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0505: Webb/Swann Family Records, 1780-1945, Marshall University Special Collections
0505: Webb/Swann Family Records, 1780-1945, Marshall University Special Collections
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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.
0503: Westmoreland Chapter Nsdar Records, 1988, Marshall University Special Collections
0503: Westmoreland Chapter Nsdar Records, 1988, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection contains the original draft and working papers for the publication, "Wayne County, West Virginia, cemeteries, vol. 1”, published by the Westmoreland Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Working papers include information, inventories, and directions for cemeteries in Wayne County.
0465: Nsdar James Wood Chapter Typescript, 1964, Marshall University Special Collections
0465: Nsdar James Wood Chapter Typescript, 1964, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection includes transcriptions of the markers found in the Williamstown Cemetery in Williamstown, West Virginia for the dates 1858 to 1924. An index of names is included. This project was undertaken by the James Wood Chapter of the National Society for the Daughters of the American Revolution, located in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
0428: Berkeley Co., W.Va. Typescript, 1777-1816, Marshall University Special Collections
0428: Berkeley Co., W.Va. Typescript, 1777-1816, Marshall University Special Collections
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Photoreproduction of an original typescript (carbon copy) located in the genealogical library of National society Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. Originally donated 1934.
0412: Nsdar Genealogical Records, 1985-2000, Marshall University Special Collections
0412: Nsdar Genealogical Records, 1985-2000, Marshall University Special Collections
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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
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. …