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Language
English
Abstract
William Underwood (1780-1866) of Middlebourne, West Virginia, was a justice of the peace, coroner, and sheriff in Tyler County,
West Virginia, in the nineteenth century. Collection contains two copies of Underwood's diary from 1812 to 1861 and two copies
of his 1864 will. Diary consists of annual entries that chiefly note births, deaths, and significant weather for a particular
year. William Underwood married Hannah Willis (1780-1869), and the couple had eleven children.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Underwood Diary and Will, A&M 0436, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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