A&M 4405John Holt, Collector, Lewis County History Collection A&M 4405Jane LaBarbaraWest Virginia and Regional History Center

2019/03/08

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], John Holt, Collector, Lewis County History Collection, A&M 4405, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Material collected by John Holt. Includes legal documents (court papers, summonses, land grants, and more), financial records (such as receipts), correspondence, photographs, clippings, printed material, and more. Subjects include Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) and his family, the Holt family, Lewis County, and more. Highlights include court papers regarding debt of Thomas Jackson, which may be due to him leaving his post as constable of Lewis County in order to attend West Point; documents pertaining to his work as constable; a document regarding the transfer of enslaved girls as property; and Confederate bonds.

There are six series in this collection: Series 1. Thomas Jackson Materials; 1841-1993. Series 2. Jackson Family Materials; 1818-1854. Series 3. Holt Family Materials; 1837-1971. Series 4. Lewis County History; 1817-1957. Series 5. Miscellaneous; 1838-1878, 1906-1916. Series 6. Oversize; 1786-1961.

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 Lewis County (W. Va.) Slavery -- West Virginia Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson family Holt family Series 1. Thomas Jackson MaterialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908531841–199311 to 12Scope and Contents

This series contains material pertaining to Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, who was appointed constable of Lewis County on June 8, 1841, at age 17. He left the position the following year to enroll in West Point. This series includes legal documents, financial documents, correspondence, photographs and other images, and more. Highlights include documents pertaining to financial trouble that resulted from him leaving his post as constable. (This was discussed by author James I. Robertson, Jr. in his biography Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend on pages 21 and 25.) See also Series 6. Oversize for additional items related to Jackson.

Court Papers Regarding Debt of Thomas Jackson (some of this may be due to leaving his constable post prematurely for West Point)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908591841–185211Constable Bond for Thomas J. Jackson (copy?; signed by C. E. Cummins and Minter Bailey)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/909101841/06/1011Summons for Thomas Jackson, Cummins Jackson, and Minter BaileyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/909111843/04/0811Bond regarding Money, Pertaining to Thomas Jackson and Cummins Jackson, and John Hurst and William King (the Jacksons were owed money)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90912184311Summons for Thomas Jackson, Cummins E. Jackson, and Minter BaileyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/909131844/03/0611Summons for Thomas Jackson, Cummins E. Jackson, and Minter BaileyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90914184411Legal Document regarding $2000 debt owed by Thomas Jackson, Cummins E. Jackson, and Minter Bailey (ca. 1843-1845), and list of notes and amounts received by Thomas Jackson as contable (ca. 1845)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/909151843–184511Rockbridge County Summons for Thomas Jackson to appear in court in Lewis CountyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90916185211Facsimile of Lewis County Tuition Document (teacher was Thomas J. Jackson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90860184112T. J. Jackson Constable Receipt Listing Warrants Served (includes two color facsimiles and original)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90861184113Contract Involving Morgan Morgan, William Bailey, and Pattons (names Thomas Jackson as constable in custody of material)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90862184214Receipt from Thomas JacksonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90863184215Receipt for Accounts Collected by Thomas J. Jackson, ConstableArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90864184216Constable Order for Thomas Jackson (to seize property in order to satisfy debt; includes facsimile and original, with receipt noted on reverse)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90865184217Typescript Facsimile of Letter from T.J. Jackson to Colonel Samuel Hays, from Fort Hamilton, Long Island, NYArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90866184918Facsimile Letter from T.J. Jackson to a Doctor (on the reverse of a VMI Military Ball invitation, 1853)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90867ca. 185319"The Jackson Song" LyricsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908681863110Postcards Regarding "Stonewall" Jackson (include images of Jackson's Mill, Jackson memorials, and Jackson himself; also includes one commemorative envelope regarding the USS Stonewall Jackson [SSBN-634])Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90869ca. 1911-1965111Miscellaneous Thomas Jackson MaterialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90870ca. 1900-1993112Small Mounted Photos at Jackson's Mill (showing John Earl Hall in dry riverbed; 2 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90917early 1900s112Photo of a Portrait of Thomas J. JacksonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90918undated112Image of Thomas J. Jackson on a HorseArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90919undated112Image Including Thomas J. Jackson Portrait and Images of his Boyhood HomeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90920undated112Clipping of Tribute to Stonewall (on 50th anniversary of his death)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/909211913112Clipping, "Stonewall" (second part of a newspaper article)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/909221993112"Tom Jackson" by John Strange Hall (three handwritten pages)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90923undated112Series 2. Jackson Family MaterialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908541818–1854113 to 16Scope and Contents

Includes legal and financial documents pertaiing to members of the Jackson family in Lewis County. See also Series 4. Lewis County History for additional documents that name Jackson family members.

Agreement Regarding a Contract signed by Edward Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, Christian Smith (?), Walter McWhorter, and Hugh McQuain (Edward and Jonathan may be Thomas's grandfather and father)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908711818/09/21113Jackson Family Legal Documents (1 surveying receipt, 1 notice)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908721828–1831114Material Regarding Bill of Complaint Involving Cummins JacksonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908731831115Claim/Receipt for Money by Overseer of the Poor (signed by G. R. Jackson and J. M. Jackson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908741854116Series 3. Holt Family MaterialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908551837-1971117 to 20Scope and Contents

Includes legal documents and correspondence of the Holt family, horse breeding information, and material on the history of the Boso family. See also Series 4. Lewis County History for additional documents that name Holt family members.

Legal Documents Pertaining to the Holt Family (a writ and a memorandum)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908751837–1841117Holt Family Correspondence (includes letters and envelopes; includes an envelope from Rush Dew Holt to John Mathew Holt, 1939, and an unsigned card from Helen and Rush Holt depicting Jackson's boyhood home)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90876ca. 1900-1910, 1938-1939118Horse Breeding Information (pertaining to members of the Holt family)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90877ca. 1934119Boso Family MaterialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90878ca. 1959-1971120Series 4. Lewis County HistoryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908561817–1957121 to 40Scope and Contents

Includes legal and financial documents, as well as some photographs and images on postcards. Much of the material pertains to matters of the Lewis County court, ca. 1820-1880. Some material pertaining to members of the Jackson and Holt families can be found in this series, specifically in the summons documents. See also Series 6. Oversize for additional Lewis County documents.

Lewis County Summons Documents (two from 1819 pertaining to Jonathan Jackson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908791819-1820s121Lewis County Summons Documents (one pertaining to Holt family members)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908801830s122Lewis County Summons Documents (some pertaining to Holt family members and one pertaining to Stephen P. Jackson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908811840s123Lewis County Summons DocumentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908821851, 1885124Miscellaneous Legal Documents (includes notices, an indenture, a deposition, and more)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908831817–1872125Legal Documents Stemming from the Death of David DoyleArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908841821–1822126Miscellaneous Documents (includes a jail commission report from Lewis County, 1824; "Time Table of U.S. Couriers from Clarksburg to Gen. Rosencrans" [Rosecrans?], undated; and a county history typescript)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908851824-1957, undated127Justice of the Peace Appointments, Lewis County (1841 appointment names George A. Jackson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908861837–1841128Summons Documents from Lewis County to Other Counties (four for Wood County, one for Harrison County)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908871841–1854129Financial Documents (3 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908881842–1855130Letters from H. O. Middleton (three letters, all to different recipients)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908891842–1844131Lewis County Inquests Regarding Accidental Deaths (2 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908901842–1862132Lewis County Inquests Regarding Infant Deaths (2 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908911845–1850133Document Regarding Enslaved Girls (14 year old girl named Susan and a 12 year old girl named Harriet were transferred as property from father to daughters in the Bastable family)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908921845134Financial Statements Etc. Regarding Road Construction and Repairs, Lewis CountyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908931851135Legal Documents Regarding Jacob Henline, George Berlin, and Gibson Butcher (Butcher was clerk of court in Lewis County; two of the 1863 affidavits were notarized by G. A. Jackson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908941861–1875136Documents Signed by John C. Jackson as Clerk of Lewis County CourtArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908951871137Orders of PublicationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908961871–1882138PhotographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908971900, undated139Mounted Group Portrait of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Union Veterans Meeting in WestonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90924undated139Mounted Group Portrait of B&O Corps Engineers (?) at Big Ditch Camp (?) March 3, 1900 (reverse lists names of each person in photo)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/909251900139Postcards of Lewis County Churches and More (also includes postcards of other Lewis County scenes, one leather-like postcard, and one postcard with penny attached)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908981911, undated140Series 5. MiscellaneousArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908571838-1878, 1906-19161Scope and Contents

Includes a booklet, as well as legal and financial documents from outside Lewis County.

My Experience in the Confederate Army and in Northern Prisons booklet by John R. KingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908991916141Miscellaneous Legal and Financial DocumentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/909001838-1878, 1906142Miscellaneous MaterialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/909011944, undated143Series 6. OversizeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/908581786–19612Scope and Contents

Includes oversize materials such as legal documents, financial documents, and clippings. Subjects include Lewis County, Thomas Jackson, the Civil War, and more.

Indenture (land record pertaining to Josiah and Mary Shaw, and George Arnold; item is fragile)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/9090218002unfolderedThree Virginia Land Grants Signed by Patrick Henry (for Michael Hillegas, land in Monongalia County; for John Vanderen, land in Monongalia County; for Thomas Augustus Taylor, land in Harrison County)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90903178621Virginia Land Grant Signed by Beverley Randolph (for Henry Flesher, land in Harrison County)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90904178722School Commission Documents, Lewis CountyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/909051833–183823Quarterly Document Listing Students and FeesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90926183323Quarterly Document Listing Students and Fees (includes an original and a facsimile; Thomas Jackson is listed as a student)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90927183823Indenture, Etc. Involving John Talbot, John Lorentz, and Jonathan Bennett, Lewis CountyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90906184224Confederate Bonds (sheet of confederate bonds for $1000, with some of the slips already possibly redeemed; page includes portrait of Jackson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90907186325"The Confederate Reunion at Richmond" Clipping from Colliers (includes image of "The First Petit Jury Impaneled to Try Jefferson Davis", which includes African-American jurors)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90908190726Monongalia News, Civil War Centennial Issue (regarding Battle of Philippi and West Virginia Statehood)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/90909196127