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Ellison Family Papers 3.3 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 4 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each)

Ellison family

The correspondence, wills, deeds, receipts, recipes, remedies, and genealogy, of the Ellison-Dunlap Petrie families of Monroe County. The letters discuss family and business matters, enslaved Africans, the Civil War, and settlement of some family members in Kansas. There are papers about land and farming, including surveys, deeds, memos, and accounts as well as correspondence and printed material about the WVU Agricultural Extension Service. There are ledgers for Han Creek Mill and an account book of William Petrie. There is also an 1831 journal of William Petrie with entries about his travels to England, Cuba, New Orleans, and along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. There are separations from this collection of photographs, pamphlets, newspapers, and broadsides.

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Ellison farm deeds (originals) Box 6, Folder 13

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Ellison letters (copies) Box 2, Folder 17

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Ellison letters (copies) (with calendar of letters attached) Box 4, Folder 4

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Farm deeds -- J. Z. Ellison to A. D. Ellison [1954], S. S. Miller to A. D. Ellison [1886], agreement for division of property between J. Z. Ellison, Mrs. Julia A. Smith, and J. W. Fleshman [1881], John Miller to J. Z. Ellison [1869], John Hutchinson to Jennie Ellison [1842] (several surveys included) Box 6, Folder 11

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Farm instructions and miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 7

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Hans Creek account book & Red Sulphur Springs blank book Box 3, Folder 5

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Hans Creek Mill ledger Box 4, Folder 7

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Hans Creek Mill ledger, accounts Box 3, Folder 4

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Hans Creek Mill ledger, Red Sulphur Springs ledger (copies) Box 4, Folder 8

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