West Virginia and Regional History Center
Johnson Family Correspondence
Johnson family
A&M 2294
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0.42 Linear Feet
Summary: 5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.)
1820-1987
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
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift from Beto, Richard and White, Charity W., 1987
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Johnson Family Correspondence, A&M 2294, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Johnson and allied families concerning local church matters and family news, a majority which concerns the descendants of Joseph and William Johnson, the most prominent members of the family. Joseph was the first governor of Virginia from the western part of the state. His brother, William, was the first postmaster at Bridgeport. Noteworthy is a letter to William Johnson dated November 29, 1864, from Mason Hesser a Confederate prisoner at Elmira, New York, during the Civil War. There are genealogical data and articles on the Johnsons, dating from 1801 when they first settled in Bridgeport. In addition, there are programs concerning the Johnson Day Luncheon and Bridgeport Cemetery Dedication sponsored by the City of Bridgeport.
A detailed inventory is available upon request.
Bridgeport (W. Va.)
Harrison County (W. Va.)
Missouri
Pruntytown (W. Va.)
Taylor County (W. Va.)
Texas
Church music -- West Virginia -- Monongalia County
Church music -- West Virginia -- Preston County
Church music -- West Virginia -- Taylor County
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
Militia
Church music -- West Virginia -- Monongalia County
Monongalia County - revivals.
Music - Church.
Music - revivalistic.
Preston County - Church Music.
Preston County - revivals.
Revivals -- West Virginia -- Monongalia County
Revivals -- West Virginia -- Preston County
Revivals -- West Virginia -- Taylor County
Schools
Church music -- West Virginia -- Taylor County
Taylor County - revivals.
Universities and colleges
Women's schools.
Alderson-Broaddus College
Rector College
Hesser, Marion.
Johnson, Charity N. (Chattie)
Johnson, Jessie C.
Johnson, Joseph
Johnson, Rebecca B. Wheeler.
Johnson, William.
Wheeler, Rev. Charles.
Johnson family - Genealogy
Wheeler family