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Brown Family Papers, Photographs and Maps 8.3 Linear Feet 8 ft. 4 1/4 in. (9 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (2 large storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 scrapbook, 1 in.)

Brown family
Papers, photographs and maps of a wealthy Morgantown family with interests in real estate and coal mining. Most of the business papers are those of J. M. G. Brown, a West Virginia University law school alumnus, who was president of Scotts Run Fuel Corporation. Brown was also a housing developer whose company, Suburban Real Estate of Morgantown, was a competitive concern not only locally but throughout north central West Virginia and southwest Pennsylvania. There are papers indicating his attempts to open Morgantown to airline service. His sister, Mary Virginia Brown was a genealogist and local historian noted for A History of the Negroes of Monongalia County. Among her papers are genealogies of the Bannister, Brown, Bushey, Dorsey, Suter and Williams families. There are also original documents of Colonel William McCleary, an early settler of Morgantown. There is also a manuscript "List of Taxable Property for 1786, Monongalia County," including five pages listing residents and their "tithables," horses, and cattle.
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Cleaver Family Papers 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Cleaver family

Facsimiles of historical documents. Land grant to William Cleaver and others for 1,000 acres on the Monongahela River, 1782; certificate for money due B. Cleaver for service in the Virginia Militia, 1783; affidavits concerning the military service of William and Benjamin Cleaver, 1774-1782, in Dunmore's War, at the Falls of the Ohio, and on General George Rogers Clark's expedition against the Indians, including the Shawnee. There is also a petition, 1777, by residents of the Tygart Valley, West Fork of the Monongahela, and Buckhannon Creek settlements requesting the formation of a new county. There are four typed pages dated January 1-9, 1969, with information about the Cleaver Family - William and Hannah; William, Jr.; Benjamin; and Stephen.

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Earl L. Core (1902-1984) Papers 9.1 Linear Feet Summary: 9 ft. 3/4 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 4 in.); (6 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 flat document case, 3 in.); (2 flat document cases, 1 1/2 in. each); (1 artifact box, 3 1/2 in.); (1 record carton, 15 in.); (2 oversized folders, 1/4 in.)

Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984

Original Accession; 1756-1985; boxes 1-21 and two oversize folders

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Genealogical Society of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Collector, Material regarding Monongalia County Unrecorded Wills 0 Linear Feet Summary: 5 items

Monongalia County (W.Va.)
This collection consists of a quarterly journal and copies of unrecorded Monongalia County, WV wills. The journal, Keyhole, a quarterly publication of the Genealogical Society of Southwestern Pennsylvania, features two articles which discuss West Virginia residents: "Unrecorded Monongalia County, West Virginia wills," Ruth E. Renton and Raymond Martin Bell and "McCollock of Ohio County, West Virginia," Raymond Martin Bell. In "Unrecorded Monongalia County, West Virginia Wills" the authors provide information concerning unrecorded wills of persons living in Monongalia County (present day Washington County, Pennsylvania.) The four unrecorded wills are Moses Cooper of Roxburg, Morris County, New Jersey, 1777 April 1; Benjah Dunn of Monongalia County, 1778 February 19; Stephen Ulery of Ten Mile Creek, Monongalia County, 1778 March 10; and David Wright of Monongalia County, 1778 August 26. The article also lists Charles McRobbins (alias Roberts) as Larry had a will written 1775 October 6. Copies of the unrecorded wills are included with the collection. Although these copies are copies of copies they are in excellent condition. Bell's "McColloch of Ohio County, West Virginia" discusses the genealogy of the McColloch family of Ohio and Hampshire counties.
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Haymond-Fleming Law Firm Papers 0.4 Linear Feet 5 in. (1 document case)

Haymond-Fleming Law Firm
Correspondence of A.F. Haymond and A. Brooks Fleming, Fairmont attorneys. Correspondents include J.M. Bennett, G.D. Camden, J. Carlile, Henry Mathews, and F.H. Pierpont mentioning politics, separation from Virginia, the Arthurdale community development, and routine legal business. Included are land and legal papers, 1760-1797, from Hampshire, Monongalia, and Ohio counties, mentioning Patrick Henry and Henry Lee. Also in the collection are: a leather billfold; estate papers and marriage records; stock certificates of early West Virginia public utility and industrial firms; and miscellaneous personal papers of A. Brooks Fleming.
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John Rogers (1786-1864) Papers 4.75 Linear Feet Summary: 4 ft. 8 1/2 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case 2 1/2 in.); (4 small flat storage boxes 3 1/2 in. each)

Rogers, John, 1786-1864

This collection embraces business letters, bills, receipts, notes, orders, checks, and personal correspondence of John Rogers, who was a pioneer merchant and iron manufacturer in Monongalia County, Virginia, during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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Monongalia County History 0.7 Linear Feet Summary: 8 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)

Moreland, James R., 1879-1955
Bound typescripts of reminiscences and local history prepared by James R. Moreland, Morgantown, including "History of the Various Courts of the County of Monongalia...," and "Morgantown, West Virginia, Its Practical Jokes and Jokers...With Some Sketches Pertaining to Its History and Development." Indexed.
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Monongalia County Revolutionary Soldiers 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter (Morgantown, W. Va.)

Copies of statements made by Revolutionary War soldiers to prove services in the war. Taken from county court records of Monongalia County.

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Monongalia County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers 273.54 Linear Feet (343 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 records carton, 15 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (83 record books, 17 ft. 7 in.); (175 flat boxes (nonstandard), 4 in. each); (340 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each); (58 reels of microfilm, 0.75 in. each)

Monongalia County Court

County court records consisting primarily of records of court proceedings including dockets, executions, orders, and fees as well as case papers and public records consisting primarily of land and property records including deeds, land, and personal property books. There are also some records of private businesses, private organizations, Sheriff's records, and voting records. This collection consists of three series and an addendum.

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Thomas Ray Dille Papers 7.33 Linear Feet Summary: 7 ft. 4 in. (10 document cases, 5 in. each); (10 ledgers, 17 in.); (12 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Dille, Thomas Ray

Gift of the brothers and sisters of Thomas Ray Dille, lawyer, historian, and genealogist of Morgantown W.Va. This collection contains the family histories of the Dille, David Evans, and John Evans families, as well as the Ray, Stewart, McFarland, and Tennant families.

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