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Anita Cutright Burnett, Collector, Papers, 1790/1935

1.7 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)
Papers of Anita Cutright Burnett, an Upshur County genealogist and active member of the Upshur County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The collection contains DAR membership applications, genealogical correspondence, vital statistics for Lewis and Upshur counties and typed copies of the 1850 census returns for Ritchie and Taylor counties.
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Anita Cutright Burnett, Collector, Papers, 1790/1935 1.7 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)

Burnett, Anita Cutright.
Papers of Anita Cutright Burnett, an Upshur County genealogist and active member of the Upshur County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The collection contains DAR membership applications, genealogical correspondence, vital statistics for Lewis and Upshur counties and typed copies of the 1850 census returns for Ritchie and Taylor counties.
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Barns Family Papers, 1816/1899, bulk 1831/1899

0.52 Linear Feet 6 1/4 in. (1 document case, 2.5 in).; (1 oversize folder, 0.25 in.); (2 reels of microfilm, one of which is shared with A&M 0970, 1.75 in. each) One of these microfilm reels is shared with another collection: A&M 0970. The extent of that reel is calculated in this collection but not A&M 0970.
Papers of the Barns family of northwestern West Virginia, including: the Civil War diaries of Thomas Rufus Barns recording his experiences while serving with Company K, Tenth Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry (1863-1864); Civil War records of Uz Barns, who served with the same unit, including discharge and pension papers (1865-1891); miscellaneous Civil War material, including currency and song sheets (ca. 1861-1865); and Barns family papers including financial records, and land records pertaining to Marion, Monongalia, and Ritchie Counties (1816-1869).
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Barns Family Papers, 1816/1899, bulk 1831/1899 0.52 Linear Feet 6 1/4 in. (1 document case, 2.5 in).; (1 oversize folder, 0.25 in.); (2 reels of microfilm, one of which is shared with A&M 0970, 1.75 in. each) One of these microfilm reels is shared with another collection: A&M 0970. The extent of that reel is calculated in this collection but not A&M 0970.

Barns Family
Papers of the Barns family of northwestern West Virginia, including: the Civil War diaries of Thomas Rufus Barns recording his experiences while serving with Company K, Tenth Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry (1863-1864); Civil War records of Uz Barns, who served with the same unit, including discharge and pension papers (1865-1891); miscellaneous Civil War material, including currency and song sheets (ca. 1861-1865); and Barns family papers including financial records, and land records pertaining to Marion, Monongalia, and Ritchie Counties (1816-1869).
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Henry Solomon White Papers, 1861/1865

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)
The manuscript diary of Henry Solomon White, a Corporal and Orderly Sergeant in Company N, Sixth Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Infantry, covering the period of 24 September 1861 to 26 September 1864. Company N was organized at Camp White, in 1861 for a three-year tour of duty guarding the B.&O. and North Western railroads. The company was stationed at various times at Burton, Littleton, Barrackville, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Grafton, and Webster. Squads of this company were detailed for special duty and scouting detail in Cornwallis, Ritchie County; Camp Burne; Camp Wilkinson; and in Monongalia, Marion, and Roane counties; and Fayette and Greene counties, Pennsylvania. Company N was on duty in Fairmont during the Jones Raid in 1863.
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Henry Solomon White Papers, 1861/1865 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

White, Henry Solomon
The manuscript diary of Henry Solomon White, a Corporal and Orderly Sergeant in Company N, Sixth Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Infantry, covering the period of 24 September 1861 to 26 September 1864. Company N was organized at Camp White, in 1861 for a three-year tour of duty guarding the B.&O. and North Western railroads. The company was stationed at various times at Burton, Littleton, Barrackville, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Grafton, and Webster. Squads of this company were detailed for special duty and scouting detail in Cornwallis, Ritchie County; Camp Burne; Camp Wilkinson; and in Monongalia, Marion, and Roane counties; and Fayette and Greene counties, Pennsylvania. Company N was on duty in Fairmont during the Jones Raid in 1863.
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Katherine Williams, Collector, Williams Family Papers, 1840/2005

6.1 Linear Feet 6 ft. 1 in. (3 record cartons, 15 in. each); (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 in.); (2 unboxed framed items, 2 in.)

Family papers compiled by Katherine Williams of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Most of the papers are of the James H. Taylor family of Clarksburg, West Virginia dating from the 19th century. There are also records of the Irwin family including a genealogy, and the Civil War letters of private George Irwin, a soldier in Company F, 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Other families documented include the Redman and Summers families. The collection includes letters, autograph books, family business records, genealogies, photographs, and other material.

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Katherine Williams, Collector, Williams Family Papers, 1840/2005 6.1 Linear Feet 6 ft. 1 in. (3 record cartons, 15 in. each); (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 in.); (2 unboxed framed items, 2 in.)

Williams, Katherine

Family papers compiled by Katherine Williams of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Most of the papers are of the James H. Taylor family of Clarksburg, West Virginia dating from the 19th century. There are also records of the Irwin family including a genealogy, and the Civil War letters of private George Irwin, a soldier in Company F, 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Other families documented include the Redman and Summers families. The collection includes letters, autograph books, family business records, genealogies, photographs, and other material.

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Lawrence A. Lang, Collector, West Virginia Land Records, 1865/1896, bulk 1867/1868

1.25 Linear Feet 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

West Virginia land records, including receipts for fees paid, surveys, certificates of survey, land patents, grants, correspondence and other material. Some of the records are copies rather than official documents. The records are sorted by the names of buyers and stored in envelopes. Recorded to the fronts of the envelopes is information relevant to their contents.

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Lawrence A. Lang, Collector, West Virginia Land Records, 1865/1896, bulk 1867/1868 1.25 Linear Feet 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

West Virginia land records, including receipts for fees paid, surveys, certificates of survey, land patents, grants, correspondence and other material. Some of the records are copies rather than official documents. The records are sorted by the names of buyers and stored in envelopes. Recorded to the fronts of the envelopes is information relevant to their contents.

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Paul Daugherty, Collector, Family History and Photographs, 1850/1950

2.9 Linear Feet 2 ft. 10 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 1 in.); (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 4 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 1 in.)

Records collected by Paul Daugherty regarding family history. Includes materials documenting the Taylor, Broadwater, Lantz, Collins, Carmichael, and Ingraham families in the region of the counties of Ritchie, Doddridge, and Wood. The Taylors arrived in Ritchie County in 1842. The Broadwater family resided in Toll Gate, W. Va. in Ritchie County. There are family histories and genealogies, scrapbooks, photographs, and other material.

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Paul Daugherty, Collector, Family History and Photographs, 1850/1950 2.9 Linear Feet 2 ft. 10 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 1 in.); (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 4 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 1 in.)

Daugherty, Paul

Records collected by Paul Daugherty regarding family history. Includes materials documenting the Taylor, Broadwater, Lantz, Collins, Carmichael, and Ingraham families in the region of the counties of Ritchie, Doddridge, and Wood. The Taylors arrived in Ritchie County in 1842. The Broadwater family resided in Toll Gate, W. Va. in Ritchie County. There are family histories and genealogies, scrapbooks, photographs, and other material.

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Uz Barns, Soldier, Civil War Diary, 1862/1865

0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 item in 1 folder)
Diary of Uz Barns of Ritchie County, a volunteer in the Union Army who served as a private in the 10th West Virginia Infantry. The diary covers the years 1862 through 1865 and contains daily entries, mainly regarding weather conditions. Barns also wrote about marches and distances marched per day; encampments at various places in eastern West Virginia and in Winchester, Virginia; and engagements with Confederate forces at Beverly, (West) Virginia, Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia, and Deep Bottom, Henrico County, Virginia. He also records number of prisoners taken. Barns was in Richmond at the time of Lee's surrender and mentions the number of cannon and the supply of shells and powder left there by the Confederates.
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Uz Barns, Soldier, Civil War Diary, 1862/1865 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 item in 1 folder)

Barns, Uz
Diary of Uz Barns of Ritchie County, a volunteer in the Union Army who served as a private in the 10th West Virginia Infantry. The diary covers the years 1862 through 1865 and contains daily entries, mainly regarding weather conditions. Barns also wrote about marches and distances marched per day; encampments at various places in eastern West Virginia and in Winchester, Virginia; and engagements with Confederate forces at Beverly, (West) Virginia, Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia, and Deep Bottom, Henrico County, Virginia. He also records number of prisoners taken. Barns was in Richmond at the time of Lee's surrender and mentions the number of cannon and the supply of shells and powder left there by the Confederates.
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West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company Record Book, 1865/1881

0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (1 volume)
Record book for the West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company, a Michigan-based company that had drilling operations in Ritchie County, West Virginia, for 1865 to 1878. Minutes from annual stockholders meetings from 1865 to 1878 provide information about by-laws, committee reports, stock certificates, buying land, and selling oil. Minutes from board of directors annual meetings from 1865 to 1882 document the appointment and resignation of officers, company procedures, and financial matters. Also includes published annual reports from 1867 to 1872 that describe market conditions and summarize the company's operations.
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West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company Record Book, 1865/1881 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (1 volume)

West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company
Record book for the West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company, a Michigan-based company that had drilling operations in Ritchie County, West Virginia, for 1865 to 1878. Minutes from annual stockholders meetings from 1865 to 1878 provide information about by-laws, committee reports, stock certificates, buying land, and selling oil. Minutes from board of directors annual meetings from 1865 to 1882 document the appointment and resignation of officers, company procedures, and financial matters. Also includes published annual reports from 1867 to 1872 that describe market conditions and summarize the company's operations.
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West Virginia Postmasters Appointment Records, 1857/1971

0.58 Linear Feet Summary: 7 in. (4 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
The record of the appointment of postmasters in the following WV counties: Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming. The record shows the dates of establishment and discontinuance of post offices, their changes of name, and the names of and the appointment dates of their postmasters. Beginning in 1870, it shows the names of post offices to which mail from discontinued offices was sent. The record also shows the dates of Presidential appointments of postmasters and the dates of their confirmation by the Senate, usually the dates that post offices were authorized to issue money orders, and occasionally the dates on which the locations of offices were changed.
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West Virginia Postmasters Appointment Records, 1857/1971 0.58 Linear Feet Summary: 7 in. (4 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

West Virginia Postmasters
The record of the appointment of postmasters in the following WV counties: Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming. The record shows the dates of establishment and discontinuance of post offices, their changes of name, and the names of and the appointment dates of their postmasters. Beginning in 1870, it shows the names of post offices to which mail from discontinued offices was sent. The record also shows the dates of Presidential appointments of postmasters and the dates of their confirmation by the Senate, usually the dates that post offices were authorized to issue money orders, and occasionally the dates on which the locations of offices were changed.
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Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers, 1708/1997

131.6 Linear Feet 131 ft. 7 in. (41 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 oversize record carton, 18 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (274 unboxed ledgers and notebooks, 78 ft. 7 in.)
Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.
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Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers, 1708/1997 131.6 Linear Feet 131 ft. 7 in. (41 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 oversize record carton, 18 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (274 unboxed ledgers and notebooks, 78 ft. 7 in.)

Tetrick, Willis Guy, Jr., 1911-1995
Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.

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