A&M 3116Henry Brannon, Lawyer, Papers, 1867-1881 A&M 3116Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:21:45 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Henry Brannon, Lawyer, Papers Brannon, Henry, 1837-1914 A&M 3116 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/1350 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder) 1867-1881 Letters and tax papers deal with lawyer-client matters between Weston attorney Henry Brannon and Boston capitalist, Robert H. Waters. Subjects include Waters' suit against Equitable Oil and Mining Co. and purchase of 1,500 acres on Three Lick Run of Oil Creek in Lewis County, taxation of the property, redemption of the property from its sale for delinquent taxes, tenant relations, the sale of timber, illegal cutting of timber, and efforts to sell the land. Brannon also addresses his 1881 election as circuit court judge and solicits capital investment from Bostonians in support of railroad projects in central West Virginia. Other correspondents are the law firm Angell & Jamison, Festus Williams, and J. G. Vandervort. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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 Elections Judges - letters and papers. Lawyers - letters and papers. Lumber industry and timber. Railroads Taxation Burns, Brothers & Huffman Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company Equitable Oil & Mining Company Angell and Jamison. Vandervort, J. G. Waters, Robert H. Williams, Festus.