<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/199317">A&amp;M 4329</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>David Merle Shingleton, Jr., Author, Shingleton Family Genealogy <num>A&amp;M 4329</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-03-24 18:02:04 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>David Merle Shingleton, Jr., Author, Shingleton Family Genealogy</unittitle>
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<p>This collection cannot be retrieved for use at this time. Please contact the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center for more information.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], David Merle Shingleton, Jr., Author, Shingleton Family Genealogy, A&amp;M 4329, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Five binders of genealogy material related to the William Shingleton family compiled by David Merle Shingleton, Jr. Each volume of the genealogy focuses on one child of William Shingleton, a Revolutionary War veteran, and traces that line from the late eighteenth century to the late twentieth century. These descendants inhabited parts of Hampshire, Wayne, and Taylor counties in West Virginia and Washington County, Maryland.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the <a href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright" target="_blank">Permissions and Copyright page</a> on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82020679" source="lcsh">Hampshire County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82116601" source="lcsh">Wayne County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81122764" source="lcsh">Taylor County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Family histories.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Genealogy - Hampshire County families.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001651" source="lcsh">Genealogy</subject>
    <famname source="local_LC">Shingleton family</famname>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_85cd0cb2fffb2d829f4187aa9a2d55d8" level="file"><did><unittitle>Volume 1 -- Absalom Shingleton and His Descendants: Hampshire Count Pioneer Son of Revolutionary War Soldier William Shingleton</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/62907" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/78982</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2010/2010">2010</unitdate><container id="aspace_bf7ac6d0819776cb01fed2da04e662f9" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_eea809af59594b0670b1cecb0ac4739a"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>"Includes several Heare family lines." Text of this volume covers the years 1785-1998.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_a49b62814c1903ab6c855ad7f43ca07f" level="file"><did><unittitle>Volume 2 -- Elizabeth Shingleton and Her Sisters: Taylor County Pioneer Daughters of Revolutionary War Soldier William Shingleton</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/62908" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/78983</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2011/2011">2011</unitdate><container id="aspace_b9962d4aecb902ce4254e78a52d7b8f8" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_f059326a95cd5912bb01677409e2925f"><head>Scope and Contents</head></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_2c3dd89b7de2f482298f2da494909671" level="file"><did><unittitle>Volume 3 -- Robert Shingleton and His Descendants: Taylor County Pioneer Son of Revolutionary War Soldier William Shingleton</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/62909" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/78984</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1790/1963" type="inclusive">1790-1963</unitdate><container id="aspace_4f758ccc33970b670b2fdd54fbad423b" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_2186f82f68fe0a4d86a48f91c0e1c0cf"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>"Includes never seen before images of the Robert Shingleton Cemetery in Booths Creek District." Text of this volume covers the years 1790-1963.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_0c4b184da45c9c4e1915e2f2b7292e72" level="file"><did><unittitle>Volume 4 -- Jeremiah Shingleton and His Descendants: Traveling Pioneer Son of Revolutionary War Soldier William Shingleton</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/62910" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/78985</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2011/2011">2011</unitdate><container id="aspace_4bf90abac2394c233ffe26be98e0b68c" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_485e36067abde4e2adc661186a68d5aa"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>"Includes Shingleton Family Lines in Wayne County, West Virginia." Text of this volume covers the years 1801-1993.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_0aee60623b071b0b0275c35af78d881c" level="file"><did><unittitle>Volume 5 -- Sanford Shingleton and His Descendants: Taylor County Pioneer Son of Revolutionary War Soldier William Shingleton</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/62911" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/78986</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2011/2011">2011</unitdate><container id="aspace_45490c8c7615b8ff570d9f5a524d6491" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_3d396537751962b9d97a65cbd14805e1"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>"Includes several McElfresh family lines." Text of this volume covers the years 1793-1982.</p></scopecontent></c></dsc>
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