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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Deeds Family of Summers County Papers, A&M 4468, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Digital copies of papers of the Deeds Family of Jumping Branch, Summers County. Includes a genealogical chart, pre-Civil War land deeds, wills, legal correspondence regarding a property line dispute and other matters, and other material. Also includes postcards from various locations in West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia, and other places; and photographs and postcards of various family members (most identified on the reverse).
Series include:
Series 1. Genealogy, 1942-1951
Series 2. Photographs, ca. 1850s-1940s
Series 3. Papers, 1837-1861, 1910-1966
Series 4. Notebook and Postcards, ca. 1883, 1907-1917, 1956
This series (8 files) includes scans of a Deeds family genealogy handwritten by J.A. Deeds, scans and transcriptions of an article from the Beckley Post-Herald about William Dee Russie Deeds and his family home in Jumping Branch.
This series (153 files) includes photographs of various members of the extended Deeds family and others and postcards.
This series (144 files) includes land deeds, event programs, bills, receipts and other material.