Communities, Towns,
and Area Histories
The
City of Shinnston, online: The official
website for Shinnston, West Virginia. Gives a brief area history; lists
community
information.
Clarksburg,
WV : Official Clarksburg website, with community calendar and more
City
Guide- Clarksburg
Town
of Nutter Fort, online
City
of Salem, online: Community information from the Salem Chamber of Commerce.
Harrison
County Courthouse: Article from Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram
Covered Bridges of Harrison County: Information
on the two remaining covered bridges in Harrison County,
Simpson
Creek and Fletcher.
History
of Harrison County West Virginia: By Henry Haymond, 1910; online
at Google books!
Genealogical
and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley West Virginia: by
James Morton
Callahan, 1912; Google books.
A
history of the Seventh day Baptists in West Virginia: By Corliss
Fitz Randolph, 1905; Google books.
Chronicles
of Border Warfare, or a History of the Settlement by Whites of North-Western
Virginia,
and
of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the state:
By Alexander Scott Withers, 1895;
online at Google books.
History
of West Virginia: By Virgil Anson Lewis, 1887; online at Google
books.
Chalkleys
: Harrison County was a part of Augusta County
and the Augusta District from 1739-1776.
Chalkleys' records include Harrison Co residents during that time period.
Hardesty's 1882 Biographical Atlas of Harrison County: Hardesty's early
history of the following Magisterial Districts of
Harrison
County, includes list of early settlers:
Clay
District, Grant District, Elk
District, Ten-Mile
District, and Eagle District.
History of Anmoore: Article from Clarksburg Exponent Telegram,
3/22/2000.
History
of Bristol, WV and Bristol United Methodist
Church: Donated by William Boggess
History of Brown, WV: by Lowell Smith; donated by Diane Zimmerman.
History of Good Hope Community
Indian
Cave at Good Hope- Article from Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram
Early
settlers of Isaac's Creek- article from Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram
Historical
Comments on the Maken community, 1830 – 1926: by Susan Ritter Lynch;
donated by William S. Boggess.
Life
at Lynchburg (Maken), ca1900: By Paul E. Maxwell; transcribed
by William Boggess.
Harrison
Co pioneers to receive headstones: Article from Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram;
Donated by William Boggess,
History of Prospect Valley, Eagle District
History
of Prospect Valley by William E. Piggot: from "History
of Prospect Valley", by Nattie B. Cooper, 1879 - 1951.
Rinehart,
WV, ca 1920: Names of residents of Rinehart, WV, found on a quilt
made by Ira & Martha Harbert in the 1920's.
Submitted
by Barb Charles.
Bethyl
Society Class Book: List of Bethyl Society class members from
1856-1866.
Donated by George Van Syckel and Garrett Graham.
Broad
Oaks United Methodist Church: Article from Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram
Christ
Episcopal Church - Article from Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram
Point
Pleasant Methodist Church- by Susan Ritter Lynch, 1953; Donated by
William Boggess.
Point
Pleasant Methodist Church- Article from the Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram,
Donated by William Boggess.
Point
Pleasant Cemetery Restoration- by William Boggess.
History
of the First Presbyterian Church of Clarksburg
History of Ten Mile Baptist Church: Donated
by Mariana Zuelsdorf
History
of West Milford Methodist Episcopal Church- Article from
Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram
History
of Upper Indian Run grade school: Article
that appeared in the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, August 20, 2000;
Donated by Mariana Zuelsdorf.
Harrison
County History: Brief history of Harrison County.
West
Virginia Harrison Co Histories Homepage: Listing of history
books published about Harrison County.
List
of local histories for Harrison County: by Karen Griggs. This
is a listing of histories written about different communities
of Harrison County, as well as general county history.
Notes from the Clarksburg Telegram newspaper, January 20 through April
28, 1893:
Transcribed & donated by Nanci Headley Kotowski
Notes
from the Clarksburg Telegram newspaper, May 5 through August 25, 1893 Issues:
Transcribed
& donated by Nanci Headley Kotowski
Notes from the Clarksburg Telegram newspaper, 9/18/1896 – 12/11/1896:
Transcribed & donated by
Nanci Headley Kotowski
Polk's
Clarksburg Directory, 1921, including directories for Shinnston, Bridgeport,
and Wilsonburg.
Distant
Cousin's transcription of the Clarksburg
1923 business directory;
thanks, Steve, for the link!
1958
Telephone Directory, Clarksburg, WV; partial listing: Transcribed
& donated by Susan Ritter
Graduating
class of 1900, Clarksburg Colored School: Transcribed & donated
by Nanci Headley Kotowski.
Unidis
High School, West Milford, graduating class of 1926. Transcribed
& donated by Nanci Kotowski.
Washington
Irving High School- Article from the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram
Harrison County Poor House information: Article that appeared
in the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, 11/17/2002.
The
Shinnston
Tornado
The Shinnston Tornado: Article from the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram,
6/23/2000
WV
Coal Mines - Special WVGenWeb project on the Coal Mines of WV.
WV
Mine Disasters, 1884 - Present - Listing of date, mine, company, number
of casualties, and nature of accident.
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