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Language
English
Abstract
Indentures, deeds, court papers, land grants, letters, church notices, tax and other receipts, bills, notes and other materials
concerning the Bluestone River area in Summers County, West Virginia, especially the Josiah Meadows and Robert Lilly families.
Includes a Church of Christ minute book kept by Thomas Lilly, 1802-1817; a land grant to Jesiah Meador signed by Governor
James P. Preston, 1809; and a letter from William Sellergrit Lilly from upper Louisiana Territory telling of earth tremors,
sickness, and expected Indian trouble. Places mentioned include Mercer, Raleigh, Montgomery, and Giles counties, and Sinking
Creek.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Vida Bailey, Collector, Papers, A&M 1847, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.