A&M 1815Watson Family Papers A&M 1815Staff 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 08:01:28 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Watson Family Papers Watson family A&M 1815 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5434 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.) 1798-1902 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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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Watson Family Papers, A&M 1815, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Related A&M Collections

630, 1815, 1949

Scope and Contents

The collection includes 57 letters (1795-1871) to or from Benjamin H., Henry, James G., James O., Rebecca D., and Thomas Watson; 3 land grants on sheep-skin (1787-1798) Monongalia County; 25 articles of agreement (1812-1875), manuscript; 4 manuscript wills or copies of wills (1852-1862); 32 surveys, maps, and plats of coal fields (1798-1892); 99 tax receipts (1807-1865), manuscript and printed forms; 44 receipts for clerking fees (1815-1845) manuscript and printed forms; 79 receipts, bills, notes (1782-1862), manuscript and printed forms; 51 miscellaneous manuscript and printed forms (1790-1902), including inventories of estates, sale bills, notes on legal matters with respect to property, court proceedings, etc.; and one manuscript constable's receipt book of Campbell and Watson.

Papers also concern land and business transactions in Marion, Harrison, Randolph and Barbour counties.

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Barbour County (W. Va.) Harrison County (W. Va.) Marion County (W. Va.) Morgantown (W. Va.) Randolph County (W. Va.) Wheeling (W. Va.) Agriculture Slaves and slavery. Fairmont and Palatine Bridge Company Watson, Henry. Watson, James G. Watson, James O. Watson, Rebecca D. Watson, Thomas. Watson family Watson, Benjamin H.