For materials in boxes 1-148, and all record books except item 145-A, researchers should use microfilm.
Gift of the Brooke County Seat, 1936.
This collection is arranged in three series by material type. The paper materials in series 2 are in envelopes and are arranged numerically by envelope number. The envelopes are generally arranged chronologically, and the envelope number, year, and court level are written on the outside of the envelope.
All original material is stored offsite; please make an appointment prior to visiting.
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Brooke County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers, A&M 0043, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Brookes County Volumes in general collection:
Marriage, Birth, and Death records compiled by Gwendolyn Hubbard and Bobbie Elliott, 929.375413 H861bm
A&M 0981- Brooke County Records
A&M 416, John C. Palmer Papers
A&M 2579, John Morton Ledgers
A&M 0031- Ohio County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers: Item 597 of A&M 0031 has an index of item 151, First Survey Book made in Yohogania County.
County court and public records consisting primarily of case papers and record books related to court proceedings, as well as some personal property and land tax records and private account books.
This collection is divided into three series, Microfilm, Original Paper Materials, and Record Books.
Series 1 is microfilm copies of most of the material in the collection, predominantly copies of the paper materials in boxes 1-148. Reels 129-156 are filmed copies of record books, about half of which are books of court proceedings, such as Dockets, Plea Books, Process Books, and Order Books; the other half are public records including tax records and private account books.
Series 2 consists of 156 boxes of papers, predominantly civil case papers, as well as some criminal case papers and public records. These cases have to do with debt and chancery proceedings, as well as some marriage, estate, survey, and election records. Survey and plat records span from 1790-1862. Furthermore, this series also has lunacy records from 1798-1876, including examinations, bonds, warrants, executions, depositions, and reports from 1798-1876, and records of accounts for running jail, care for prisoners, and inspections. There are also records of enslaved and freedpeople (see card index entry under "Negro," including 1813 "Lists of Free Negroes," (Env. 8); a case against Joseph Wheatley for entertaining Charles, a man enslaved by Absalom Wells, without Wells' permission (1814, env. 89); and a suit of Pero Smith, Sarah Smith, and Sidney, free persons, against Fergus Smith for a charge of false imprisonment (1812, env. 285). Pero, Sarah, and Sidney also appear on the first page of the "Free Negro Register."
Series 3 contains the original court record books for Brooke County as well as some private account books that were in the court's possession, likely used as exhibitions in cases. All of the record books except for an account book of John Connell's inventories (item 145-A) have been microfilmed. The books include records of court proceedings, including dockets, executions, orders and pleas, as well as public records. Public records include land and property, deeds, overseers of the poor, and a register of Free Black people in the county.
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
This collection has a full Alphabetical, Chronological, and Subject Index available onsite by request.
Series 1 is microfilm copies of most of the material in the collection, predominantly copies of the paper materials in boxes 1-148. Reels 129-156 are filmed copies of record books, about half of which are books of court proceedings, such as Dockets, Plea Books, Process Books, and Order Books; the other half are public records including tax records and private account books.
Highlights of this series include a "Free Negro register book," in which people registered themselves as free and recorded information about name, age, appearance, and emancipation (1813-1828, BRO 144) and the First Survey Book made in Yohogania County by William Crawford, (1780-1786, BRO 156).
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Lists of County Bonds sold, cash paid out for use of soldier's families, front pages of book are private accounts, lists wool, salt, meat prices
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Includes information about poll, enslaved people, livestock, Free Males of Color, and carriages
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William Crawford Survey, 1780-1786 and Land Entries 1780-1786. For an index to this volume, see A&M 0031, item 597
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Series 2 consists of 156 boxes of papers, predominantly civil case papers, as well as some criminal case papers and public records. These cases have to do with debt and chancery proceedings, as well as some marriage, estate, survey, and election records. Survey and plat records span from 1790-1862. Furthermore, this series also has lunacy records from 1798-1876, including examinations, bonds, warrants, executions, depositions, and reports from 1798-1876, and records of accounts for running jail, care for prisoners, and inspections. There are also records of enslaved and freedpeople (see card index entry under "Negro," including 1813 "Lists of Free Negroes," (Env. 8); a case against Joseph Wheatley for entertaining Charles, a man enslaved by Absalom Wells, without Wells' permission (1814, env. 89); and a suit of Pero Smith, Sarah Smith, and Sidney, free persons, against Fergus Smith for a charge of false imprisonment (1812, env. 285). Pero, Sarah, and Sidney also appear on the first page of the "Free Negro Register."
Highlights include: A case regarding property belonging to "enemies of the State" during the Civil War (1862, env. 280-A); a 1736 bond to be paid in silver or gold (env. 2); a telegram regarding a 1908 election (env. 545); a 1786 land grant for Thomas Richardson (env. 357); a case in which William and Elizabeth Meyers convicted by grand jury for the felonious murder of Hannah, a woman enslaved by the Meyers (1810, env. 65); lists of votes for a Congressional election (1815, env. 96); a record concerning two ships, the "William Brown" and the "Crescent," (1841, env. 211); and an order dividing the county in townships (1863, env. 282).
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Series 3 contains the original court record books for Brooke County as well as some private account books that were in the court's possession, likely used as exhibitions in cases. All of the record books except for an account book of John Connell's inventories (item 145-A) have been microfilmed. The books include records of court proceedings, including dockets, executions, orders and pleas, as well as public records. Public records include land and property, deeds, overseers of the poor, and a register of Free Black people in the county.
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William Crawford Survey, 1780-1786 and Land Entries 1780-1786. For an index to this volume, see A&M 0031, item 597
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