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Start Over Date range 1864 Subjects Country stores. Level Collection

Campbell Family Papers 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Campbell family

Financial and farm records of James Campbell who owned a plantation near Arden, Berkeley County on which he also operated a store. The collection also includes a ledger and some loose financial papers of James L. Campbell who ran the family homestead.

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Campbell Family Papers 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Campbell family

Account book, 1856-1901, of James Wilson Campbell. Includes estate settlement of his father, James L. Campbell, Cattle pedigrees, and various accounts, including some kept in James L.'s hand. Correspondence, 1866-1899 concerns family affairs, business, and there is one letter from a cousin at Marietta College, 1866, telling of geological field trip through the Wood, Ritchie, Pleasants, oil district of W. Va. School notes on mathematics and surveying of James Wilson Campbell, ca. 1854-1859; Misc. papers, notes, accounts, etc.

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George H. King Journal and Daybook 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

King, George H.
Journal and daybook of George H. King, who operated a store near Romney, West Virginia; includes entries for Laurel Run, Grant Township, and Romney, 1861-1879.
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Gladys Link Hartzell, Collector, Account Books 0.23 Linear Feet Summary: 2 3/4 in. (1 ledger, 1 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Hartzell, Gladys Link.
Account books of John Sheetz (1842-1882) with some pages used to record the words to Confederate songs; Doctor's (N.D. Pairan's) account book, 1836-1838; William Martin's account book for a general store, 1777-1783; and two ledger books used as scrapbooks, containing mainly notices of deaths and marriages.
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Hampshire County Archives 67.48 Linear Feet Summary: 67 ft. 5 3/4 in. (133 document cases, 5 in. each); (20 ledgers, 3 ft. 9 in.); (57 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Hampshire County Court
Court case and other miscellaneous papers from various county offices, 1736-1749; record books, 1820-1948; and account books of banks, churches, general stores, insurance firms, physicians, estate settlements, and gristmills. There is a partial index of plaintiffs, defendants, and subjects in the case papers, and a checklist of the bound volumes.
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Jacob Guseman (1786-1878) Records 1.2 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 2 in. ( 7 unboxed ledgers)

Guseman, Jacob (1786-1878)
Ledgers and daybooks of Jacob Guseman, a Preston County entrepreneur who operated a general merchandise store, a fulling mill, sawmill, gristmill, and other manufactories at Muddy Creek.
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M.J. Garrison and Company Records 1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

Garrison, M. J. and Company

Additional business records of the firm operating under the names of M.J. Garrison and Bro., in Wadestown, W.Va., including cash books, bank books and ledgers. Business activities include the operation of a general store; livestock purchase and sale; wool purchase and sale, principally in the capacity of purchasing agent for James Auld and Son; school and county orders cashed for teaching, and building of the Range Bridge. Quarterly post office financial reports; Wadestown Telephone Co., sale of stock and operation charges; lumber purchase and sale; oil land lease, drilling operations, sale of oil, line rights of way, names of oil companies operating in the area, and remarks regarding the well numbers and locations; and estimated flow. Entries for gas wells coming in, depth drilled, and names of drillers. Some entries indicate that Mr. Garrison served in a financial administrative capacity for various community enterprises, including the collection and disbursing of funds for the building of the Oak Forest M.E. Church, and for several estates. Other members of the Garrison family mentioned include, J.L., Maude, and Kate. The names of many area residents appear in these volumes.

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Mullen Family Papers 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Mullen family
Correspondence, bills, receipts, and memoranda books of Gordon, Gordon, Jr., Jacob, George H., and Mrs. F.R. Mullen of Charleston. Subjects include farming operations; the management of a small store in Kanawha County, West Virginia; Barboursville College; and the State Free Silver Headquarters. The collection includes letterheads, business cards, and calendars of Charleston mercantile establishments, ca.1877-1914; and some Ku Klux Klan papers, 1928, of Dr. A.G. Mullen of Galesburg, Illinois.
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Papers regarding Early Settlers of Aurora in Preston County 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case), 1 oversize folder (.1 in)

Account books, and legal, business, and personal papers of some early settlers at Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia. There are records of a tannery, blacksmith shop, a general merchandise store, and a sawmill, as well as deeds and subscription lists for the Lutheran and German Reformed churches. Also included in the papers are land surveys, wills, deeds, plats, school notebooks, tax receipts, and other items.

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Talbott-Tolbert Family Papers 1.25 Linear Feet 3 document cases, 5 in. each

Talbott-Tolbert family.
Mainly papers of Samuel T. Tolbert, a onetime constable of Lewis County and postmaster at Frenchton, who operated a general store and acted as agent and surveyor for out-of-state landowners. Included are the papers of Zadock Lanham, J.S. Wilson, John L. Jacob, and W.C. Tolbert. There are surveys, legal papers, correspondence, and lottery certificates from Ohio and Delaware, and Democratic state and county election tickets. Correspondents include Lewis Maxwell, J.M. Bennett, and F.H. Pierpont.
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