[net-gold] HISTORY: UNITED STATES: ARCHIVES : HISTORY: UNITED STATES: STATES: WEST VIRGINA: West Virginia Archives and History
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HISTORY: UNITED STATES: ARCHIVES :
HISTORY: UNITED STATES: STATES: WEST VIRGINA:
West Virginia Archives and History
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West Virginia Archives and History
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State Archives
History Center
On-Line Exhibits
On This Day in West Virginia History
Child of the Rebellion: An Archives and History Sesquicentennial Project
Records Management & Preservation Board
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Voyager Online Catalog
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Table of Contents:
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Library Renovations
June 8-19, 2009
Voyager Online Catalog
Archives and History News
Annual Report, 2005-06
Annual Report, 2006-07
Annual Report, 2007-08
Annual Report, 2008-09
Annual Report, 2009-10
Annual Report, 2010-11
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Archives and History News
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Researching Your Civil War Ancestor
Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestor
Guide to West Virginia Vital Research Records Project
Quick Guide to Birth Records
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Quick Guide to Marriage Records
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Marker Book
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For more information on the program, contact Joe Geiger.
Content Sample from Database search for the word Born:
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Title: Malden/Booker T. Washington Homeplace County: Kanawha
Inscription: Early salt-making industry that was centered here peaked in
the 1850s. In 1755, Mary Ingles and Betty Draper made salt for their
Indian captors here at "Buffalo Salt Licks." John Dickinson bought the
site in 1785. Wells sunk by Brooks and Ruffners in early 1800s led to
thriving salt and related industries. Site of African Zion Baptist Church,
the state's black Baptist mother church, placed on National Register of
Historic Places, 1980.
Washington, born in a slave cabin in Hales Ford, VA, ca. 1856, spent his
early childhood in Kanawha Salines, now Malden, where he worked days in
the salt industry and attended school for blacks at night. Upon his
graduation from Hampton Institute, he returned to teach public and Sunday
school for two years. Later, as Tuskegee Institute president, he often
visited his half sister Amanda Johnson here.
Location: County Route 60/12 (Belle-Rand Road), Malden
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Title: Craik-Patton House County: Kanawha
Inscription: Built 1834 as "Elm Grove" by James Craik, grandson of Geo.
Washington's personal physician. Sold to George Smith Patton, 1858, and
retained by family until end of Civil War. Born here was father of noted
World War II general Geo. S. Patton. Moved to Lee St. from original
Virginia St. location in 1906. Acquired by City of Charleston in 1968 and
leased to Colonial Dames. Moved to park 1973.
Location: US 60, near Daniel Boone Park, Charleston
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Title: Howard's Lick/Jackson Home County: Hardy
Inscription: Howard's Lick, (3 Mi. W.), or Lee White Sulphur Springs, was
once owned by Gen. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee of Revolutionary War
fame. It was owned later by Charles Carter Lee, brother of the beloved
Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Here John Jackson and wife, great-grandparents of Gen. "Stonewall"
Jackson, settled about 1750 and here was born Edward Jackson, grandfather
of the great military genius, before the family moved to the Buckhannon
River.
Location: WV 259, just north of Mathias (missing)
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Title: Shepherdstown County: Jefferson
Inscription: James Rumsey, inventor of the steamboat, lived here, 1785 to
1788, and in 1787 demonstrated his boat on the Potomac at this point. Here
was born Colonel James Strode Swearingen, who commanded the men who
founded the City of Chicago in 1803.
Location: WV 480 (missing)
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Title: Sam Black United Methodist Church County: Greenbrier
Inscription: Built in 1901, third Otter Creek church building was
dedicated in memory of the Rev. Sam Black (1813-99). Born in Rupert, he
preached here in the 1880s-90s. Licensed in 1840, Black was a Methodist
circuit rider for almost fifty years. Sam Black Church, a spiritual
landmark, became an established place name on highway maps without a post
office by the same name.
Location: US 60 (eastbound) at junction with Sam Black Church Road (CR
60/5)
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Title: Withers' Grave County: Lewis
Inscription: In the old Arnold Cemetery on the hill are the graves of
Alexander Scott Withers, born 10-12-1792, died 1-23-1865 and his wife,
Melinda F., born 6-1-1793, died 9-15-1854. He was the author of
"Chronicles of Border Warfare".
Location: US 19 at south entrance to downtown Weston
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Title: Fort Tackett County: Kanawha
Inscription: Nearby stood Fort Tackett, destroyed by Indians, 1790. Near
the fort the day before the attack, Mrs. John Young gave birth to a son,
the first white child born in this valley. The Youngs and a few others
escaped to Fort Lee.
Location: WV 817, west of St. Albans, 0.2 miles north of US 60
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Title: Mercer's Bottom/Captain John Hereford County: Mason
Inscription: This is part of the 16,000 acre tract surveyed by order of
Washington for General Hugh Mercer. Nearby are the graves of Adjutant John
Hereford and Ensign John Wilson. They were officers in the Revolutionary
Army.
Revolutionary War Adjutant in Col. John Alexander's Virginia Regiment
under Lafayette at Yorktown. He was born in Fairfax Co. in 1758, moved to
Mason Co. in 1808, serving as magistrate and sheriff, and died, 1846.
Location: WV 2 near county line (missing)
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Title: Thomas Hannan County: Mason
Inscription: Born 1755, died 1835. Soldier in the Revolution and the first
white settler in Cabell County. Blazed trace from Saint Albans to
Chillicothe which bears his name. This was the first road that came into
Cabell and Mason counties. Hannan owned 5800 acres of land in these
counties. He is buried in private cemetery nearby.
Location: WV 2, just north of Cabell County line
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Title: Virgil A. Lewis County: Mason
Inscription: Educator and historian born near West Columbia, July 6, 1848;
died in Mason City, December 5, 1912; was buried in Point Pleasant. He
founded the Southern Historical Magazine in 1892; was State Superintendent
of Schools, 1893-97; first State Historian and Archivist, 1905-12; author
of many books. How West Virginia Was Made, History and Government of West
Virginia, and Hand Book of West Virginia are among the best known.
Location: Mason City, US 33 and Brown Street, 0.6 miles north of WV 62
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