Author: James Morton CallahanPublisher:
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Category : West Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
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History of West Virginia, Old and New
Author: James Morton CallahanPublisher:
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Category : West Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
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West Virginians in the American Revolution
Author: Ross B. JohnstonPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806307625
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Revolutionary War soldiers identified in this work lived at one time or another in what is now the State of West Virginia, their military duties having been discharged in the service of other states, notably Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. The data given for each soldier typically includes the name, age, date of birth, service record, date pension applied for and granted, place of residence, names of wife and children, and, in support of the pension claim, comrades-in-arms.
Prices of Clothing
Author: John M. CurranPublisher:
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Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871
Author: Joseph Addison WaddellPublisher:
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Category : Augusta County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register
Author: The Allegheny Frontier
Author: Otis K. RicePublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813164389
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
The Allegheny frontier, comprising the mountainous area of present-day West Virginia and bordering states, is studied here in a broad context of frontier history and national development. The region was significant in the great American westward movement, but Otis K. Rice seeks also to call attention to the impact of the frontier experience upon the later history of the Allegheny Highlands. He sees a relationship between its prolonged frontier experience and the problems of Appalachia in the twentieth century. Through an intensive study of the social, economic, and political developments in pioneer West Virginia, Rice shows that during the period 1730–1830 some of the most significant features of West Virginia life and thought were established. There also appeared evidences of arrested development, which contrasted sharply with the expansiveness, ebullience, and optimism commonly associated with the American frontier. In this period customs, manners, and folkways associated with the conquest of the wilderness to root and became characteristic of the mountainous region well into the twentieth century. During this pioneer period, problems also took root that continue to be associated with the region, such as poverty, poor infrastructure, lack of economic development, and problematic education. Since the West Virginia frontier played an important role in the westward thrust of migration through the Alleghenies, Rice also provides some account of the role of West Virginia in the French and Indian War, eighteenth-century land speculations, the Revolutionary War, and national events after the establishment of the federal government in 1789.
Gibbens-Butcher Genealogy
Author: Alvaro Franklin GibbensPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia
Author: John Davison SuttonPublisher:
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Category : Braxton County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Annals of Bath County, Virginia
Author: Oren F. MortonPublisher:
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Category : Bath County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Bath has a small number of people, and a considerable share of this small number is a new element. To many individuals of the latter class a history of the county will appeal very little. For the above reasons we confine ourselves to a presentation of the more striking and important features in the story of this county. But if, in a commercial sense, this county seemed only a moderately promising field for a local history, it remains very true that Bath is one of the best known counties of the Old Dominion. It is one of the older counties in the Alleghany belt, and it lies on a natural highway of travel and commerce. The story of its evolution is one of much interest. -- Foreword.
A History of Preston County, West Virginia
Author: Oren Frederic MortonPublisher:
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Category : Preston County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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