History of Hampshire County, West Virginia
From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present
by Hu Maxwell and H. L. Swisher
A. Brown Boughner, Printer; Morgantown, West Virginia; 1897
| Chapter | Contents | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| - | Introduction | - |
| PART 1 - State History | ||
| I | Exploration and Settlement | 13-22 |
| II | Indians and Moundbuilders | 23-29 |
| III | The French and Indian War | 30-47 |
| IV | The Dunmore War | 48-59 |
| V | West Virginia in the Revolution | 60-73 |
| VI | Counties and Boundaries of the State | 74-90 |
| VII | Constitutional History | 91-119 |
| VIII | John Brown's Raid | 120-126 |
| IX | The Ordinance of Secession | 127-135 |
| X | The Reorganized Government | 136-148 |
| XI | Formation of West Virginia | 149-156 |
| XII | Organizing for War | 157-165 |
| XIII | Colonel Porterfield's Retreat | 166-173 |
| XIV | General Garnett's Retreat | 174-181 |
| XV | General Lee's West Virginia Campaign | 182-188 |
| XVI | Contest for the Kanawha | 189-194 |
| XVII | Schemes that Failed | 195-199 |
| XVIII | Miscellaneous War Notes | 200-228 |
| XIX | The Newspapers of West Virginia | 229-236 |
| XX | Geography, Geology and Climate | 237-255 |
| XXI | West Virginia's Forest Trees | 256-268 |
| PART 2 - County History | ||
| XXII | Courts and Officers | 271-279 |
| Illustration | 1. Judge Robert White; 2. John B. White; 3. Captain C. S. White; 4. Colonel Robert White |
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| XXIII | Old Roads and Ferries | 280-286 |
| XXIV | Educational Affairs | 287-301 |
| Illustration | Residence and Family of Franklin Herriott | -- |
| XXV | Among Old Laws | 302-312 |
| XXVI | Agricultural Affairs | 313-326 |
| Illustration | Residence and Family of Ephraim Herriott | -- |
| XXVII | Reminiscences of Washington | 327-333 |
| XXVIII | Indian Depredations | 334-343 |
| XXIX | Money and Currency | 344-347 |
| XXX | The Revolutionary War | 348-355 |
| XXXI | Notes On Newspapers | 356-360 |
| XXXIII | Among Old Records | 361-372 |
| XXXIV | Religious Organizations | 373-391 |
| XXXV | Lands and Landowners | 392-408 |
| XXXVI | Natural Curiosities | 409-418 |
| XXXVII | Cemeteries of Romney | 419-429 |
| XXXVIII | Romney Literary Society | 430-437 |
| XXXIX | Literary Workers | 438-462 |
| Illustration | Andrew Wodrow Kercheval | -- |
| Illustration | Marshall S. Cornwell | -- |
| XL | Schools for the Deaf and Blind | 463-480 |
| XLI | Physicians and Surgeons | 481-492 |
| Illustration | 1. Rev. Peter Miller; 2. Clyde P. Miller; 3. Dr. J. M. Miller; 4. Alberta C. Miller |
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| XLII | Bar of Romney | 493-497 |
| Illustration | 1. Judge R. W. Dailey;
2. J. S. Zimmerman; 3. H. B. Gilkeson; 4. William B. Cornwell; 5. John J. Cornwell. |
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| XLIII | Landscapes Past and Present | 498-532 |
| XLIV | Industrial Affairs | 533-536 |
| XLV | Souvenirs and Curiosities | 537-542 |
| Hampshire's Part in the Civil War | ||
| XLVI | Beginning of the Strife | 543-553 |
| XLVII | Lew Wallace Takes Romney | 554-562 |
| XLVIII | General Kelley's Campaign | 563-570 |
| XLIX | Spying for Jackson | 571-582 |
| L | Stonewall Jackson in Romney | 583-590 |
| LI | Enlisting Companies | 591-602 |
| LII | The Frontier Riflemen | 603-620 |
| Illustration | 1. Dr. J. W. Shull; 2. T. G. Pownall; 3. Howard L. Swisher; 4. V. M. Poling. |
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| LIII | Others Taking the Field | 621-632 |
| LIV | Enlisting Continues | 633-640 |
| LV | One Federal Company | 641-643 |
| LVI | Imboden's Raid | 644-650 |
| LVII | Murder of Captain Stump | 651-655 |
| LVIII | Averell Defeats M'Causland | 656-664 |
| LIX | Captain McNeill's Company | 665-672 |
| LX | Crook and Kelley Captured | 673-684 |
| LXI | Closing Events of the War | 685-695 |
| PART 3 - Family Sketches | ||
| Illustration | 1. Major John Baker White; 2. Alexander White; 3. Hon. S. L. Flournoy; 4. Last residence of John B. White, and present residence of Julius Waddle |
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| Illustration | Governor J. J. Jacob; Residence of Colonel Samuel Cooper |
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