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West Virginia and Regional History Center
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Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Violette S. Machir, Compiler, Revolutionary War Pension Applications and Genealogies (Mason County), A&M 2587, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Transcriptions of six Revolutionary War pension applications from the Mason County Order Book 1828-1833. Also contains genealogies from Mason County families, including the Somerville, Edwards, Lemaster, Lewis, Long, etc. Contains numerous obituaries from Mason County. Several articles and newspaper clippings written about Mason County topics including the Battle of Point Pleasant, Presbyterian Church (Point Pleasant), the Silver Bridge Disaster, etc.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Edwards family
- Genealogy
- Lemaster family
- Lewis family
- Long family - Genealogy
- Machir, Violette S. (Violette Somerville), 1915-1995
- Mason County (W. Va.)
- Obituaries and death records.
- Point Pleasant (W. Va.)
- Point Pleasant (W. Va.)
- Point Pleasant - Presbyterian Church
- Point Pleasant - church history.
- Point Pleasant, Battle of, W. Va., 1774.
- Silver Bridge Disaster (Point Pleasant, W.Va.)
- Sommerville family - Genealogy
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Machir, Violette S. (Violette Somerville), 1915-1995
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Mason County (W. Va.)
- Point Pleasant (W. Va.)
- Point Pleasant - Presbyterian Church
- Silver Bridge Disaster (Point Pleasant, W.Va.)
Container List
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Six Revolutionary War pension applications from the Mason Co. Order Book
1828–1833
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Main families: Board, Ball, Knapp, Young, and Riffle; cemetery readings especially of the Morgan Cemetery
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Main families: Eckard, Somerville and genealogical research notes on Stephenson family
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Main families: Gaines, Somerville, Stewart and Hayes; Biographies of John McNeill and Thomas H. Barton; and Articles about
Mason Co. by other authors
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Main families: Hale and Boswell also Pt. Pleasant local history
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Main families: Sebrell and Long
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Militia records of Henry Reaburn and genealogy of Thomas Jefferson Morrow
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Reburn/Rayburn DAR application
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Main families: Edwards, Lewis and Kenckel. Also Revolutionary War soldiers at Pt. Pleasant
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Main families: Edwards-Lewis
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Genealogy folder on Reburn/Rayburn, Love, Barnett, and Lemasters
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Main families: Greenlee, Van Bidder, Hart, Peck and Hannan
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Cemetery readings, genealogies and local history (particularly article on Mad Ann Bailey), all by various authors other than
donor
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Main faimilies: Lesmaster and Fowler
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Main families: Arrington, Long, Somerville, Chapman and Morris
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Main families: Aleshire and Capehart; local history on Presbyterian Church
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Cemetery readings, obituaries, and local history of the Presbyterian Church
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Main families: Washington, Stout, and Yates
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Silver Bridge Disaster
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
Reunion and Pt. Pleasant local history
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Reunions, local history, and articles on Dr. Jesse Bennett
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Obituaries and articles on the Battle of Pt. Pleasant
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Anniversaries
1988
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Main families: Fowler and Somerville
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Obituaries and Lewis Family
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Mason County History
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Main families: Ord, Grinstead, Cadle, Hussell, Zuspan, Rollins, Miller, McKinney, and Durst
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Main families: Van Sickle, Roush, Hill and Lemasters
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
Mason County recreation
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Obituaries
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Lewis Family
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
Obituaries and local history
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Weddings, anniversaries, and local history
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Main families: Capehart and Grub
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Main families: Lewis and Hughes
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
History of Pt. Pleasant and its battle monument and obituaries
ca. 1828-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Mason County recorded deaths
1880–1903