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Watson Family Papers, 1798/1902 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Watson family

The collection includes 57 letters (1795-1871) to or from Benjamin H., Henry, James G., James O., Rebecca D., and Thomas Watson; 3 land grants on sheep-skin (1787-1798) Monongalia County; 25 articles of agreement (1812-1875), manuscript; 4 manuscript wills or copies of wills (1852-1862); 32 surveys, maps, and plats of coal fields (1798-1892); 99 tax receipts (1807-1865), manuscript and printed forms; 44 receipts for clerking fees (1815-1845) manuscript and printed forms; 79 receipts, bills, notes (1782-1862), manuscript and printed forms; 51 miscellaneous manuscript and printed forms (1790-1902), including inventories of estates, sale bills, notes on legal matters with respect to property, court proceedings, etc.; and one manuscript constable's receipt book of Campbell and Watson.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Watson Family Papers, 1869/1953 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Watson family

Personal papers of the Watson family in Marion County, including a genealogy of the Watson and Haymond families, newspaper clippings of weddings, obituaries, social and business activities, and European travel. Mention is made of coal mining development in Marion County, strikes, labor meetings, conservation, and improvement of farming practices. There is material on politics, industrial development, early iron mining, Marion county history, the Barrickville covered bridge, Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike, and the Presbyterian Church in Fairmont.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Watters Smith, Papers of a Harrison County Resident, 1842/1939 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (4 folders, 1/4 in.); (1 oversize folder, 3 items)

Smith, Watters
Papers regarding Watters Smith of Harrison County, and related family members. Includes manuscripts (1852-1863), plat document (undated), clippings (undated), and oversize items (undated, 1842, 1939). Manuscripts include stock certificate in West Milford and New Salem turnpike, and two Civil War letters and parole from Camp Chase. Clippings include obituaries for Harvey Faris Smith (born 1873) and Burr Smith (born 1877), and articles regarding Watters Smith Memorial Park. Oversize items include bible genealogy records, indenture, and article regarding history of Duck Creek.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950 9 Cubic Feet 12 legal size document boxes, 1 half-size legal document box, 2 cubics of bibles, and 2 oversize boxes .107 Gigabytes 0.25 Cubic Feet

The Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at "Oaklands" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Wayne Perkins Collection, 1835/1996 2.6 Cubic Feet 8 boxes; 1 oversize folder

Collection of records, memorabilia, and photographs relating to a number of North American railroads but concentrating mostly the Norfolk & Western Railway. Also includes papers of various Southwest Virginia families and a small set of personal papers.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

W.B. Jenkins Penmanship Album, 1883/1916 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in.

Jenkins, W.B.
Penmanship album of W.B. Jenkins of St. George, WV (13 in. x 15 in. with ornamented cover). Includes examples of what is likely Spencerian script, as well as 21 examples of 'offhand flourishes' mostly of birds, presumably by Jenkins. Also includes evidence of Jenkins attendance of penmanship classes at Oberlin College, including: reference letter by Uriah McKee of Department of Penmanship (1-12-1883), Penmanship Dept. newsletter (July, 1884), Dept. solicitation of orders for student penmanship work (ca. 1883-5), and Oberlin College photo prospectus (5 in. x 10 in. card, 1883). There are also two examples of bird flourishing for Spencerian pedagogy (1879, 1887), two advertisements for pens and pencils (n.d.), and prospectus for Hall's Business College (ca. 1870-90). There are three Certificates of Attendance for Mary Jenkins of St. George issued by West Virginia Public Schools (1913,15,16). Spencerian Script was a de facto standard in America from about 1848, when Spencerian Method by Platt Rogers Spencer was published, to about 1925. Good handwriting skills were highly valued in this period, in education, business, and industry.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Webb Family Papers, 1790/1975 6.70 Linear Feet 11 Hollinger document cases, 1 oversize box boxes

Webb family
Donated by Lewis W. Webb, Jr., the collection contains documents from the early records of the Borough of Norfolk (1790-1823), the Gosport Navy Yard (1829-1870), the Webb Family (1831-1883), 19th century commercial ventures, and the Electricity Cost Commission (1975).
  1. Old Dominion University

Webster County Archives, 1851/1951 15.02 Linear Feet Summary: 15 ft. 1/4 in. (15 document cases, 5 in. each); (10 ledgers, 1 ft. 11 in.); (47 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Webster County Court

The Webster County records include court cases; marriage licenses, 1924-1930; county financial; department of public assistance, and Farm Bureau records. Also, Justice of the Peace, Circuit court, and County record books, 1886-1943, including record of the Articles of Incorporation of several Boom companies, miscellaneous correspondence of various county officials 1890-1951, and one picture plate of the Webster Springs Agriculture Club.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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