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Christina Matheny, Collector, Hibbs Family Papers
A&M 3947
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0.2 Linear Feet
1 1/2 in. (9 folders)
1855-1879, undated
Documents regarding the Hibbs family of Preston County, (West) Virginia and Union soldier Benjamin Hughes, who was a friend of the family. Civil War material includes a document granting furlough to Hughes, and a letter from him to L.W. Hibbs. There are also financial and legal documents, including land documents, tax records, and promissory notes, of transactions involving William Hibbs and Laban W. Hibbs; and a group photograph of William Hibbs and family. Please see "Scope and Content Note" for further information.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Christina Matheny, Collector, Hibbs Family Papers, A&M 3947, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Documents regarding the Hibbs family of Preston County, (West) Virginia and Union soldier Benjamin Hughes (ca. 1842-1923, birth dates vary among sources), who was a friend of the family. Hughes was mustered on January 26, 1864 and served in the 3rd West Virginia Mounted Infantry, and Company D of the West Virginia 6th Cavalry. Civil War material includes a document granting furlough to Hughes, and a letter from him to L. W. Hibbs. Hughes married Virginia Susan McCallister in 1872.
There are also financial and legal documents, including land documents, tax records, and promissory notes, of transactions involving brothers William Hibbs (1832-1910) and Laban W. Hibbs (1834-1896); and a group photograph of William Hibbs and family.
-Information in this note found on Ancestry.com and FindaGrave.com
See also A&M 3741 for further information regarding Benjamin Hughes and his connection to the Hibbs family, including the original of the second half of letter located in folder 1 of this collection.
Separated Materials
Separated to the book collection; forwarded to Curator of Books:
Brocklesby, John.
Elements of Physical Geography, Together with a Treatise on the Physical Phenomena of the United States. Philadelphia: E.H. Butler and Company, 1886.
Brooks, Edward.
The New Normal Mental Arithmetic: A Thorough and Complete Course, by Analysis and Induction. Philadelphia: Christopher Sower Company, 1873.
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Preston County (W. Va.)
Civil War - Union soldiers' letters.
Hibbs, Laban W.
Hibbs, William.
Hughes, Benjamin F.
Hibbs family
Civil War MaterialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1488321861-18621A letter dated 10 August 1861 granting Union soldier Benjamin F. Hughes of the 3rd Regiment, Virginia Volunteers a furlough to visit Independence, Preston County. The letter provides a description of Hughes' appearance and background and is signed by Colonel David T. HewesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14883310 August 1861A letter dated 12 November 1862 written by Benjamin F. Hughes from Camp Buchannon, Upshur County, (West) Virginia. The letter is addressed to L.W. Hibbs and regards the history of slavery in America and the constitutionality of the the Confederacy. This letter is incomplete; the rest of the original letter is located in a&m 3741/box 1/folder 2. Photocopies of the missing pages have been placed within this folderArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14883412 November 1862Photograph of Hibbs Family. Black and white portrait of Mr. and Mrs. William Hibbs and family, with identifications on reverseArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148835undated2Land DocumentsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1488361856-1865, undated3Document dated 17 March 1856 recording the sale of land in Preston County from Jacob Prince to William Hibbs and Laban W. HibbsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14884317 March 1856Document dated 27 April 1858 recording the sale of land in Preston County from Bennett and Esther Weaver to William Hibbs and Laban W. HibbsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14884427 April 1858Document dated 4 February 1865 recording the sale of land in Preston County from Laban W. Hibbs to William HibbsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1488454 February 1865Undated survey of 50 acres of land in Preston County owned by William and Laban W. HibbsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148846undatedTax Records. Records of Preston County and Lyon Township taxes on land and property owed by William Hibbs and Laban W. HibbsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1488371856-18754Tax Records. Records of Preston County and Lyon Township taxes on land and property owed by William Hibbs and Laban W. HibbsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1488381856-18755Tax Records. Records of Preston County and Lyon Township taxes on land and property owed by William Hibbs and Laban W. HibbsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1488391856-18756Tax Records. Records of Preston County and Lyon Township taxes on land and property owed by William Hibbs and Laban W. HibbsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1488401856-18757Financial Records. Promissory notes and other receipts recording debts owed by or to William Hibbs and Laban W. HibbsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1488411855-18798Legal Documents. A summons to court and other legal documents issued by Preston County to members of the Hibbs familyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1488421857-18709