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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this for collections relating to Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Appalachia.

Found in 1955 Collections and/or Records:

Map Showing the Position of the Morris Estates, Western Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0029
Abstract Map shows railroads between various locations in the southern United States, in the areas encompassed by the Mississippi River and Atlantic, from Charleston (South Carolina) to Chicago. The Morris Estates, highlighted in color on this map. No creator name appears on the map, though T. W. Tarbet may be a publisher. Additionally, the titular "Morris" has no identification apart from the geographic situatedness near Oceana, West Virginia. Map contains some specific numbers about the estates,...
Dates: 1882

Marching Orders, From Col. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_LongstreetPrestonIII

Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-082
Abstract

This photograph depicts several men working at a quarry–possibly near Marion or Wytheville, Virginia.

Dates: [c.1900-1920]

Bishop William H. Marmion Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-013
Abstract Bishop William H. Marmion, born 1907, was Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia from 1954 to 1979. The papers document the forty-seven year ecclesiastical career of William H. Marmion. Materials include booklets, church bulletins, correspondence to and from Marmion, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and reports generated by the Bishop in his service to the Episcopal Church. Topics of interest to the researcher cover Marmion's interest in the civil rights...
Dates: 1932 - 1981

Marriage Certificate, Mary M. Chenoweth and Hicman Triplett, Randolph County Va., January 19, 1861 (Ms2010-060)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_MarriageCertificate_1861_0119

Marriage License

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2009_107_CheathamHorsley_License

Marriage License, Chenoweth B. Hart and Rhoda J. Lewis, Randolph County Va., April 25, 1861 (Ms2010-060)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_MarriageLicense_1861_0425

Marriage License, Marshall Schoonover and Eliza Louk, Randolph County Va., May 9, 1861 (Ms2010-060)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_MarriageLicense_1861_0509

Benjamin Martin Land Grant

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-016
Abstract

The Benjamin Martin Land Grant collection consists of a land grant issued to Benjamin Martin in Virginia, December 31, 1795. The grant is for approximatley 18,000 acres in and around Montgomery County and Elliotts Creek, Virginia.

Dates: 1795-12-31