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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robert G. Bennett, Compiler, Genealogy Research Records, A&M 3813, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Notebooks of genealogy research records compiled by Robert G. Bennett regarding the Bennett family of Nicholas County, West Virginia, including information on the Grahm, Grose, Lively, Malcom, and Neil families. There are 17 notebooks. Family histories are for the period ca. 1700-1970. There are also a few photographs.

Box 1

Volumes 1-3 of "Bennett Archives"

Volume 1 regards the Grose family of Nicholas County

Volume 2 contains copies of deeds

Volume 3 regards the Joseph Malcom family

Box 2

Volumes 4-6 of "Bennett Archives"

Volume 4 regards the Grahm family

Volume 5 contains miscellaneous material

Volume 6 regards the Bennett family

Four additional unnumbered notebooks regard the Neil family, line of Robert Lockridge Neil to Robert G. Bennett (with photographs), line of Lively family to the Bennett family, and miscellaneous.

Box 3

There are seven unnumbered notebooks in this box. A green notebook contains miscellaneous material; a silver notebook contains history of Robert Lockridge Neil; and a red notebook contains a history of Panther Mountain. Four additional notebooks contain research correspondence and other material regarding history of families in Nicholas County.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Bennett family
• Genealogy - Nicholas County.
• Grahm family
• Grose family.
• Lively family
• Malcom family
• Neal family
• Nicholas County (W. Va.)