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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Mary McKendree Johnson, Collector, Papers, A&M 1132, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of genealogical notes on a number of Virginia and West Virginia families. There are also lists of war pensioners, copies of county and parish records, historical news clippings on Virginia and West Virginia, one box of newsclippings and other material relating to Wood County history and a folder of John J. Jackson papers, 1837-1884.
Related Material
1100, 1132
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Church buildings
- Court records
- Genealogy
- Jackson, John J.
- Johnson, Mary McKendree.
- Parkersburg.
- Revolutionary War.
- Wood County (W. Va.)
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Jackson, John J.
- Johnson, Mary McKendree.
Container List
Families include: Alden; Alexander; Arrington; Athey; Atkinson; Allerton; Ambler; Armistead; Ashton; Aylett; Ball; Barry; Barrow; Beall (Beale); Beckwith; Boreman; Brent; Brooke (Tucker); Brought (Rice); Brown (Rice); Bukey; Cox; McMahon; Butcher; and Butler.
Families include: Baylor; Barnes; Baldridge; Bennett; Bland; Blagg; Berryman; Brenton; Briscoe; Brewster; Bridges; Booth; Blockburn; Brodhurst; Brown; Browne; Borache; Bushrod; Burwell; Carter; Cary; Chancellor; Chew; Chilton; Chinn; Conway; Corbin; Creel; Cricher; Chiles; Cox [Box 1 also]; Conrad (Smith-Nelson); Coak (Logan-Barker); Coak (Kincheloe, Selden, Nodley, Brainerd, Spencer, Barker, Howland); Cooper (Leach); Dils family; Dade; Digges; Drake; Dare (Hall); Davidson (Pennebacker); Deem (Price); Dawkins (Athey); and Dudley (Gaussen, Welsh, Rathbone, Woodbridge, Backus).
Families include: Earle; Ellgey; Elliot; English; Eskridge; Enoch (Miller); Fairfax (Lee); Field; Fitzhugh; Fleete; Fleming; Foote; Fosaker; Fawake; Foxhall; Freshwater; Foley (Langfelt); and Fought (Dils, Foley, Hoes) [Box 1].
Families include: Gebhardt (Baumgartner, Halsey, Hawell, Patterson, Warden); Gerrard; Goode; Glasgow; Gilkeson; and Gleim.
Families include: Hallowes; Hardidge (Hardwick); Harrison (Bunn); Heermance; Hawkins; Hereford; Hoal; Hull; Higoon; Higgins; Hite; Harden; Headley; Hedges (Beeson); Henderson (Dudley); Henrie; Holland; Hoafe [Haugh] (O'Blennes, Dye, Brown); Hopkins; Humphrey; Drake [Box 2]; Hughes (Lauther, Ireland, Cox); and Irwin.
Families include: Jackson (Thomas J. ["Stonewall"] Jackson and Judge John Jay Jackson); Jackson (Stamrod, Gardner, Camren); Jeffers (Leach, Vanderhoff); Kay; Kerwood; Laidley; Lansdown; Lucas; Lund; Lee; Leonhart; and Lewis.
Families include: Morgan; Mosely; McCarty; McComas; McDonald; Marshall; Massie; Matthews; Metcalfe; Miller; Monroe; Moss; Minor; Mott; Mathrom; Maxley; Muse; McCloy (Atkinson); McLure; McKinney; McKown; Mason; Morris; Minor (Blair, Jackson, Wilson, Alexander, Beeson, Hunter); and Mount.
Families include: Napier; Neal; Nicholas; Newcomb; Page; Payne; Peake; Pearson; Pendleton; Payton; Pierce; Presley; Prosser; Peck; Philpott; Pope; Pugh; Quisenberry; Randolph; Reade; Reardon; Rosenberger; Rosenbaum; Roursie [sic]; Russell; Rathbone (Grubb, Beeson, Hodges); Rittenhouse; Rosien; Rust; and Recton (Earle).
Families include: Sanford; Sharp (Prince); Shrewsbury; Speke; Spregg; Sisson; Stants; Strorther [sic]; Swearingen; Sims (Sheapard [sic]); Speed (Thompson); Smith; Spence; Sprague; Sprigg; Stewart (Logan); Stump (Stalnaker, Larentz, Lee); and Sturman.
Families include: Taleaferro; Taylor; Thornton; Topping; Truro Parish; Turbenville; Thomas; Triplett (Harrison [Burr]); Unnerwood [sic]; Vanderboort; Van Metre; Van Winkle; Vinson; and Vannert.
Families include: Waddy; Warren; Watts; Waugh; Warwick; Weedon; West; Williams (Morris, Mouley); Willoughby; Worthington; Wilson; Woodson; Woodyard; Warner; Washington; Wells (Prather); Wickleffe (Kincheloe); Wood; and Yougll [sic].