Lawrence A. Lang, Collector, West Virginia Land Records, 1865-1896 A&M 3833

Lawrence A. Lang, Collector, West Virginia Land Records, 1865-1896 A&M 3833


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 3833
Title
Lawrence A. Lang, Collector, West Virginia Land Records 1865-1896 1867-1868
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196352
Quantity
1.25 Linear Feet, 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Lawrence A. Lang, Collector, West Virginia Land Records, A&M 3833, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Scope and Contents

West Virginia land records, including receipts for fees paid, surveys, certificates of survey, land patents, grants, correspondence and other material. Some of the records are copies rather than official documents. The records are sorted by the names of buyers and stored in envelopes. Recorded to the fronts of the envelopes is information relevant to their contents.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Barbour County (W. Va.)
  • Boone County (W. Va.)
  • Braxton County (W. Va.)
  • Cabell County (W. Va.)
  • Calhoun County (W. Va.)
  • Doddridge County (W. Va.)
  • Gilmer County (W. Va.)
  • Grant County (W. Va.)
  • Greenbrier County (W. Va.)
  • Hampshire County (W. Va.)
  • Hardy County (W. Va.)
  • Jackson County (W. Va.)
  • Land - Plats and surveys.
  • Land - deeds, grants, and papers.
  • Land records - surveys.
  • Land records and papers.
  • Logan County.
  • Marshall County (W. Va.)
  • Mason County (W. Va.)
  • McDowell County (W. Va.)
  • Monroe County (W. Va.)
  • Nicholas County (W. Va.)
  • Pendleton County (W. Va.)
  • Pocahontas County (W. Va.)
  • Preston County (W. Va.)
  • Putnam County (W. Va.)
  • Randolph County (W. Va.)
  • Ritchie County (W. Va.)
  • Tucker County (W. Va.)
  • Tyler County (W. Va.)
  • Upshur County (W. Va.)
  • Wayne County (W. Va.)
  • Webster County (W. Va.)
  • Wetzel County (W. Va.)
  • Wirt County (W. Va.)
  • Wood County (W. Va.)
  • Wyoming County (W. Va.)

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Barbour County (W. Va.)
  • Boone County (W. Va.)
  • Braxton County (W. Va.)
  • Cabell County (W. Va.)
  • Calhoun County (W. Va.)
  • Doddridge County (W. Va.)
  • Gilmer County (W. Va.)
  • Grant County (W. Va.)
  • Greenbrier County (W. Va.)
  • Hampshire County (W. Va.)
  • Hardy County (W. Va.)
  • Jackson County (W. Va.)
  • Logan County.
  • Marshall County (W. Va.)
  • Mason County (W. Va.)
  • McDowell County (W. Va.)
  • Monroe County (W. Va.)
  • Nicholas County (W. Va.)
  • Pendleton County (W. Va.)
  • Pocahontas County (W. Va.)
  • Preston County (W. Va.)
  • Putnam County (W. Va.)
  • Randolph County (W. Va.)
  • Ritchie County (W. Va.)
  • Tucker County (W. Va.)
  • Tyler County (W. Va.)
  • Upshur County (W. Va.)
  • Wayne County (W. Va.)
  • Webster County (W. Va.)
  • Wetzel County (W. Va.)
  • Wirt County (W. Va.)
  • Wood County (W. Va.)
  • Wyoming County (W. Va.)

Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Land records
1872-1874, 1878, 1895-1896
Scope and Contents

Counties mentioned include, but are not limited to: Barbour, Boone, Gilmer, Hardy, Jackson, Logan, Mason, Pendleton, Randolph, Ritchie, Tucker, Wayne, Wirt, and Wyoming.
Personal names mentioned include, but are not limited to: Bennetts, Lionel F. Branson, Burgess, Silas Flanagan, Goff, Cyrus Hopkins, Jacob Marcum, Jacob Walker, Edmund Willmoth, and Adam Wolf Jr.

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Land records
1873-1875
Scope and Contents

Counties mentioned include, but are not limited to: Braxton, Logan, Pocahontas, Tucker, Webster, and Wyoming.
Personal names mentioned include, but are not limited to: Anderson Hatfield, Robert B. Kerr, Lambert, Isaac E. McDonald, Sylvester Stout, and Aly Williamson.

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Land records
1868, 1870, 1873-1875, 1877
Scope and Contents

Counties mentioned include, but are not limited to: Barbour, Hampshire, Logan, Marshall, Ritchie, Tucker, Wayne, Wirt, and Wyoming.
Personal names include, but are not limited to: John Bowman, Benjamin Burnside, George Burnside, Robert Johnson, George J. Mickline, John Modesitt, Abraham Smith, Isaac Parson, Hurston Spurlock, and Adam Wolf, Jr.

Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Land records
1865
Scope and Contents

These records were stored in a container with a list of contents recorded on the front. The list of contents records the names of landowners. This container is located in box 2, folder 1.
Counties mentioned include, but are not limited to: Barbour, Braxton, Cabell, Doddridge, Jackson, Logan, Mason, Nicholas, Preston, Putnam, Randolph, Ritchie, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood, and Wyoming.
Personal names mentioned include, but are not limited to: Washington Berry, Isaac Caulfield, Sylvester Cook, Wesley Hammond, Isaac Hoge, George Kilgore, James H. Logan, E. B. Lyons, Valentine Smith, and Hiram Toliver.
Some of the envelopes are empty.

Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Land records
1867-1868
Scope and Contents

These records were stored in a container with a list of contents recorded on the front. The list of contents records the names of landowners. This container is located in box 2, folder 6.
Counties mentioned include, but are not limited to: Braxton, Calhoun, Grant, Logan, Monroe, Nicholas, and Webster.
Personal names mentioned include, but are not limited to: Alderson, Baxter, James Butcher, Carr, James McClung, M. D. Neville, and John Synch Jr.

Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Land records
1867-1868
Scope and Contents

These records were stored in a container with a list of contents recorded on the front. The list of contents records the names of landowners. This container is located in box 3, folder 1.
Counties mentioned include, but are not limited to: Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Randolph, Tyler, Wetzel, and Wyoming.
Personal names mentioned include, but are not limited to: Zachariah Bailey, E. R. Bines, William H. Browning, Richard Canada, William Claypool, L. S. Halls, Sorenzo D. Hill, George Lynchfield Jr., Allen Millens, Wiley Philips, John Roberts, John Sprigg, William Starcher, and John D. Sutton.

Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Land records
1865, 1867-1868
Scope and Contents

These records were stored in a container with a list of contents recorded on the front. The list of contents records the names of landowners. This container is located in box 3, folder 4.
Counties mentioned include, but are not limited to: Boone, Greenbrier, Logan, Wetzel, and Wyoming.
Personal names mentioned include, but are not limited to: John Dingess, William Ferrells, Daniel Jarrell, Simeon Justus, David Morgan, John W. Morgan, and William B. Sewel.