Political History Commons^™

0505: Webb/Swann Family Records, 1780-1945, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The collection contains of two manuscripts bound together, “George Webb Family Deeds Recorded in States of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia” and “Family Bible of Benjamin Franklin Swann, Louisa Jane Hatfield Swann”. These manuscripts were copied by Marion S. McCullough and Helen B. Webb, both members of the Westmoreland Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. They former manuscript contains transcriptions of six deed records while the latter contains four pages of birth, marriage, death, and other family bible records. An index is included.

0412: Nsdar Genealogical Records, 1985-2000, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The collection contains a compilation of genealogy and local history materials created or copied by NSDAR members while conducting chapter activities. Materials are primarily focused on Wood and Wayne County deeds, birth, death, and will data, but also includes family Bible records submitted by NSDAR chapter members throughout the state of West Virginia in addition to miscellaneous county records, include deeds, will abstracts, and cemetery records, from around the state.

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

Guides to Manuscript Collections

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. …