Ralph Fairfax, Collector, Records, 1844-1877 A&M 0845

Ralph Fairfax, Collector, Records, 1844-1877 A&M 0845


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 0845
Title
Ralph Fairfax, Collector, Records 1844-1877
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/197359
Quantity
0.01 Linear Feet, Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder) and 1 reel of microfilm
Creator
Fairfax, Ralph
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

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ralph Fairfax, Collector, Records, A&M 0845, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Scope and Contents

A tax book of Monongalia County, 1855, and an estate appraisement of John Fairfax for personal property at the Glades, and Cheat Farm, Monongalia County. The appraisement refers to the sale of eleven enslaved Africans. There are also two lists of delinquent taxpayers; scrip from the Gladesville Furnace, 1877; and a list of the hands at Clinton (Furnace).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Clinton Furnace
  • Fairfax, John
  • Fairfax, Ralph
  • Gladesville Furnace
  • Iron furnaces and iron industry.
  • Monongalia County (W. Va.)
  • Slaves and slavery.
  • Surveyors and surveying.
  • Taxation

Container List

Forms: Manuscript; Persons: Various persons; Places: Monongalia County, WV; Subjects: List of delinquent taxpayers
1854
Forms: Printing; Persons: Justise [sic] Croty; Places: Monongalia County, WV; Subjects: Tax receipt
1855
Forms: Manuscript; Persons: Various persons; Places: Monongalia County, WV; Subjects: List of delinquent taxpayers and amounts due
1856
Forms: ALS; Persons: G.W. Fairfax to Hanway and Lorentz; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Promissory note
1870 June 2
Forms: Printing; Persons: No persons listed; Places: Gladeville, WV; Subjects: Six pieces of Gladeville Furnace scrip (one piece each of $0.10, $0.25, $0.50, and $1.00 scrip; two pieces of $2.00 scrip)
1877 May 30
Forms: Manuscript; Persons: Various persons; Places: Monongalia County, WV; Subjects: Four booklet-type papers containing lists of names and amounts of money (they're either lists of delinquent taxpayers or of men employed by the furnaces)
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Forms: Manuscript; Persons: Various persons; Places: Clinton [District, Monongalia County, WV]; Subjects: "A List of the Hands at Clinton"
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