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Ralph Fairfax, Collector, Records 0.17 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Fairfax, Ralph

A tax book of Monongalia County, 1855, and an estate appraisement of John Fairfax for personal property at the Glades, and Cheat Farm, Monongalia County. The appraisement refers to the sale of eleven enslaved Africans. There are also two lists of delinquent taxpayers; scrip from the Gladesville Furnace, 1877; and a list of the hands at Clinton (Furnace).

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Records and Manuscript regarding Early History of Aurora, West Virginia 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Aurora, Preston County

Deed for 800 acres on Foleys Meadows in Monongalia County, to Thomas James Goff, June 25 1787; tax receipts of 1829 and 1843 for Thomas and James S. Watson; a bill of goods of Stephens, Miller & Co., Baltimore, 3 May 1865, to Messrs. Wotring Co., Aurora, W.Va.; a manuscript plat for unidentified land.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Reid Family papers 14 Linear Feet

Reid family

Series 1 of this collection primarily covers the period from 1763 through Samuel McDowell Reid's death in 1869. There are also a few later items dealing chiefly with his estate. The bulk of the papers deals with business matters. Documents concern such matters as the James River and Kanawha Company, the North River Navigation Company, Washington College's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, slavery, and the financial dealings of John Robinson and the Hare family. Series 2 is comprised of a second set of materials received at a later date. The correspondence supplements that found in Series 1. The other materials consist chiefly of court and other legal records during the 74-year period (1778-1852) in which Andrew and his son, Samuel McDowell Reid, were clerks of the court of Rockbridge County: tavern licenses, taxation lists, apprenticeship deeds, voter lists, militia rolls, invoices, etc. There are also some Washington College papers.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers 156.21 Linear Feet 156 ft. 2 1/2 in. (360 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 4 in.); (14 document cases, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (3 flat storage boxes, 2 1/2 in. each); (9 flat storage boxes, 1 1/2 in. each); ( 44 photos in photograph filing cabinets) 11.7 Gigabytes 131 TIFF files, 2 PDF files

Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Scott-Palmer Family Papers 2.3 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 4 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (3 flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each)

Scott-Palmer family.

Family papers of school master Theodore Scott (1805-1877); his daughter Saida Scott Palmer, a music teacher; her husband, Jewett Palmer, Civil War officer, local Republican official, and mayor of Marietta; and his daughters, Winifred and Muriel, a concert contralto. Includes correspondence, letter books, diaries, school registers and reports, scrapbooks, genealogical records, and theatre and opera programs.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Shepherdstown Archives 0.58 Linear Feet Summary: 7 in. (4 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Shepherdstown Town Council
Included are: town records, 1793-1816, 1839-1902; assessment and poll books, 1881-1917; minute and record books, 1902-1935; and mayor's court hearing book, 1907-1950.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Squire Bosworth, Physician, Papers 1.5 Linear Feet 1 ft. 6 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in. each)

Bosworth, Squire.
The day book and papers of Dr. Squire Bosworth and family. Squire Bosworth was one of the earliest physicians of Randolph County, and his day book records details of his medical practice indicating common procedures and remedies as well as charges and costs during the early nineteenth century. Bosworth was also a deputy and county clerk of Randolph County, and included among the papers are court documents. Along with his son, Squire Newton Bosworth, the family acquired interests in landholding which is reflected in deeds, surveys, correspondence and tax receipts from Texas and West Virginia. Among the correspondence is an 1885 letter from William L. Wilson surveying his Congressional re-election possibilities.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Summers County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers 41.27 Linear Feet Summary: 41 ft. 3.25 in. (97 document cases, 5 in. each); (5 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each); (1 ledger, 1.5 in)

West Virginia. County Court (Summers County)
County court records consisting primarily of marriage records and sheriff settlements relating to roads, schools, and poor funds. There are also estate administration papers; lunacy proceedings; Board of Education records; receipts and bank records; other misc. records, and an account book of the firm of Meador and Graham in Hinton, WV. There are also some papers of former clerks E. H. Peck and P. B. Pack.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Records 5.69 Linear Feet Summary: 5 ft. 8 1/4 in. (39 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, Collector

County land tax list; ledger of Thomas Green, 1828-1874; muster rolls, Virginia Militia, 1812; index, Muster Rolls, 1812; and the Revolutionary War Bounties.

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