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From: "Tom MacKnight" <>
Subject: Re: [WVMASON] Mason Co. Cemetery Books
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 07:00:47 -0400


Here is the list I have compiled for references to Mason County:

Regards,
Tom MacKnight

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Mason County, WV, Reference Materials

BUSINESS RECORDS

Way, Frederick. Ways Packet Directory, 1848-1994. Sons and Daughters of
Pioneer Rivermen Marretta, Ohio. Ohio University Press. 1901-1902.

Sutphin, Gerald W. & Andre, Richard A. Sternwheelers on the Great Kanawha
River, Pictorial Histories Publishing, Charleston, WV. 1991 198 pages.
LC#91-60924 ISBN 0-929521-21-8 USD 25.00. 198 pages. 400 (?) illustrations.
Note: loaded with pictures of steamboats and reproductions of freight bills,
tickets, newspaper clippings, along with commentary.

Gamble, J. M. "Steamboats in West Virginia," West Virginia History 15
(January 1954): 124-138. MU

Stinson, Helen S. Index of Fatalities in West Virginia Coal Mines 1883-1925,
Extracted from The Reports of Mine Inspectors, 1985. This publication has
copies of the reports made on these fatalities. The report form lists: No.,
Name of Company, Name of Mine, Name of Person Killed, Date of Injury, Date
of Death, Nationality, Years of Experience, Age, Occupation, Widow, Number
of Children, Number of Dependents, How Killed, If Inquest Performed, Inside
or Outside. A few copies of these original REPORTS exist today in hard cover
editions. They may be found at the West Virginia Department of Archives and
History, Capitol Complex, Charleston, West Virginia 25305, or at the West
Virginia University Colson Hall Library at Morgantown, West Virginia.
(Microfilmed by the LDS Family History Library)

CEMETERY RECORDS

Gardman, Wilma P. Kanawha Valley Cemeteries; Vol. 2. 1983. (W929.5 G224k) MU

Gates, Elaine. / Kanawha Valley cemeteries / The Society, South Charleston,
W.Va. : 1981. v. ; 28 cm. / v.1. Some Kanawha County cemeteries / E.
Gates -- v.2: some cemetries [sic] from counties of Fayette, Kanawha,
Lincoln, Mason, Putnam. Includes index. ACPL

McCulloch, Delia A. "The Pioneer Cemetery {of} PointPleasant, West
Virginia". (Pam File) MU

Machir, Violette S. / Mason County, W.Va. cemetery inscriptions / Pomeroy,
OH : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, 1989. / 5 v. ; 22-28 cm.
Vol. 3 compiled by Juanita K. Burdette. Vol. 5 compiled by Janet Gibbs Reed
and Violette S. Machir. Vols. 1-5 Reprints. Originally published: Quality
Print Shop, 1972. Errata slips inserted in v. 1 and v. 5. v. 1. Graham,
Waggener, Robinson, and Lewis districts -- v. 2. Arbuckle, Clendenin, Hannan
districts -- v. 3. Union, Cologne, Cooper districts -- v. 4. Kirkland,
Suncrest, Lone Oak Addition, and Lone Oak -- v. 5. [without special title]
ACPL SLO MU

Steenbergen, (Mrs.) William. The Pioneer Cemetery at Point Pleasant, West
Virginia. (Pam File) MU

CENSUS

Burdette, Juanita K. 1830 Census of Mason County,Virgina. 198?. (W929.375433
M412c 1830) MU

Burdette, Juanita K. Mason County, West Virginia, 1850 Census. Manuscript
Collection. (Ms 54 Bk 3) ) MU

Burdette, Juanita K. Mason County, West Virginia, 1860Census. Manuscript
Collection. (Ms 54 Bk 5) ) MU

Cochran, Wes. Mason County West Virginia 1870 Census. 1987. (W929.375433
M412c 1870) MU

Crickard, (Mrs.) Owen. Mason County, West Virginia, 1810 and 1820 Census
Records. Manuscript Collection. (Ms 48Bk 1) MU

Crickard, (Mrs.) Owen. Mason County, West Virginia, 1840 Census Records.
Manuscript Collection. (Ms 48 Bk 2) MU

Slaughter, Raymond D. / 1840 census, Mason County, Virginia / Columbus, Ohio
: Slaughter, [19--] / iv, 25 leaves ; 30 cm. / Cover title. Includes index.
SLO

Slaughter, Raymond D. / 1850 census, Mason County, Virginia / Columbus :
Slaughter, [19--] / x, 142 leaves ; 30 cm. SLO

Slaughter, Raymond D. / Index, 1860 census of Mason County, West Virginia /
Columbus, Ohio : The Author, [1985?] / 11 leaves ; 29 cm. / Caption title.
Typescript. Cover title: Index, 1860 census, Mason County, Virginia. SLO

Slaughter, Raymond D. / Index, 1900 census of Mason County, West Virginia /
Columbus, Ohio: R.D. Slaughter, [1982?] / 22 leaves ; 29 cm. Caption title.
Cover title: Index, 1900 census, Mason County, West Virginia. OSU SLO

CHURCH RECORDS

Presbyterian Church. Point Pleasant, West Virginia.Membership Lists,
1872-1964. Manuscript Collection. (Acc 92) MU

COURT RECORDS

Machir, Violette I. S. Mason county, West Virginia, Wills, 1834-1880.
Manuscript Collection. (Ms 55 Bk 4) MU

271. MASON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. Court records, 1805-1890. .5 linear feet.
Gift of Col. Charles Lewis Chapter, NSDAR, 1985. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 94
(Accession 413). Assorted records of the county and circuit courts,
including estate appraisals, school house plans, wolf scalp claims and oaths
of allegiance. Records were salvaged when the old courthouse was razed ca.
1955. MU

272. MASON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. Court records (photoreproductions),
1806-1860. 2 items. Gift of Christine Fruth, 1988. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT
94-A (Accession 473).
Photoreproduction of marriages, 1806-1850, and the Register of Free Negroes,
1838-1860. MU

DEATH RECORDS

Machir, Violette S. / Mason County, West Virginia deaths / [Point Pleasant,
W. Va. : V.S. Machir, 1984-1985] / 2 v. ; 29 cm. ./ Spine title: Mason Co.,
West Virginia deaths. Records copied in 1974, indexed 1984-1985. Includes
indexes. [Vol. 1]. Deaths in bk. 1, Dist. 1, 1853-1879 ; Mason Co. deaths,
Dist. 2, bk. 1, 1853-1879 -- [v. 2]. Mason County death book, 1880-1903,
Dist. 1 ; Mason County deaths Dist. 2, 1880-1903. Photocopy. [Columbus, Ohio
: State Library of Ohio, 1991] SLO

Machir, Violette S. / Death records for Mason County, West Virginia (years
1853-1865) / Point Pleasant, W. Va. : Machir, 1974. / 73 leaves in various
foliations ; 32 cm. SLO

HISTORIES

Brown Family Records. Manuscript Collection. (Ms 25) MU

Ferguson, Robert H. History of Mason County, WestVirginia. 1961. (W975.433
F353h) MU

Gibbs, Mildred C. Hartford City, 1853-1922. 1975. (W975.433 G443h) MU PL

Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia,Special West Virginia
Edition: Mason and PutnamCounties. 1883. (RB F226.H35) MU

Mason County History Book Committee. / History of Mason County, West
Virginia 1987 / Salem, W.V. : Walsworth, c1987. / iv, 492 p. : ill., ports.
; 32 cm. ACPL OU SLO MU

Poffenbarger, Livia N. The Battle of Point Pleasant. 1909. (W975.433 P745p)
MU

Lewis Preston Summers , Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. 1 vol.
bound in 2. 1,757 pp., Indexed. Illus. (1920), 1996. ISBN 0806304510.
Although Mr. Summers' genealogical masterpiece covers the territory west of
the Blue Ridge Mountains, including areas now in Kentucky and West Virginia,
the work focuses primarily on the Virginia counties of Botetourt, Fincastle,
Montgomery, Washington, and Wythe, including the present-day West Virginia
counties of Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier,, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan,
McDowell, Mason, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Putnam, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, and
Wyoming. Documents featured in the Annals include minutes of the county
courts, marriage licenses, abstracts of deeds and wills, surveys of lands,
and lists of soldiers. In addition, there is an exhaustive list of
Revolutionary War soldiers from Southwest Virginia, compiled from the most
reliable sources. Numerous illustrations and three large fold-out maps add
to the book's considerable authority. The unusual length of the work--1,757
pages plus numerous unnumbered illustrations and maps--has compelled us to
reprint the work in two parts rather than in a single, ungainly volume.
Available from GenealogyBookShop.com, Item #GPC-5670, Cloth. $100.00.

NEWSPAPERS

Pomeroy Banner Weekly. Aug. 8, 1867 - Dec. 18, 1868. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Crescent Weekly. Jan. 7, 1870 - Dec. 28, 1871. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Daily News. May 11, 1911 - Aug. 31, 1925. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Daily Sentinel. Jan. 3, 1955 - Dec. 31, 1970. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Daily Tribune. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Democrat Weekly. Jan. 3, 1889 - June 19, 1919; Sep. 15, 1927 -
Aug.21, 1941. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Independent. July 3, 1908 - Dec. 21, 1910. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Journal Weekly. Jan. 3, 1880 - Dec. 29, 1881. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Leader Weekly. Aug. 1, 1895 - Dec. 27, 1917. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Meigs Co. Telegraph Weekly April 17, 1851 - Jan. 30, 1894.
[microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Mosquito Weekly. Dec. 7, 1883 - Jan. 2, 1885. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Sentinel. Feb. 3, 1944 - Dec. 31, 1954. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Sentinel Weekly. Aug. 28, 1941 - July 29, 1943; Aug. 5, 1943 -
Dec.28, 1944. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Star Spangled Banner Weekly. [microfilm]. PL

Pomeroy Tribune Telegraph. Nov. 19, 1890 - June 3, 1943. [microfilm]. PL

Racine Tribune Weekly. Aug. 7, 1889 - July 31, 1889 [microfilm]. PL

MARRIAGE RECORDS

Burdette, Juanita K. Mason County, West Virginia, Marriage Records,
1806-1850. Manuscript Collection. (Ms54 Bk 4) MU

Wes Cochran. Mason Co WV Marriages, 1886-1900

Eldridge, Carrie. / Marriages 1806-1850, Mason County, VA-WV / C. Eldridge,
Chesapeake, Ohio : 1988? 49 p. : map ; 28 cm. ACPL

Julie Chapin Hesson. Mason Co WV Marriages, 1806 to 1915

Machir, Violette S. / Marriage records for Mason County, West Virginia, June
29, 1850 to November, 1866 / Pt. Pleasant, W. Va. : Machir, [1975?] / 83
leaves in various pagings ; 28 cm. Cover title. Includes indexes. Spine
title: Mason County, W. Va. marriages. SLO

Machir, Violette S. / Marriage records Mason County, W. Va. / [S.l. : s.n.,
1991?] / 6 v. in 1 ; 29 cm. / bk. 1. 1806-1850 -- bk. 2. 1850-1861 -- bk. 3.
1861-1865 -- bk. 4. 1865-1866 -- bk. 5. 1866-1868 -- bk. 6. 1868-1870.
Includes indexes. SLO

Machir, Violette S. / Mason Co., W. Va., marriage licenses, Nov. 19,
1866-Nov. 11, 1868 / Pt. Pleasant, W. Va. ; 1975. / [56] leaves ; 30 cm.
Indexed by Juanita K. Burdette. SLO

PUBLIC RECORDS
269. MASON CITY, WEST VIRGINIA. Account book, 1885-1935. 1 volume. Gift of
Miss Christine Fruth, 1986. ACCESSION 432.
Accounts kept by J. N. Manley, town treasurer. Also contains election lists,
1927-1935.


Mason County Repositories & Societies
Hannan Public Library. 6760 Ashton Upland Road, Ashton, WV 25503-9732; ph.
304/743-6200. Attn: Librarian Sharon Holley.

Mansion House Museum. Attn: Katherine Wilson. Point Pleasant Battle Monument
State Park; P.O. Box 486; Point Pleasant, WV 2550. Hours: Apr.-Nov., M-Sa,
10-4; Su, 1-4. Museum established in 1901, and operated by the Colonel
Charles Lewis Chapter, NSDAR. Most of manuscripts relate to the DAR chapter
(closed to resarchers). No research facilities available. Many records have
been transferred to Marshall University, Special Collections. MU

Mason City Historical Society. P.O. Box 165; Mason, WV 25260. President:
Bessie Ingles. Secretary: Evelyn Proffitt.

Mason City Public Library. P.O. Box 609, 8 Brown Street, Mason City, WV
25260; ph. 304/773-5580. Attn: Librarian Nancy Anderson. Hours: M, W-Th,
11-4; Tu, 1-6. Library established in 1975. Some manuscripts and state and
county government records. 1800-1860: 75%; 1860-1920: 25%.

Mason County Courthouse. Point Pleasant, WV 25550; ph. 304/675-1997. County
formed from Kanawha County in 1804.

Mason County Public Library. 508 Viand St., Point Pleasant, WV 25550-1119;
ph. 304/675-2913, fax 304/675-2943. Director Arn Ellsworth Winter. Hours:
M-Th, 10-8; F-Sa, 10-5. Library established in 1946. Collection of
manuscripts pertaining to local history and genealogy, county government
records, photographs, microfilm, maps, and artwork.. 1800-1860: 10%;
1860-1920: 20%; 1920-present: 70%.

Mason Historical Society. P.O. Box 125; Hartford, WV 25247. President:
William Artrip. Secretary: Barbara McKinley.

New Haven Branch Library. P.O. Box 417, 106 Main Street, New Haven, WV
25265-9999; ph. 304/882-3252. Librarian Marian Batey.

Virgil A. Lewis Home. Attn: Lois Test. Brown Street; Mason, WV 25260.

West Virginia State Farm Museum, Inc. Attn: Scott Upton. Route One, Box 479;
Point Pleasant, WV 25550; ph. 304/675-5737. Hours: Tu-Sa, 10-4; Su, 1-4.
Museum established in 1976. Large number of photographs and some manuscripts
relating to agriculture in West Virginia. 1800-1860: 20%; 1860-1920: 20%;
1920-present: 60%.


INSTITUTIONAL ABBREVIATIONS

ACPL Allen County (Indiana) Public Library
MU Marshall University
OSU Ohio State University
OU Ohio University
PL Pomeroy (Ohio) Library
SLO State Library of Ohio

-----Original Message-----
From: Brenda Stepro <>
To: <>
Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: [WVMASON] Mason Co. Cemetery Books


>Hi Diana! My apologies to you! I did not intend to critisize your work
>on the web page, or to offend you! I know it's a lot of work to take
>care of these sites! I was just having a really hard time trying to find
>a list of research materials, and was trying to hurry, as I was making a
>quick run to W.VA. I typed out the email, in hopes of a response, before
>I left. I really did not mean to offend you! Please forgive me, if I
>did!
> Sincerely,
> Brenda
>
>Diana Kinzer Heath wrote:
>>
>> It makes it alot easier if you live in the area!!
>
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