Publications and Products

The Upshur County Historical Society

P.O. Box 2082

Buckhannon, WV 26201

2003-O. Christmas Ornament. This red glass ornament shows the historical Upshur County Courthouse and comes individually boxed. $6.00

2003-1. FROM CAMP ROCK AND CABIN TO COURTHOUSE: A Survey of Upshur County, Its Historic Sites and Buildings. Compiled by Noel W. Tenney, 1984. 8 1/2 x 11, 40 pages, softbound, indexed, showing nearly 100 of the county's most important historical sites, arranged by district; photos index, and text. $12.00

2003-2. CENSUS OF UPSHUR COUNTY 1860. Compiled and edited by T .J. Leggett. First official census of this county after it was formed in 1851. Content arranged alphabetically, 31 pages, spiral bound. $6.00

2003-3. CALENDAR OF WILLS IN WEST VIRGINIA, NO. 49, UPSHUR COUNTY. This is a WPA project containing wills from 1851-1884. 89 pages, indexed, spiral bound, reprinted, 1988. $8.00

2003-4. HISTORIC UPSHUR COUNTY. Information sheet/poster written by Noel W. Tenney, 1991. 17x22 two sided, chronological information/important individuals and events. $2.50

2003-5. ALL ABOUT UPSHUR COUNTY: Bibliography and Resource Guide. compiled and edited by Noel W. Tenney, 1993. Info about published and unpublished materials, about books, periodicals, newspapers as well as that in document repositories. A must for researchers wanting to know what and where to find out about Upshur County. Over 700 entries, softbound, 8 1/2 x 11. $8.00

UPSHUR COUNTY CEMETERY READINGS

These six collections are by district (except for Heavner Cemetery by itself) are of various sizes and contains updated information on all known cemeteries of this county (tombstone info and additional if known). Indexed and hole punched for notebooks.

2003-6. UNION DISTRICT. 1991. 97 pages. $10.00

2003-7. BUCKHANNON AND WARREN DISTRICT. 1991. 145 pages. $12.00

2003-8. MEADE DISTRICT. revised, 1994. 78 pages. $10.00

2003-9. WASHINGTON DISTRICT. revised, 1995. 83 pages. $10.00

2003-10. BANKS DISTRICT. revised, 1993. 126 pages. $12.00

2003-11. HEAVNER CEMETERY. 1992. 247 pages. $17.00 (Also contains the Old Baptist, Carper, Catholic Sisters, Buckhannon Memorial Park)

2003-12. UPSHUR COUNTY SURNAME RESEARCHER'S DIRECTORY 1999. Contains list of surnames and researchers working on these names. Allows researchers to contact each other directly. Also includes extensive materials and tips on researching family information in Upshur County and West Virginia. $7.00

2003-13. THIS MOUNTAIN PLACE: History of Tallmansville, Upshur County, Part I, Violet Reed Brandon, 1929; Part II, Noel W. Tenney, 1990. 180 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, softbound. Contains first section, "Country Life Conference" mirror, second section history from pre-settlement to present. photos and text. $26.00

2003-14. UPSHUR BROTHERS OF THE BLUE AND GRAY. Betty Hornbeck, 1967. (1995 paperback reprint). 259 pages, indexed, photos and maps. This is the definitive piece written on the Civil War in Upshur County, contains soldiers names. $15.00

2003-16. AT EVERY CROSSROAD: A Study of Upshur County Communities. Compiled and edited by Noel W. Tenney with assistance from Lemoyne Wolfe and Amy Williams Tenney as a guide for the 1996 summer exhibit. Contains 24 pages of community placename and general history as well as a listing of Upshur County post offices. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 soft bound. $6.00

2003-18. HISTORY OF THE MT. UNION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1851-1993. Compiled and edited by Noel W. Tenney. 1993. 48 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, softbound, photos and text, also church cemetery reading. $12.00

2003-19. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE TO GOD AND MAN: TALLMANSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH, 1892-1992, A CENTENNIAL HISTORY. Compiled and edited by Noel W. Tenney. 1992. 48 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, softbound, photos and text, also church cemetery reading. $12.00

2003-20. Color print of the Upshur County Courthouse at Christmas. Painted by Noel W. Tenney, 1995. 8 1/2 x 11 print suitable for framing. $7.00 (notecards also available at $4.00 each) please specify on order form.

2003-21.  OUT OF PRINT AT THIS TIME WE WILL KNOW WHAT WAR IS: The Civil War Diary of Sirene Bunten. Edited and with an introduction by Stephen Cresswell. 1993. This is a wonderful account of the war years in the French Creek area written by a young girl. $11.00 OUT OF PRINT AT THIS TIME, DO NOT ORDER TILL AVAILABLE AGAIN

2003-22. THE HISTORY OF ATLAS, WEST VIRGINIA, AND VICINITY: UPSHUR COUNTY 1700's to 1984. Researched by Kyle Helmick and Brad Phillips. This is the definitive study of the Brushy Fork area. 1984. $9.00

2003-24. BUCKHANNON-UPSHUR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HISTORY: 1909-1992. Compiled and edited by Matthew Gillespie. 1993. $6.00

2003-25. FOWLER BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA, 1900. Reprint, 14 1/2 x 23 inches, shipped rolled in tube, great quality of print, looks great framed. $5.00

2003-26. UPSHUR COUNTY, WV OBITUARIES AND NEWS ITEMS, 1872-1900. compiled by Lemoyne Wolfe and Karon King. softbound. $16.00

2003-27. UPSHUR COUNTY, WV OBITUARIES AND NEWS ITEMS, 1902-1911. compiled by Lemoyne Wolfe and Karon King. softbound. $26.00

2003-28. 1900 CENSUS OF UPSHUR COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. children named, birth dates, compiled and edited by Lemoyne Wolfe and Karon King, 204 pp, indexed, softbound. $25.00

2003-29. UPSHUR COUNTY, WV 1870 CENSUS. compiled by Wes Cochran, 1987, 101 pgs, softbound, stapled. Contains house to house listing in magisterial districts and household head alphabetized index. $14.00

2003-31. THE STORIES OF A WEST VIRGINIA DOCTOR. by Harold D. Almond, M.D. 114 pages, softbound, 1997. $8.00

2003-32. MAP OF UPSHUR COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA: Showing all Districts, Post Offices, Streams, County Roads, The Location of Farm Houses, etc. 1905, by A. B. Brooks, reprint 30x40 inches, black and white, shipped rolled. $12.00

2003-33. UPSHUR COUNTY, WV, MARRIAGES, 1851-1896. compiled by Wes Cochran, 1992. from the research of Karon King and Billie Drost. Contains 191 pgs, spiral bound listing by chronological order (starting with 1851 formation of Upshur County) with alphabetized index of male/female names. $24.00

2003-34. UPSHUR COUNTY, WV, MARRIAGES, 1896-1923. compiled by Wes Cochran, 1993. Contains 216 pgs, spiral bound same format as 99-33. $24.00

2003-35. UPSHUR COUNTY, WV, 1860 CENSUS. compiled by Wes Cochran, 1992 with assistance from Karon King. Contains 94 pages arranged in house to house order with household head alphabetized index. Also contains listing of county slave owners and number of slaves,male/female and ages (this information is missing from the Liggett edition). $14.00

2003-36. MEMORIES OF A BAREFOOTED BOY: BUCKHANNON FROM THE YEARS 1865 TO 1870 AND LATER. written by J. "Lee" Heavner and first published in 1934 by Buckhannon News. compiled and edited by The Upshur County Historical Society, 84 pages, indexed, softbound, 1998. $9.00

2003-37. HARDESTY'S 1883 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WEST VIRGINIA: UPSHUR COUNTY CHAPTER. facsimile reprint, no index but with some good family materials, 51 pages, softboung. $7.00

2003-38. Upshur County Courthouse Post Card, lovely two color print of 1899 courthouse blueprint and message. $.30 each or 4/$1.00.

2003-39. Upshur County Courthouse Note Card, same image as above post card but fine paper card and envelope. $1.00 each or 6/$5.00

2003-40. 150 Years in Review: The Buckhannon Presbyterian Church. This book covers the Church records for 150 years 1849-1999, including a complete membership list, information on the Women's groups and the Baxter Institute. Also listes of Trustees, Ministers, Deacons and El $12.00

2003-41. CD-Rom, HB Archives, West Virginia, Vol. 1, Upshur County This CD-Rom contains 3 essential works of genealogy and the history of Upshur County including: Upshur County Death Records, An Alphabetical Listing of Deaths Recorded in the Upshur County Courthouse, Buckhannon, WV 1853-1928, Paul C. and Judith Hawkins (1993); Upshur County, West Virginia, Births, 1853-1897, Billie Faye Drost and Karon Janel King (1993); and the history of Upshur County, West Virginia: From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time, William B. Cutright (1907). $25.00

2003-42. An Index to the Upshur County Cemetery Readings. This contains the index pages (includes name only listings, page numbers and corressponding cemetery listings) of all six cemetery readings (2000-6 through 2000-11) separated by district/Heavner Cemetery. This is a useful tool to have before investing in the actual cemetery reading publication. $10.00

2003-43. Upshur County Courthouse 100th. Year Celebration commemorative bookmark. $1.00

2003-44. Valley Advance: Upper Monongahela Valley Association. Newsletter Volume 8, Number  3, August 1948. Reprint by UCHS, Spring, 2000. 12 pages 8 1/2 x 11 heavy cover, mostly Upshur County information. $4.00

2003-45. Heartland of the Middle Fork Revisited Shirley Gower, 2000. (Second edition of Ms. Gower's definitive work on Ellamore and the MOORE KEPPLE lumber industry, lots of local history and genealogy. 221 pages with index, softbound.) $17.00

2003-46. Upshur County, West Virginia: Images of America series from Arcadia Press. The Upshur County Historical Society, 2001. (Softbound picture book with over two hundred photographs and text about historic Upshur County. The most outstanding photographs of Upshur County history, events, people, and places will be featured in this publication.)  $20.00

Upshur County Sesquicentennial Commemorative items

2003-48 Sesquicentennial Commemorative Medal, Sterling. $35.00

2003-49 Sesquicentennial Commemorative Medal, Bronze/polished. $10.00

2003-49 Sesquicentennial Commemorative Medal, Bronze/antiqued. $10.00

2003-50 Sesquicentennial Commemorative Postal Cachet/unnumbered. $2.00 each

2003-51 Sesquicentennial Commemorative Postal Cachet/numbered. $4.00 each

2003-52 Sesquicentennial Commemorative Postal Cachet/set of 20/unnumbered. $32.00

2003-53 Upshur County, WV Marriages, 1924-1932. Complied by Wes Cochran, 2002, contains 59 pages, softbound, stapled, listing by chronological order with alphabetized index of male/female names  $16.00

2003-54 Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia, by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter. 2002 paperback reprint of 1915 original. 509 pages with alphabetized index. Focuses on the 1768-1995 era with rich Upshur County early history, also the life of  Jesse Hughes and other noted "Scouts of the Great Woods of the Trans-Allegheny.   $16.95

2003-55 The Scout of the Buckongehannon, by J.C. Mc Whorter. 2001 paperback reprint of 1927 original. 276 pages. An historical fictionalized romance of the West Virginia, Buckhannon Valley settlement, 1764-1782, Native American/Pioneer conflict.  $16.00

2003-56 West Virginia Historical Almanac and Gazetteer, by Sam Clagg, 2002 revised paperback reprint of 1975 original. 252 pages of interesting placename and state history arranged chronologically.  $12.00

2003-57 Upshur County Sesqui-News 2001. Series of historical columns that ran in the Record Delta newspaper during the 2001 Sesquicentennial Celebration, coving history of Upshur County chronolgically from 1851 to 2001. Not photocopy of newspaper but reset for publication, 8 1/2 by 11 softbound with complete photographs and index. [Available after May 1, 2003, write for price and availability]

2003-58 Color preint of Upshur County map from Hardesty's 1883 history. 11 x 14 frame albe copy. This is the earliest published map of Upshur County available. $6.00

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Upshur County, West Virginia Births 1853-1897, Complied by: Billie Faye Drost and Karon Janel King, April 1993

1880 Upshur County, West Virgina census, Complied by: William Marsh, this is a hard bound book with other West Virginia counties in it, well worth the price. Mr. Marsh has published every county for 1880 in West Virginia.

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