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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Marion County, White Day Creek History, A&M 3316, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Records regarding the history of the White Day Creek region of Marion County, WV. There are also photocopies of primary sources of information supplementary to the White Day Creek book, including: letters and financial ledger of the Watson family (1820-1890); essay titled "Smithtown Local History" (1922); business ledger of George Washington Stevens, a cobbler (1890s); deeds and estate sale documents of William Morris (1854); grist mill business ledger of Sam Smith (1894); financial ledger and "folk wisdom" of Levi Devault (ca. 1875-1900); and the history of the Weaver family, including estate sale information (1854). The history of education in Marion County is documented in the photocopied "1992 Dedication of the Snodgrass One-Room Schoolhouse Museum; October 30, 1992." (Original in Printed Ephemera Collection.) This dedication program also features a reminiscence of Ethel Ferrell (b. 1898), a Marion County school teacher.

Separated Material

To Books: "The History of White Day Creek" (8 1/2 x 11 spiral bound) that narrates the history of families, communities, and industry of the area (with photographs).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Anita (W. Va.)
• Bunner's Ridge.
• Devault, Levi.
• Estates and estate settlements.
• Ferrell, Ethel.
• Folk sayings.
• Folklore
• Frisco.
• Frontier and pioneer life
• Halleck.
• Indians of North America
• Marion County (W. Va.)
• Mills and mill-work
• Morgan's Ridge (W. Va.)
• Morris, William.
• Opekiska (W. Va.)
• Pine Grove.
• Schools
• Smith, Sam.
• Smithtown.
• Snodgrass School
• Stevens, George Washington.
• Teachers
• Triune.
• Watson family - Genealogy
• Weaver family
• White Day Creek (W. Va.)
• White Day Creek Watershed Association