<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196845">A&amp;M 0499</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Monongalia County Land and Legal Papers <num>A&amp;M 0499</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-08-30 07:37:00 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage><language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Monongalia County Land and Legal Papers, A&amp;M 0499, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>243, 244, 404, 405, 499, 583, 585, 700, 701, 1644</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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<p>Site of Morgantown given, along with boundaries and owners of land along the south side of a line running northeast for the mouth of Decker's Creek to Cheat river, and along the west side of the Monongahela River in Cass district to the Pennsylvania line; located are Jackson's iron works, site of Jackson ore digging, Pleasant Furnace, Ice's Ferry, poor house, and roads; some owners' names given are: John Davis, Thomas Evans, Jarrett, Andrew Ice, Jenkins, Jesse and William Bayles, John Tibbs, Hess, G. Cunningham, Charles Byrne, Pindall, Ridgway, Marten, C.  Garlow, Neal, Reader, and others.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="ingest">Deeds and grants - Monongalia County.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Land - Plats and surveys.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Monongalia County - deeds and grants.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Monongalia County - land.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Monongalia County - plats.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Surveyors and surveying.</subject>
    <geogname source="local_LC">Jackson's Mill (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Pleasant Furnace.</subject>
    <geogname source="ingest">Ice's Ferry.</geogname>
    <persname source="ingest">Davis, John.</persname>
    <famname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045948" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Evans family</famname>
    <persname source="ingest">Byrne, Charles.</persname>
    <famname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034812" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Cunningham family</famname>
    <famname source="ingest">Bayles family</famname>
    <famname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98000730" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Ice family</famname>
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