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Berlin B. Chapman, Compiler, Scrapbook, 1933/1941 0.45 Linear Feet Summary: 5 1/4 in. (1 oversize folder, 1 item); (3 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Chapman, Berlin B., 1900-1995
Microfilmed copy of a scrapbook outlining the history of college debating in West Virginia, 1933-1941. The scrapbook was prepared by Dr. Chapman and the Fairmont State College debate teams.
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Charles A. and Charles W. Wade Papers, 1880/1940 1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

Wade, Charles A.
Private and business correspondence of Charles A. Wade, a farmer in Burnsville, and Charles W. Wade, a justice of the peace in Braxton County. Included are bills, receipts, and many agriculture-related advertisements and offers.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

C.M. Cornwell Papers, 1840/1919 1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

Cornwell, C. M.
Papers of C.M. Cornwell, a surveyor and justice of the peace of Barbour County, West Virginia. Included are: surveys, plats, deeds, court case papers, surveyor's notebooks, minutes of commissioners' meetings, survey calls on the re-survey of the Barbour-Taylor County line (1894), and family correspondence.
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Davis Family Papers, 1809/1916 0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Davis family
Personal and business papers of Isaac, Albert, and Silas R. Davis, of Ohio and Marshall counties, West Virginia. Includes estate settlements, genealogical data, justice of the peace docket and broadsides. There is a Civil War loyalty oath for J.N. Keller, a War of 1812 discharge for Thomas Moore and an 1844 presidential campaign broadside for the Whig candidate Henry Clay.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

F.A. Simpson Records, 1909/1942 3.3 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 4 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each)

Simpson, F. A. (Frederick Arthur), 1883-1974
Records of F.A. Simpson, a justice of the peace in Barbour County. Also included, dating between 1914-1942, are a few papers and speeches of J.A. Viquesney, West Virginia Game and Fish Warden (1909-1916) and justice of the peace; 1930 election campaign material relating to Henry D. Hatfield, James Ellwood Jones, and Carl B. Harvey; and references to politics, game laws, cost of medical service, and prohibition.
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Felix G. Hansford Papers, 1790/1862 0.1 Linear Feet 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Hansford, Felix G.

Correspondence, business and legal papers, and Justice of the Peace documents of Felix G. Hansford, Kanawha County J.P., entrepreneur, and President of the Giles, Fayette, and Kanawha Turnpike.

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Felix G. Hansford Papers, 1796/1876 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Hansford, Felix G.

The papers of the President of Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike, charted in 1837, consist of land grants, deeds, and indentures; legal papers; turnpike correspondence, stock, books, contracts, and reports to the Board of Public Works, the Virginia Legislature, and stockholders.

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G.B. Stathers Account Book, 1875/1895 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Stathers, G. B.
Account book of G.B. Stathers, a Justice of the Peace for McElroy District, Tyler County, West Virginia, and a carpenter who operated from the towns of Alma and Blue, Tyler County. The account book shows that Mr. Stathers made and sold wagons, buggies, coffins, window frames, doors, railroad ties, and many other wooden articles.
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George W. Smith, Papers of a Jackson County Resident, 1818/1908, bulk 1818/1885 1.45 Linear Feet 3 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 document case, 2.5 in.

Smith, George W.
The papers of George W. Smith (1814-1860), a merchant, justice of the peace, land agent, and presidential elector in the town of Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia. There are also papers regarding other family members. The collection serves as a narrative and record of business, local politics, and social conditions in West Virginia before and after statehood. It includes business and personal correspondence, financial and legal papers, business and political ledgers, and ephemera. The majority of the business and personal correspondence in this collection consists of incoming letters to George W. Smith from his family and business associates. There are a few letters from Nehemiah Smith, a delegate in the Virginia Assembly, some of which discuss efforts to route a proposed turnpike from Staunton to Ripley (ca. 1833-1842); and letters from Confederate prisoners of war, six from Point Lookout prison in Maryland (1864-1865), and one from Elmira, New York (1864). See scope and content note for additional details.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Grant County Justice Dockets, 1865/1923 2.1 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 1 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 records carton, 15 in.); (3 ledgers, 5 in.)

Grant County

Justice dockets for Milroy District, Grant County. Collection contains twelve volumes dating from 1865 to 1923. For a list of the justices and dates of each volume see control folder.

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