A&M 0292Lightburn Family Papers, 1836-1935 A&M 0292Staff 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 07:35:54 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Lightburn Family Papers Lightburn family A&M 0292 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/2685 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box) 1836-1935 Letters, legal and land papers, tax receipts, and other papers of Benjamin, John F.C.L., Benjamin F.M.V. and J.A.J. Lightburn in Lewis County. Included are a pocket account book of the Lightburn Mill, 1836-1855; 32 items bearing on General J.A.J. Lightburn's Civil War activities, including correspondence, orders, and reports (including battle reports in connection with the Atlanta campaign, 3 items, June-July, 1864); correspondence between J.A.J. Lightburn and Soule & Co., relative to pension claims; agricultural implement advertisements, 1890; notebooks of sermon outlines written by General Lightburn who was ordained a Baptist minister in 1867; and newspaper clippings bearing on the Lightburn family. 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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 Lewis County. Account books Agriculture Baptists United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Mills and mill-work Ministers - letters and papers. Taxation Lightburn Mill Soule and Company Lightbourne, Benjamin, approximately 1753-1802 Lightbourne, Benjamin, approximately 1753-1802 Lightburn, John F.C.L. Lightburn, Joseph Andrew Jackson. Lightburn family