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April 6, 1745 · Fairfax Stone
The King of England defined the lands owned by Lord Fairfax, including all of present-day West Virginia east of the Fairfax Stone, which was erected in present-day Preston County the following year.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)October 17, 1746 · Fairfax Stone
The Fairfax Stone was placed at the headwaters of the North Branch of the Potomac River in present-day Preston County to mark the boundary of the lands of Thomas Fairfax.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)August 14, 1772 · Fairfax Stone
The British Privy Council approved the petition of the Walpole Company (also known as the Grand Ohio Company) to establish Vandalia, comprising all of present-day West Virginia west and south of the Fairfax Stone in present-day Preston County, as the fourteenth colony. Due to the implausibility of obtaining quitrents and the revolution movement following the Boston Tea Party, the Vandalia scheme never developed.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)September 25, 1784 · Bruceton Mills
Traveling through what is now Preston County, George Washington crossed Laurel Hill and reached “the ford of Sandy Creek at one James Spurgeons,” which he placed about 15 miles from Ice’s Ferry. The editors of his diary identify the ford as apparently near present-day Bruceton Mills. Washington continued toward the Youghiogheny Glades, where he recorded spending the night outdoors, sheltered only by his cloak during a heavy rain. His diary names Spurgeon’s place as a landmark along his route but does not record an overnight stay at the Spurgeon home.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)September 25, 1800 · Kingwood
William Guy Brown, a future United States representative from Preston County, was born in Kingwood while the community was still part of Monongalia County, Virginia.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 6, 1833 · Preston County
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act authorizing a lottery to fund the construction of a road from the Pennsylvania state line to intersect the Northwestern Turnpike at the Tygart's Valley River in Preston County, under the direction of the following commissioners: Harrison Hagans, Benjamin Shaw, John Rodeheaver, Buckner Fairfax, Thomas Magee, Jr., and William B. Zinn.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)January 28, 1834 · Evansville
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act establishing the town of Evansville on the property of James Evans, adjoining the lands of John Wilkins and Hugh Evans in Preston County, governed by the following trustees: Hugh Evans, Henry Walters, John Wilkins, Benjamin Leach, and James Evans.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 20, 1834 · Evansville
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act altering the route of the Northwestern Turnpike Road so it would pass through the town of Evansville, Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 11, 1835 · Brandonville / Evansville
The Virginia General Assembly adopted a joint resolution authorizing the survey for a road from the Maryland state line near Smithfield, PA, to Brandonville in Preston County, to intersect the Northwestern Turnpike at or west of Evansville.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)January 12, 1836 · Evansville
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act altering the route of the Northwestern Turnpike so it would pass through Evansville, Preston County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act directing the survey for a road from the Northwestern Turnpike at the German settlement in Preston County to a point on Leading Creek in Randolph County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act forbidding trespassing by non-resident herdsmen in Preston County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act establishing the 148th Regiment of the Virginia Militia in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 15, 1836 · Brandonville
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act providing for the construction of a road from the Ohio River at the mouth of Fishing Creek in Tyler County, to Morgantown, to Brandonville in Preston County, to the Maryland state line, under the superintendence of the following directors: Presly Martin of Tyler County; Thomas P. Ray and Richard Watts of Monongalia County; and Harrison Hagan of Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 13, 1837 · Kingwood / Brandonville / Evansville
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Brandonville, Kingwood and Evansville Turnpike Company to construct a road from the Pennsylvania state line in Preston County, to Brandonville and Kingwood, to a point on the Northwestern Turnpike at or near Evansville. Subscription books were opened under the direction of the following commissioners: in Brandonville, under Harrison Hagan, John Scott, and Samuel Rodehaver; in Kingwood, under Elisha M. Hagan, Israel Baldwin, and Thomas McGee; and at Evansville, under Wick Johnson, John Wilkins, and William K. Smith.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 25, 1837 · Preston County
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Preston Mining and Manufacturing Company by H. R. Roby and unnamed stockholders. The company's purpose was to mine and manufacture iron and steel and other minerals in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 27, 1837 · Cheat River
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Cheat River Mining, Lumber, Salt and Iron Company by Harrison Hagan, Elisha M. Hagan, and Buckner Fairfax. The company's purpose was to mine and manufacture iron, salt, and other minerals in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 14, 1838 · Brandonville
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act further providing for the completion of the road from the Ohio River at the mouth of Fishing Creek in Tyler County, to Morgantown, to Brandonville in Preston County, to the Pennsylvania state line.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)April 4, 1838 · Preston County
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act adding part of Randolph County to Preston County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act authorizing the Board of Public Works to survey a road from a point at or near the German Settlement in Preston County, to Kingwood, to a point on the Morgantown and Beverly road east of Laurel Hill.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)April 7, 1838 · Kingwood / Brandonville / Evansville
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act providing for the construction of a road from Brandonville, to Kingwood, to intersect the Northwestern Turnpike near Evansville, all in Preston County, under the superintendence of the following directors: Harrison Hagan, Israel Baldwin, and Benjamin Jeffers.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act providing for the completion of the road from the mouth of Fishing Creek in Tyler County, to Morgantown, to Brandonville in Preston County, to the Pennsylvania state line.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 7, 1840 · Cheat River
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Preston Railroad, Lumber, and Mineral Company by the following: Caspar W. Weaver, Zalmon Ludington, Harrison Hagans, Elisha M. Hagans, and Buckner Fairfax. The company's purpose was to construct a railroad around the falls of Cheat River, improve the navigation of the Cheat River below its falls, and mine and manufacture iron, other metals, and lumber, all in Preston County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Preston Academy at Kingwood, Preston County, directed by the following trustees: Elisha M. Hagans, Izrael Baldwin, Thomas Brown, Solomon P. Herndon, William Sigler, John P. Byrne, John Magee, John R. Stone, William Elliott, Buckner Fairfax, William Brown, and William B. Zinn.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act adding part of Preston County to Monongalia County.
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The Virginia General Assembly adopted a joint resolution directing the Board of Public Works to survey a road from Morgantown, to Kingwood in Preston County, to intersect the Northwestern Turnpike at or near the German Settlement in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 12, 1842 · Preston County
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Monongalia Iron Company by the following: Evan T. Ellicott, Andrew Ellicott, and Elias Ellicott. The company's purpose was to manufacture iron and other articles in Monongalia County and Preston County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act establishing the town of Brownsville on the property of John Garner in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 15, 1845 · Cheat River
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Preston Navigation and Manufacturing Company for the purpose of making Cheat River navigable for boats and rafts from Ice's Ferry to the Horseshoe Bottom, and to manufacture iron and lumber. Subscription books were opened in Preston County under the direction of the following commissioners: John Ambler, Gustavus Cresap, J. G. Ambler, James Averill, D. C. Ambler, and Buckner Fairfax.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Evansville Literary Society of Preston County by the following: A. Barbee, J. Howard, James Morrison, Moses J. Robinett, E. E. Menshall, D. S. Stuart, John J. Hamilton, Charles Byrne, and Julius C. Kemble.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)January 15, 1848 · Cheat River / Kingwood / Brandonville
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Cheat River Tollbridge Company to construct a toll bridge across the Cheat River where it crossed the Brandonville, Kingwood, and Evansville Road. Subscription books were opened under the direction of the following commissioners: in Brandonville, Preston County, under Harrison Hagans, James Hetherington, and Asahel C. Leach; and in Kingwood, Preston County, under Israel Baldwin, Thomas Brown, Elisha M. Hagans, John P. Burns, and Gustavus Cresap.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 13, 1848 · Cheat River / Kingwood
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Cheat River Navigation Company to improve navigation on the Cheat River. Subscription books were opened at Ice's Ferry in Monongalia County and at Kingwood in Preston County, under the direction of the following commissioners: Evan T. Ellicott, John Rude, Seth Stafford, Jacob Baker, Elisha M. Hagans, Buckner Fairfax, Israel Baldwin, and John Ambler.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 25, 1848 · German Settlement / Kingwood / West Union
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Kingwood and West Union Turnpike Company to construct a turnpike road from at or near the town of West Union on the Northwestern Turnpike Road to Kingwood in Preston County, to a point on the Beverly Road west of Laurel Hill in the direction of Morgantown. Subscription books were opened under the direction of the following commissioners: at German Settlement, Preston County, under Jacob Stertsman, John Shaver, and William H. Grimes; in Kingwood, under Buckner Fairfax, E. M. Hagans, and Israel Baldwin; and in Morgantown, under Edgar C. Wilson, Alexander Hayes, and William Lazier.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act authorizing the sale of property in Preston County with proceeds directed to a school in West Union, Preston County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act establishing separate polling places in Preston County, in Wheeling, and at Laurel Point in Monongalia County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 24, 1851 · Kingwood / West Union
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act authorizing the extension of the Kingwood and West Union Turnpike from Kingwood in Preston County to Morgantown.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 28, 1851 · Preston County
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Spruce Run Manufacturing Company by the following: William F. Deakins, F. W. Deakins, John Ambler, and I. G. Ambler. The company's purpose was to manufacture cotton, wool, and other articles in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 31, 1851 · Cheat River / Kingwood
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Leading Creek and Buffalo Creek Turnpike Company to construct a road from a point on the Beverly and Fairmont Turnpike Road near Leading Creek Bridge, to Leading Creek Valley, to the mouth of Clover Run on Cheat River, to the Buffalo Creek Valley, to the Northwestern Turnpike Road and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near its crossing of Cheat River in Preston County. Subscription books were opened under the direction of the following commissioners: at William Ewing's, under William Ewing, William Harper, William Marsh, Francis Tolbert, and T. M. Purington; in Beverly, Randolph County, under David Blackman, Eli Butcher, William Faris, and Garrison Stalnaker; and in Kingwood, Preston County, under Elisha M. Hagans, Israel Baldwin, Thomas Brown, and Charles Hooton.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)November 30, 1852 · Fellowsville
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act incorporating the town of Fellowsville, Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)November 30, 1852 · Cheat River / Kingwood
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Morgantown and Independence Railroad Company to construct a railroad from the Pennsylvania state line at or near the mouth of Cheat River, to Morgantown, to intersect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at or east of Independence in Preston County. Subscription books were opened under the direction of the following commissioners: in Morgantown, under John Hanaway, William Lazier, Nicholas Pickenpaugh, and James Evans; and in Kingwood, under William G. Brown, John P. Byrne, Elisha M. Hagan, and John A. Dilly.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 10, 1853 · Cranberry Summit / Brandonville / Muddy Creek
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Cranberry Summit and Brandonville Turnpike Company to construct a road from the Cranberry Summit on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to intersect the Maryland and Ohio Turnpike at Brandonville, all in Preston County. Subscription books were opened under the direction of the following commissioners: at Cranberry Summit, under William B. Crane, James Hays, E. M. Hagan, and James C. McGrew; at Jacob Guseman's store on Muddy Creek, under Jacob Guseman, Joseph Miller, and Jacob Crane; and at Brandonville, under Harrison Hagan, A. C. Leach, Jacob Fike, and Joseph Ritenhour.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 16, 1853 · Cheat River / West Union
the Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Gnatty Creek and West Union Turnpike Company to construct a road from the Clarksburg Road and Buckhannon Turnpike at or near the mouth of Gnatty Creek, to Philippi in Barbour County, crossing the Cheat River at the mouth of Clover Run in Randolph County, to West Union in Preston County. Subscription books were opened at William Ewin's in Randolph County under the direction of the following commissioners: William Ewin, Solomon Parsons, Jacob Sturm, John N. Hall, and John C. Ratcliff.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 23, 1853 · Kingwood
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act establishing a branch of the Bank of Virginia, the Farmers Bank of Virginia, the Bank of the Valley, the Exchange Bank of Virginia, the Northwestern Bank of Virginia, or the Merchants and Mechanics Bank of Wheeling in Kingwood, Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 14, 1853 · Cheat River / Kingwood
the Virginia General Assembly passed an act authorizing an election to determine whether the Preston County seat should remain in Kingwood or be moved to the east end of the wire suspension bridge across Cheat River.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 22, 1853 · Kingwood
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act incorporating the town of Kingwood, Preston County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act incorporating the town of Bruceton, Preston County, governed by the following commissioners: A. J. Bell, N. R. Harding, and Charles Kanter.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 30, 1853 · Cheat River / Tunnelton
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Pleasant Valley and Tunnelton Turnpike Company to construct a road from at or near Ice's Ferry across Cheat River on the Maryland and Fishing Creek Turnpike, to the Pleasant Valley meeting house in Preston County between the property of James Reed and David C. Miles, by Zinn's Mills, to the Tunnelton Station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Subscription books were opened under the direction of the following commissioners: Samuel Graham, Mahlin Hartley, Thomas Watson, David C. Miles, James Reed, Peter M. Heartley, Lemuel B. Menear, Robert Freeburne, Aquilla A. Fortney, David M. Riley, Buckner Fortney, Godfrey G. Murdock, John Weaver, Henry Le Bosquet, Caleb Coun, James C. McGrew, John Bowers, William N. Jarret, and William B. Weaver.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 31, 1853 · Fellowsville
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Fellowsville Mining and Manufacturing Company by the following: Sylvanus Heermans, Joseph Fellows, and Zeno Albro. The company's purpose was to mine and manufacture mineral, vegetable, and animal substances in Preston County, Barbour County, Randolph County, and Taylor County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Doddridge and Preston Turnpike Company to construct a road from the Salem and Harrisville Turnpike in Doddridge County, to West Milford in Harrison County, to Evansville in Preston County. Subscription books were opened under the direction of the following commissioners: at the house of Amaziah Bee in Doddridge County, under Amaziah Bee, Franklin Maxwell, Jeptha F. Randolph, Allison Barnet, and Ephraim Bee; in West Milford, under E. W. Patton, James Boring, A. S. Holden, A. M. Austin, and Morgan Ross, and in Evansville, under Moses J. Robinett, Julius C. Kemble, Hiram B. Hanshaw, John B. Young, and Samuel Evans.
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West Virginia Governor and Preston County newspaperman William Mercer Owens Dawson was born in Bloomington, MD.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Preston Coal and Iron Company by the following: Frederick Pentz, Samuel L. Mitchell, William Kensen, John C. Ernenpietsch, and John W. Whitlock. The company's purpose was to mine coal and other minerals, and to manufacture and transport iron in Hampshire County, Hardy County, and Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 26, 1856 · Rowlesburg
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Rowlesburg Lumber and Iron Company by the following: Owen D. Downey, Thomas C. Williams, John A. Lloyd, Charles Finley, and Charles M. Bishop. The company's purpose was to mine coal and other minerals and to manufacture iron, lumber, and other products in Preston County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Virginia Coal and Iron Company by the following: John M. Pancake, Joseph C. Pancake, E. M. Armstrong, and William A. Vance. The company's purpose was to mine coal and manufacture and transport iron, coal, lumber, and other mineral and vegetable articles in Hampshire County, Hardy County, Tucker County, and Preston County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Laurel Iron and Coal Company by the following: Meredith Clymer, John W. Seymour, and Rudolph C. Winterhoff. The company's purpose was to mine and transport coal, and manufacture and transport iron in Monongalia County and Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 24, 1858 · Brandonville
The Virginia General Assembly passed another incorporation act for Brandonville, following an earlier act approved in 1837.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 27, 1858 · Rowlesburg
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act authorizing the Rowlesburg Lumber and Iron Company, with its main office in Preston County, to purchase and own 30,000 acres of property in Preston County, Tucker County, and Randolph County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 27, 1858 · Cheat River
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Horseshoe and Pheasant Run Turnpike Company to construct a road from Chisholm's mills in Preston County, to the head of the Horseshoe Run in Tucker County, to Samuel Rudolph's, to George Parsons', up Cheat River to the mouth of Pheasant Run, to the head of Pheasant Run, to the Beverly and Buffalo Turnpike at John S. Hart's. Subscription books were opened in St. George, Tucker County, under Rufus Maxwell, George Parsons, William R. Parsons, Job Parsons, and James Long.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 27, 1858 · Rowlesburg
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act incorporating the town of Rowlesburg, Preston County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Airey Lodge No. 131 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Rowlesburg, Preston County by the following: A. L. Hooton, William Hall, Thomas Owens, and Russell Finnell.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 8, 1858 · Preston County
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Woodlawn Coal and Iron Company by the following: W. Tyler Duvall, John M. Holmes, Gustavus Cresap, J. Pindall Cresap, and Robert E. Cowan. The company's purpose was to mine coal and manufacture iron in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 23, 1858 · Masontown
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Masontown and Independence Turnpike Company to construct a road from Masontown, to Springdale, to the Pennsylvania, Morgantown, and Beverly Turnpike Road in the direction of Independence about two miles west of Three Fork, all in Preston County. Subscription books were opened in Independence, Preston County, under the direction of the following commissioners: John Howard, Samuel Rodgers, Jacob Weaver, George D. Zinn, and Philip Manear.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 24, 1858 · Rowlesburg
The Virginia General Assembly incorporated a Sons of Temperance organization in Rowlesburg, showing that organized local temperance work had reached Preston County decades before either West Virginia or the nation enacted prohibition. The incorporators were William Hull, Albert L. Hooten, Charles M. Bishop, William Graham, and John H. Borice.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Preston Bank of Virginia in Kingwood, Preston County by the following: James C. McGrew, William G. Brown, Gustavus Cresap, Abner Ravenscraft, John A. Dille, Harrison Hagans, Henry Smith, Henry Startzman, William H. Grimes, and John J. Brown.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 23, 1860 · Kingwood
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act amending the incorporation of the Preston Bank of Virginia at Kingwood, Preston County, so as to change its name to the Bank of Preston. Subscription books were opened in Kingwood under the direction of the following commissioners: James C. McGrew, William G. Brown, Henry Startzman, Gustavus Cresap, John A. Dille, Eugene G. Brandon, Harrison Hagans, John H. Hoffman, William B. Crane, David Stemple, Jr., Isaac Startzman, Julius C. Kemble, Hezekiah Pell, John Feather, Thomas Brown, and Charles M. Bishop.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 13, 1860 · Independence
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act incorporating the town of Independence, Preston County.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act incorporating the town of Portland, formerly known as Cranberry Summit, Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 15, 1860 · Preston County
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Great Falls Iron and Manufacturing Company by the following: Harrison Hagans, William Hagans, and George M. Hagans. The company's purpose was to mine and manufacture iron and other minerals in Preston County and Taylor County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)November 12, 1860 · Kingwood
Citizens of Kingwood, Preston County, adopted resolutions opposing secession.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Preston and Augusta Railroad Company to construct a railroad from near Portland in Preston County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to connect with the Virginia Central Railroad at or near Staunton in Augusta County. Source: Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)April 2, 1861 · Preston County
The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Old Dominion Mining and Manufacturing Company by George A. Hamill and Israel Robinson. The company's purpose was to mine coal and iron ore and manufacture iron, coal, oil, candles in Preston County. Subscription books were opened at an unidentified location under the direction of the following commissioners: George A. Hamill, Israel Robinson, Magnus T. Snodgrass, Francis H. Grupy, and William B. Hill. Source: Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)July 9, 1861 · Preston County
The Reorganized Government of Virginia elected additional officials: Secretary of the Commonwealth L. A. Hagans of Preston County; Auditor of Public Accounts Samuel Crane of Randolph County; Treasurer Campbell Tarr of Brooke County; United State Senators John S. Carlile and Waitman T. Willey; and House of Representatives members William G. Brown, Jacob B. Blair, and Kellian V. Whaley.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)May 22, 1862 · Preston County
Commissioners appointed by the West Virginia Constitutional Convention arrived in Washington, D. C. with a petition requesting the creation of the state of West Virginia. The commissioners were John Hall of Mason County, James Paxton of Ohio County, Elbert H. Caldwell of Marshall County, Peter G. Van Winkle of Wood County, and Ephraim B. Hall of Marion County, accompanied by Harrison Hagans of Preston County, Granville Parker of Cabell County, and Daniel Polsley of Mason County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)June 8, 1862 · Muddy Creek
A skirmish was fought at Muddy Creek, Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)January 13, 1863 · Preston County
The Reorganized Government of Virginia General Assembly passed an act authorizing Charles H. Kimball, Trustee, to construct a tram or railroad from Franklin Furnace to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)August 3, 1863 · Cheat River / Albright
The West Virginia Legislature authorized the heirs of the late David Albright to establish a ferry across the Cheat River near Albright, Preston County.
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Unionist Jacob Beeson Blair of Wood County, Unionist William Gay Brown of Preston County, and Unionist Kellian V. Whaley of Cabell County became the first United States House of Representatives members from West Virginia.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 2, 1864 · Brandonville
The West Virginia Central Railway Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: James H. Brown; Frederick Walker; John Slack, Sr.; Sydney M. Campbell; John R. McCutchen; Ellis Hyre; William Waggy; John Bowyer; William H. Shaw; Stephen Comstock; John Gilmore; J. P. B. R. Smith; Matthew Geary; Henry G. Chapman; G. Parker; Thomas J. Farnsworth; David S. Haselden; O. B. Loudin; Cyrus Kittle; Isaac Baker; Waldo P. Goff; Luther Haymond; L. E. Davidson; Harmon Sinsel; Jesse Teter; Peter Zinn; Spencer Dayton; William B. Crane; James W. Brown; Reuben Morris; Smith Crane; James H. Manown; Joseph Brown; William G. Brown; William B. Zinn; Elisha M. Hagans; Marcellus B. Hagans; Harrison Hagans; William Hagans; William Frey; Henry C. Hagans; Joseph H. Gibson; I. M. Harshbarger; Thomas Scott; Isaac McGrew; John Harrader; Harrison Spurgin; W. Cuppett; Jesse Spurgin; Samuel Fike; Joseph N. Miller; Samuel E. Crane; Simon Cameron; Thomas A. Scott; Francis H. Pierpont; Lucian A. Hagans; M. A. Sanner; H. L. Holbrook; John Hanna; Moses A. Ross; J. D. Roddy; W. J. Baer; and J. Weller. The company's purpose was to construct a railroad from the Pennsylvania state line in Preston County through Brandonville, through Taylor County, through Buckhannon in Upshur County, to Charleston, to Point Pleasant, Mason County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)May 5, 1864 · Rowlesburg
The West Virginia Gas Coal company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: James Kane, John Standish, Thomas G. McCulloh, Nelson Beall, and Frank A. Mason, all of Frostburg, MD. The company's purpose was to mine coal, iron, and other extractive minerals and to manufacture lumber at Rowlesburg, Preston County.
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The Franklin Iron and Coal Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: George Hardman as attorney for Nancy Hardman of Preston County; R. Richason Walker of Brooklyn, NY; John W. Jenkins, William Prescott Smith of Baltimore; and Samuel P. Hildreth of Wheeling. The company's main office was at Franklin Iron Works in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)August 23, 1865 · Tunnelton
The Tunnelton Coal Company of Preston County, West Virginia was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: John S. Barry, Allen A. Chapman, Hiram Woods, Jr., Abraham B. Patterson, John F. Ehlen of Baltimore; and Charles H. Hamill of Alleghany County, MD. The company's main office was in Baltimore.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)January 8, 1866 · Kingwood
West Virginia governor William G. Conley was born near Kingwood, Preston County.
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The Kingwood Gas Coal and Iron Company, Preston County, was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: William S. Rayner, James L. Sutton of Baltimore; Peter W. Sheafer, William Kendrick, Peter D. Luther of Pottsville, PA; Edward Jessop, Henry Kauffelt, Arthur B. Farquhar of York, PA; Cornelius Slack and James B. Thomas of Mount Savage, MD. The company's main office was in Baltimore.
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The governor approved an act extending the corporate limits of Brandonville, Preston County.
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The Preston County Journal was published in Kingwood. Wiley dates its first issue to May 19, 1866, names Levi Mauser as founder, and describes it as the county's first Republican and sixth newspaper.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 12, 1868 · Newburg
The West Virginia Legislature passed an act incorporating Newburg. Wiley's county-history chapter agrees with February 12, 1868, while his later district chapter gives May 4, 1868—possibly an organization or election date, or an error.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)June 9, 1868 · Preston County
The governor approved an act authorizing George Hardman and D. Randolph Martin to locate and construct a railroad from the Franklin Iron Works in Preston County to a point on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near the mouth of Raccoon Creek in the same county.
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Republican William E. Stevenson was elected governor, defeating Democratic-Conservative Johnson N. Camden by only 5,098 votes, despite the fact former Confederates were not allowed to vote. Camden carried the city of Parkersburg, the hometown of both candidates, by a wide margin. In Congressional elections on the same day, Republican J. H. Duval of Brooke County defeated Democrat H. S. Walker by a margin of 11,569 to 10,729 in the First District; Republican James C. McGrew of Preston County defeated Democrat William G. Brown by a margin of 9,147 to 6,517 in the Second District; and Republican John S. Witcher of Cabell County defeated Democrat Charles P. T. Moore by a margin of 6,215 to 4,806 in the Third District.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)December 29, 1868 · Preston County
The West Virginia Insurance Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: D. D. T. Farnsworth of Buckhannon, Upshur County; W. E. Stevenson of Wood County; I. H. Duval of Brooke County; Thomas Boggess, J. M. McWhorter of Roane County; H. C. McWhorter of Kanawha County; D. H. K. Dix of Putnam County; W. B. Crane, Francis Heermans of Preston County; Jonathan Rowley, P. B. Dobbins, John H. Charnock of Ohio County; W. R. White of Marion County; George Koonce, David Billmyer of Jefferson County; and Thayer Melvin of Hancock County. The company's main office was in Wheeling.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 22, 1869 · Brandonville
The governor approved an act establishing a school district within the town of Brandonville, Preston County.
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The West Virginia Legislature altered the corporate limits of Portland, Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 4, 1869 · Kingwood / Preston County
James Clark McGrew of Kingwood began the first of two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. A merchant and banker who had opposed Virginia’s secession in 1861, McGrew represented West Virginia’s Second Congressional District until March 3, 1873.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 4, 1869 · West Union
The Randolph, Tucker and Preston Turnpike Company was incorporated in West Virginia to construct a road from New Interest in Randolph County to Holly Meadows in Tucker County, to West Union or Chisholm's Mills in Preston County. Subscription books were opened under the direction of the following: in Randolph County, under David Blackman, Archibald Wilmoth, and Elam Hart; in Tucker County, under Jacob H. Long, David B. Hart, Jesse Parsons, William Evans, and William Ewin; in Preston County, under A. D. Weills, Summers McCrum, and Isaac Startzman.
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Damon Lodge No. 5 of the Knights of Pythias was organized at Newburg, Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)October 27, 1869 · Cheat River / Rowlesburg
The Cheat River Lumbering and Manufacturing Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Albert Lee, Adam H. Bowman, William W. Shoch, Moses Casseday, James A. Gregg, Lewis May, Alexander R. Stewart, Winfield W. Gribble, and Jesse J. Fries, all of Rowlesburg, Preston County. The company's operations and main office were at Rowlesburg.
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The First Mutual Store of Newburg was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: William Hubbard, John H. Henry, Eli T. Nine, Benjamin F. Talbott, and J. M. Allen, all of Newburg, Preston County. The company's purpose was to establish a store from which to sell dry goods and groceries.
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The West Virginia Legislature extended the corporate limits of Kingwood, Preston County.
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The Cheat River Boom and Lumber Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Henry G. Davis, Charles M. Bishop, T. B. Davis, Charles Hooton, and W. R. Davis. The company's purpose was establish a lumber business on the Cheat River near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge, Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 28, 1871 · Bruceton Mills / Kingwood
The Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Line Railroad was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Andrew Stuart, Sebastian Rush, Levi Fike of Pennsylvania; D. R. Martin, W. W. Wharton of New York; John Heradar, George Manst, Thomas Scott, Charles Cantner, H. C. Hagans, Joseph Feather, John D. Rigg, David Morgan, Joseph H. Gibson, James W. Brown, William Albright, Charles E. Brown, Francis Hermans, William G. Brown, James C. McGrew, Smith Crane, James H. Carroll, William B. Zinn, Joseph Guseman, Reason A. Pell, George Hardman, Robert W. Monroe, George Orr, S. L. Allen, J. R. Smoot, and Joseph Jackson of West Virginia. The company's purpose was to construct a railroad from the Pennsylvania state line near Big Sandy Creek to Brandonville, Bruceton Mills, Muddy Creek Furance, Valley of Green's Run near Kingwood, Martin's Iron Works, to intersect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad east of the mouth of Raccoon Creek, all in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 28, 1871 · Preston County
The governor approved an act authorizing the extension of the Iron Valley Railroad from Franklin Iron Works or Iron Dale in Preston County, to Morgantown to the Pennsylvania state line, Monongalia County.
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The Parkersburg Coal Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Edmond P. Chancellor, John W. Curtis, William N. Chancellor, Marcus C. C. Church, Lewis N. Logan, M. M. Clements, Charles H. Shattuck, Mathew Campbell of Parkersburg; Chapman J. Stuart of West Union, Doddridge County; Andrew S. Core of Ellenboro, Ritchie County; Ferdinand Y. Horner of Williamsburg, WV; George Hardman of Independence, Preston County; William Marbury of Volcano, Wood County; and Benjamin Wilson of Wilsonburg, Harrison County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 29, 1873 · Preston County
The governor approved an act authorizing a preliminary survey of the Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Line Railroad from Preston County to connect the Pittsburgh, Washington and Baltimore Railroad with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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The Newburg Loan Association was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: James R. Smoot, Thomas M. Clayton, John E. Stuck, John A. Perrill, George W. Barnes, and John A. Vanzdant, all of Newburg, Preston County.
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The West Virginia Legislature passed acts establishing a county court for Preston County and a county court and board of commissioners for Pendleton County. They were approved by the governor on March 7.
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The Hendrick's Patent Expansion Wheel Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: A. C. Drawbaugh, A. C. Hendricks, C. L. Barnhart of Duffields, Jefferson County; Dr. S. M. Scott of Preston County; and A. R. Scott of Champaign City, IL. The company's purpose was to manufacture and sell the patent expansion wheel, patented by A. C. Hendricks, at Duffields, Jefferson County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)April 7, 1881 · Cheat River / Rowlesburg
The Alleghany Land, Lumber and Boom Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Samuel P. Brown, Charles C. Huntley, Nathaniel Wilson, Chapin Brown of Washington, D. C.; and Adam H. Bowman of Rowlesburg, Preston County. The company's purpose was to operate a lumber business on the Cheat River and its tributaries in Preston County, Tucker County, and Randolph County; with booms, saw mills, lumber yards, etc., at or near Rowlesburg in Preston County, at or near the Cheat Bridge five miles above Rowlesburg, and at or near the falls on the Black Fork of the Cheat River about twelve miles above the mouth of the fork in Tucker County. The company's main office was in Washington, D. C.
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The Rowlesburg Boom and Water Power Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: John H. Rice, John Lynch, Jr., Joseph Lockey, J. H. Herron of Washington, D. C.; and Paul Stevens of Camden, ME. The company's purpose was to establish a lumber business and mills on the Cheat River at or near Rowlesburg, Preston County, with its main office at Rowlesburg.
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The West Virginia Legislature passed an act changing the name of the town of Portland to Cranberry, Preston County. It was approved by the governor on January 19.
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The West Virginia Legislature passed an act authorizing the formation of corporations for the purpose of constructing booms or dams in the following counties: Mineral County, Pocahontas County, Gilmer County, Greenbrier County, Summers County, Raleigh County, Fayette County, Nicholas County, Webster County, Lewis County, Wetzel County, Jackson County, Wyoming County, Tucker County, Preston County, McDowell County, Randolph County, Mercer County, and Logan County. It was approved by the governor on February 15.
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The Kingwood and Cranberry Telegraph Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: William G. Brown, Jr., Robert W. Monroe, Smith Crane, J. Ami Martin, William M. O. Dawson, John M. Crane, Neil J. Fortney of Kingwood, Preston County; S. Fuller Crane of Parkersburg; John P. Jones, S. Frank Riley, William H. Glover, Marshall W. Crane, Charles W. Jackson, John W. Hardesty, Ezra D. Benson, and A. Staley Shaw of Cranberry,
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The West Virginia Legislature passed an act altering the Preston County Court. It was approved by the governor on February 24.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 22, 1883 · Cheat River / Rowlesburg
The Buffalo Creek Boom and Dam Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: John P. Jones, Scott T. Jones, William T. White, Burbridge Fraley of Cranberry, Preston County; and William Bell of Rowlesburg, Preston County. The company's purpose was to operate a lumber business at or near the mouth of Buffalo Creek at Cheat River in Preston County, with its main office at Cranberry.
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The Grafton and Greenbrier Telegraph Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Augustus G. Davis, James B. Yeakle of Baltimore; John T. McGraw, John W. Mason, and John S. S. Herr of Grafton, Taylor County. The company's purpose was to install telegraph and telephone lines from a point on the Pennsylvania state line in Monongalia County, through Marion County or Preston County, to Grafton in Taylor County, through Barbour County, through Randolph County, through Pocahontas County, to a point on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in Greenbrier County. The company's main office was in Grafton.
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The Canaan Boom and Lumber Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: M. E. Howe, Adam H. Bowman, E. B. Stone of Rowlesburg, Preston County; William L. Boughner of Fairmont, Marion County; and Adam C. Minear of St. George, Tucker County. The company's purpose was to operate booms or dams and lumber business on the Black Fork or Blackwater River of the Cheat River in Canaan, Tucker County, at or near the mouth of Beaver prong of Black Fork at or near the Five Birches, with its main office at Rowlesburg, Preston County.
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The Haddix, Shafter's Fork and Black Fork Boom and Lumber Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: M. E. Howe, E. B. Stone of Rowlesburg, Preston County; J. D. Howe of Howesville, WV; George Hayes of Philadelphia; and C. Stockham, Jr., of Camden, NJ. The company's purpose was to construct booms or dams across the Shafer's Fork of Cheat River in Tucker County with one mile of the mouth of Haddix Creek, and across the Black Fork of Cheat River within two miles of the confluence of the Little Black Fork and Dry Fork. The company's main office was at St. George, Tucker County.
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The Hulings Lumber Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Marcus Hulings, William J. Hulings, Noah F. Clark, John E. Butler, George W. Darr of Oil City, PA; and William B. Maxwell of St. George, Tucker County. The company's purpose was to operate lumber mills in Monongalia County, Preston County, Tucker County, and Randolph County, with booms or dams across Cheat River within two miles below the mouth of Shafer's Fork in Tucker County and at other points on Cheat River and its tributaries. The company's main office was at Oil City, PA, with a branch at St. George, Tucker County.
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The Union Cemetery Association of Grant District was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Jeremiah Guthrie, David K. Harshbarger, David Frankhouse, Jonas Frankhouser, and Lindley H. Frankhouser, all of Brandonville, Preston County. The association's purpose was to establish a cemetery in the vicinity of Brandonville.
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In a meeting at their main office at Terra Alta, Preston County, stockholders of the Buffalo Creek Boom and Dam Company elected to dissolve their company. The president was Scott T. Jones.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)January 2, 1886 · Clifton Mills / Cheat River / Bruceton Mills
The Pittsburgh and Preston County Railroad Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Charles Kantner, William S. Armstrong, George H. Armstrong, Sanford K. Scott, Joseph W. Michael, Samuel T. Darby, Andrew Spindler, William H. Miller, and John H. Feather, all of Preston County. The company's purpose was to construct a railroad from the Pennsylvania state line near the residence of Jonas Haust in Grant District down Big Sandy Creek through Clifton Mills, Brandonville, and Bruceton through Grant District, Pleasant District, and Portland District to intersect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at a point east of Cheat River and west of the Maryland state line, all in Preston County. The company's main office was at Bruceton.
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Coal mine explosion in the Mountain Brook shaft of the Orrel Coal Company at Newburg, Preston County, twelve miles northeast of Grafton, killed 39.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)September 29, 1886 · Kingwood / Tunnelton / Brandonville
The Bank of Kingwood was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Smith Crane, John M. Crane, Frances Herrmans, Charles McBishop, William G. Brown, James H. Carroll, James W. Parks, Julia E. Byrne, M. Ella Morris, Marcellus H. Murdock, John s. Murdock, Samuel Snider, Louisa Stone, James C. McGrew of Kingwood, Preston County; James H. Manown of Weston, Lewis County; Martin L. Shaffer of Tunnelton, Preston County; and Samuel McGrew of Brandonville, Preston County.
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The Newburgh Orrell Coal and Coke Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: C. Morton Stewart of Stevenson, MD; Otho H. Williams, Richard M. McSherry, Charles O'Donnell Lee, John Stewart, James L. McLane, Alfred Jenkins, Josiah Lee Johnson, Charles Mackal of Baltimore; and James A. Gary of Howard County, MD. The company's purpose was to mine, manufacture, and sell coal, iron ore, fire clay, and limestone, with its main office at Newburgh, Preston County.
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The West Virginia Legislature passed an act confirming and establishing the boundary between West Virginia and Maryland from the Fairfax Stone to the Pennsylvania state line in Preston County. It was approved by the governor on May 6.
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The Newburg Live Stock Insurance Association was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: J. R. Smoot, U. N. Orr, T. F. Lanham, John A. Clark, and H. B. Scranage, all of Newburg, Preston County. The association's main office was at Newburg.
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The West End Coke Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Arnold J. Bonafield, William H. Watkins of Tunnelton, Preston County; John N. Baker of Evansville, WV; Melker M. Jeffreys and John W. Mason of Grafton, Taylor County. The company's purpose was to mine, manufacture, and sell coal and fire clay, with its main office at Tunnelton, Preston County.
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The Preston Telegraph Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: J. M. Chidester, William S. Armstrong, E. J. Bowermaster, T. W. King, J. S. Needrow, U. S. Bryte, John H. Keather, Joseph Feather, S. F. Conner, Jesse E. McGibbons, Annie E. Armstrong, Kate Armstrong, Lizzie E. Chidester of Bruceton Mills, Preston County; H. C. Hagans, R. B. Wadell of Brandonville, Preston County; J. A. Lenhart of Valley Point, Preston County; and L. M. Albright of Kingwood, Preston County. The company's purpose was to install magnetic telegraph of telephone lines from Kingwood to Albrightsville, Valley Point, Bruceton Mills, and Brandonville, all in Preston County, with its main office at Kingwood.
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The West Virginia Legislature passed an act authorizing the incorporation of companies to establish lumber businesses with booms and dams on rivers or creeks in the following counties: Gilmer County; Greenbrier County; Summers County; Raleigh County; Fayette County; Mineral County; Pocahontas County; Pleasants County; Nicholas County; Webster County; Lewis County; Wetzel County; Jackson County; Wyoming County; Tucker County; Preston County; McDowell County; Randolph County; Barbour County; Mercer County; Logan County; Calhoun County; Braxton County; Cabell Counby; Boone County; Upshur County; Monroe County; Wood County; Ritchie County; and Kanawha County, except the Elk River and its tributaries in the county. Both houses passed the act over the veto of the governor.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 9, 1889 · Clifton Mills / Cheat River / Kingwood
The West Virginia and Pennsylvania Railway Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: George W. L. Marshall of Philadelphia; William M. O. Dawson, Niel J. Fortney, B. M. Squires, and P. J. Crogan, all of Preston County. The company's purpose was to construct a railroad from at or near Rowlesburg, along the east side of Cheat River by the mouth of Muddy Creek, to Bruce, Brandonville, and Clifton Mills, up Big Sandy Creek to the Pennsylvania state line at or near Jones Mausts, all in Preston County. The company's main office was at Kingwood, Preston County.
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The Horse Shoe Lumber and Boom Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: S. Hinkle of Weston, Lewis County; J. A. Hostetter, D. N. Shaffer of Rowlesburg, Preston County; J. M. Macomber of Macomber Post Office, Preston County; and S. Eberly of Mechanicsburg, PA. The company's purpose was to operate booms and dams on Horse Shoe Run about three miles from St. George, Tucker County, with its main office at Rowlesburg.
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The West Virginia Legislature adopted a joint resolution requesting the governors of West Virginia and Maryland to appoint arbitrators to determine the dispute boundary between the two states in Preston County.
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The Terra Alta Creamery Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: George A. Mayer, D. E. Foreman, A. J. Elliott, W. T. White, John M. Freeland, John D. Rigg, Parley DeBerry, John C. Mayer, Joseph M. Matheny, C. C. Crane, Offutt and Lakin, E. J. Miller, E. D. Benson, and D. W. Hardesty, all of Terra Alta, Preston County. The company's purpose was to manufacture butter and other milk products, with its main office in Terra Alta.
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The H. G. Davis Coal Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: H. G. Davis, Harry G. Buxton, Robert F. Bopst of Piedmont, Mineral County; T. B. Davis of Keyser, Mineral County; R. M. G. Brown of Kingwood, Preston County; and F. S. Landstreet of Davis, Tucker County. The company's purpose was to mine, manufacture, and sell coal, and to construct necessary railways, with its main office in Piedmont.
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The Deweing Boom and Improvement Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: W. S. Dewing, Charles A. Dewing, James H. Dewing, Jane A. Dewing, and James H. Mills, all of Kalamazoo, MI. The company's purpose was to operate booms and dams on the Cheat River and the Shavers Fork of Cheat River in Randolph County, Tucker County, and Preston County, and to improve the two rivers, with its main office in Beverly, Randolph County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)September 8, 1890 · Rowlesburg
The Harmon, Parsons and Rowlesburgh Railroad Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Charles H. Barritt, James Goodfellow, Julius B. Price, Jr., William H. Smith of Philadelphia County; and Charles G. Mayhew of Wayne, PA. The company's purpose was to construct a railroad from at or near Harmon in Randolph County to a point at or near Rowlesburg in Preston County, with its main office in Parsons, Tucker County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 13, 1891 · Fairfax Stone
The West Virginia Legislature adopted a joint resolution authorizing the governor to defend and protect the interests of the state in the lawsuit brought by the state of Maryland to the United States Supreme Court concerning the true boundary between Preston County in West Virginia and Garrett County in Maryland from the Fairfax Stone northward to the Pennsylvania state line.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)August 10, 1897 · Preston County
Eighty coal miners at the Preston County mines of the Austin Coke and Works went on strike, demanding an increase in wages. They returned to work at the former rate on August 17.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)August 17, 1897 · Preston County
Eighty coal miners at the Preston County mines of the Austin Coke and Works returned to work at the former wages. They had been on strike since, August 10, demanding higher wages.
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The West Virginia Legislature passed an act establishing the independent school district of Terra Alta, Preston County. It was approved by the governor on February 24.
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One hundred and seventy-five coal miners at the Tunnelton Mine in Preston County went on strike, demanding an increase in wages. They returned to work at their former wages with a two-week pay period on May 4.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)May 4, 1899 · Tunnelton
One hundred and seventy-five coal miners at the Tunnelton Mine in Preston County returned to work at their former wages with a two-week pay period. They had been on strike since April 22, demanding a wage increase.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)December 8, 1901 · Preston County
Forty coal miners in Preston County went on strike for 12 days over the method of mining.
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One hundred and sixty coal miners in Preston County went on strike for 78 days.
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One hundred coal miners in Preston County went on strike for 24 days over frequency of payment.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)February 11, 1911 · Terra Alta / Hopemont
The West Virginia Legislature passed an act authorizing a state tuberculosis sanitarium on February 11; the governor approved it on February 18. The authorization followed years of campaigning by the Anti-Tuberculosis League of West Virginia and its executive secretary, Dr. Harriet B. Jones, who had grown up in Terra Alta. The selected farm near Terra Alta belonged to Jones’s brother-in-law, W. T. White. White and his wife, Harriet’s sister Adaline Jones White, executed a deed conveying the property to the state on November 11, 1911. The institution became West Virginia’s first state tuberculosis sanitarium and was later known as Hopemont.
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West Virginia Archives and History, West Virginia Memory Timeline, record 8121
No direct online link recorded for this citation.March 4, 1911 · Preston County
Democrats John W. Davis of Harrison County, William G. Brown, Jr., of Preston County, Adam B. Littlepage of Kanawha County, and John M. Hamilton of Calhoun County joined Republican James A. Hughes as United States House of Representatives members from West Virginia. Democrat William E. Chilton of Kanawha County succeeded Republican Nathan B. Scott as United States Senator from West Virginia.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)1913 · Terra Alta / Hopemont
Three cottages were constructed at the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium near Terra Alta in 1913, providing space for 60 patients. The construction developed the institution authorized in 1911; it did not mark the sanitarium’s initial establishment.
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West Virginia Archives and History, West Virginia Memory Timeline, record 8228
No direct online link recorded for this citation.1914 · Preston County
McDowell, Fayette, Marion, Logan, Kanawha, Harrison, and Raleigh counties each produced over 5 million tons of coal, and Mercer, Mingo, Preston, Tucker, Barbour, and Taylor counties eached produced over a million tons.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)March 9, 1916 · Preston County
United States Representative William G. Brown Jr., a Kingwood lawyer and banker who had served in Congress since 1911, died in Washington, D.C.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)1922 · Preston County
Izetta Jewell Brown, a former actress from Washington, District of Colombia, and wife of Preston County Congressman, ran for a seat in the United States Senate. She was the first woman to run for the Senate south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)August 10, 1928 · Preston County
Lawrence Fike was executed at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville (Marshall County) for a murder committed in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)December 28, 1945 · Preston County
William Turner was executed by hanging at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville (Marshall County) for a murder committed in Preston County.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)January 3, 1947 · Preston County
Republicans Francis J. Love of Ohio County, Melvin C. Snyder of Preston County, and E. G. Rohrbough of Gilmer County joined Republican Hubert S. Ellis, and Democrats John Kee and E. H. Hedrick as United States House of Representatives members from West Virginia.
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An Earth Satellite Station, one of only four in the country, went into operation at Etam, Preston County to transmit telephone calls from around the world.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)December 6, 1986 · Kingwood
WKMM - FM radio went on the air, the first FM radio station in Kingwood, Preston County. It was owned by the Buckwheat Broadcasting, Inc.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)May 8, 1992 · Preston County
The State Board of Education ruled that students from one county could attend public schools of another county without the approval of either county's board of education. The case stemmed from a situation in Preston County, where residents were closer to schools in Tucker County than any schools in their own county.
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Visit source ↗ (archive.wvculture.org)August 14, 1992 · Preston County
The State Board of Education ruled that Preston County students who lived closer to Tucker County schools than those in their own county could choose which schools to attend.
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