A&M 4007J. Wise Norton, Maps from 1790s County Surveys, 1880s, 2013 A&M 4007Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

2014/04/21

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:42:38 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center J. Wise Norton, Maps from 1790s County Surveys Norton, J. Wise A&M 4007 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/3326 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 4 items (3 unfoldered oversize maps, 1/16 in.); (1 CD in folder, 1/4 in.) 0.18 Gigabytes 41 .jpg files 1880s, 2013 Three maps compiled from surveys of records in the Virginia Land Office by J. Wise Norton, examiner of land titles, Wheeling, West Virginia. Though created in the 1880s, the maps depict the counties as they were in the mid 1790s. The maps are "Copy of J. Wise Norton's Map of Adjoining Surveys. Surveyed 1795-1796 in Lee County, Virginia" (ca. 1880s); "Copy of J. Wise Norton's Map of Connected Surveys. Surveyed AD 1795-1796 as in Kanawha County, Virginia" (1880s); and "Map of Connected Surveys made in the years 1794 and 1795 in Russell and Wythe Counties, Virginia" (1887). Also includes a CD (2013) which contains digital images of the three maps, as well as images of another of Norton's maps, "Map of Connected Surveys. Surveyed AD. 1795-1796 as in Kanawha County, Virginia" (1883). 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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Kanawha County (W. Va.) Lee County (Va.) Russell County (Va.) Wythe County (Va.) Norton, J. Wise