Courtney Family Papers, 1804-1920 A&M 1629

Courtney Family Papers, 1804-1920 A&M 1629


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1629
Title
Courtney Family Papers 1804-1920
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/199156
Quantity
0.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)
Creator
Courtney family
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
Abstract
Papers of a Monongalia County, West Virginia, farm family residing near Maidsville include: the farm account books of John and John J. Courtney, 1831-1877; family Bible records and photographs; college essays of Alpheus Courtney, a West Virginia University student; manuscript ciphering book, 1817; diary of Ulysses J. Courtney, 1878-1883 (7 vols.) pertaining to lumbering, farming, and livestock operations, and community religious and social life; correspondence; steamboat bills of lading, invoices of mercantile stores; Civil War bounty receipts; a record of lumbering operations, 1878; and records of the Bethel (Methodist) Church. Subjects include the construction of the Monongahela Valley Railroad; frontier conditions in Iowa; Morgantown Bridge Company; and Methodism within the Baltimore and West Virginia conferences. Correspondents include Alston G. Dayton.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Courtney Family Papers, A&M 1629, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Account books
  • Churches -- Methodist
  • Civil War -- Bounty receipts
  • Courtney family
  • Courtney, Alpheus.
  • Courtney, John J.
  • Courtney, John.
  • Courtney, Ulysses J.
  • Dayton, Alston Gordon
  • Diaries and journals.
  • Farms and farming.
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Iowa
  • Livestock
  • Lumber trade
  • Monongalia County (W. Va.)
  • Morgantown Bridge Company
  • Railroads - Monongahela Valley Railroad.
  • Steamboats
  • West Virginia University