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The African American Experience In Antebellum Cabell County, Virginia/West Virginia, 1810-1865, Cicero Fain
The African American Experience In Antebellum Cabell County, Virginia/West Virginia, 1810-1865, Cicero Fain
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Located on the Ohio River in western Virginia, adjacent to southeastern Ohio and eastern Kentucky, antebellum Cabell County lay at the fulcrum of east and west, north and south, freedom and slavery. Possessed of a bountiful countryside—replete with wildlife, timber, pristine streams and creeks, and rich river-bottom soil along the navigable Ohio and Guyandotte rivers—it held great potential for settlers who sought to put down roots. Drawn by its promising location and cheap, arable land, migrants settled in the county in increasing numbers in the early 1800s, and many settlers took their slaves with them. Yet like most counties on …
0192: Mason-Jackson County Census And Marriage Records, 1806-1906, Marshall University Special Collections
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.
Men And Religion To-Day And Fifty Years Ago, Wiley Winton Smith
Men And Religion To-Day And Fifty Years Ago, Wiley Winton Smith
Smith, Wiley Winton, 1855-
This book contains 10 of Smith’s sermons, along with “A Sketch of Towns” where he conducted revival services and statements from pastors familiar with his preaching.
Lee The Christian Hero: A Sermon Delivered In The Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, Virginia, Sunday, January 20, 1907, On The Invitation Of The Rector And Vestry, Randolph Harrison Mckim
Lee The Christian Hero: A Sermon Delivered In The Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, Virginia, Sunday, January 20, 1907, On The Invitation Of The Rector And Vestry, Randolph Harrison Mckim
McKim, Randolph Harrison, 1842-1920
McKim preached this sermon to commemorate the centennial of Robert E. Lee, in a church that was named in his honor (in 2017, the name was changed from R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church to Grace Episcopal Church. His topic is evident from the title; as he says on page 5, Lee “has a place of right in that noble army of the soldiers of Jesus Christ, who have done heroic service for God and for man in their lives.”
Noble Testimony, John Sharshall Grasty
Noble Testimony, John Sharshall Grasty
Grasty, John Sharshall, 1825-1883
This sermon, on Mark 14:3-8, was preached while Grasty was serving as pastor of the Fincastle Presbyterian Church in Botetourt County, Virginia.
Sin And Its Wages, John Sharshall Grasty
Sin And Its Wages, John Sharshall Grasty
Grasty, John Sharshall, 1825-1883
This sermon was preached while Grasty was serving as pastor of the Fincastle Presbyterian Church in Botetourt County, Virginia.
Address To The People Of West Virginia: Shewing That Slavery Is Injurious To The Public Welfare, And That It May Be Gradually Abolished Without Detriment To The Rights And Interests Of Slave Holders / By A Slaveholder Of West Virginia, Henry Ruffner
Ruffner, Henry, 1790-1861
In 1847, Ruffner delivered an anti-slavery address before the Franklin Society at Washington College; he was the school’s president at the time. It was revised for publication later that year, having been “enriched and strengthened” by the “impressive views” of others; in 1933, it was reprinted by The Green Bookman in Bridgewater, Virginia.