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Preston County Papers A&M 0956

Preston County Papers A&M 0956


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 0956
Title
Preston County Papers 1775-1918
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/197800
Quantity
2.75 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 ft. 9 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 folder, 0.25 in.); (1 reel of microfilm)
Creator
Preston County
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English .
Abstract
Papers from the Leroy Bucklew Museum in the Preston County, West Virginia, courthouse. The collection includes early papers relating to land, court cases, mills and furnaces, post offices, inns, mineral development, Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad Company, roads, the Virginia-Maryland boundary, and estate settlements. There are photographs of Preston County and Kingwood, and maps of Kingwood, Bruceton Mills, Rowlesburg, Manheim, and of Berkeley Springs, Morgan County. Also includes photographs of the Deakins Line surveying team. For photographs related to this collection, go to wvhistoryonview.org and search for this collection's four digit call number (otherwise known as an a&m number).

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Preston County Papers, A&M 0956, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Berkeley Springs (W. Va.)
  • Bruceton Mills (W. Va.)
  • Bucklew, Leroy, Museum.
  • Coal mining.
  • Court records
  • Deakins, Francis.
  • Deakins, William.
  • Estate settlements.
  • Iron furnaces and iron industry.
  • Kingwood (W. Va.)
  • Land.
  • Maps.
  • Mills and mill-work
  • Monroe, Julius Kemble.
  • Morgan County (W. Va.)
  • Postal service
  • Preston County (W. Va.)
  • Railroads
  • Railroads - Kingwood Railroad.
  • Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes.
  • Rowlesburg (W. Va.)
  • Sisler, Janice Cale, 1935-
  • Surveyors and surveying.
  • Taverns (Inns)
  • Transportation
  • Virginia-Maryland boundary.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Berkeley Springs (W. Va.)
  • Bruceton Mills (W. Va.)
  • Kingwood (W. Va.)
  • Morgan County (W. Va.)
  • Preston County (W. Va.)
  • Rowlesburg (W. Va.)
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