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Andrew Edmiston Jr. (1892-1966) Papers 2.1 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 1 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each)

Edmiston, Andrew, Jr., 1892-1966
Correspondence, deeds, financial and military records, newspaper clippings, and photographs of a Democratic politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1933-1942, newspaper editor, and businessman from Weston, Lewis County. Subjects covered include the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the coal and glass industries. Correspondents include David Goff, Charles E. Hodges, Charles Lively, Alfred E. Smith, Harold L. Ickes, Joe L. Smith, Jennings Randolph, Clarence W. Meadows, James A. Farley, William E. Chilton, Arthur B. Koontz, and Harley M. Kilgore.
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Anita Cutright Burnett, Collector, Papers 1.7 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)

Burnett, Anita Cutright.
Papers of Anita Cutright Burnett, an Upshur County genealogist and active member of the Upshur County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The collection contains DAR membership applications, genealogical correspondence, vital statistics for Lewis and Upshur counties and typed copies of the 1850 census returns for Ritchie and Taylor counties.
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Attorney's Case Book 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 item

Harrison County. (Attorney?)
Lists of suits, with judgments and costs, probably in Lewis or Harrison County, West Virginia, with information on the wills of John Morrill and several members of the Mason family.
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Daniel Boardman Papers 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Boardman, Daniel

Six letters to Boardman at Broadway, New York City, regarding ejectment suits and the sale of his land along French and Hacker creeks, Lewis Co., (W)Va. Three letters are written by James Pindall, Congressman, and Boardman's counsel, from Washington City and Clarksburg, (W )Va. Other correspondents are William Hacker, Job Thayer, and Robert Young, of French Creek settlement, a New Englander who was ejected from I Boardman's land, and who pleads the case for his countryman, who "will cultivate the mountains," Whereas "Virginians will not settle on it as they want Bottom Land."

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

Boardman, Daniel

Correspondence among James Pindall, Daniel Boardman, Phineas Chapin, and William Hacker, respecting Boardman's ejectment suits for land in Lewis Co., (W Va.)

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Freeman Family Papers 0 Linear Feet Summary: 2 items

Freeman family
A contract between Fayette Freeman and others for a subscription school to be opened in Lewis County, and four pages of accounts of Stephen Freeman showing prices of clothing, hardware, and household articles.
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J.B.F. Yoak, Jr., Collector, Papers 0.08 Linear Feet 1 in. (1 folder)

Yoak, J. B. F., Jr.
Histories and recollections of churches, schools, and early settlers in Mercer, Wayne, Jackson, and Lewis counties, by W.M. King. Communities or areas covered include Athens, Wayne, Cow Run, Antioch, Cherry Grove, and Smith Run. There is also an article on Aracoma Lodge, No.99, A.F. and A.M.
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Joseph M. Kellogg, Compiler, Notebooks 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm (8 vols.), 1.75 in.)

Kellogg, Joseph M.
Genealogical records, compiled by Professor Joseph M. Kellogg, Lawrence, Kansas, of the Henkel, McCann, Johnson, Mitchell, and Teter families. The records include copies of many nineteenth century documents. Allied families mentioned are Apple, Eschmann, Grisemer, Hammer, Harper, Hite, Pearies, Peterson, Ruleman, Scholl, See (Zeh), Simmons, Skidmore, and Westfall-Kortrecht. Most of these families settled in the South Branch Valley and the counties of Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Barbour, Braxton, and Gilmer. One volume contains the history and various records of the German settlers of the Tulpechocken District of Berks County, Pennsylvania, and miscellaneous records of several Shenandoah Valley and western Virginia counties.
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Lemuel and Samuel Bailey Correspondence 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Bailey, Lemuel and Samuel
Business and personal correspondence of Samuel and Lemuel Bailey, Lewis County, West Virginia, including rates of toll and tollgate keepers' receipts on the Weston-Clarksburg Turnpike; account books for a general store; and a pass issued by the Department of West Virginia, Hagerstown, Maryland, 27 July 1864.
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Lewis County Archives 117.29 Linear Feet Summary: 117 ft. 3 1/2 in. (175 document cases, 5 in. each); (11 records cartons, 15 in. each); (9 ledgers, 7 in.); (206 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Lewis County
Court cases, 1775-1933, and county record volumes and private account books of Lewis County, 1817-1932. The private accounts include records of a harness maker, millers, druggists, printers, and general merchants. A checklist of the bound volumes is available, as well as a chronological, subject, and name index to the suit papers.
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