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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Stuart Family Papers, A&M 2586, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Papers of John and Lewis Stuart, 1785-1823, and of Samuel Price, 1830-1879. Price's papers include mainly legal and business correspondence related to Price's law practice in Lewisburg, West Virginia. The Stuart papers concern settlement in Greenbrier County, land transactions, and family matters. The collection includes lawyer's fee books and account books for general merchandise, ca.1830-1880. There are also printed booklets of court briefs, pamphlets concerning "the slavery question" and railroads, and several Congressional documents.
Series include:
Series 1. John Stuart Papers (1751–1830), boxes 1-3
Series 2. Other Family Members (1803–1844), box 3
Series 3. Copies and Transcripts (1785–1823), box 4
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Account books
- Court records - Greenbrier County, WV.
- Frontier and pioneer life
- General stores
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.)
- Greenbrier County, WV - Court records.
- Greenbrier County, WV - early settlement.
- Land.
- Lawyers - letters and papers.
- Lewisburg (W. Va.)
- Price, Samuel, 1805-1884
- Railroads
- Slaves and slavery.
- Stuart family
- Stuart, John.
- Stuart, Lewis.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.)
- Lewisburg (W. Va.)
Container List
This series contains the papers of John Stuart, including correspondence, legal papers, and land surveys.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1
John Stuart correspondence1785–1823
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1-4
Agreements and indentures1776–1822
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
County fee lists1793–1807
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
County Sheriff's accounts1783–1812
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Court bills and receipts1785–1823
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8-10
Court orders, petitions, testimony, and notes1785–1823
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
Docket of cases1817–1818
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12-15
Personal accounts1784–1821
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16-18
Personal receipts, bills, and notes1763–1823
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Survey of Stuart's Partitionundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Surveys1751–1830
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Taxes1780–1820
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Will [typescript copy]1823
This series contains the papers of other members of the Stuart family, including Lewis Stuart, Jane Stuart, John Stuart, and John Stuart, Jr. Materials include correspondence, land surveys, and other material.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5-7
Lewis Stuart correspondence1803–1836
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Lewis Stuart's court finances1809–1844
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
John Stuart estate1824–1830
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
Land surveys1819–1831
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11
Legal papers1810–1841
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12
Miscellanyundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13
Jane Stuart correspondence1825–1837
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14
John Stuart, Jr. correspondence1831–1835
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15
Non-family correspondence1806–1876
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16
Personal finances (Lewis Stuart)1808–1842
This series consists largely of transcripts of letters written by Charles Stuart, Robert Grattan, and Robert Gamble. Also included are photocopies of letters between a member of the Stuart family and Thomas Jefferson and of writings by a member of the Stuart family.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Select inventory of correspondenceundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Transcripts of Robert Grattan letters1793–1798
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Transcripts of Charles Stuart letters1799–1823
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Transcripts of Robert Gamble letters1785–1806
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Transcripts of miscellaneous letters1794–1811
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Photocopies of Stuart/Thomas Jefferson correspondence1796–1801
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
Photocopies of Stuart's writingsundated