Mike, I examined every document in the Deakins Family Papers about 4-5 years ago while researching the Goff family of Preston Co. The Guide to Manuscripts and Archives in the West Virginia Collection sums up this collection as follows: Deakins Family. Papers, 1778-1925. 2 ft. Gift of Guy A. Deakins, 1950, 1954. Nos. 197, 624, 629. Materials on several generations of the Deakins family in Maryland and West Virginia. The first generation resided in Montgomery County, Maryland. From 1778 their interests are shown through deeds, agreements, surveys and plats, surveyors' field books, and court papers relating to acreage purchased in Harrison, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Tucker, and Upshur counties. Other papers center about Leonard M. Deakins (1747-1824) and his descendants. Among the correspondents or persons mentioned are Salathial and Thomas James Goff; Henry, George, and William Ashby; David and Philip Menear; Thomas Parsons; Benjamin Harrison; and John Evans. There is correspondence between Francis Deakins, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Benjamin Reeder and William McCleery at Morgantown, 1790-1803. A plat of the town of Salem, ca. 1792, is included. Roy Lockhart ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 4:42 AM Subject: [WV Preston County] Deakins family papers > I understand that the WVU library has in their possession the Deakins Family > Papers. Has anyone ever researched this collection? If so I was wondering if > they might contain any ledger information on monetary accounts, i.e. names > and monies paid by individuals for either the renting or buying of properties, > etc? Or basically if there is any genealogical data about the Preston Co. > area and individuals? > > thanks, > Mike Sanders > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >