NARA page 700 · Record date: 1868
Site report
Office / subject as indexed: Willey
Issued Oct. 14; signed Oct. 20, 1868 by John Forman, postmaster. Portland Township. Office 6 miles east of Cheat River and ¼ mile east of Roaring Creek. Route 4218; Morgans Glade 4 miles north, Portland 9 miles south. Muddy Creek office 3 miles west; Cranesville 6 miles east. Margin names surveyor E. G. Morris, Kingwood.
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NARA page 701 · Record date: 1864
Post-office application
Office / subject as indexed: Willey
Signed June 30, 1864 (day uncertain) by Joseph Bischoff; certified by H. J. Miller, Morgans Glade (initials faint). Portland Township; Portland–Brandonville route, three times weekly, contractor William Hagans. Directly on route, no added travel. Tannery about 3 miles southeast; Morgans Glade about 5 miles northwest; Bruceton about 13½ miles northwest (distance corrected/uncertain). Muddy Creek about 3½ miles and Cranesville about 6 miles. Office 6 miles east of Cheat River. Not a village; 38 families within 2 miles. Margin explains Morgans Glade lies about ½ mile off route and is supplied by same conveyance.
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NARA page 702 · Record date: 1864
Location map
Office / subject as indexed: Willey
Map associated with page 701 application; no independent date. Shows Willey, Tannery, Morgans Glade, Brandonville, Bruceton, Valley Point, Muddy Creek, Cranesville, Albrightsville, Kingwood, Portland, Cheat River, Roaring Creek, Muddy Creek, and Briery Mountain. Roads and connecting routes drawn by hand.
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