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Jacob Seibert Family Papers
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1813-1925
Papers of the Jacob Seibert family of Berkeley County, West Virginia, from 1813 to 1925. Manuscript materials chiefly include surveys, inventories, receipts, and notes related to the settlement of Seibert's farm.
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Biographical / Historical
(Johann) Wendel Seibert (1721 - 1802) was born in the Saarland (now part of Germany) and immigrated to the United States in 1738. He arrived in Philadephia and later settled in Bethel Township (now Berks county), Pennsylvania. In 1796, Wendel Seibert, along with some of his grown children, moved to Martinsburg, (West) Virginia. (John) Jacob Seibert (1752-1832), Michael Seibert (1791-1858), and Elizabeth (Seibert) Nesbitt (1776-?) were children of Wendel Seibert. Michael Seibert married Catherine (Myers) Seibert (1794-1878), and Jacob Myers Seibert (1815-1891) was their son. More information concerning the Seibert family can be found in A&M 1869.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jacob Seibert Family Papers, A&M 1857, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Jacob Seibert family of Berkeley County, West Virginia, from 1813 to 1918. Manuscript materials chiefly include surveys, inventories, receipts, and notes related to the settlement of Seibert's farm. There are documents related to the death of Jacob Seibert and the settlement of his estate (including land surveys and inventories of property), as well as letters of attorney related to the subsequent suit by his daughter Elizabeth Nesbitt (nee Seibert) against his son and executor Michael Seibert (1813-1836). Contains court records (summons and receipts) related to the service of Jacob M. Seibert as a Constable (1841-1876). Also contains documents related to the death of Catherine Seibert (nee Myers) (1878-1879). Later records (1883-1918) consist of pamplets, newspaper clippings, receipts of payment, and other ephemera for other family members, including W.V. Seibert, W.M. Seibert, Henry J. Seibert, Moses Seibert, C.J. Seibert, C.M. Seibert, and C.A. Seibert. Seibert is also spelled Sibert and Seybert in the documents in this collection.
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Seibert family
Form: Land survey; Person(s): Request of Jacob Seybert, Thomas Turner (surveyor); Location: Berkeley County, VA [now WV]; Description: 220 acres, 2 roods, 30 polesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1787941813 May 18111Form: Land survey; Person(s): James Gorman, James Maxwell (surveyor); Location: Unidentified; Description: Gorman's wood lot: 11 acres, 3 roods, 33 polesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1787951821 April 07112Form: Inventory; Person(s): Jacob Sibert; Location: Berkeley County, VA [now WV]; Description: Personal estate of SibertArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1787961832 September 12113Form: Conditions of sale; Person(s): Michael Sibert (executor); Location: Unidentified; Description: UnidentifiedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1787971832 September 13114Form: Bill of sale (booklet); Person(s): Jacob Sibert; Location: Unidentified; Description: Of Sibert's personal estate, lists articles, buyer, price (includes such items as cookware, livestock, furniture, and linens)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1787981832 September 13115Form: Letter of attorney; Person(s): Elizabeth Nesbit (née Seibert) and her attorney Daniel Stoneberger bring suit against Michael Sibert and Andrew Pottorff; Location: Suit brought in Berkeley County, VA [now WV], but Elizabeth Nesbit lived in Indiana County, PA; Description: Suit regarding the settlement of Jacob Sibert's estateArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1787991834 June 14126Form: Letter of attorney; Person(s): Elizabeth Nesbit (née Seibert) and her son and attorney Nathaniel Nesbit bring suit against Michel Sibert; Location: Suit brought in Berkeley County, VA [now WV], but Elizabeth Nesbitt lived in Indiana County, PA; Description: Suit regarding the settlement of Jacob Sibert's estateArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788001835 December 09127Form: Settlement of estate; Person(s): Jacob Seibert (deceased) with Michael Seibert his executor; Location: Berkeley County, VA [now WV]; Description: Payment of debts owed by Jacob SeibertArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788011836 September 24128Form: Bill receipted; Person(s): Michael Seibert to Hedges & Robinson; Location: Unidentified; Description: For general items such as coffee, calico, and nailsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788021836 October 22-1837 August 16129Form: Bill; Person(s): Aaron Kesecker to Samuel Sellers; Location: Unidentified; Description: For ploughing, wood cutting and hauling, mending shoesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788031839 May 02-1842 April 011210aForm: Newspaper; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Martinsburg, VA [now WV]; Description: "Martinsburg Gazette" (incomplete, includes only front page and its reverse, no page numbers given)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788041840 April 091210bForm: Bill receipted; Person(s): James Porterfield to Daniel Gehr, receipted by Barret [surname illegible] for D. Gehr; Location: Unidentified; Description: For $2.00 cashArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788051840 June 19-1843 August 141311Form: Summons; Person(s): Mellon Payne to answer complaint of Hedges & Robinson, Jacob M. Seibert (constable), signed by James H. Robinson; Location: Berkeley County, VA [now WV]; Description: DebtArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788061841 November 16-1841 December 111312Form: Note; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Unidentified; Description: Illegible handwritten noteArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788071843 July1313Form: Summons; Person(s): Aaron Kesecker to answer complaint of Samuel Sellers, Jacob M. Seibert (constable), signed by Robert N. Snodgrass; Location: Berkeley County, VA [now WV]; Description: DebtArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788081843 August 1-1843 August 121314Form: Summons; Person(s): George Daugherty to answer complaint of P.H. Cookuz and Co., Jacob M. Seibert (constable), signed by James H. Robinson; Location: Berkeley County, VA [now WV]; Description: DebtArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788091844 March 01-1844 March 091315Form: Summons; Person(s): Conrad W. Hedges to answer the complaint of A.W. Windham, Jacob M. Seibert (constable), signed by James H. Robinson; Location: Berkeley County, VA [now WV]; Description: DebtArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788101845 February 03-1845 February 081416Form: Bill receipted; Person(s): Jacob Seibert to David Riner; Location: Unidentified; Description: For fencing boards and sawingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788111845 October 11-1847 May 171417Form: Protest on note (with copy of note); Person(s): William Wagner protesting note signed by Martin Chidester, protest notorized by Joseph A.M. Lane; Location: Clarksburg, Morgantown, and Wheeling, VA [now WV]; Description: Debt and paymentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788121847 September 11-1847 December 131418Form: "Store book" (financial ledger); Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert with G. Wynkoop; Location: Unidentified; Description: Account of items purchased by SeibertArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788131851 February 12-1858 March 101419forms: Note; Person(s): Ferdinand Gerling; Location: Martinsburg, Berkeley County, VA [now WV]; Description: Illegible handwritten noteArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788141855 March 141420Form: Affidavit of bill/receipt; Person(s): Michael Seibert in account with A.C. Hammond, James L. Cunningham (J.P.); Location: Berkeley County, VA [now WV]; Description: Bill for suit charges, affadavit receivedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788151858, 1860 January 30-1866 September 191521Form: Receipt; Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert to R.T.M. [surname illegible]; Location: Honeywood Mills; Description: 50 bushels, 4 lbs. wheatArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788161860 January 121522Form: Bill; Person(s): To Jacob M. Seibert from F.T. Smith; Location: Martinsburg, VA [now WV]; Description: Various cloth items and candlesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788171860 December 101523Form: Promissory note; Person(s): John W. Gonterman to A.F. Cramer and Co., signed by Jacob M. Seibert on reverse; Location: Unidentified; Description: For $15.30Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788181864 May 041524Form: Newspaper; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Baltimore, MD; Description: The Daily CriticArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788191865 January 261525Form: Receipt; Person(s): Of Jacob M. Seibert by N.D. Keneaster (collector); Location: Little Georgetown, WV; Description: United States Internal Revenue income taxArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788201865 July 181626Form: Account ledger; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Unidentified; Description: Account of costs for goods, services, and livestock, liabilites and assets for a farmArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/17882118651627Form: Bill/receipt; Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert to Jacob Casney; Location: Unidentified; Description: Mending shoesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788221867 July 14-1867 December 291628Form: Receipt; Person(s): Of Jacob M. Seibert by John. H. Sherff; Location: Martinsburg, WV; Description: For goods totalling $29.05Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788231867 December 141629Form: Receipt; Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert by G.W. Tobbs, postmaster, Christian Bowser; Location: Berryville, Clark County, VA; Description: For letter addressed to BowserArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788241868 June 171630Form: Receipt; Person(s): Of Jacob M. Seibert by J.L.W. Baker; Location: Martinsburg, WV; Description: Fifty dollars for window glassArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788251868 August 121731Form: Receipt; Person(s): Jacob M. Sibert to Jeremiah Gunn; Location: Mostly illegible, possibly Hedgesville, WV; Description: Bill for cloth goods, partly paidArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788261869 June 241732Form: Promissory note; Person(s): W. Hoard and Harvey A. Miller to Elizabeth Slyer, signed on reverse by Jacob. M. Seibert; Location: Unidentified; Description: $28.05 to be paid 6 months after date, note on back "judgement rendered"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788271870 March 301733Form: Stationery; Person(s): B. Gilbert (proprietor); Location: Parkersburg, WV; Description: From Swann House, writing in ink on reverse, faded to illegibilityArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/17882818711734aForm: Letter; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Martinsburg, WV; Description: Handwritten letter written in German, dated 10th February 18 [last two numerals of date unclear]Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788291873 February 101734bForm: Bill/judgement rendered; Person(s): Daniel Sullivan to Peter Etchberger, William Sperow (J.P.); Location: Cunningham schoolhouse; Description: Bill for labor, judgement rendered on reverseArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788301874 April-1876 August 051735Form: Bill; Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert, George W. Marshall; Location: Bedington Station, WV; Description: For fish, molasses, and baconArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788311877 May 021836Form: Letter; Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert; Location: Addressed to Bedington, Berkeley County, WV from Philadephia; Description: Letter written on the stationery of the North American Lightning Rod Company, Reyburn, Hunter & CoArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788321877 May 271837Form: Note and protest; receipt; Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert, G.S. Hill (Notary Public), other names mostly illegible; Location: Martinsburg WV, Falling Waters, WV; Description: Promise to pay Jacob M. Seibert $750 payable at the National Bank of MartinsburgArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788331877 September 25-1877 November 271838Form: Bill; Person(s): To Jacob M. Seibert (administrator) of Catherine Seibert (deceased) from Nathan A. Anthony, received of Anthony by D.S. Hull; Location: Hedgesville, WV; Description: For digging grave for Catherine Seibert, $4.00Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788341878 July 4-1878 July 261839Form: Receipt; Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert, Catherine Hunts, G.W. Marshall (post master); Location: Bedington post office, Manor Hill, Huntington County, PA; Description: Receipt for a registered letter addressed to Mrs. Catherine HuntsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788351878 August 091840aForm: Receipt; Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert, Catherine Hunts, other names illegible; Location: Bedington, WV, Manor Hill, PA; Description: Return registered-letter receipt for a letter adressed to Mrs. Catherine HuntsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788361878 August 09-1878 August 151840bForm: Receipt; Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert, Soloman Troutwein; Location: Bedington, WV, Manor Hill, PA; Description: Return registered-letter receipt for letter addressed to Soloman TroutweinArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788371878 August 09-1878 August 151941Form: Bill; Person(s): To Jacob Siebert (administrator for Catherine Sibert, deceased) from Beall & Bro.; Location: Hedgesville, WV; Description: Payment received for fabric and gloves purchasedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788381878 August 19-1878 August 271942Form: Bill receipted; Person(s): Catherine Seibert, signed by the Sheriff of Berkeley County, signature illegible; Location: Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV; Description: Receipt of payment received for property taxes owed by "Mrs. Catherine Seibert Michael Widow"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788391879 March 221943Form: Newspaper; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Rochester, NY; Description: Rathbun's Re-Bolting QuarterlyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/17884018801944aForm: Bill receipted; Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert, Catherine Seibert (deceased); Location: Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV; Description: Payment for Estate of Catherine Seibert received by Clerk of County CourtArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788411879 June 171944bForm: Notice; Person(s): Thomas H. Reeves, Cyrus Hall, Will A. Strickler (commissioner); Location: Ritchie County, WV; Description: Commissioner's Notice of case brought by Reeves against HallArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788421882 April 101945Form: Receipt; Person(s): Of W.V. Seibert by S.S. Maxwell; Location: Falling Waters, WV; Description: Receipt written on reverse of ballot for Republican ticketArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788431883 April 0411046Form: Receipt; Person(s): Of M.V. Sibert to John W. Dodd; Location: Unindentified; Description: Receipt for one ton of phosphate costing $21 written on reverse of a bank note from the People's National Bank of Martinsburg, two blank bank notes from the National Bank of Martinsburg are attached.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788441885 October 2411047Form: Bulletin; Person(s): See description; Location: Berkeley County, WV; Description: List of the appointed commissioners and canvassers of elections for the next two yearsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788451886 September11048Form: Ledger; Person(s): J.M. Seibert, John S. Ropp; Location: Unidentified; Description: Estimated expenditures for county, on back in pencil is a receipt of money owed to Seibert by RoppArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788461887 January 0111049Form: Letter; Person(s): Jacob M. Seibert, C.M. Schaffer & Son, G.W. Mix; Location: Martinsburg, WV; Description: Signed letter from Schaffer requesting that Seibert settle a debt owed by MixArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788471887 March 0111050Form: Bill receipted; Person(s): W.M. Seibert, John Z. Stehley; Location: Falling Waters, WV; Description: Bill for sawing totaling $102 owed by Seibert to StehleyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788481887 April 3011151Form: Directory; Person(s): Henry J. Seibert (general receiver county court); Location: Berkeley County, WV; Description: Page of the official directory for the countyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788491889 January 0111152Form: Bill receipted; Person(s): Jacob M. Seebert; Location: Martinsburg, WV; Description: For subscription to "The Martinsburg Statesman," published by Westenhaver and BoyerArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788501891 June 0611153Form: Receipt; Person(s): Moses Seibert, Daniel S. Nicely; Location: unidentified; Description: For $12 paid by Seibert to Nicely for blacksmithingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788511893 January 0611154Form: Receipt; Person(s): Moses Seibert, D.S. Nicely; Location: Unidentified; Description: For $7.30 paid by Seibert to Nicely for blacksmithingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788521894 January 0211155Form: Receipt; Person(s): W.V. Seibert; Location: Martinsburg, WV; Description: Receipt of payment by Seibert for 3 tons of phosphate costing $58.50 from [name illegible], written on stationery from the Continental Hotel, Corner Public SquareArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788531895 October 0511256Form: Bill; Person(s): W.V. Seibert, A.T. Hess; Location: Martinsburg, WV; Description: For lard, coffee, sugar and other groceries purchased by Seibert from Hess, advertisments for "leading business houses of Martinsburg, WV" on reverseArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788541896 August 0811257Form: Handwritten note and typed copy; Person(s): Harry G. Norton, Sidney G. Morton; Location: Masontown, WV, Pittsburgh, PA, VA; Description: Note on reverse of envelope addressed to Harry G. Norton, contents of note concern Civil War service of Sidney G. MortonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788551897 July 1411258Form: Advertisment with typed draft of letter on reverse; Person(s): Oren F. Morton; Location: Kingwood, WV; Description: For the lecture series "A New United States and America Viewed in a New Light" by Oren F. Morten, letter on reverse solicits contributions for publishing a paper called "The Banner"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/178856undated11259Form: Receipt; Person(s): W.V. Seibert; Location: Martinsburg, WV; Description: For subscription to "The National Stockman and Farmer"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788571904 February 0611260Form: Program; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Martinsburg, WV; Description: For the First Annual Luncheon of the Board of TradeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788581910 April 2711361Form: Itinerary; Person(s): C.J. Seiber, C.M. Seibert
location: Martinsburg, WV; Description: For vacation tour from Martinsburg to Boston and points north, two Seibert family members listed as directors of The People's Trust Co.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/178859191611362Form: Addressed envelope; Person(s): C.A. Seibert; Location: Martinsburg, Falling Waters, WV; Description: Envelope addressed to Seibert from J.W. Lloyd's Steam Bakery in MartinsburgArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788601918 June 18-1918 June 2011363Form: Printed letter; Person(s): W.T. Cox, J.T. Piggott, C.W. Watson, Davis Elkins; Location: Parkersburg, WV; Description: Letter from Cox, the Commander of the Department of West Virginia, Grand Army endorsing Davis Elkins for the United States SenateArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788611918 October 2111364Form: Newspaper; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Unidentified; Description: "American Agriculturalist"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1788621925 January 1711365aForm: Letter; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Unidentified; Description: Handwritten letter to the editor of "The Independent" entitled "Encourage your Home Manufacturers"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/178863undated11365bForm: Note; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Unidentified; Description: Handwritten note, possibly describing a home remedy for some ailmentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/178864undated11466Form: Note; Person(s): See description; Location: Unidentified; Description: Handwritten note listing several people and their street addressesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/178865undated11467Form: Ticket; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Unidentified; Description: Three tickets good for a chance in a quilt raffle organized by the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic of West VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/178866undated11468Form: Book; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Unidentified; Description: Loose pages from a Bible, containing parts of John and RevelationsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/178867undated11469Form: Booklet; Person(s): J.F. Rutherford; Location: Unidentified; Description: "Choosing Riches or Ruin explained in Two Bible Treatises by J.F. Rutherford"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/178868undated11470Form: Photograph; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Baltimore, MD; Description: Photograph of unidentified woman with advertisment for petite photos from "Jeffres Studio's" on the reverseArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/178869undated11471Form: List formatted as a table; Person(s): Unidentified; Location: Unidentified; Description: Table in German listing degrees and minutes along with other measurementsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/178870undated11472