HAMPSHIRE COUNTY LIBRARY INDEX OF HISTORY & GENEALOGY FILES

Editor’s Notes

The Hampshire County Library has been in existence since the American Legion Auxiliary assumed the project in 1935. The site of the library moved from the basement of the courthouse to the first floor of the old to the second floor of the courthouse. In 1967, the current library on Main Street was dedicated. The genealogy room began under the efforts of Mrs. R. M. Golladay. Over the years the responsibility for answering genealogy requests have moved from Mrs. Golladay to Miss Mary Pugh to Vickie Horton. Currently there is no one to perform this task. With the beginning of computer technology and online searches like Ancestry.com, have made personal on-site research somewhat obsolete. Yet, people still continue to visit the second-floor room overlooking the ground floor of the library. Few responses from Mrs. Golladay are seen in the files. Miss Mary Pugh, my 7th grade Geography teacher, genealogy mentor, and friend, took control of the genealogy room and organized the files, books, and other resources. The room is dedicated to her. She returned hundreds to letters and provided answers in her small, faint, pencil-written notes. They are difficult to see but you will know they are hers. Vickie Horton, who produced a number of resource books for records of Hampshire County followed Miss Pugh and was prolific in her answering of genealogical request. Nowadays research has turned to the internet but there may be some little “nuggets” of information within the files at the library. When the pandemic hit, I wondered how researchers would be able to access the files. Miss Pugh referred to them as her “vertical files”. They occupy two, five-drawer file cabinets and are filled with family histories, donated materials from visitors, local organizations, and articles clipped from publications. I began scanning these files during the winter of 2020-2021. I would take one drawer at a time. I would organize the file to the best of my ability by page number, content, etc. and then scan the document, name the file, and save to a portable hard drive. I completed the project in June of 2021. In all, there were 2,838 files in 794 folders totally 10.2 GB of information. Access to these files will eventually become available on Internet Archives with the assistance of Nick Gardner from Potomac State Library. Until then the best way to get the files is to email me [email protected] or message me through Facebook. I will send you your requested files, if they are small enough, usually smaller than 25 MB. Please be patient with the answer to your request. I will do my best to keep up, but this is a busy time of the year for me (August & Sept. of 2021). The list of folders are listed below.

Dan Oates August 1, 2021

Across the Desk – history articles by J. William • Burlington Union Church & other Hunt, Cumberland Sunday Times, 1945-1968 – Mineral County Churches these files are very limited and only a few • Capon Bridge Christian Church appear in the files. This collection will • (3 files) eventually be made available thru the Internet • Centennial Church Project Archives • Community Bible Assembly of God, Romney Agriculture • Delray Christian Church • History of Hampshire Co. Agriculture by • Eastern Baptist Assoc. Minutes, 1929, Ned Miller 1931, 1934 (3 files) • History of Hampshire Co. Orchards by • Ebenezer Church Ned Miller • Eubulus Church • Eusebia Presbyterian Church Allegany County, MD • First Baptist Church of Romney • Annals of Cumberland, The Old People • First of of Cumberland, Marriage Records 1791- Romney 200th Anniversary Booklet 1839. Available for free download at • First United Methodist Church of www.fortpearsallpress.com Romney History (2 files)

• Good Shepherd Church of Christ Barns • Green Mound Church • Kuykendall Polygonal Barn • Indian Heights Chapel • WVSD&B Barns (2 files) • Indian Heights History

• Laurel Hill United Methodist Church Cemeteries • Levels United Methodist Church • Confederate Memorial (6 files) • Little Capon Baptist • Confederate Historical Cemetery Assoc. • Little Capon Primitive Baptist • Grace-Earsom Family Cemetery • Methodist Church History • Hayden Hulver Article • Misc. Documents • Brochure • Mt. Bethel (3 files) • Misc. Cemeteries • Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church • Spurling Cemetery • Mt. Union Christian Church • W. Va. Cemetery Catalog Project • Mt. Zion Primitive Church Christmas • Old Bethel Church • Christmas as Celebrate by our • Old Ancestors • Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, • Christmas in the Mountains Romney, Blue Beach • Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, Churches Romney • Asbury Meeting House • Pleasant Grove Evangelical United • Augusta Church of Christ (2 files) Brethren Church • Augusta Methodist Church • Pleasant Grove • Beaver Run Church of the Brethren • Romney Church of Christ History • Romney Presbyterian (3 files) • Bloomery Presbyterian Church • Salem Methodist Church • Branch Mt. Methodist Church • Sandy Ridge Christian Church • Shiloh Methodist Church (2 files) • Slanesville Presbyterian Church o Joseph Inskeep • South Grafton St. Episcopal Church o Kabrick (1825) o John Keiter • Springfield Presbyterian Church o James Kidwell • Springfield United Methodist Church o Joel McKee • St. Luke's Chapel (2 files) o John Marker • St. Stephen's Episcopal Church o John Malick • Tearcoat Church of the Brethren (2 o Orndorff files) o John W. Pepper • Timber Ridge Christian Church (4 files) o Peters o • Union Primitive Baptist James B. Powell o Benjamin Pugh • United German Congregation of the o Joshua Rinker Kebon o Ross • Wesley Chapel Church o Shawen • Zion (Old) Episcopal Church Deed o Sheetz • Zion Episcopal Church Deed o Smith • Zoar Baptist o Snapp (2 files) o Wirgman The Civil War o Jacob Wolford • 1890 Union Census Pension Records for Hampshire Co. (11 images) Family Histories • The Apron Flag (3 files) • Abernathy • Biographical (5 files) • Acton • Confederate Units (18 files) • Adams • Misc Folder (9 files) • Adkins • Valley Echo Newspapers (14 images) • Aikman • Albin Family Bibles • Alderton • Bibles records are available for the • Alexander following families: • Alkire o Brill • Allen o Brooks • Allender o Cannon • o Carmichael Anderson o Endler • Arbogast o Philip Fahs • Armipriest o Samuel Farmer • Armstrong o Flory • Arnold o Fox • Ashbrook o C. M. French o George W. Frye o Glick o John Grace o Grace-Earsom o Gretzner o Abraham Hardy o Robert Harrison • Ashby • Brady • Charley • Athey • Braithwaite • Cheatham • Ayers • Brake • Chenowith • Babb • Brandenburg • Chesshire • Babson • Bray • Chroek • Bailey • Brill • Clarke • Baker • Brink • Click • Bane • Broderick • Cline • Barbee • Crooke • Cloud • Barkaloo • Brooks • Clower • Barnard • Brown • Coberly • Barnes • Bruce • Cochran • Barnett • Bryan • Cock • Barrick • BuckBuckless- • Cockrell • Barton Bookless • Cokeley • Baskerville • Bucklew • Collins • Bateman • Bumerotz • Colvin • Bean • Bumgarner • Combs • Beatty • Bunn • Connor • Beckwith • Burgitt-Burket • Constant • Beery • Burke • Cookus • Bell • Burkhart • Coomes • Benear • Burris • Coon • Bennett • Burton • Cooper • Berg • Butcher • Copsey • Berry • Cain • Corbin • Bevan • Camby • Corbitt • Bickerstaff • Campbell • Corder • Bills • Canby • Cormany • Biser • Cannon • Corn • Biser-Beyser • Carbaugh • Cornwell • Bishoff • Carder • Cotrell • Blaau • Carlyle • Couden • Black • Carmichael • Cowan • Blaker • Carroll • Cowger • Bloon • Carruthers • Cowgill • Blue • Carskadon • Cowhick • Bogard • Carter • Cox • Bolen • Cary • Crabtree, Walter • Boley • Casey • Crack • Bonham • Casselman • Cracraft • Bonney • Castner • Crawford • Borer • Catlett • Creassap • Bosley • Caudy • Critchfield • Bowman • Champe • Croek • Boxwell • Chandler • Crogan • Crook • Emmart-Emmitt • Grace • Crossley • Endler • Grafton • Croston • Engle • Graham • Cunningham • Enoch • Grapes • Cuppy • Evans • Gray • Curlette • Ewers • Gretzner • Custer • Ewing • Grim • Cutright • Fahs • Gritton • Daniels • Fairfax • Grove • Danley • Falls • Gulick • Daughtery • Farley • Gutherie • Davis • Farmer • Haft-Haff-Heironmus • Dawson • Farnsworth • Hagerty • Day • Ferree • Hahn • Dean • Fidler • Haines • Decker • Fields • Hall • Delay • Fisher • Hamilton • DeMoss • Flanagan • Hammack • Denton • Fleek-Flick • Hampton • Devault • Fleming • Hanks • Devore • Fletcher • Hannas • Dew • Flory • Hansborough • Dixon • Foley • Hardin • Dod • Foreman • Hardy • Donaldson • Forshy • Hare • Dotson • Fouch • Harless • Doutt • Fouty • Harloe • Downey • Fox • Harmison • Duckwall • Frazier • Harness • Duckworth • French • Harrison • Duling • Friddle • Hartley • Dunn • Frye • Hartman • Dye • Galloway • Harvey • Dyer • Garber • Hass • Earson • Gard • Hatton • Easter • Garner • Haught • Easton • Garrett • Hawk • Eaton • Gassner • Hays • Edwards • George • Heare • Eggleston • Gibson • Heath • Ellifrit • Gilkerson • Heatwole • Ellifritz • Ginevan • Hedrick • Ellington • Glass • Heiskell • Ellis • Glaze • Hell • Ely • Glick • Hellyer • Emerson • Goode • Hendrickson • Herndon Papers • Junkins • Lewis • Herriott • Kabrick • Light • Heston • Kackley-Keckley • Liller • Hibbs • Kahl-Kail-Cale-Kale • Link • Hider • Keister • Linthicum • Hiett • Keiter • Littler • Higby • Kelch • Loar • Higgins • Keller • Long • High • Kelley • Lowe • Hiley • Kelso • Loy • Hill • Kendall • Ludwick • Hilt • Kent • Luttrell • Hite • Kern • Lynn • Hoffman • Kesler • Mace • Hogue • Kesner • Mahan • Hollenback • Ketchum • Malcolm • Holme • Ketterman • Male • Hook • Kidwell • Malick • Hott • Kimberline • Marker • Houghland • Kinder • Marsh • House • Kirk • Marshall • Howell • Kisner • Marston • Hubbard • Kline-Klein • Martin • Huddleston • Krack • Mason • Hudnall • Kraek • Matthews • Huff • Kramer • Mayhew • Hughes • Krock – see Crock • McAboy • Humphreys • Kump • McBee • Hupp • Kuykendall • McBride • Hurless • LaFollette • McCarty • Hutton • Lake • McCauley • Ingle • Lambert • McCleary • Ingles • Lancisus • McCool • Ingram • Landers • McCracken • Ink • Lang • McDaniel • Inskeep • Largent • McDonald • Iser • Larimore • McDonald, Angus • Jacob • Larrick • McGuire • James • Lawson • Mcilhany • Jenkins • Leary • McKee • Jersey Mt. & Level • Lease • McKeever Families • Leatherman • McKinley • Johnson • Leazenby • McLaughlin • Jones • Lee • McMahon • Judy • Leeson • McMonigle • Julian • Leith • McMorris • McNary • Palmer • Rector • McNeill • Pancake • Reece • McNemar • Park • Reed • Mellick – see Malick • Parker • Reese • Merryman • Parrish • Reid • Michaels • Parsons • Reinhart-Rhinehart • Miller • Patterson • Reno • Milleson • Pearsall • Rice • Mills • Pennington • Ridenour • Minnear • Pennsylvania • Riffee • Minton Families • Riffle • Miskimmons • Pepper • Riley • Monnett • Perill • Rine-Ryan • Monroe • Peters • Rinker • Montgomry • Petro • Riordan • Moore • Pickens • Ritchie • Moran • Pinnell • Roberson • Moreland • Plum • Roberts • Morgan • Poland-Polen • Robinson • Morris • Poling • Roby • Morrison • Pool • Rogers • Moyers • Porter • Rosenberry • Mulledy • Post • Ross • Murphy • Poston • Royce • Muse • Powell-Pownall- • Ruckman • Musser Pownell • Rule • Myers • Powelson • Rush • Neff • Powers • Russell • Neighberger • Prather • Sandusky • Nelson • Price • Sanford • New • Pritchard • Satterly • Newhouse • Probasco • Savage • Newman • Pry • Saville • Nixon • Pugh • Scanlon • Noland • Pultz • Schambaugh • Oats-Oates • Purcell • Schaufelberger • Oatley • Purget • Schoonhoven • Odle • Putnam • Schuller • Offutt • Racey • Scott • Oldaker • Radcliffe • SCritchfield • Oliver • Rambo • Seaver • Orme • Rannells • Seeders • Orndorff • Ravenscroft • Shanholtzer • Orrahood • Rawlings • Shank • Osborn • Raymond • Shannon • Paget • Reasoner • Sharpless • Shawen • Stoker • Welch • Shear • Stout • Welton • Sherwood • Straley • Westfall • Shingleton-Singleton • Streets • Whisner • Shoemaker • Streits • Whitacre • Shook • Stuckey • Whitehead • Shores • Stump • White-Sheetz • Short • Stutzman • Wiggins • Shouse • Sulser • Williams • Sibert • Swisher • Williamson • Simmons • Taggart • Willison • Sims • Taylor • Wilson • Sinclair • Tevalt • Wirgman • Sine • Thixton • Wise • Sinks • Thomas • Wodrow • Sions • Thompson • Wolfe • Sirbaugh • Thompson from • Wolford • Six Ireland • Wolverton • Slagle • Thrasher • Woodfin • Slane • Troop • Worden • Sleeth • Timbrook • Worstell • Sloan • Totten • Wright • Slonaker • Townsend • Yates • Slye • Trowbridge • Young • Smaltz • Tusing • Zane • Smith • Umstot • Smoot • Urton • Smouse • Valentine • Snapp • Van Fleet

• Snethen • Van Meter • Southerly • Van Pelt

• Spahr-Spohr-Sphar • Vance • Spaid • Vandiver • Spencer • Vanorsdale • Spicer • Waddle • Spring • Wagoner • Staats • Walker • Stafford • Wallace • Staggs • Wamsley • Starnes • Ward

• Starr • Warfield • Statton • Washington • Steenberger • Watkins • Stewart • Watson • Stickley • Weeks • Stimmel • Weese FLOOD – 3 files

FLORA OR FAUNA – 3 files • Grassy Lick FORTS – 10 files • Greenspring • Keyser JOUSTING – 1 FILE • Kirby • North River Mills MAPS - 1 file • Pattersons Creek NATIVE AMERICANS – 5 files • Petersburg Rio • Place Names of Local Towns PLACES • Romney • Bloomery • Sedan • Bridges • Shepherdstown • Burlington • Slanesville • • Springfield • Capon Bridge • Yellow Springs • Capon Springs • Capon Valley VETERANS • Courthouse • World War 1 Pictures • • The Bottling Works ARCHEOLOGY – 7 files • The Trough Club

RAILROADS

• South Branch Valley Railroad • Greenspring Station

RECORDS • 1748 Frederick Co. Census Article • Hampshire County Estates • Marriages

REVOLUTIONARY WAR – 3 files

SCHOOLS – 3 files

TOWNS & COMMUNITIES • Augusta • Bloomery • Burlington • Capon Bridge • Capon Springs • Delray • Forks of Capon • Frankfort