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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Primary Collecting Areas:
West Virginia and Appalachia History and Culture
Description:
The West Virginia & Regional History Center preserves and provides access to the records that document the history and culture of the state and the central Appalachian region. The Center is part of West Virginia University Libraries.
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Start Over Repository West Virginia and Regional History Center Names Gay, Matthew.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Frederick VanGilder Family Bible Records

0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 11 pages (1 folder)
Photocopied excerpts of the family Bible of Frederick (1793-1858) and Susannah Longstreth (1800-1880) VanGilder, including family genealogy and history. Birth, marriage, and death records of the twelve children of Frederick and Susannah are included, although incomplete. There is also a two page family history narrative by Todd and Connie Tennant VanGilder, and a copy of the "VanGilder Ancestors" from "The History of Marion County" (1985).
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Frederick VanGilder Family Bible Records 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 11 pages (1 folder)

VanGilder family
Photocopied excerpts of the family Bible of Frederick (1793-1858) and Susannah Longstreth (1800-1880) VanGilder, including family genealogy and history. Birth, marriage, and death records of the twelve children of Frederick and Susannah are included, although incomplete. There is also a two page family history narrative by Todd and Connie Tennant VanGilder, and a copy of the "VanGilder Ancestors" from "The History of Marion County" (1985).
West Virginia and Regional History Center

William McCleery (1741-1821) Papers, 1770/1945, bulk 1770/1857

0.7 Linear Feet Summary: 7 1/2 in. (2 unboxed scrapbooks)
The papers of Colonel William McCleery of Morgantown, a Revolutionary War veteran, attorney, county clerk, prosecuting attorney, representative from Monongalia County to the Federal Constitutional Convention, founder of the Presbyterian Church in Morgantown, and landholder and purchasing agent. The papers include correspondence, typescripts, land records, and some printed materials. Much of the correspondence is between McCleery and his agent, Benjamin Oden of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, regarding a debt owed McCleery by General Henry Lee. Later letters to Matthew Gay concern the purchase, operation, and sale of the Monongalia Iron Works, and landholdings in Ohio and Indiana. The typescripts include sketches of McCleery, Isabelle Stockton McCleery, John Minor, and James Swan. Correspondents include William Shinn and James and John Swan. Other letters are by or mention Aaron Burr, William Haymond, Thomas Jefferson, Zackquill Morgan, and John Rutherford.
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William McCleery (1741-1821) Papers, 1770/1945, bulk 1770/1857 0.7 Linear Feet Summary: 7 1/2 in. (2 unboxed scrapbooks)

McCleery, William, 1741-1821
The papers of Colonel William McCleery of Morgantown, a Revolutionary War veteran, attorney, county clerk, prosecuting attorney, representative from Monongalia County to the Federal Constitutional Convention, founder of the Presbyterian Church in Morgantown, and landholder and purchasing agent. The papers include correspondence, typescripts, land records, and some printed materials. Much of the correspondence is between McCleery and his agent, Benjamin Oden of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, regarding a debt owed McCleery by General Henry Lee. Later letters to Matthew Gay concern the purchase, operation, and sale of the Monongalia Iron Works, and landholdings in Ohio and Indiana. The typescripts include sketches of McCleery, Isabelle Stockton McCleery, John Minor, and James Swan. Correspondents include William Shinn and James and John Swan. Other letters are by or mention Aaron Burr, William Haymond, Thomas Jefferson, Zackquill Morgan, and John Rutherford.

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