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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Primary Collecting Areas:
West Virginia and Appalachia History and Culture
Description:
The West Virginia & Regional History Center preserves and provides access to the records that document the history and culture of the state and the central Appalachian region. The Center is part of West Virginia University Libraries.
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Start Over Repository West Virginia and Regional History Center Subjects Land - deeds and grants.

Benjamin Trembly, Deed for Sale of Land in Preston County, West Virginia, 1812/1813 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1 item (1 folder)

Trembly, Benjamin
Deed for the sale of land owned by Benjamin Trembly to John Trembly for 300 dollars. The land is described as being located in Monongalia County (now Preston County), along the bank of Big Sandy Creek. The document is described as both a deed (on the outside) and an indenture (in the main text).
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Bill Dixon and Forest McClung, Collectors, Johnson and Simpson Family Land Deeds, 1829/1843 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 10 items

Dixon, Bill and Forest McClung, Collectors
Lands deeds assigned to William Simpson, William Johnson, and Benjamin Johnson in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri by U.S. Presidents Andrew Jackson, John Tyler, and Martin Van Buren. These items were found in the desk of E.W. McClung in a residence in Sinks Grove, West Virginia. One deed has an original signature of President Andrew Jackson.
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Clark and Krebs, Civil and Mining Engineers, Miscellaneous Letters and Records, 1912/1914 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 unboxed ledger)

Clark and Krebs (Mine Engineering Firm)
Letter book from the office of Clark & Krebs, Civil and Mining Engineers, the partnership of Charles E. Krebs, James M. Clark, George R. Krebs, and J. Walter Morgan, of Charleston, WV. Included in the letterbox are land deeds, property inventories, lists of unpaid accounts and land leases, land and mine surveys, equipment bills, reports on the working costs of coal mines and oil production, instructions for the construction of bungalows and a water plant, business contracts, and a letter concerning Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad redeemable Tickets and Coupons. There is also mention of Charles E. Krebs, Inc., a blue print company owned by Charles E. Krebs.
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E.L. Armstrong, Letter regarding 1786 Land Grant in Harrison County, 1841 0.01 Linear Feet 1 item (1 folder)

Letter from Mr. E.L. Armstrong, Richmond, to Mr. Sandford Swigen, Clarksburg (West) Virginia, 1841. The letter includes a manuscript transcription (from 1841) of a 1786 land grant or indenture for Hezekiah Davisson, assignee of Robert Lewis Jun, for a tract of land in Harrison County, (West) Virginia. The grant was approved by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia.
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Fayette County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers, 1787/1923, bulk 1870/1923 9.60 Linear Feet Summary: 9 ft. 7 1/4 in. (19 document cases, 5 in. each); (8 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each); (3 reels of microfilm, .75 in. each) (4 record books, 4 in.)

Fayette County Court
County court and public records primarily concerning deeds, estates, guardianships, executors, poor and paupers, roads, and "scalp certificates" for various animals. There are also record books, predominantly personal property and land books, and a few private accounts. There is also a breadth of material concerning records of personal property; county courthouse and jail; marriages; liquor, attorney, minister, and professional licenses; apprenticing; surveys and plats; lunacy; court proceedings; elections and voting; and public utilities and taxation.
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Fleming Family Papers, 1827/1915 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Fleming family

Additional papers of Benjamin Fleming and several members of the Fleming family. Manuscript items include land grants and deed Monongalia County, letters, account and tax statements. Printed items include Sabbath School program, Fairmont, 1861; concert and commencement programs of Fairmont State Normal, 1892, 1897, 1906; Alfred Fleming Cemetery Association, proposed organization pamphlet. A clipping scrapbook contains some poetry by Thurston Worth Fleming, biographical sketch of Col. William Fleming and genealogical information on the Fleming family.

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James Barbour, Governor, Land Grant to Jacob Bumgarner in Harrison County, 1813 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1 item (1 folder)

Honeycutt, Alice Bumgarner
Original copy of land grant to Jacob Bumgarner for 372 acres "on the south fork of Hughes's river" in Harrison County, Virginia (present day West Virginia). The land grant is dated 7 October 1813, and is signed by by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, James Barbour. The document references three previous treasury warrants by their numbers, including 4653 (1810); 4614 (1811); and 18,444 (1783). Treasury warrants were legal instruments utilized for documenting land acquisitions in Virginia, and were issued in numbered series.
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Land Grants, 1795/1836 0 Linear Feet Summary: 5 items

Parchment land grants. Two grants to Jacob Warrick for 967 and 596 acres on Bath County, Va., signed by James Monroe and James Wood in 1798 and 1802. One grant to Sampson Lockhart Matthews, assignee of Sampson Matthews, for 444 acres in Pocahontas County, Va., signed by John Tyler in 1826. Grant to James Kelso, assignee of Thomas Anderson, for 480 acres in Augusta County, Va., signed by Robert Brooke in 1795. One deed from James A. McCue, executor of Andrew G. Gatewood, to Jacob W. And Andrew G. Matthews for 486 acres in Pocahontas County, dated 1836. And the House of Warick. 1740.
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