PENDLETON COUNTY

West Virginia

New 58 Page Booklet

Early days in Pendleton County, West Virginia, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this booklet comprised of excerpts from five rare vintage books:

Historical Collections of Virginia by Henry Howe (1845);

West Virginia in History, Life, Literature and Industry by Morris Purdy Shawkey (1928);

History of West Virginia by Virgil A. Lewis (1889);

Virginia, a Guide to the Mountain State, a WPA publication (1941)

A History of Pendleton County West Virginia by Oren F. Morton

This booklet is only 58 pages long, but because of its 8 1/2" x 11" size, we were able to put two or more pages from the original source materials on each page, so it is packed with information. The spiral bound booklet is printed one-sided on 60# opaque paper. The front cover is a parchtex card stock, protected with a vinyl sheet.

Some of the subjects to be found in this booklet are: Edmund Pendleton; Seybert's Fort; a biography of Major John C. Bond; WPA points of interest in the area; a List of Settlers before 1760; the Masonic Order in Franklin; Early Franklin; County Buildings; a School in 1830; Slaveholders in 1860; Population figures; Items from a Day-Book of a Merchant of Franklin in 1820; Churches; County Officials Before 1865; County Officials Under West Virginia (to 1881); School Teachers in 1872; Leading Farmers of 1860; Taxpayers in 1860; Pendleton Legislators; Pendleton Doctors, Dentists, Lawyers and Preachers; Surveys and Patents before 1788 (many names); A list of Tithables for 1790 (more names); Slavery in Pendleton; the Civil War; Names of soldiers and those exempted from service in 1794 and later; Pendletonians in the "War of 1861"; Confederate Regiments Containing Pendleton Men; the Battle of New Market; Roster of Men in Confererate Service.

The booklet contains many names of interest to genealogical research. For additional genealogical information on Pendleton County, watch for another of our eBay listings, PENDLETON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA GENEALOGY~FRANKLIN which was taken from Part II of "A History of Pendleton County West Virginia" by Oren Morton (1910).

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