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Language
English
Abstract
History of the Haymond family, pioneer residents of the Palatine tract in Marion County, West Virginia. Eight letters written
by William Haymond to his nephew Luther Haymond recall frontier life in the Monongahela, Tygart, Ohio, and Kanawha valleys,
1780-1793. Subjects include the settlement of Morgantown, Clarksburg, Williamstown, the Palatine tract, and Coburn's Fort;
land surveys in Harrison County; trapping and hunting; road surveying; and Indian warfare.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Haymond (1771-1848), History of the Haymond Family, Typed Document,
A&M 1695, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.