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Deeds Family of Summers County Papers

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Digital copies of papers of the Deeds Family of Jumping Branch, Summers County. Includes a genealogical chart, pre-Civil War land deeds, wills, legal correspondence regarding a property line dispute and other matters, and other material. Also includes postcards from various locations in West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia, and other places; and photographs and postcards of various family members (most identified on the reverse).

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Deeds Family of Summers County Papers 18.4 Gigabytes 424 files, formats include .jpg, .tif, and .docx

Deeds family

Digital copies of papers of the Deeds Family of Jumping Branch, Summers County. Includes a genealogical chart, pre-Civil War land deeds, wills, legal correspondence regarding a property line dispute and other matters, and other material. Also includes postcards from various locations in West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia, and other places; and photographs and postcards of various family members (most identified on the reverse).

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Given Family Papers

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Financial records, court records, and miscellaneous papers regarding the Given (Givens) family of Nicholas, Braxton, and Summers Counties, West Virginia. Financial records include various Braxton and Nicholas county tax receipts for William Given, Mehitable Given, Jasper Given, Theodore Given, Franklin Given, and Israel Brown from 1835-1883. Also includes various store receipts, promissory notes, and documents regarding property ownership. Court records reference the case of Sarah S. Woods and heirs of Jesse Young v. Jasper Given, and span the 1880s and 1890s. Miscellaneous papers include a 1876 teacher's certificate for Jasper Given in Nicholas County and notes on family births and deaths.
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Givens family
Financial records, court records, and miscellaneous papers regarding the Given (Givens) family of Nicholas, Braxton, and Summers Counties, West Virginia. Financial records include various Braxton and Nicholas county tax receipts for William Given, Mehitable Given, Jasper Given, Theodore Given, Franklin Given, and Israel Brown from 1835-1883. Also includes various store receipts, promissory notes, and documents regarding property ownership. Court records reference the case of Sarah S. Woods and heirs of Jesse Young v. Jasper Given, and span the 1880s and 1890s. Miscellaneous papers include a 1876 teacher's certificate for Jasper Given in Nicholas County and notes on family births and deaths.
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Pauline Haga, Compiler, Summers County Wills

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Facsimiles of wills recorded in Summers County, West Virginia, including: Robert A. Pearis, Anderson Vest, Rachael A. Cottle, J. B. Pack, John Lewis, Wellington Cox, Mordica Roles, Nancy Maddy, Preston Pack, Nancy Millburn, Lewis Copeland, Harrison Neely, William Crump, Lewis Whitten, Catherine Patterson, Sarah Brown, Elizabeth Brown, John Gill, Ann Eliza Mills, James Cales, William James, John Duncan, James Farley, James Patterson, Powell Butler, Jonathan L. Willis, Margaret (Martha) McGlade, Jubal Barton, John M. Hutchinson, Henry Still, Robert Woods, Elizabeth Duquasic, Reuben Haynes, Robert Bacon, Elbert Fowler, Phillip Meadows, Sylvester Upton, Rufus Clark, Mary Yancey, James R. Wheeler, Henry Q. Carter, Vincent Swinney, Rachel Barton, and Laban Givens. Collection also includes the wills of Eliza L. Schermerhon of Vermillion County, Indiana and Michael Kaler of Fayette County, West Virginia.
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Haga, Pauline
Facsimiles of wills recorded in Summers County, West Virginia, including: Robert A. Pearis, Anderson Vest, Rachael A. Cottle, J. B. Pack, John Lewis, Wellington Cox, Mordica Roles, Nancy Maddy, Preston Pack, Nancy Millburn, Lewis Copeland, Harrison Neely, William Crump, Lewis Whitten, Catherine Patterson, Sarah Brown, Elizabeth Brown, John Gill, Ann Eliza Mills, James Cales, William James, John Duncan, James Farley, James Patterson, Powell Butler, Jonathan L. Willis, Margaret (Martha) McGlade, Jubal Barton, John M. Hutchinson, Henry Still, Robert Woods, Elizabeth Duquasic, Reuben Haynes, Robert Bacon, Elbert Fowler, Phillip Meadows, Sylvester Upton, Rufus Clark, Mary Yancey, James R. Wheeler, Henry Q. Carter, Vincent Swinney, Rachel Barton, and Laban Givens. Collection also includes the wills of Eliza L. Schermerhon of Vermillion County, Indiana and Michael Kaler of Fayette County, West Virginia.
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Summers County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers

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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.
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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.
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Vida Bailey, Collector, Papers

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Indentures, deeds, court papers, land grants, letters, church notices, tax and other receipts, bills, notes and other materials concerning the Bluestone River area in Summers County, West Virginia, especially the Josiah Meadows and Robert Lilly families. Includes a Church of Christ minute book kept by Thomas Lilly, 1802-1817; a land grant to Jesiah Meador signed by Governor James P. Preston, 1809; and a letter from William Sellergrit Lilly from upper Louisiana Territory telling of earth tremors, sickness, and expected Indian trouble. Places mentioned include Mercer, Raleigh, Montgomery, and Giles counties, and Sinking Creek.
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Bailey, Vida
Indentures, deeds, court papers, land grants, letters, church notices, tax and other receipts, bills, notes and other materials concerning the Bluestone River area in Summers County, West Virginia, especially the Josiah Meadows and Robert Lilly families. Includes a Church of Christ minute book kept by Thomas Lilly, 1802-1817; a land grant to Jesiah Meador signed by Governor James P. Preston, 1809; and a letter from William Sellergrit Lilly from upper Louisiana Territory telling of earth tremors, sickness, and expected Indian trouble. Places mentioned include Mercer, Raleigh, Montgomery, and Giles counties, and Sinking Creek.
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West Virginia Postmasters Appointment Records

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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 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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