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History

of

Hampshire County,

West Virginia

From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present

By Hu Maxwell and H.L. Swisher

ILLUSTRATED

Morgantown, West Virginia

A. Brown Boughner Printer

1897

744 pages on 1 CD

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PART I

STATE HISTORY

Chapter I. Exploration and Settlement
Chapter II. Indians and Mound builders
Chapter III. The French and Indian War
Chapter IV. The Dunmore War
Chapter V. West Virginia in the Revolution
Chapter VI. Counties and Boundaries of the State
Chapter VII. Constitutional History
Chapter VIII. John Brown's Raid
Chapter IX. The Ordinance of Secession
Chapter X. The Reorganized Government
Chapter XI. Formation of West Virginia
Chapter XII. Organizing for War
Chapter XIII. Colonel Porterfield's Retreat
Chapter XIV. General Garnett's Retreat
Chapter XV. General Lee's West Virginia Campaign
Chapter XVI. Contest for the Kanawha
Chapter XVII. Schemes That Failed
Chapter XVIII. Miscellaneous War Notes
Chapter XIX. The Newspapers of West Virginia
Chapter XX. Geography, Geology and Climate
Chapter XXI. West Virginia's Forest Trees

PART II.

COUNTY HISTORY 

Chapter XXII. Courts and Officers
Chapter XXIII. Old Roads and Ferries
Chapter XXIV. Educational Affairs
Chapter XXV. Among Old Laws
Chapter XXVI. Agricultural Affairs
Chapter XXVII. Reminiscences of Washington
Chapter XXVIII. Indian Depredations
Chapter XXIX. Money and Currency
Chapter XXX. The Revolutionary War
Chapter XXXI. Notes on Newspapers
Chapter XXXIII. Among Old Records
Chapter XXXIV. Religious Organizations
Chapter XXXV. Lands and Land-Owners
Chapter XXXVI. Natural Curiosities
Chapter XXXVII. Cemeteries of Romney
Chapter XXXVIII. Romney Literary Society
Chapter XXXIX. Literary Workers
Chapter XL. Schools for the Deaf and Blind
Chapter XLI. Physicians and Surgeons
Chapter XLII. Bar of Romney
Chapter XLIII. Landscapes Past and Present
Chapter XLIV. Industrial Affairs
Chapter XLV. Souvenirs and Curiosities

HAMPSHIRE'S PART IN THE CIVIL WAR

Chapter XLVI. Beginning of the Strife
Chapter XLVII. Lew Wallace Takes Romney
Chapter XLVIII. General Kelley's Campaign
Chapter XLIX. Spying for Jackson
Chapter L. Stonewall Jackson in Romney
Chapter LI. Enlisting Companies
Chapter LII. The Frontier Riflemen
Chapter LIII. Others Taking the Field
Chapter LIV. Enlisting Continues
Chapter LV. One Federal Company
Chapter LVI. Imboden's Raid
Chapter LVII. Murder of Captain Stump
Chapter LVIII. Averell Defeats M'Causland
Chapter LIX. Captain McNeill's Company
Chapter LX. Crook and Kelley Captured
Chapter LXI. Closing Events of the War

PART III. FAMILY SKETCHES 


 SURNAMES FOUND IN FAMILY SKETCHES

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