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The Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society Newsletter
This is a double issue that counts as two
Please Note Our NEW E-Mail: calhounhistorical@gmail.com
Cabin Becomes Mobile Home
On Way To Heritage Village
by Helen Morris Jim Bell and “Duck” Stevens have added another structure to Heritage Village at Calhoun County Park. A log fishing cabin, built by Herb Eddy in the 1930’s, and located on the Francis Cain property, was donated to Calhoun Historical Society by the Cain family.
Eddy was an employee of Godfrey L. Cabot and lived at the Oak Station. His children were Robert, Blaine and Eleanor. During later years, it was home to a few local bachelors. Bryan Sterns was the last person to live there.
The cabin was moved on Monday, Oct. 22, about noon, by Gary May Moving Co., which has been involved in the relocation of Freed Post Office, Jarvis Store, and Starcher Blacksmith Shop, and had just moved the Stemple cabin to the park the week before.
The complicated, part of the move was getting the cabin through Main Street in Grantsville. Parked vehicles were on both sides of the street, which created a lot of interest among the lunch crowd, and one visitor was heard to say, “You don’t see this in many places.” She was told it was an early version of a mobile home. 
After entering the park, the next obstacle was getting the building situated on the foundation. The movers were accurate with their maneuvers, but got their vehicle stuck in the woods. Fortunately, Jim Bell arrived about that time and helped get them unstuck. 
There is much restoration work still waiting to be done on the Stemple and Cain cabins and there are always projects in progress. Jim Bell, and the Society, will appreciate any volunteer labor. Call 354-7961 to help with the project.
Page Two Historical & Genealogical Society
Newsletter Has New Editor by Bill Bailey Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bill Bailey, staff technician for the Calhoun Chronicle. I have volunteered to become the editor of the Calhoun County Historical and Genealogical Society Newsletter.
I was born in Kanawha County and moved to Calhoun County at age 8, around the time of the Cuban Missile Crises. My father had read that the Kanawha Valley, known then as the Chemical Valley, was on the top ten list of Soviet missile target sites, so he took his family to a place of safety he had found while working as a milk delivery truck driver in the 1950's. It was at the end of his run, not too far from all the family he left back in Charleston. It was a place in Calhoun County called Mud Lick. The hills were rugged and steep, the ground was fertile and the inhabitants were the salt of the earth. It was a magical place for an 8 year old boy. When we first arrived my father said, "Take a deep breath. What do you smell?" I took a breath, then another and replied, "Nothing." He replied, “That’s why we are here.”
I remember two or three years later that my father was shooting at a groundhog 200 yards up a meadow and he began to cry when the groundhog scampered off. He had missed this same groundhog many other times, after all, it was a very long shot. He explained why he was so upset. "You know we moved here so that if the Russians nuked Charleston we would survive, don't you? Well, they probably couldn't shoot any better than me, and chances are they would have missed Charleston and hit us anyway!"
For a year and a half in Charleston, I had attended Tiskelwah School, the largest elementary school in West Virginia at that time. When I enrolled in Calhoun there was a choice. Walk over a mile to the bus stop and then ride a bus into Grantsville to the elementary school or walk another 300 yards and go to the one room, Mt. Zion School, at the head of Barnes Run. I would be instructed by a man named Ernest Kelly. I made the smart choice; I walked the extra 300 yards.
The one room school was a totally different environment from Tiskelwah. While discipline was strict, the "board of education" was rarely applied to “the seat of knowledge." Play was outside and in the woods, and you could get an eighth grade education as a second grader. All you had to pay for this fabulous experience was attention. Mr. Kelly filled my head with the knowledge of every class he taught throughout the day. He inspired me to learn about the world, and everything in it, and showed me that life is a learning process from beginning to end.
One of the primary reasons I have volunteered for this assignment is an obituary we recently received at the Chronicle. It was for Pauline Kelly, 103 years old. She was Ernest Kelly's wife (and also had been a one room school teacher) and I was unaware that she had been alive all these years. Ernest was a man who had a firm grasp on reality that came from his understanding of the past. He firmly believed, "The future lies in the present's ability to remember the past."
I look forward to putting this newsletter together for the members of the Society and for all others who may read it. My mission is to guide the Society so we will all learn something from its pages, now and in the future, while making it informative and entertaining.
Page three Quick Guide to West Virginia Birth Records Prior to 1853: births not recorded.
1853—1916: births recorded at the county level only. No statewide index exists. Originals are in the county courthouses, with a few original records located in the West Virginia University West Virginia and Regional History Collection. County records microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) are available in the West Virginia Archives and History Library and elsewhere.
1853—1860: some duplicate county records are preserved on Library of Virginia microfilm, available in the Archives and History Library and elsewhere.
1853 through 1907*: as of 2007, digitized images of selected county birth records from 1853 (or inception of county) through the currently eligible year (present year minus 101 years) are available through West Virginia Vital Research Records (WVVRR), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx. County records are available on GSU microfilm in the West Virginia Archives and History Library and elsewhere. Original county records are available in the county courthouses. A microfilmed statewide annual index is available in the Archives and History Library.
*The first six counties added to WVVRR include births up through 1931 since a 75 year cutoff was in use at the time they were uploaded.
1917—1930: state certificates are available as uncertified copies from the Archives and History Library with a $2.50 statutory fee, or as certified copies from the Vital Registration office with a $10.00 fee. County records available on GSU microfilm in the West Virginia Archives and History Library and elsewhere. Original county records are available in the county courthouses. A microfilmed statewide annual index is available in the Archives and History Library. As noted above, the first six counties added to the WVVRR searchable database include births up through 1930 or 1931.
1931 to present: all state birth certificates for these Years are available only as certified copies from the Vital Registration office with a $10.00 fee. A microfilmed statewide annual index is available in the Archives and History Library only up through 1991. The county records are available in the county courthouses and are available on GSU microfilm approximately up to the year each county’s records were filmed, usually 1968—1971. (For a listing of county records available on microfilm in the Archives and History Library go to http://wwwwvculture.org/history/countrec.html and click on the county name.)
Delayed Birth Records: recorded at the state and county level, but generally state certificates are the easiest to locate. The West Virginia Archives and History Library has the microfilmed index for Delayed Birth records for births pre-1900, 1900—1916, and 1917 through 1991 (with additions and corrections for 1900-1916). Uncertified copies of state birth records and delayed birth records up through 1930 may be obtained through the Archives and History Library after payment of the statutory fee of $2.50 each. Copies of state delayed birth records from 1931 through the present and all certified copies of state delayed birth records must be obtained from the Vital Registration office. Delayed birth records may be available in county courthouses, and some are available on GSU microfilm. (See West Virginia Archives and History News, Vol VIII, No. 9 (November 2007) for full article. Available at http://www.wvculture.org/history/ahnews/ahnews.html)
Page four
Benson Family History
Submitted by Virginia W. Buck and Elizabeth Marshall
who respectfully request your additions and corrections.
The progenitor of our Benson family is MARGARET ELIZA Benson, born about 1807 in Va.. She was the daughter of George Benson who was the son of Mathias Benson, born 1749 in Bath County, Va..
George, born 23 July, 1784, in Augusta Co. Va., was the brother of Elizabeth, born January 1777, Augusta Co., Va.; Eleanor, born 1779, Augusta Co., Va.; Sarah Elizabeth born, 1781, Augusta Co. Va.; Alexander, born 1782, Augusta Co. Va.; Mathias, born 1787, Pendleton Co. Va.; William B., born 1789, Bath Co., Va., and James, born 1792, Pendleton Co., Va.
The following extract comes from Wills and Inventories of Bath County, VA. 1791-1842:
Will of Matthias Benson Sr. of Dry Branch, dated April 29, 1820; Wit: Alexander Hamilton, John Bradshaw Jr., Hugh McGlaughlin. Probated June 1820 court. Exec: sons Alexander and William.
Beq: to son Matthias; all land the land where he now lives in Pendleton Co. and Negro man Harry.
To sons, Alexander and William; the land “where I and they live,” to be divided as it now stands marked before Witnesses.
To son Alexander; Negro boy George.
To son William; Negro man Samuel.
To sons Alexander and William; plantation on Antonie’s Creek in Greenbrier Co. and all the tract on the Jackson River known as the Kelley Land.
Slaves Patience and Rachel are to be free, to live with the children or grandchildren they choose for the remainder of their days.
Negro woman Judy and her family to be sold.
To granddaughter Margaret, daughter of Alexander; Negro child Nancy.
To grandson Matthias, son of William; Negro boy Alford.
To grandson Matthias Lockridge, son of Lanty and Elizabeth Lockridge (his daughter); Negro boy Joseph.
To granddaughter Margaret Benson, daughter of Matthias; Negro girl Sarah.
To Sarah Wiley; 100 pounds.
To daughter Elisabeth Lockridge; 100 pounds.
To Nelly Wright; 150 pounds.
To George Benson; his loan of 60 pounds.
To granddaughter Polly Benson, daughter of George; 40 pounds.
If Negro woman has children, they and other personal property are to be sold with equal division of the proceeds among the children then living.
Settlement of the estate of Mathias Benson was October 1823 with William and Alexander Benson as execs. Legacies to Lanty Lockridge, George Benson, William Lockridge, John Wright, James Benson, William Wiley, Mathias Benson, Alexander Benson, William Benson.
In 1822, MARGARET ELIZA and William Thomas Lockridge, II were married on the 17th of October in Fayette County, Ohio. Many of the George Benson family settled in this area as is revealed in the 1860 and 1870 Fayette County, Jefferson Township, Census records. The 1844 Chancery Court Record in Fayette Co. indicates that Jacob Creamer and Mathias Benson, administrators of the Estate of George Benson, deceased, vs. Rebecca Benson, and others. Rebecca is the named widow of George Benson. George Benson and Rebecca Jeffries were married September 11, 1806, in Bath County, Va.
William Lohridge and Margaret Lohridge, his wife, formerly Margaret Benson, Mary Benson, Stephen H. Hatfield, Sarah Hatfield, his wife, late Sarah Benson, Jesse Carr and Louisa his wife, late Louisa Benson, William C. Benson, George Benson, Rebecca Benson, James S. Benson, Ellen Jane Benson and John Alexander Benson, are named heirs at law and legal representatives of the said George Benson, deceased, according to the court record.
Jacob Creamer was married to ELIZABETH BENSON, born about 1814, and married in Fayette County, Ohio, in 1835. According to the HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, by Beers, Jacob Creamer was manufacturer of Mole Ditching Machines, Mechanicsburg; born in Fayette Co., Ohio, 1809. He was one of twelve children and followed the calling of his father and made farming his principal occupation. He surveyed as County Surveyor of Fayette Co., Justice of the Peace and became engaged in operating a Mole Ditching Machine of which he was patentee. He and Elizabeth had six children.
The family continued to move westward and in the 1878, HISTORY OF BENTON COUNTY Iowa, J. S. (JAMES) born in Fayette Co., Ohio, April 19, 1824, is listed as coming to the county in 1852. There he had 120 acres of land valued at $3,600. He was married to Martha Spurgeon, born in Clinton Co., Ohio, Jan. 21, 1826, and mother of their seven children.
WILLIAM C. BENSON (born 1819) and Susana are listed in the 1860 Wayne Co., Iowa, and Union Twp. with six children, three born in Ohio and three born in Iowa. They are also listed in the 1880 Benton, Iowa, Census Place, Canton, Family History library. William Benson was born 1845. He married Bethina Griffeth and had three children, all born in Ohio. Source of the William Benson family is from Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, Family History Library Film. (This is the son of William C. Benson, son of Mathias and Mary Fent). In 1870, William C. and Susan are listed with their seven children in Wayne Co., Iowa. In 1880 this family is listed in the Chariton, Lucas, Iowa, Census.
Apparently, Rebecca Benson, widow of George Benson, (b. 1784) remained in Fayette Co., Ohio, with Polly (MARY b. about 1808) as indicated in the 1850 Fayette County, Ohio, census. After Rebecca Jeffries Benson died in 1853, Polly was living with Elizabeth and Jacob Creamer in the 1860 Fayette Co. Census.
From the Popejoy and McClelland Family Pages, there was information on other members of George Benson’s family. His son, MATHIAS B. was born Nov. 16, 1810, in VA or Ohio and died 1886, Fayette County, Ohio. He married (1) Fanny Mary Popejoy, 1830, Fayette Co. She was born in 1815 or 1816 and died in 1842. They had four children. Mathias married (2) Mary Fent, March 3, 1844, Fayette Co. Ohio. She was born in Jeffersonville, Ohio, and died in 1902 in Shellsburg, Iowa. Mary and Mathias had three children but only one lived to adulthood. By 1880, Mathias and Mary were still residing in Fayette County, Ohio.
SARAH BENSON (born 1812) married Stephen H. Hatfield, 1830 in Fayette County, Ohio. According to the 1850 Fayette County, Ohio, Census, Stephen was a shoemaker born in Va.. This census has their seven children listed in Jefferson Twp, all born in Ohio. By the 1870 census they were living in Benton County, Iowa, Canton Twp; as were William C. Benson, his wife Susan, and their six children. William C. was self-employed, so it may be presumed he was farming. The Hatfields, Stephen Hamilton and Sarah, died in South Dakota.
JAMES S. BENSON, his wife Martha Spurgeon and their seven children are listed in the 1870 Benton Co., Iowa, Canton Twp; he is listed as a farmer.
ELLEN JANE BENSON, b 17 January, 1829, in Ohio, married Allen C. Popejoy born 16 November, 1833, in Jeffersonville, Fayette, Ohio. They were married 14 July, 1862, in McLean Co., IL. In the 1880 Cook, Illinois Family History Library they are living with their five children.
The only reference found on LOUISA BENSON, born 1816, was in the 1860 Fayette Co., Ohio, Paint Twp Census. There, she is living with her husband, Jesse Carr, a farmer, with their family of five children.
Research is needed for the other family members of George and Rebecca Jeffries. Little information is included here on GEORGE, born 1820, REBECCA, born 1822 and JOHN ALEXANDER born 1835. However, there is a J.A. Benson, age 33, listed in the household of Allen C. & Ellen Benson Popejoy, in the 1870 McLean, Ill., Lexington, Twp. This might be John Alexander Benson. Also, it is believed that Rebecca married William H. Jeffries (b. abt. 1815), 12 June, 1842, Fayette County, Ohio.
Page six MELUNGEONS
For centuries groups of ethnically mixed peoples have inhabited the Southeast United States. Called many names by later arriving Europeans, the current vogue is to combine them under the general title of Melungeons. Due to discrimination and oppression, they have tended to keep to themselves, avoiding contact with “whites” and the government, and living in the most remote areas.
Melungeons are believed to be a mix of Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Moorish, Berber, Negro and Native American stock, though predominately Turkish/Moorish. Various theories have been proposed as to where they came from, and how they got to the southern Appalachians.
Recent research indicates that Melungeons gradually migrated north from the Carolinas into Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. In West Virginia, the migration pattern began in the southeast part of the state—especially Greenbrier County—and progressed north to Randolph, Pocahontas and Upshur Counties. From there they are said to have come to Gilmer and Calhoun. It is believed that some of the darker complexioned, high cheek-boned early settlers of this area may be descended from Melungeon ancestors. Many West Virginians have been told they are part Indian—some of these may also be Melungeon.
I. Spanish Origins
• Spanish garrisons and expeditions in the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee; some soldiers and explorers may have been left behind or escaped to the frontier, mixing with the Native American population.
• Santa Elena Colony near Beaufort, South Carolina [mixed Berber, Basque, Moor and Jewish fleeing the Inquisition—also, some Portuguese].
• Spain eventually abandoned Santa Elena to the British and
retreated to Saint Augustine, Florida—not all inhabitants left. Some may have moved west and north into North Carolina and Tennessee, mixing with the Native American population.
II. Muslim Origins
• Muslims from North Africa were captured in war and sent as slaves to Brazil and other parts of South America by Portugal and Spain.
• Sir Francis Drake captured hundreds of Spanish and Portuguese soldiers, and Moorish, Turkish and Negro slaves in South American raids.
• Drake may have dropped some off at the Roanoke Colony to
make room for English settlers wanting to go home.
• These captives may have moved inland and mixed with Native Americans.
Exiled Moorish and French Huguenots, and escaped Acadians settled in the Southeast and may have moved inland and mixed with Native Americans.
Other groups with reputed Melungeon connections:
Lumbees—mixed race group in the Carolinas earlier called Crotoan or Hatteras Indians. They were first described in 1709, by Englishman John Lawson.
Brass Ankles—mixed race group in South Carolina linked to the Lumbees.
Redbones—mixed race group originally from the Carolinas who moved to Louisiana.
Page seven BLACK POPULATION IN CALHOUN COUNTY
Census
1860 3 households 9 slaves, 1 free black
1870 1 household 6 blacks
1880 14 households 72 individuals
[48 blacks, 24 mulattos)
1900 4 households 34 blacks
1910 10 households 80 individuals
[43 blacks, 37 mulattos]
1920 4 households 36 individuals
[35 blacks, 1 mulatto]
1860 CALHOUN COUNTY CENSUS
SLAVE SCHEDULE
Owner Slaves
Isaac P. Farnsworth, age 35 1 black female, age 13
Peregrine Hays, age 39 1 black male, age 50
4 mulatto males, ages 39, 17, 15, 7
1 mulatto female, age 11
[1 free black—Ellen Black, mulatto, age 22]
Ann Riddle, age 74 1 black female, age 70
[living with John G. Riddel, age 50] 1 mulatto male, age 12
Historical Society Members Create Ornaments
Several members of the Calhoun Historical Society met on Tuesday, Dec. 4, to make ornaments out of wood by decoupaging an “antique looking” photo featuring the Jarvis Store. They hope to offer a series of these wooden ornaments showing the different structures in the park and also the Stump Hotel and Family History Center. The Society also plans to make a series of note cards with photos of the different structures within the park and in Grantsville later this year.
Those helping with the project were Gloria Stevens, Susan Barnes, Sam Nicholson, Terry Harris, Karen Bonar, Maricia Mlynek, Beverly Prince, not pictured, Duck Stevens, Helen Morris.
The ornaments were given as favors at the Soup Supper or can be purchased for $2.00 each at Calhoun Realty office
Page eight Gilmer County Historical Society
Hosts Annual Joint Meeting
The Gilmer County Historical Society was host for the annual joint meeting of the Calhoun and Gilmer groups on Thursday August 23, 2007. The picnic was held at the Radabaugh Farm, on lower Cedar Creek, home-place of Fred, Mary, Roy and Doris Radabaugh, who still spend extended time there, especially in the summer. The Radabaughs have all been involved in the field of education.
The original part of the barn, which is at least 117 years old, is the historic point of interest for the farm. It was built by William Henry Brannon, first husband of Malinda Ellyson, grandmother of the Radabaughs. When he died in 1886 at the young age of 36, she married Oren Radabaugh, who bought the farm from his half sister, Mary Brannon Cooper in 1938. William Henry must have been proud of his membership in the Masonic Order, because the emblems were cut into the gable ends of the barn. These holes provide ventilation for the loft.
The Radabaughs are knowledgeable about the history of the DeKalb area, (pronounced D`e-cab). It was founded in 1835 and named by Captain William Stalnaker for a Bavarian Baron DeKalb, who his father had served under in the Revolutionary War. On March 24, 1845, commissioners met in Salathiel Stalnaker’s brick home at DeKalb to organize Gilmer County from parts of Lewis and Kanawha Counties. This included what is now Calhoun County (organized from Gilmer County in 1856).The first county court included several members from what is now Calhoun. These were Michael Stump, Beniah Maze, Alexander Huffman, Robert Benson, Philip Cox, Jr., and Joseph Knotts. Voters, by a majority of 66, moved the county seat from DeKalb to the “Ford”, later named Glenville. The Stalnaker home was damaged later by flooding and was razed.
The Pisgah Methodist Episcopal Church served as a place for worship and a school. At the beginning of the War Between the States, political differences split the membership of the church. Southern sympathizers withdrew and built their own church, a log structure known as Job’s Temple Southern Methodist Episcopal Church. This church is located on Rt.5, E. from Grantsville, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Congressman Alan Mollohan was a surprise visitor for the gathering. He is proud of his roots in both counties and expressed appreciation to both counties for their cooperation and interest in preserving the history of the area.
Dusty Mathews and Michael Hayes, of the Vandalia Legacy Program were present for the meeting. Dusty will soon be on maternity leave, but will conduct a grant workshop before her departure.
Those attending from Grantsville were: Susan Barnes, Terry Harris, Roger and Linda Jarvis, Duck and Gloria Stevens, Jim and Juanita Bell, Keith and Loretta Smith, Helen Morris, and a visitor, Gerry Rampp from Mansfield, OH.
Page nine Mission Statement
The Calhoun Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. is a non-profit, educational institution formed for the purpose of collecting, preserving, and researching the county’s history and genealogy, with a particular emphasis on its timber, oil, gas and river history. It is the society’s belief that this mission will benefit the economic development of the county, for by having a thoughtful, respectful historical presence in the county, our yesterdays will help lead and form our tomorrows. The Stump Hotel’s exterior will be restored to its early 20th century reality, and the History Center will portray county history through a multimedia approach. Genealogical research will continue in the Knotts Room of the County library. Being mindful of its responsibility, the society will continue to be informed as to its inclusive approach and its affect on the quality of life in the county.
Acquisitions Policy
Pre-Archival Materials:
Gifts received by the society prior to July 02 are classified as Pre-Archival, because the policies/systems for reception and management were not in place when they were accepted. It is understood that as the Acquisition Committee begins its work, it will bring the pre-archival materials into the system.
Acquisitions Criteria:
Nothing is accepted that has a storage stipulation (for ex: keep but do not use until _____).
No health records are accepted.
A Deed of Gift (Appendix A) will be used; as well as a Temporary Deed.
For tax credit, the donor is responsible for the appraisal.
The system for recording is: Archives, A001, Museum, M001; Photographs, P001.
The donor must have free and clear title.
The significance of the material or object(s) needs to be determined.
No acquisitions will be encumbered by less than full literary rights, copyrights, patents or trademarks.
Acquisitions must be free from donor-imposed restrictions.
The society has the right of disposal including selling, destroying or giving it away.
Page ten MEETINGS
Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Calhoun Public Library on the second floor. Visitors are always welcome.
MAILING ADDRESS
Please address all mail to:
Calhoun County Historical and Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 242
Grantsville, WV 26147-0242 WEB ADDRESS: www.calhounhistoricalsociety.art.officelive.com
Email address is: calhounhistorical@gmail.com
DUES
The Society is now offering a new, good old-fashioned, way to pay yearly dues. Performing labor on Society projects. There will now be two classifications of Society membership.
Associate members are members in full standing who pay the yearly dues amount to help provide the funding necessary for the Society to function.
Active members are members who will pay their dues through volunteering to work on Society projects throughout the year. At the time of this publication the amount of volunteer hours necessary to cover dues has not yet been determined.
Dues for Associate (non-laboring) members are presently $15.00 per year and are payable any month. Family dues are $20.00. Dues for Active (laboring) members is covered by their contribution of labor. Your membership is good for one year. Membership dues include three issues of the Society Newsletter.
QUERY POLICY
Queries are published in the Newsletter free of charge for members. Please send dues and/or queries to the Society at the above address.
Due to space constraints, and in the interest of serving all our members, it has become necessary to limit the length of queries to approximately one half page per issue for each person submitting. Please, only one submission per person per issue. If you have an e-mail address, please include it with your query, it may enhance your chance for a response. Recently, we have received several copies of photos with requests to publish them in the newsletter in the hope that a reader might be able to identify the individuals pictured. Unfortunately, due to limited space, and in fairness to our readers, we are unable to honor these requests.
OFFICERS
Robert Bonar, President
James Morris, Vice-President
Teresa Snider Harris, Recording Secretary
Susan Hoffman Barnes, Treasurer
Helen Morris, Reporter
Page eleven PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE
CALHOUN COUNTY HISTORY BOOK: Re-print of the 1989 history book, that gives the history of many of the families found in the county $65.00 {Out of stock}
CALHOUN COUNTY IN WORLD WAR II: Also a fine hardbound book, it contains the military records of almost 1,700 men and women from Calhoun County who served in the Armed Forces during World War II. This book is dedicated to the 52 who gave their lives in the service of their country. In addition to military records, the book contains other interesting stories and articles $22.00
REVISED – BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS IN CALHOUN COUNTY: Taken from official records, beginning with the county’s formation in 1856, all records are from the first books in the County Clerks office. Two listings included, the first in original order of entry, and the second in alphabetical order. All records are over 100 years old. Softbound. $15.00
HARDESTY’S HISTORY OF CALHOUN COUNTY: A reprint of the 1890 book which gives a short history of Calhoun County plus biographical sketches of prominent people living in Calhoun County at that time. Softbound. $12.00
REPLICA OF CALHOUN COUNTY COURTHOUSE: A wooden replica of the Calhoun County Courthouse. $18.00
THE FIRST LAW ORDER BOOK – CALHOUN COUNTY COURT APRIL - JULY, 1856: Transcribed from the original hand-written record, this offering is printed in Script type to closely resemble a hand-written record. It documents the first four meetings of the County Court for our newly-formed county. This book records appointments to various county positions, apportionment of the county into townships, assumption of existing roads, assignment of individuals to perform road maintenance, and records the result of the very first vote in the struggle to determine the county seat. Many early family names listed. Softbound. $12.00
CEMETERIES IN CALHOUN COUNTY: A valuable book for family research. This publication lists 232 cemeteries, is a fine hardbound book which has proven to be a bestseller for the Society. $22.00
WE HAVE A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS
calhounhistorical@gmail.com
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