A&M 1629Courtney Family Papers, 1804-1920 A&M 1629Staff 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 08:08:51 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Courtney Family Papers Courtney family A&M 1629 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/6207 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case) 1804-1920 Papers of a Monongalia County, West Virginia, farm family residing near Maidsville include: the farm account books of John and John J. Courtney, 1831-1877; family Bible records and photographs; college essays of Alpheus Courtney, a West Virginia University student; manuscript ciphering book, 1817; diary of Ulysses J. Courtney, 1878-1883 (7 vols.) pertaining to lumbering, farming, and livestock operations, and community religious and social life; correspondence; steamboat bills of lading, invoices of mercantile stores; Civil War bounty receipts; a record of lumbering operations, 1878; and records of the Bethel (Methodist) Church. Subjects include the construction of the Monongahela Valley Railroad; frontier conditions in Iowa; Morgantown Bridge Company; and Methodism within the Baltimore and West Virginia conferences. Correspondents include Alston G. Dayton. 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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Iowa Monongalia County (W. Va.) Account books Livestock Churches -- Methodist Civil War -- Bounty receipts Diaries and journals. Farms and farming. Lumber trade Frontier and pioneer life Railroads - Monongahela Valley Railroad. Steamboats Morgantown Bridge Company West Virginia University Courtney, Alpheus. Courtney, John J. Courtney, John. Courtney, Ulysses J. Dayton, Alston Gordon Courtney family