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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Deakins Family Papers, A&M 0624, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Additional Deakins family papers, consisting of correspondence, bond of conveyance, deeds, surveys and plats. [ALS] to Colonel Francis Deakin from John Compton, 1793, relative to surveys made by John Compton in 1792; bond of conveyance for land in Randolph County owned by Deakins heirs, 1809; five deeds for land owned by the Deakins family in Randolph and Preston counties W. Va., 1808-1885; 1848 deed from Francis Deakins to Northwestern Turnpike Co.; seven surveys and plats for lands in Preston, Tucker, Harrison and Upshur counties, largely owned by the Deakins family, 1788-1881.

Related Material

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Compton, John
• Deakins family
• Deakins, Francis.
• Harrison County (W. Va.)
• Land records and papers.
• Monongalia County (W. Va.)
• Morgantown (W. Va.)
• Preston County (W. Va.)
• Randolph County (W. Va.)
• Surveyors and surveying.
• Tucker County (W. Va.)
• Upshur County (W. Va.)