2.6 Linear Feet, 2 ft. 7 1/4 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 folder, 1/4
in.); 1 reel of microfilm
Creator
Preston County
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Papers from the Leroy Bucklew Museum in the Preston County, West Virginia, courthouse. The collection includes early papers
relating to land, court cases, mills and furnaces, post offices, inns, mineral development, Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
Company, roads, the Virginia-Maryland boundary, and estate settlements. There are photographs of Preston County and Kingwood,
and maps of Kingwood, Bruceton Mills, Rowlesburg, Manheim, and of Berkeley Springs, Morgan County. Also includes photographs
of the Deakins Line surveying team. For photographs related to this collection, go to wvhistoryonview.org and search for this
collection's four digit call number (otherwise known as an a&m number).
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], Preston County Papers, A&M 0956, West Virginia and Regional History Center,
West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.