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Start Over Date range 1789 Places Monongalia County (W. Va.)

Monongalia County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers, 1774/1954 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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Mrs. Charles Morgan, Collector, Morgan Family Land Records, 1781/1876 0.01 Linear Feet 5 items (1 folder)

Morgan, Mrs. Charles
Land grants, deeds, and a survey of the lands of Evan Morgan. Documents include: a 1791 grant for lands in Monongalia County, contracted by the Governor of Virginia, Henry Lee; an 1827 land indenture - deed regarding a transaction between Evan Morgan, James Johnson, and Benjamin Jacobs, referencing 50 acres along Booth's Creek in Monongalia County; an 1840 land deed recording the transfer of George McCall's land in Monongalia County to Thomas Morgan; a survey of land on Cobuns Creek in Monongalia County dated from 1781; and an 1876 land deed from Hiel J. Evans to Charles Morgan for transfer of land in St. Clair County, Missouri.
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Nathaniel Cochran Documents, 1784/1807 0.01 Linear Feet 5 items (1 oversize folder)

Land grant to Nathaniel Cochran, Monongalia County, West Virginia, for 150 acres dated 20 April 1784, signed by Governor Benjamin Harrison and a grant for 100 acres dated 15 April 1793, signed by Governor Henry Lee; appointment of Nathaniel Cochran as Captain of the First Battalion of the Seventh Regiment, Virginia militia, dated 8 May 1802 and signed by Governor James Monroe; note signed by Cochran et al. volunteering service to the Virginia Militia; and an undated list of men in Nathaniel Cochran's militia company.
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Reverend William Duke (1757-1840) Travel Journal, 1789 0.01 Linear Feet 0.125 in. (19 pages, photostatic copies)

Duke, William, 1757-1840
Written by Reverend William Duke (1757-1840), a Protestant Episcopal minister, as a record of his journey from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to Randolph County, (West) Virginia, to inspect a parcel of land that he had acquired. Documents early West Virginia travel, accommodations, and religious practices. Specifically mentioned are Georgetown, Frederick Town, Harpers Ferry, Potomac River, Old Town, Fort Cumberland, Allegheny River, Morgantown, and Bath. Subjects include: Methodism, Baptists, the Episcopal Church, the Pennsylvania Dutch, travel, and folklore.
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Samuel Hanway Papers, 1782/1818 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 oversize folder)

Hanway, Samuel
Manuscript surveys and plats of land in Monongalia and Preston counties, West Virginia, by Samuel Hanway, county surveyor. There are papers showing acreage and owners; an early plat of Morgantown showing streets, lots and numbers; plat of courses of the Monongalia and Preston County boundary; maps of Monongalia and Preston counties, including a map of eleven tracts of land on Prichard and Whiteday Creek, Monongalia County, which notes the Morgantown-Clarksburg Road, Cratzer's Tavern, and the Van Swearing(en) Walnut Tavern and Mill.
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Thomas Ray Dille Papers, 1774/1939 0.7 Linear Feet Summary: 7 1/2 in. (2 ledgers)

Dille, Thomas Ray

Four notebooks of Col. John Evans family history prepared by Thomas Ray Dille; (maps of voting districts in Monongalia County) papers of the Monongalia County Historical Society; and copies of the constitution and charter of the York County (Pa.) Historical Society

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Thomas Ray Dille Papers, 1774/1939 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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Thomas Ray Dille Papers, 1781/1948 54.9 Linear Feet Summary: 54 ft. 11 in. (121 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (2 ledgers, 5 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)

Dille, Thomas Ray

Papers of a Morgantown attorney, genealogist, and antiquarian. There are several series of office files relating to Dille's law practice, and extensive correspondence regarding his historical and genealogical studies. Families for which there are genealogical compilations include Dille, Ray, Stewart, McFarland, Tennant, David Evans, and John Evans. Monongalia County birth and death records; cemetery readings; copies of wills and indexes of will books; names in real estate and appraisement books; Monongalia Academy and Woodburn Female Seminary ledgers, 1858; correspondence; legal papers; newspaper clippings; family papers; and an account book of J.R. Moore, 1837. Collection also contains papers on the West Virginia Historical Society, Morgantown and Wheeling Railroad, Sons of the Revolution and the Evansdale Corporation. Also includes some personal correspondence received by Dille, like mailed promotional/advertising booklets and copies of "The Mohawk Magazine."

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Thornton Tayloe Perry, Collector, Papers, 1732/1965 4.5 Linear Feet Summary: 4 ft. 6 in. (12 index card boxes, 4 1/2 in. each) [the boxes contain a total of 68 reels of microfilm]

Perry, T. Tayloe
This microfilm version of the Thornton Tayloe Perry Collection held by the Virginia Historical Society contains historical material collected by Perry over a 30 year period. It concentrates upon western Virginia and West Virginia with particular emphasis upon the lower Shenandoah Valley and Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties of West Virginia. The microfilm was placed in the West Virginia Collection by the Virginia Historical Society under provisions of a National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant.
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