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Diary of Louisa H. A. Minor 1855-1866

Mrs. Everett W. Evans

Louisa H.A. Minor, born April 13, 1833, was the youngest child of Samuel Overton Minor( -August 30, 1838) and Lydia Laurie (Lewis) Minor(February 15, 1795-August 8, 1833). After her parents' deaths, Louisa Minorwas raised by her mother's sister, Mary Walker (Lewis) Leitch Anderson(March 25, 1793-June 21, 1872) of "Pant-Ops," Albemarle County. Throughout the diary, Mary Walker Andersonand David Andersonare referred to as "Ma" and "Daddy."

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Essay, "Colored People in Buffalo District, 1890 - 1957", 1890/1957 1 Files

Anderson, Estelle V.

This collection is comprised of an eight page typescript essay titled "Colored People in Buffalo District, 1890 - 1957" by Estelle V. Anderson. The essay was written in 1973 and details African American schools, churches, and families of the Buffalo District of southwest Rockbridge County, Va., one of six former magisterial districts which included such communities and locales as Collierstown, Bolivar Mills or Murat, North and South Buffalo, Black's Creek, and Kyger's Hill. The essay includes lists of family names and biographical sketches of a number of the African American community members. Churches mentioned are Cedar Hill Baptist Church, a church on Black's Creek, the former Collierstown Baptist Church, Oxford and Collierstown Presbyterian Churches. A number of former African American schools are also described.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Fluharty Family Genealogy, 1974 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 folder

Mimeographed typescript entitled "The Family of Cecile Fluharty" authored by Cecile Moore Fluharty, 1974. Includes sketches of the Fluharty, Birkhead, Davis, DeLaWarr, Hardman, Hughes, Jackson, Moore, Morris, Nichols, Orr, Sellman, Stoneking, Underwood, Wells, West, and other related families. Covers the years 1300-1974.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Helen A. Wesp, Compiler, Genealogies, 1962 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)

Genealogical records of Alexander Scott, the Scott families of Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana and such allied families as Barker, Barrickman, Bouslog, Caddis, Carpenter, Carr, Chesney, Chipps, Claypoole, Clayton, Cunningham, Daugherty, Davis, Dent, Dragoo, Drummond, Ewing, Fortney, Goodnight, Hamilton, Harrison, Hess, Lindsey, Marchand, Martin, McClelland, McFarland, Menefee, Neely, Pindall, Price, Scott, Shively, Strothers, and Wilson. These records, compiled by Helen A. Wesp, also include copies of letters and other documents relating to the early history of West Virginia.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Howard B. Grant, Compiler, Genealogy, 1934/1935 0 Linear Feet Summary: 7 items

Grant, Howard B., Compiler.
These copyrighted typescripts include the following compilations by H. B. Grant; The Engle Family of Barbour County, West Virginia; Joseph Corder of Barbour County, Virginia; William Benson of Barbour County, Virginia; Old Families of Barbour County, Virginia; Henry Harper of Randolph County, Virginia; William Corder of Barbour County, Virginia; Marriage Bonds of Barbour County, Virginia, 1843.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

James E. Davis, Artist, Papers and Artworks, 1845/2013 61.33 Linear Feet 57 document cases, 5 in. each; 7 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 11 records cartons, 15 in. each; 2 oversize record cartons, 17 in. each; 5 large flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1 small flat storage box, 3.5 in.; 54 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 7 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 9 large flat storage boxes, 1.5 in. each; 1 envelope; 17 unboxed paintings

Davis, James E., 1901-1974
Artwork, photography, and papers of James Edward Davis, an artist born in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Davis studied art at Princeton University and had a prolific and varied artistic career, being particularly noted for his experimental abstract films involving color, light, and movement. This collection contains paintings, sketches, mobiles, photographic prints, transparencies, memoirs, notes on Frank Lloyd Wright and John Marin, and other material. There are addenda to this collection, which include memoirs and other writings, correspondence, material regarding Julia Davis and John W. Davis (relatives of James Davis), and other material. See "Scope and Content Note" and "Historical Note" for further information regarding this collection.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

John C. Bayles, Compiler, Genealogies, 1935/1950 0.7 Linear Feet 8 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.)

Bayles, John C.
Six volumes contain family genealogies as compiled by John C. Bayles in the 1930s and 1940s. There is one volume for each of the following families--Bayles, Breakiron, Davis, Hawker, Reed, and Vandervort--and each volume contains an index for individuals in the related families. Box 1 contains the genealogy of the Frederick and Katherine Breakiron family, originally of Germany, from the 1780s to the 1930s; the Jehu and Eunice Painter Davis family, originally from New Jersey, from the early 19th century to the 1930s; the Owen and Mary Hawker family, originally from Kentucky and Winchester, Virginia, from 1775 to 1940; and the Paul and Neelje Staats Vandervoort family, originally from New Amsterdam (New York), from 1727 to 1950. Box 2 contains the genealogy of the John and Mary Hutchinson Reed family, originally from Ireland, from 1735 to 1944; and the Jesse and Marie Mulrain Bayles family, originally of Hartford County, Maryland, and Winchester, Virginia, from 1730 to 1930. All of the families eventually settled in Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia).
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

John J. Davis (1824-1916) Papers, 1824/1935 3.9 Linear Feet 3 ft. 10 1/2 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 4 in.)

Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916
Papers of John J. Davis, a lawyer and politician from Clarksburg, West Virginia. This collection contains correspondence, account books, photographs, essays, speeches, and other material. Also included in this collection are writings of Davis' granddaughter, Julia McDonald Davis. There are also artifacts, including a school slate and three leather billfolds. Please see "Scope and Contents" for further detail.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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