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A History

of

Lewis County,

West Virginia

By Edward Conrad Smith

Published By

R.I. Morfnekat

Weston, West Virginia

1920

425 pages on 1 CD

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CONTENTS

Chapter I. The Physical Basis for Development
Chapter II. The Aboriginal Inhabitants
Chapter III. The Beginning of Settlements
Chapter IV. Lewis County in Dunmore's War
Chapter V. Lewis County During the Revolutionary War
Chapter VI. The End of the Indian Wars
Chapter VII. The Beginning of Law and Order
Chapter VIII. Economic Beginnings
Chapter IX. Life of the Pioneers
Chapter X. The Extension of Settlements - Skin Creek
Chapter XI. The Collins Settlement
Chapter XII. Freeman's Creek District
Chapter XIII. Progress in Older Settlements
Chapter XIV. The Formation of Lewis County
Chapter XV. The Beginning of Weston
Chapter XVI. Progress Under the New Regime
Chapter XVII. Early Transportation
Chapter XVIII. The Irish and German Immigration
Chapter XIX. Territorial Losses
Chapter XX. The Great Business Boom, 1845-60
Chapter XXI. The Development of Education
Chapter XXII. The Seccession from Virginia
Chapter XXIII. Military Operations
Chapter XXIV. The Political Reconstruction
Chapter XXV. The Weston State Hospital
Chapter XXVI. Economic Development After the War
Chapter XXVII. The Coming of the Railroad
Chapter XXVIII. Twenty Years' Progress, 1880-1900
Chapter XXIX. The Oil and Gas Development
Chapter XXX. the Twentieth Century
Appendix A: Sketch of Col. Charles Lewis
Appendix B: Justices of the Peace Under Virginia

SURNAMES LISTED IN INDEX

Alfred, Alkire, Anderson, Arnold, Asbury, Averill, Bailey, Barnes, Barrett, Batton, Beeghley, Bennett, Bland, Boggess, Bond, Bott, Bouse, Bowen, Boyd, Brake, Brannon, Brooks, Brown, Burnside, Bush, Bufth, Butcher, Byrne, Camden, Camp, Carouthers, Chalfant, Chenoweth, Cheuvront, Chidester, Clawson, Collins, Conrad, Cook, Cookman, Corley, Cox, Cozad, Crawford, Crook, Curl, Curtis, Danger, Davis, Davisson, Dawson, Doddridge, Dorraan, Douglas, Duvall, Edmiston, Edwards, Egan, Ervine, Feeney, Fetty, Fisher, Flesher, Foussat, Fox, Francis, Freeman, Garrett, Gibson, Hale, Hall, Hardman, Harpole, Harrison, Haymond, Hays, Helmick, Henry, Hills, Hinzman, Hitt, Hoffman, Holden, Holt, Hoover, Homer, Horner, Hudson, Hughes, Hurst, Imboden, Jackson, Jenkins, Jewell, Johnson, Jones, Keith, Kemper, Kester, Kierans, Kitson, Kunst, Leib, Lewis, Life, Lightburn, Linger, Lorentz, Lowther, McCandlish, McClellan, McCann, McGary, Mack, McKinley, McLaughlin, McWhorter, Marsh, Mathews, Maxwell, Mick, Minter, Mitchell, Morrow, Murrin, Musser, Newlon, Nicholes, Norris, O'Brien, Oliver, Owen, Peterson, Pierpont, Pierson, Porterfleld, Powers, Reger, Roger, Riffle, Roberts, Rosecrans, Ross, Runyon, Schoolcraft, Simmons, Simpson, Skinner, Sleeth, Smith, Smythe, Spalding, Spaur, STills, Stralcy, Stringer, TalbOtt, Tavenner, TayLor, Tharp, Tunstill, Turvey, TylEr, WaggoNer, Waggonler, Waldo, Warder,  Watson, West, Weston, Whelau,  White, Wilkenson, Wilson, Witcher, Withers, Woffinden, Woodford, Woofter, Yoke,