: Athey family
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence of the Athey family of Tyler County, West Virginia, consisting primarily of ten letters written from Dudley and Austin Athey, brothers who served in the 11th West Virginia Infantry Regiment from 1863 to 1865 (Folder 1). In letters to their siblings and parents at home, the Atheys describe their desire to visit home; their location on railroads or in camps at New Creek and Parkersburg, West Virginia; their health; and their desire to receive more letters from home. Letters from family members at home chiefly contain news about the family's farm and harvest. Most of the letters are brief and notable for phonetic spelling. One letter to the Athey family from another member of the 11th West Virginia documents the regiment's position in Deep Bottom, Virginia, in January 1865 and describes the cold weather, winter quarters, African American troops, the interaction between Confederate and Union pickets, and artillery fire. There is also an 1869 letter written by a Methodist circuit rider, Loren Stewart, concerning his work around Spencer following the Civil War.

Jack R. Patton, Collector, Papers, 1852/1958

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

Abstract Or Scope: Papers pertaining to Tyler County and Sistersville include genealogical data on the Wells family; a stock certificate of the Sistersville and Salem Turnpike Company; newspaper clippings on local affairs; and a manuscript list of Civil War volunteers from Tyler County.

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Jack R. Patton, Collector, Papers, 1852/1958 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Creator: Patton, Jack R.
Abstract Or Scope: Papers pertaining to Tyler County and Sistersville include genealogical data on the Wells family; a stock certificate of the Sistersville and Salem Turnpike Company; newspaper clippings on local affairs; and a manuscript list of Civil War volunteers from Tyler County.

J.N. Curry (b.1863) Papers, 1894/1966

0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 folder

Abstract Or Scope: Papers of oil and gas driller and producer in Tyler County and other places. The collection consists of three diaries, 1 January 1894 through 31 December 1896; a typescript; and clippings. The diaries contain daily comment on wells drilled, including hours worked, depth of well, difficulties encountered, geologic strata, number of barrels of oil produced per hour or pressure of gas flow. Diaries include personal affairs, wages received and paid, oil sold, rent on leased property, oil market quotations, local affairs in Sistersville and Tyler County, voting in elections of 1894 and 1896, fire at the Big Moses Gas Well, drilling in the United States and Mexico, salt wells in West Virginia, biographical information on W.A. Furbee, and Drake and Burning Springs wells controversy.

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J.N. Curry (b.1863) Papers, 1894/1966 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 folder

Creator: Curry, J. N.
Abstract Or Scope: Papers of oil and gas driller and producer in Tyler County and other places. The collection consists of three diaries, 1 January 1894 through 31 December 1896; a typescript; and clippings. The diaries contain daily comment on wells drilled, including hours worked, depth of well, difficulties encountered, geologic strata, number of barrels of oil produced per hour or pressure of gas flow. Diaries include personal affairs, wages received and paid, oil sold, rent on leased property, oil market quotations, local affairs in Sistersville and Tyler County, voting in elections of 1894 and 1896, fire at the Big Moses Gas Well, drilling in the United States and Mexico, salt wells in West Virginia, biographical information on W.A. Furbee, and Drake and Burning Springs wells controversy.

Leases for Rights to Oil and Gas Properties, 1889/1912

0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Abstract Or Scope: The leases in this collection grant oil and gas rights to companies operating in Tyler County.

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Leases for Rights to Oil and Gas Properties, 1889/1912 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Abstract Or Scope: The leases in this collection grant oil and gas rights to companies operating in Tyler County.

Robert Fonner, Collector, Records regarding Tyler County, 1862/1994

0.21 Linear Feet 1 document case, 2.5 in.

Abstract Or Scope: Records collected by Robert Fonner regarding Tyler County, West Virginia (WV) and also the Civil War. There are clippings (1958-1994) regarding the histories of Middlebourne (WV), Marietta (Ohio), and Tyler County High School. Civil War papers include three letters (1862), one short note (1863), short supply list (undated), discharge for John Brady of Ohio (1866), and three pension documents (1875-1879). There are also over 60 Tyler County appointments and commissions documents (1815-1860s); and Tyler County polling records for delegates (1815, 1857), and for creating a new county, Pleasants, from Tyler, Wood, and Ritchie Counties (1845, 1848, 1850). See access and use for separations; see scope and content note for additional information.

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Robert Fonner, Collector, Records regarding Tyler County, 1862/1994 0.21 Linear Feet 1 document case, 2.5 in.

Creator: Fonner, Robert
Abstract Or Scope: Records collected by Robert Fonner regarding Tyler County, West Virginia (WV) and also the Civil War. There are clippings (1958-1994) regarding the histories of Middlebourne (WV), Marietta (Ohio), and Tyler County High School. Civil War papers include three letters (1862), one short note (1863), short supply list (undated), discharge for John Brady of Ohio (1866), and three pension documents (1875-1879). There are also over 60 Tyler County appointments and commissions documents (1815-1860s); and Tyler County polling records for delegates (1815, 1857), and for creating a new county, Pleasants, from Tyler, Wood, and Ritchie Counties (1845, 1848, 1850). See access and use for separations; see scope and content note for additional information.

Roy Thistle, Collector, Scrapbook regarding Ohio River History, 1855/1934

0.17 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.25 in., 1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.

Abstract Or Scope: A scrapbook containing a brief history of Sistersville and the oil industry in Tyler and other counties and states; a stock certificate of the Sistersville & Salem Turnpike Company, 1853; bills of lading for Ohio and Muskingum River steamers, 1855-1934; and a list of steamboats operating on the Muskingum River, 1830-1890

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Roy Thistle, Collector, Scrapbook regarding Ohio River History, 1855/1934 0.17 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.25 in., 1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.

Creator: Thistle, Roy.
Abstract Or Scope: A scrapbook containing a brief history of Sistersville and the oil industry in Tyler and other counties and states; a stock certificate of the Sistersville & Salem Turnpike Company, 1853; bills of lading for Ohio and Muskingum River steamers, 1855-1934; and a list of steamboats operating on the Muskingum River, 1830-1890

Shephard Family Papers, 1874/1926

0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Abstract Or Scope: Isaiah Shephard of Ritchie and Wood counties was the progenitor of this family which frequently corresponded with one another. Many of the letters were received by Roxie Shephard, as a young woman, from her friends and suitors. Much of the collection deals with Hiram W. Shepherd including correspondence while he was in World War I. Pvt. Shephard served in France attached to the A.E.F. General Headquarters 1st Army Motor section as a chauffeur. While a soldier he comments much about his travel duties, overseas Army life, and his acquaintances.

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Shephard Family Papers, 1874/1926 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Creator: Shepard family
Abstract Or Scope: Isaiah Shephard of Ritchie and Wood counties was the progenitor of this family which frequently corresponded with one another. Many of the letters were received by Roxie Shephard, as a young woman, from her friends and suitors. Much of the collection deals with Hiram W. Shepherd including correspondence while he was in World War I. Pvt. Shephard served in France attached to the A.E.F. General Headquarters 1st Army Motor section as a chauffeur. While a soldier he comments much about his travel duties, overseas Army life, and his acquaintances.

Sistersville City Council Minutes, 1846/1955

0.58 Linear Feet 4 reels of microfilm (11 vols.), 1.75 in. each

Abstract Or Scope: City Council minutes of the town of Sistersville in Tyler County, incorporated 2 February 1839. Included in the reports are town ordinances, bylaws, orders, resolutions, elections, poll books, town improvements, and other municipal affairs dealt with by the Board of Trustees.

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Sistersville City Council Minutes, 1846/1955 0.58 Linear Feet 4 reels of microfilm (11 vols.), 1.75 in. each

Creator: Sistersville City Council
Abstract Or Scope: City Council minutes of the town of Sistersville in Tyler County, incorporated 2 February 1839. Included in the reports are town ordinances, bylaws, orders, resolutions, elections, poll books, town improvements, and other municipal affairs dealt with by the Board of Trustees.

Thomas Browse Family Papers, 1785/1942, bulk 1830/1910

7 Linear Feet 7 ft. (16 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)

Abstract Or Scope: Papers of the Thomas Browse family documenting immigration from England to the Ohio River region in the vicinity of Ohio, western Virginia, and Kentucky (1830); farming in Pleasants County, West Virginia in the vicinity of St. Marys on the Ohio River (ca. 1830s-1900); and the acquisition of and royalties from oil lands in Pleasants County from the region of "Fish Pot" (ca. 1880s-1910). Includes diaries of Thomas Browse (1830-1878) and diaries of his daughter Mary E. Browse (1855-1910, incomplete). Also includes family papers of descendants Robert H. Browse (son) and Henry Nicholas Browse (grandson) documenting services purchased and businesses transactions conducted along the Ohio River in the region of the towns of St. Marys, New Martinsville, and Wheeling (ca. 1880-1930). There are also several maps of West Virginia lands in Pleasants and Tyler Counties (ca. 1830-1910), including oil fields in Pleasants County (ca. 1900-1920), pertaining to the business of the Browse family.

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Thomas Browse Family Papers, 1785/1942, bulk 1830/1910 7 Linear Feet 7 ft. (16 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)

Creator: Browse family
Abstract Or Scope: Papers of the Thomas Browse family documenting immigration from England to the Ohio River region in the vicinity of Ohio, western Virginia, and Kentucky (1830); farming in Pleasants County, West Virginia in the vicinity of St. Marys on the Ohio River (ca. 1830s-1900); and the acquisition of and royalties from oil lands in Pleasants County from the region of "Fish Pot" (ca. 1880s-1910). Includes diaries of Thomas Browse (1830-1878) and diaries of his daughter Mary E. Browse (1855-1910, incomplete). Also includes family papers of descendants Robert H. Browse (son) and Henry Nicholas Browse (grandson) documenting services purchased and businesses transactions conducted along the Ohio River in the region of the towns of St. Marys, New Martinsville, and Wheeling (ca. 1880-1930). There are also several maps of West Virginia lands in Pleasants and Tyler Counties (ca. 1830-1910), including oil fields in Pleasants County (ca. 1900-1920), pertaining to the business of the Browse family.

Tyler County Archives, 1788/1933

48.33 Linear Feet Summary: 48 ft. 4 in. (80 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 records cartons, 15 in. each); (2 ledgers, 3 in.); (84 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Abstract Or Scope: Circuit and county court papers including minute books, order books, witness books, rule books, execution books, and trial dockets. There are poll books for state and federal elections (1816-52).

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Tyler County Archives, 1788/1933 48.33 Linear Feet Summary: 48 ft. 4 in. (80 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 records cartons, 15 in. each); (2 ledgers, 3 in.); (84 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Creator: Tyler County Court
Abstract Or Scope: Circuit and county court papers including minute books, order books, witness books, rule books, execution books, and trial dockets. There are poll books for state and federal elections (1816-52).

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