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0518: Mason County, W.Va. Superior Court, 1831-1851, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of one volume of county court records for Mason County, Virginia (now West Virginia) titled, “Mascon County Superior Court, Memorandum Book, Law and Chancery Commencing June 16th, 1831”. The records document the plaintiffs and defendants appearing before the county court, any rulings or penalties, and annotations accompanying the case lists as required.

0514: Early Records Of Cabell And Mason Counties, 1802-1933, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of one volume of genealogical and family records related to Cabell and Mason Counties. The contents of the volume, according to the table of contents, are as follows: Thornburg Burial Place, Handley Burying Place, David Williams’ Family Bible, Old Wilson Bible, 1802, Churches [Guyandotte Methodist with list of burials], Old Will [Stephen Bartrum], Short History of Beale Family, “The Beal Family” from the Times Dispatch, Richmond, Va., November 6, 1908, History of the Frasher Family by Elder D. K. Frasher, 1933, and Supplementary Records (Frasher Family).

0368: Sterrett Family Records, 1807-1884, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of fifteen items that are indentures of bargain and sale for land in Mason County, Virginia (later West Virginia). The items appear to have been collected by the Sterrett family as they were party to many of the deed transactions. Parties of the sales include Alexander E. Spotswood and Betsey Washington Spotswood, William Trotter and Mary Trotter, Walter Newman and Ellen Newman, Bushrod Washington Jr., Henry C./G. Dade and Catherine Dade, Phillip Long and Adam Long, Washington Steritt(?), and William Sterritt (sometimes Sterrett). The land was originally part of the George Washington military tract. This collection includes …

0315: Violette Somerville Machir, 1980, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains parts one and two of `Revolutionary war soldiers in Mason County, West Virginia,' which is composed of worksheets prepared for the national headquarters of the Sons of the American Revolution Graves Registry Committee. The manuscript lists all known Revolutionary war soldiers buried in Mason County and approximate place of burial.

0279: Francis L. Mcculloch Typescript, University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a copy of “The Family of Thomas Kincade of Mason County, West Virginia” manuscript by Francis L. McCulloch in 1979. It is an annotated lineage of Thomas Kincade’s descendants.

0260: Alice Blondina Carder Sauer Papers, 1855-1979, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is split into two series: Carder and Sauer family materials as well as materials related to Alice’s work in the Point Pleasant Chapter of the WVDAR. Some materials, such as the newspaper clippings and to a lesser extent correspondence, are mixed DAR and family materials. In box order, the collection contains the following:

Newspaper clippings cover subjects related to the Carder and Sauer family as well as Alice’s participation in the NSDAR. NSDAR participation focuses on the coordination of local and state events surround the bicentennial of the Battle of Point Pleasant as well as local history events. …

0192: Mason-Jackson County Census And Marriage Records, 1806-1906, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of abstracts of county records, including marriage and census records from Jackson and Mason Counties in what was once Virginia and is now West Virginia. The Mason County marriages book also contains lists of undertakers and doctors in the county until 1906.