![[logo]](https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg)
West Virginia and Regional History Center
1549 University Ave.P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com
URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
Jane LaBarbara
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], John Holt, Collector, Lewis County History Collection, A&M 4405, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Material collected by John Holt. Includes legal documents (court papers, summonses, land grants, and more), financial records (such as receipts), correspondence, photographs, clippings, printed material, and more. Subjects include Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) and his family, the Holt family, Lewis County, and more. Highlights include court papers regarding debt of Thomas Jackson, which may be due to him leaving his post as constable of Lewis County in order to attend West Point; documents pertaining to his work as constable; a document regarding the transfer of enslaved girls as property; and Confederate bonds.
There are six series in this collection:
Series 1. Thomas Jackson Materials; 1841-1993.
Series 2. Jackson Family Materials; 1818-1854.
Series 3. Holt Family Materials; 1837-1971.
Series 4. Lewis County History; 1817-1957.
Series 5. Miscellaneous; 1838-1878, 1906-1916.
Series 6. Oversize; 1786-1961.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Holt family
- Jackson family
- Jackson, Thomas J.
- Lewis County (W. Va.)
- Slavery -- West Virginia
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Holt, John Mathew, 1936-2018
- Jackson, Thomas J.
Container List
This series contains material pertaining to Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, who was appointed constable of Lewis County on June 8, 1841, at age 17. He left the position the following year to enroll in West Point. This series includes legal documents, financial documents, correspondence, photographs and other images, and more. Highlights include documents pertaining to financial trouble that resulted from him leaving his post as constable. (This was discussed by author James I. Robertson, Jr. in his biography Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend on pages 21 and 25.) See also Series 6. Oversize for additional items related to Jackson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Court Papers Regarding Debt of Thomas Jackson (some of this may be due to leaving his constable post prematurely for West Point)1841–1852
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Constable Bond for Thomas J. Jackson (copy?; signed by C. E. Cummins and Minter Bailey)1841/06/10
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Summons for Thomas Jackson, Cummins Jackson, and Minter Bailey1843/04/08
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Bond regarding Money, Pertaining to Thomas Jackson and Cummins Jackson, and John Hurst and William King (the Jacksons were owed money)1843
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Summons for Thomas Jackson, Cummins E. Jackson, and Minter Bailey1844/03/06
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Summons for Thomas Jackson, Cummins E. Jackson, and Minter Bailey1844
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Legal Document regarding $2000 debt owed by Thomas Jackson, Cummins E. Jackson, and Minter Bailey (ca. 1843-1845), and list of notes and amounts received by Thomas Jackson as contable (ca. 1845)1843–1845
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Rockbridge County Summons for Thomas Jackson to appear in court in Lewis County1852
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Facsimile of Lewis County Tuition Document (teacher was Thomas J. Jackson)1841
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
T. J. Jackson Constable Receipt Listing Warrants Served (includes two color facsimiles and original)1841
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Contract Involving Morgan Morgan, William Bailey, and Pattons (names Thomas Jackson as constable in custody of material)1842
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Receipt from Thomas Jackson1842
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Receipt for Accounts Collected by Thomas J. Jackson, Constable1842
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Constable Order for Thomas Jackson (to seize property in order to satisfy debt; includes facsimile and original, with receipt noted on reverse)1842
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Typescript Facsimile of Letter from T.J. Jackson to Colonel Samuel Hays, from Fort Hamilton, Long Island, NY1849
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Facsimile Letter from T.J. Jackson to a Doctor (on the reverse of a VMI Military Ball invitation, 1853)ca. 1853
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
"The Jackson Song" Lyrics1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Postcards Regarding "Stonewall" Jackson (include images of Jackson's Mill, Jackson memorials, and Jackson himself; also includes one commemorative envelope regarding the USS Stonewall Jackson [SSBN-634])ca. 1911-1965
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Miscellaneous Thomas Jackson Materialca. 1900-1993
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Small Mounted Photos at Jackson's Mill (showing John Earl Hall in dry riverbed; 2 items)early 1900s
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Photo of a Portrait of Thomas J. Jacksonundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Image of Thomas J. Jackson on a Horseundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Image Including Thomas J. Jackson Portrait and Images of his Boyhood Homeundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Clipping of Tribute to Stonewall (on 50th anniversary of his death)1913
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Clipping, "Stonewall" (second part of a newspaper article)1993
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
"Tom Jackson" by John Strange Hall (three handwritten pages)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Includes legal and financial documents pertaiing to members of the Jackson family in Lewis County. See also Series 4. Lewis County History for additional documents that name Jackson family members.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Agreement Regarding a Contract signed by Edward Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, Christian Smith (?), Walter McWhorter, and Hugh McQuain (Edward and Jonathan may be Thomas's grandfather and father)1818/09/21
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Jackson Family Legal Documents (1 surveying receipt, 1 notice)1828–1831
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Material Regarding Bill of Complaint Involving Cummins Jackson1831
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Claim/Receipt for Money by Overseer of the Poor (signed by G. R. Jackson and J. M. Jackson)1854
Includes legal documents and correspondence of the Holt family, horse breeding information, and material on the history of the Boso family. See also Series 4. Lewis County History for additional documents that name Holt family members.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Legal Documents Pertaining to the Holt Family (a writ and a memorandum)1837–1841
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Holt Family Correspondence (includes letters and envelopes; includes an envelope from Rush Dew Holt to John Mathew Holt, 1939, and an unsigned card from Helen and Rush Holt depicting Jackson's boyhood home)ca. 1900-1910, 1938-1939
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Horse Breeding Information (pertaining to members of the Holt family)ca. 1934
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
Boso Family Materialca. 1959-1971
Includes legal and financial documents, as well as some photographs and images on postcards. Much of the material pertains to matters of the Lewis County court, ca. 1820-1880. Some material pertaining to members of the Jackson and Holt families can be found in this series, specifically in the summons documents. See also Series 6. Oversize for additional Lewis County documents.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Lewis County Summons Documents (two from 1819 pertaining to Jonathan Jackson)1819-1820s
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
Lewis County Summons Documents (one pertaining to Holt family members)1830s
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23
Lewis County Summons Documents (some pertaining to Holt family members and one pertaining to Stephen P. Jackson)1840s
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24
Lewis County Summons Documents1851, 1885
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25
Miscellaneous Legal Documents (includes notices, an indenture, a deposition, and more)1817–1872
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26
Legal Documents Stemming from the Death of David Doyle1821–1822
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27
Miscellaneous Documents (includes a jail commission report from Lewis County, 1824; "Time Table of U.S. Couriers from Clarksburg to Gen. Rosencrans" [Rosecrans?], undated; and a county history typescript)1824-1957, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28
Justice of the Peace Appointments, Lewis County (1841 appointment names George A. Jackson)1837–1841
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29
Summons Documents from Lewis County to Other Counties (four for Wood County, one for Harrison County)1841–1854
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30
Financial Documents (3 items)1842–1855
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31
Letters from H. O. Middleton (three letters, all to different recipients)1842–1844
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32
Lewis County Inquests Regarding Accidental Deaths (2 items)1842–1862
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33
Lewis County Inquests Regarding Infant Deaths (2 items)1845–1850
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34
Document Regarding Enslaved Girls (14 year old girl named Susan and a 12 year old girl named Harriet were transferred as property from father to daughters in the Bastable family)1845
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35
Financial Statements Etc. Regarding Road Construction and Repairs, Lewis County1851
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 36
Legal Documents Regarding Jacob Henline, George Berlin, and Gibson Butcher (Butcher was clerk of court in Lewis County; two of the 1863 affidavits were notarized by G. A. Jackson)1861–1875
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 37
Documents Signed by John C. Jackson as Clerk of Lewis County Court1871
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38
Orders of Publication1871–1882
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 39
Photographs1900, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 39
Mounted Group Portrait of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Union Veterans Meeting in Westonundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 39
Mounted Group Portrait of B&O Corps Engineers (?) at Big Ditch Camp (?) March 3, 1900 (reverse lists names of each person in photo)1900
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 39
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 40
Postcards of Lewis County Churches and More (also includes postcards of other Lewis County scenes, one leather-like postcard, and one postcard with penny attached)1911, undated
Includes a booklet, as well as legal and financial documents from outside Lewis County.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 41
My Experience in the Confederate Army and in Northern Prisons booklet by John R. King1916
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 42
Miscellaneous Legal and Financial Documents1838-1878, 1906
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 43
Miscellaneous Material1944, undated
Includes oversize materials such as legal documents, financial documents, and clippings. Subjects include Lewis County, Thomas Jackson, the Civil War, and more.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 unfoldered
Indenture (land record pertaining to Josiah and Mary Shaw, and George Arnold; item is fragile)1800
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Three Virginia Land Grants Signed by Patrick Henry (for Michael Hillegas, land in Monongalia County; for John Vanderen, land in Monongalia County; for Thomas Augustus Taylor, land in Harrison County)1786
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Virginia Land Grant Signed by Beverley Randolph (for Henry Flesher, land in Harrison County)1787
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
School Commission Documents, Lewis County1833–1838
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Quarterly Document Listing Students and Fees1833
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Quarterly Document Listing Students and Fees (includes an original and a facsimile; Thomas Jackson is listed as a student)1838
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Indenture, Etc. Involving John Talbot, John Lorentz, and Jonathan Bennett, Lewis County1842
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Confederate Bonds (sheet of confederate bonds for $1000, with some of the slips already possibly redeemed; page includes portrait of Jackson)1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
"The Confederate Reunion at Richmond" Clipping from Colliers (includes image of "The First Petit Jury Impaneled to Try Jefferson Davis", which includes African-American jurors)1907
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Monongalia News , Civil War Centennial Issue (regarding Battle of Philippi and West Virginia Statehood)1961