Author: John Davison SuttonPublisher:
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Category : Braxton County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia
Author: John Davison SuttonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Braxton County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The American Census Handbook
Author: Thomas Jay KempPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780842029254
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Offers a guide to census indexes, including federal, state, county, and town records, available in print and online; arranged by year, geographically, and by topic.
Ginseng Diggers
Author: Luke MangetPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813183820
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The harvesting of wild American ginseng (panax quinquefolium), the gnarled, aromatic herb known for its therapeutic and healing properties, is deeply established in North America and has played an especially vital role in the southern and central Appalachian Mountains. Traded through a trans-Pacific network that connected the region to East Asian markets, ginseng was but one of several medicinal Appalachian plants that entered international webs of exchange. As the production of patent medicines and botanical pharmaceutical products escalated in the mid- to late-nineteenth century, southern Appalachia emerged as the United States' most prolific supplier of many species of medicinal plants. The region achieved this distinction because of its biodiversity and the persistence of certain common rights that guaranteed widespread access to the forested mountainsides, regardless of who owned the land. Following the Civil War, root digging and herb gathering became one of the most important ways landless families and small farmers earned income from the forest commons. This boom influenced class relations, gender roles, forest use, and outside perceptions of Appalachia, and began a widespread renegotiation of common rights that eventually curtailed access to ginseng and other plants. Based on extensive research into the business records of mountain entrepreneurs, country stores, and pharmaceutical companies, Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia is the first book to unearth the unique relationship between the Appalachian region and the global trade in medicinal plants. Historian Luke Manget expands our understanding of the gathering commons by exploring how and why Appalachia became the nation's premier purveyor of botanical drugs in the late-nineteenth century and how the trade influenced the way residents of the region interacted with each other and the forests around them.
West Virginia History
Author: Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Author: William Thomas PricePublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Begins with about 100 pages on the county's geography and history; the bulk of the volume consists of genealogical material on the pioneer settlers and descendants.
Families of Nicholas County, West Virginia
Author: John W. BobbittPublisher:
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Category : Nicholas County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87
Author: Augusta Bridgland FothergillPublisher:
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Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Thirteenth Census Of The United States, 1910
Author: United States Bureau of the CensusPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019281420
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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Valentin Pfost/Post, 1740-1800 of Hardy County (West) Virginia and Some of His Descendants
Author: Doris Jean Post PoinsettPublisher:
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Descendants of Valentin Post have been traced for six generations. Female lines have been traced only one generation past the surname. Valentin Pose was born in 1740 and died 27 Oct 1800. He married ca. 1772 to Barbara Derlin/Devlin? who was born 17 Jan 1751 and died ca. 1831. They were the parents of seven children.
Rambo Family Tree, Volume 5
Author: Ronald S. BeattyPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1434374904
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Peter Gunnarson Rambo, son of Gunnar Petersson, was born in about 1612 in Hisingen, Sweden. He came to America in 1640 and settled in Christiana, New Sweden (now Delaware). He married Brita Mattsdotter 7 April 1647. They had eight children. He died in 1698. HIs daughter, Gertrude Rambo, was born 19 October 1650. She married Anders Bengtsson. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio.