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Abstract
Documents regarding the Hibbs family of Preston County, (West) Virginia and Union soldier Benjamin Hughes, who was a friend
of the family. Civil War material includes a document granting furlough to Hughes, and a letter from him to L.W. Hibbs. There
are also financial and legal documents, including land documents, tax records, and promissory notes, of transactions involving
William Hibbs and Laban W. Hibbs; and a group photograph of William Hibbs and family. Please see "Scope and Content Note"
for further information.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Christina Matheny, Collector, Hibbs Family Papers, A&M 3947, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Documents regarding the Hibbs family of Preston County, (West) Virginia and Union soldier Benjamin Hughes (ca. 1842-1923,
birth dates vary among sources), who was a friend of the family. Hughes was mustered on January 26, 1864 and served in the
3rd West Virginia Mounted Infantry, and Company D of the West Virginia 6th Cavalry. Civil War material includes a document
granting furlough to Hughes, and a letter from him to L. W. Hibbs. Hughes married Virginia Susan McCallister in 1872.
There are also financial and legal documents, including land documents, tax records, and promissory notes, of transactions
involving brothers William Hibbs (1832-1910) and Laban W. Hibbs (1834-1896); and a group photograph of William Hibbs and family.
-Information in this note found on Ancestry.com and FindaGrave.com
See also A&M 3741 for further information regarding Benjamin Hughes and his connection to the Hibbs family, including the
original of the second half of letter located in folder 1 of this collection.
Separated to the book collection; forwarded to Curator of Books:
Brocklesby, John. Elements of Physical Geography, Together with a Treatise on the Physical Phenomena of the United States . Philadelphia: E.H. Butler and Company, 1886.
Brooks, Edward. The New Normal Mental Arithmetic: A Thorough and Complete Course, by Analysis and Induction . Philadelphia: Christopher Sower Company, 1873.
A letter dated 10 August 1861 granting Union soldier Benjamin F. Hughes of the 3rd Regiment, Virginia Volunteers a furlough
to visit Independence, Preston County. The letter provides a description of Hughes' appearance and background and is signed
by Colonel David T. Hewes
10 August 1861
A letter dated 12 November 1862 written by Benjamin F. Hughes from Camp Buchannon, Upshur County, (West) Virginia. The letter
is addressed to L.W. Hibbs and regards the history of slavery in America and the constitutionality of the the Confederacy.
This letter is incomplete; the rest of the original letter is located in a&m 3741/box 1/folder 2. Photocopies of the missing
pages have been placed within this folder
12 November 1862
Mixed Materials Folder: 2
Photograph of Hibbs Family. Black and white portrait of Mr. and Mrs. William Hibbs and family, with identifications on reverse
undated
Mixed Materials Folder: 3
Land Documents
1856-1865, undated
Document dated 17 March 1856 recording the sale of land in Preston County from Jacob Prince to William Hibbs and Laban W.
Hibbs
17 March 1856
Document dated 27 April 1858 recording the sale of land in Preston County from Bennett and Esther Weaver to William Hibbs
and Laban W. Hibbs
27 April 1858
Document dated 4 February 1865 recording the sale of land in Preston County from Laban W. Hibbs to William Hibbs
4 February 1865
Undated survey of 50 acres of land in Preston County owned by William and Laban W. Hibbs
undated
Mixed Materials Folder: 4
Tax Records. Records of Preston County and Lyon Township taxes on land and property owed by William Hibbs and Laban W. Hibbs
1856-1875
Mixed Materials Folder: 5
Tax Records. Records of Preston County and Lyon Township taxes on land and property owed by William Hibbs and Laban W. Hibbs
1856-1875
Mixed Materials Folder: 6
Tax Records. Records of Preston County and Lyon Township taxes on land and property owed by William Hibbs and Laban W. Hibbs
1856-1875
Mixed Materials Folder: 7
Tax Records. Records of Preston County and Lyon Township taxes on land and property owed by William Hibbs and Laban W. Hibbs
1856-1875
Mixed Materials Folder: 8
Financial Records. Promissory notes and other receipts recording debts owed by or to William Hibbs and Laban W. Hibbs
1855-1879
Mixed Materials Folder: 9
Legal Documents. A summons to court and other legal documents issued by Preston County to members of the Hibbs family
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