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Upshur County, West Virginia was created in 1851 from Randolph, Barbour, and Lewis counties. Upshur's early history and the lives of its more prominent pioneers and nineteenth-century Native Sons are ably captured in this tripartite volume. Part I, a condensed history of the state prepared by Hu Maxwell, ranges over everything from the first explorations of the Blue Ridge, the French and Indian War, and the Revolution to West Virginia geography and geology, formation of the state, and the Civil War in West Virginia. In Part II, Mr. Cutright lays out the history of the county, with emphasis on the Indian Wars, religious life, geography, formation of the county and its political and government...
Volumes 1 to 20 are confined to decisions relating to pensions and bounty-land claims. Volumes 21 to 22 contain decisions relating to pensions and civil service retirement claims.
Although formatted as a periodical, The Weal-Reaf was a daily chronicle and publicity vehicle for the Essex Institute's five-day benefit fair. Contributions from prominent New England writers, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and George William Curtis, were part of an effort to defray costs incurred when the Essex Institute moved to a new location.
Volumes 1 to 20 are confined to decisions relating to pensions and bounty-land claims. Volumes 21 to 22 contain decisions relating to pensions and civil service retirement claims.
Some text is faded, especially the pedigree foldout. A reprinted section taken from Family histories and genealogies of Connecticut families by Edward Elbridge Salisbury. Published in New Haven by Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor in 1892.