Processed by Bryan Richards
Descriptive Summary
Title: Davis Family Collection
Span Dates: 1787-1989
Bulk Dates: 1900-1949
ID No: Ms2011-006
Donor: Robert R. Davis Jr., Bridgeport, West Virginia
Extent: 14 large boxes, 6 small boxes, 1 oversized folder, 18 loose books
Language: English
Repository: West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, West Virginia
Abstract: This collection is an assortment of financial records, correspondence and notes relating to Davis family businesses. Some of the more prominently featured businesses are the Horner-Gaylord Company, the Clover Farms Grocery Company and a variety of natural resource endeavors. Some of the more interesting documents include the family's dealings with the Watson family of Consolidated Coal fame, a Civil War amnesty oath for Erasmus Rhodes, Confederate and Virginia county currencies, among other oddities. The collection also features historic advertisements, historic record keeping techniques in the form of ledger books, a variety of maps and blueprints, and several unidentified photographs.
Box 1
Folder 1
Edward R. Davis Estate - Administrator's Report
Folder 2
Roy Rhodes Horner - Income Tax 1920-1925; Gross Income Tax Returns 1933-1936; Life Insurance Receipts; "Notes Receivable"
Folder 3
Roy Rhodes Horner - Personal
Property Tax Returns 1922-1936; Army Engineer Papers
Folder 4
Roy Rhodes Horner - Tax Documents 1926-1936
Folder 5
Roy Rhodes Horner - Personal Finance Records 1922-1937
Folder 6
Estate of Mary V. Horner - Financial Statements; Executor of Property Papers (Roy Horner)
Folder 7
Mary V. Horner Estate - Federal Estate Tax Documents and Notes
Folder 8
Mary V. Horner Estate - Checks from Settlement Bills; Property Deed and Notes; Property Taxes; Estate Income and Expenses Report; Memorial Fund
Folder 9
Estate of Mary V. Horner - Will; Settlement Notes; Memo
Folder 10
Estate of Mary V. Horner - Estate Value Assessment; New York Times: Sunday, September 1, 1935; Finance Notes; Receipts; Final Settlement; Estate Funds Recipients
Folder 11
Mary V. Horner Estate - Inheritance and Estate Tax Documents and Notes; Income Tax Documents 1921-1938
Folder 12
E. R. Davis Estate - Income Taxes 1913-1919; Financial Statements; Income Statements and Notes
Folder 13
E. R. Davis Estate - Income Taxes 1920-1933; Estate Documents and Letters
Folder 14
E. R. Davis Estate - Papers Relating to Distribution of Assets as of December 31, 1932
Folder 15
West Fork Glass Company Data - Letters, Envelopes, Legal Matters
Box 2
Folder 1
Davis-Horner Company - Company Receipts, Records, and Notes
Folder 2
Davis-Horner Company - Business Records, Papers, and Notes
Folder 3
Davis-Horner Company - Assessment Lists; Receipts
Folder 4
Davis-Horner Company - Realty Development Company
Folder 5
Davis-Horner Company - Tax Records, Notes, and Returns
Folder 6
Davis-Horner Company - Tax Records and Notes; Tax Returns
Folder 7
Davis-Horner Company - Business Documents, Records, and Notes
Folder 8
Davis-Horner Company - Deeds
Folder 9
Edward R. Davis - General Repairs, Frame Building in Clarksburg
Folder 10
Edward R. Davis - Unspecified Property, Miscellaneous Repairs
Folder 11
Edward R. Davis - Insurance Records
Folder 12
Edward R. Davis - Repairs, Steel Building
Folder 13
Edward R. Davis - Miscellaneous Sales, Documents, and Notes (Kanawha City, D.C., Maryland)
Folder 14
Edward R. Davis - Lot Deeds, West Virginia
Folder 15
Monticello Property - Plumbing, Street Repair, Carpenter Repairs
Folder 16
Edward R. Davis - Salem Property in Clarksburg - Repair Documents
Folder 17
Monticello Property - Sales Records
Folder 18
Monticello Street and Main Street Property - Clarksburg - Documents; Correspondence with Simpson Motor Truck Company; Expense Documents
Folder 19
Tax Brochures, Plant Conservation, Printed Picture
Folder 20
Davis-Horner Company - Standard Oil (Christ Episcopal Church)
Folder 21
Davis-Horner Company - Christ Episcopal Church (Standard Oil)
Box 3
Folder 1
Robert R. Davis and Roy R. Horner - Commercial Banking and Trust Company - Stocks and Correspondence, Pamphlets
Folder 2
Cowen Wholesale Feed and Grocery Company - Notebook
Folder 3
Clover Farm Grocery Stores - Shelf Blueprint, Remodeling Program Book
Folder 4
Fox Grocery Company - Stock Catalogue, Shipping Agreement
Folder 5
Horner-Gaylord Company - Assets Report
Folder 6
Horner-Gaylord Company - Freight Shipping Instructions, Correspondence
Folder 7
Robert Davis Jr. - Military Correspondence with Envelopes
Folder 8
Robert Davis Jr. - Military Correspondence, Bank Book, Vehicle Records
Folder 9
Robert Davis Jr. - Military Papers, Career/Job Papers
Folder 10
Robert R. Davis Jr. - Personal Papers, Letters, and Correspondence
Folder 11
Robert R. Davis Jr. - State Road Commission Data
Folder 12
Robert Davis - Insurance Data
Folder 13
Robert R. Davis - U.S. Army, School Transcripts
Folder 14
West Union Grocery Company - Deeds, State of West Virginia Certificates
Folder 15
Union National Bank Special, Davis-Horner Company, Hartland Improvement Company
Folder 16
Robert r. Davis - Insurance, AAA, Social Security, Medicare
Folder 17
Horner-Gaylord Company - Stock Data, Information of Stockholders, (Grocer's Division)
Folder 18
Robert R. Davis - Social Security, Stock Option Letter
Folder 19
Robert R. Davis - Security Inc.
Folder 20
Union National Bank Statements
Folder 21
Robert R. Davis - Retirement
Folder 22
Robert R. Davis - Special License Plate Papers and Letters, Information
Folder 23
Robert R. Davis - Subscriptions, Memberships, Donations
Folder 24
Robert R. Davis - Volunteer Accolades, Building Plans (Union Protestant Hospital)
Folder 25
Robert R. Davis - W.J. Perkins Paint Contractor and Car Maintenance
Folder 26
Robert R. Davis - Health Company Receipts (See also: The Clarksburg Exponent - November 19, 1930 and June 25, 1935)
Folder 27
Robert R. Davis - Son's Education
Folder 28
Robert r. Davis - Correspondence with Gertrude Domenici/Rhodes
Folder 29
Robert R. Davis - Fraternity Donations as an Alumni, College Donations
Folder 30
West Fork - Drainage and Conservation
Folder 31
Robert R. Davis - Bills and Notifications - Various Companies
Folder 32
Robert R Davis - Receipts - Various Companies
Folder 33
Correspondences - Robert R. Davis, John Davis, Edward Steinmetz, Others
Folder 34
Robert R. Davis - Bills, Receipts, and Notifications - Various Companies
Folder 35
West Union Grocery Company - Ben Maulsby Papers, Correspondence
Folder 37
West Union Grocery Company - William McLane Letters
Folder 38
West Union Grocery Company - Requests for Tax Receipts and Documentation, Notes
Folder 39
West Union Grocery Company - Sale to T.F. Moats and Son - Related Correspondence and Notes
Folder 40
West Union Grocery Company - Legal Documents (Taxes, Case against Knight and Knight)
Folder 41
West Union Grocery Company - Business Documents and Reports, Notes, Information Packet Mailed to R.R. Horner
Folder 42
West Union Grocery Company - Profit/Loss Tables, Handwritten Lease Copies, Affidavit, Leases, Resolutions, Stockholder Information, Notices of Dissolution, Notes, Notebook
Folder 43
West Union Grocery Company - Board of Director's Reports, Assets/Liability Statements, Notes Receivable, Accounts, Notes, Sales Statements
Folder 44
West Union Grocery Company - Inventory Lists, Profit/Loss Statements, Assets/Liabilities/Accounts Statements, Liquidation Papers, Notes, Store Lease
Book 1
Audit Report: The West Union Grocery Company:West Union, W.VA. December 31, 1924
Box 4
Folder 1
"Economic Resources of Upper Monongahela County" by Paul H. Price, "Historic Periods of Fredericksburg," "Old Yorktown and Its History"
Folder 2
Horner Family History
Folder 3
Horner Reunion
Folder 4
Roy R. Horner - Internal Revenue Service, IRS
Folder 5
Roy R. Horner - Morrisville, PA Property (Correspondences and Receipts), Sketches and Blueprints, Notes
Folder 6
Roy R. Horner - Sanitary Dairy Company - Correspondence with Sidney M. Morrison
Folder 7
Sanitary Mausoleum Company
Folder 8
Roy R. Horner - Union National Bank
Folder 9
Papers between Roy R. Horner and lawyers Watson, Coit, Morse, and Grindle; "Artificial Stone" Patent
Folder 10
Riverside Development Company - Tax Information
Folder 11
Settlement of Edward R. Davis Estate; Deed between Roy R. Horner and Maude Carney
Folder 12
Charles A. Rhodes - Letters and Telegrams; Land deal at Yakima, Washington
Folder 13
Davis-Horner Company - Deposit Slips (1920's-1940's); Notes; Receipts
Folder 14
Riverside Development Company - Federal, State, City, County Tax Returns and Receipts
Folder 15
West Union Grocery Account Books
Folder 16
Letters with envelopes of Roy R. Horner, West Union Grocery Company, and William McLane; West Union Grocery Company Legal Papers; Mary V. Horner Legal Matters; Notes
Folder 17
West Union Grocery Company - Cashed Checks, Deposit Slips, Accounts with Colombian Carbon Company, Receipts, Notes
Folder 18
West Union Grocery Company - Deeds, Leases, Management Correspondences, Mary Horner Estate, Gaylord Estate, Tax Documents, Notes
Folder 19
West Union Grocery Company - Union National Bank Documents, Cashed Checks, Deposit Slips
Folder 20
Hartland Improvement Company - Deeds, Abstract of Title
Robert R. Davis - Business Correspondences and Notes
Davis-Horner Company - Savings Bonds and Resolutions, Deeds
Folder 21
Horner Genealogical information
Folder 22
Horner Family History - Certificates, map, Sons of the American Revolution, Genealogy
Folder 23
Erasmus Rhodes - Property Map (Horner Property)
Folder 24
"The Penn Mutual's Lineage History" pamphlet
Folder 25
Roy Family History, Horner-Gaylord Office Memo, Davis Receipt (1970), Credit Rate Update Notice (E.R. Davis)
Box 5
Ledger Books:
March 28, 1927-October 3, 1929
April 21, 1926-March 26, 1927
June 3, 1925-April 21, 1926
June 12, 1923-December 29, 1924
July 12, 1922-December 1, 1925
December 7, 1925-November 21, 1928
July 17, 1923-February 2, 1932
November 24, 1928-July 17, 1930
December 14, 1929-May 16, 1931
May 16, 1931-June 25, 1932
April 14, 1923-August 1, 1924
May 3, 1928-September 10, 1929
July 8, 1927-May 3, 1928
March 20, 1926-July 5, 1927
December 8, 1923-May 4, 1925
May 5, 1925-March 13, 1926
May 14, 1926-April 30, 1927
May 2, 1927-July 3, 1928
July 5, 1928-May 24, 1930
August 1, 1924-May 10, 1926
Box 6
Folder 1
Instructions for preparing 1967 West Virginia income tax returns
Folder 2
Pine Grove Manufacturing Land and Improvement Company - minutes from stockholders' and directors' meetings, 1934
Folder 3
Riverside Development Company - minutes from stockholders' and directors' meetings, 1934-1937
Folder 4
Certificate of Incorporation, blank
Folder 5
Inventory Data, 1954-1957
Folder 6
Horner-Gaylord Company - 1930 Distribution of Cost Study by P.H. Phillips; letters; notes
Folder 7
Horner Gaylord Company - Roy R. Horner - Special Reports, 1928-1936
Folder 8
Robert R. Davis - Expense Account, 1953-1955
Folder 9
Horner-Gaylord Company - Group Hospitalization and Surgical, 1950-1954
Folder 10
Notices of annual meetings of stockholders, 1944-1950
Folder 11
Stealey Heights Land Company - meeting minutes, 1934
Folder 12
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly chart of accounts, 1931
Folder 13
Horner-Gaylord Company - Balance Sheets, 1929
Folder 14
Horner-Gaylord Company - Balance Sheets, 1930
Folder 15
Horner-Gaylord Company - Balance Sheets, 1931
Folder 16
Horner-Gaylord Company - Balance Sheets, 1932
Folder 17
Horner-Gaylord Company - Directors' meetings; commissions; miscellaneous; 1955-1956
Folder 18
United Trading Stamp Corporation, 1955
Folder 19
Ledger Notes
Folder 20
Horner-Gaylord Company - Sales Accounts, 1954-1955
Folder 21
Horner-Gaylord Company - Food order forms
Folder 22
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Folder 23
American Telephone and Telegraph
Folder 24
American Sheet Glass Company - Clarksburg Glass Company - Reorganization plan
Folder 25
Clarksburg, WV - Street Map, 1948
Folder 26
Morgantown, WV - Metropolitan district street map, 1939
Folder 27
Horner-Gaylord Company - Ledger Notes
Folder 28
Horner-Gaylord Company - activity, 1955-1959
Folder 29
Horner-Gaylord Company - Assets and Liabilities 1957-1958; notes; correspondences
Folder 30
Horner-Gaylord Company - Stocks; correspondences; notes; White Truck Company
Box 7
Folder 1
Proposals and Specifications for drilling wells; Valley Falls Coke Company Coupons
Folder 2
Riverside Development Company - telephone line letter; Roanoke, WV
Folder 3
Roy R. Horner - Union National Bank - Stockholder's receipt and check
Folder 4
Horner - Valley Falls Coal and Coke Company - Hertford Gas Company - Stock certificate
Folder 5
Watson - Stalnaker - Horner - deeds
Folder 6
Roy R. and Lynn S. Horner - leases for oil and gas; gas purchase contracts
Folder 7
George Davis and T. Minter Lawson - Hope Natural Gas Company
Folder 8
George Davis and T. Minter Lawson - West Fork Oil and Gas Company - Legal Documents
Folder 9
Roy R. Horner - Contents of an envelope pertaining to drilling; notes; receipts
Folder 10
Roy R. Horner - Union National Bank Account Statement, Oil Well Supply Co. gas well advertisement, receipts, check stubs
Folder 11
Mary V. Horner - Drilling Contracts
Folder 12
Horner - Drilling documents and notes
Folder 13
T. Minter Lawson - legal contracts, agreements, deeds, etc.
Folder 14
Hope Natural Gas Company and Horner-Gaylord Company - legal agreements and deeds
Folder 15
Roy R. Horner - Legal contracts, deeds, agreements, leases, etc. with Stalnaker
Folder 16
Horner-Gaylord Company - Record of Lots etc. - Hartland, Stealey Heights, Pine Grove, and Riverside Part 6
Folder 17
Horner-Gaylord Company - Record of Lots etc. - Hartland, Stealey Heights, Pine Grove, and Riverside Part 5
Folder 18
Horner-Gaylord Company - Record of Lots etc. - Hartland, Stealey Heights, Pine Grove, and Riverside Part 4
Folder 19
Horner-Gaylord Company - Record of Lots etc. - Hartland, Stealey Heights, Pine Grove, and Riverside Part 3
Folder 20
Horner-Gaylord Company - Record of Lots etc. - Hartland, Stealey Heights, Pine Grove, and Riverside Part 2
Folder 21
Horner-Gaylord Company - Record of Lots etc. - Hartland, Stealey Heights, Pine Grove, and Riverside Part 1
Folder 22
Upper Monongahela Valley Association - Newspaper Clippings
Folder 23
State Road Commission - Newspaper Clippings
Folder 24
Roy R. Horner - assorted notes with original envelope (oil and natural gas)
Box 8
Folder 1
Robert R. Davis - Receipts - City Fees, Taxes 1932-1982, Notes, Assessor's Letters
Folder 2
Robert R. Davis - Tax Receipts 1
Folder 3
Robert R. Davis - Tax Receipts 2
Folder 4
Robert R. Davis - Tax Receipts 3
Folder 5
Envelope No. 7 - Part 1
Folder 6
Envelope No. 7 - Part 5
Folder 7
Envelope No. 7 - Part 4
Folder 8
Envelope No. 7 - Part 3
Folder 9
Envelope No. 7 - Part 2
Folder 10
Life Insurance Receipts Envelope - Sleeve 4
Folder 11
Life Insurance Receipts Envelope - Sleeve 3
Folder 12
Life Insurance Receipts Envelope - Sleeve 2
Folder 13
Life Insurance Receipts Envelope - Sleeve 1
Folder 14
Davis - Life Insurance Letters
Folder 15
Envelope No. 1 - County and City Taxes, supported by 20 canceled checks, Amount of $4,527.31
Folder 16
Envelope No. 12
Folder 17
Envelope No. 13
Folder 18
Envelope No. 11
Folder 19
Envelope No. 6
Folder 20
Envelope No. 5
Folder 21
Envelope No. 10
Folder 22
Envelope No. 9
Folder 23
Envelope No. 8
Folder 24
Envelope No. 3
Folder 25
Envelope No. 4
Folder 26
Envelope No. 2
Folder 27
Robert R. Davis - Records from Traveler's Checks; Birthday Card; Preston County Club Button
Box 9
Folder 1
Dan and Broad Street, Inc. Reports - Browning's Inc.; Blue Bird Stores
Folder 2
Horner-Gaylord Company - "Report of Examination and Supplementary Data" booklet
Folder 3
Horner-Gaylord Company - Hunsaker correspondence and notes
Folder 4
Horner-Gaylord Company and Clover Farm Stores - Data 1
Folder 5
Horner-Gaylord Company and Clover Farm Stores - Data 2
Folder 6
Horner-Gaylord Company and Clover Farm Stores - Data 3 (newspapers)
Folder 7
Horner-Gaylord Company and Clover Farm Stores - Letters and notes 1
Folder 8
Horner-Gaylord Company and Clover Farm Stores - Letters and Notes 2
Folder 9
Robert R. Davis (Horner-Gaylord Company) - Clover Farm Stores Corporation Correspondences
Folder 10
Horner-Gaylord Company - Thornhill Clover Farm Store
Folder 11
West Union Grocery Company - West Union Bank
Folder 12
West Union Grocery Company - Douglas P. Farr
Folder 13
West Union Grocery Company - John Burkhammer Gas Well
Folder 14
West Union Grocery Company - Income tax returns and notes
Folder 15
West Union Grocery Company - Dissolution
Folder 16
West Union Grocery Company - Federal and State taxes
Folder 17
West Union Grocery Company Correspondences
Folder 18
Horner-Gaylord Company - Accounts receivable - December 1939
Folder 19
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1940; notes
Folder 20
Horner-Gaylord Company - Statistics from managers' stores - June 1941
Folder 21
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1941
Folder 22
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1942
Folder 23
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1943
Folder 24
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1944
Folder 25
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1945
Folder 26
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1946
Folder 27
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1948
Folder 28
West Union Grocery Company - Union National Bank statements and book
Folder 29
Horner-Gaylord Company - letters and notes for deals with Craft in Morgantown, WV and Nutter in Fairmont, WV
Folder 30
Piedmont Grocery Company Financial statements; letters to William T. Nutter; North Central Builders Supply Company Memo
Folder 31
Various Grocery Company Notes
Folder 32
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1933
Folder 33
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1934
Folder 34
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1935
Folder 35
Horner-Gaylord Company - Estimated liquidating assets based on balance sheet as of January 1, 1936
Folder 36
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1936
Folder 37
Horner-Gaylord Company - Accounts receivable - June 1937
Folder 38
Unidentified Note
Folder 39
Letter from Horner-Gaylord Company to Robert Davis; note
Folder 40
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1937
Folder 41
Resolution Regarding the death of Roy Rhodes Horner
Folder 42
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1938
Folder 43
Horner-Gaylord Company - Accounts Receivable - December 1938
Folder 44
Horner-Gaylord Company - Monthly Balance Sheets - January-December 1939
Folder 45
Horner-Gaylord Company - notes
Folder 46
Horner-Gaylord Company - December 1951 - assets and liabilities sheet; notes
Folder 47
Horner-Gaylord Company - December 1950 Assets and liabilities sheet; notes
Box 10
Folder 1
Riverside Development Company - Deeds and other legal documents
Folder 2
Pine Grove Land Improvement Company - Letter with enclosed newspaper and other documents
Folder 3
Pine Grove Land Improvement Company - Tax information; Riverside and North property
Folder 4
Pine Grove Land Improvement Company - correspondences
Folder 5
Pine Grove Land Improvement Company - notes to accompany checks (in a separate box)
Folder 6
Pine Grove Land Improvement Company - Deeds and Legal agreements
Folder 7
Pine Grove Land Improvement Company - financial and tax information; notes
Folder 8
Pine Grove Land Improvement Company - tax information
Folder 9
Pine Grove Land Improvement Company - federal, state, county, and city tax returns and receipts
Folder 10
Roy R. and Lynn S. Horner - Mary V. Horner gas lease
Folder 11
Roy R. and Lynn S. Horner - partnership tax returns
Folder 12
Roy R. and Lynn S. Horner - financial statements - drilling accounts and notes
Folder 13
Roy R. and Lynn S. Horner - financial statements - Lawson and Davis gas well
Folder 14
Roy R. and Lynn S. Horner - financial statements - assorted notes and receipts
Folder 15
Memorandum agreement between Roy R. Horner and Charles A. Rhodes and wife - "Re: Operation Gas Lease"
Folder 16
Roy R. and Lynn S. Horner - tax receipts
Folder 17
Davis-Horner Company - Lawson - Davis well
Folder 18
Davis-Horner Company - Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company - Lawson Davis well
Folder 19
Davis-Horner Company - Hope Natural Gas Company - Lawson Davis well
Folder 20
Davis-Horner Company - Silas Ash lease (Lawson Davis well)
Folder 21
Davis-Horner Company - Lawson Davis gas well - notes
Folder 22
Roy R. and Lynn S. Horner - Nellie B. Watson gas lease
Folder 23
Roy R. and Lynn S. Horner - Lawson and Davis gas lease
Folder 24
Hartland Improvement Company - claim of E.A. Barte bank assessment, Belington, WV
Folder 25
Hartland Improvement Company - Tax documentation and notes
Folder 26
Hartland Improvement Company - Various documents and correspondences
Folder 27
Hartland Improvement Company - Charles B. Alexander
Folder 28
Hartland Improvement Company - Fuel City Box Company notes
Folder 29
Hartland Improvement Company - attorneys Steptoe and Johnson
Folder 30
Fittro Heirs Gas Lease Hold - Roy R. Horner trustee - tax data
Folder 31
Fittro Heirs Gas Lease Hold - Correspondences (Roy R. Horner trustee)
Folder 32
Fittro Heirs Gas Lease Hold - Roy R. Horner trustee - accounts and finances
Folder 33
Fittro Heirs Gas Lease Hold - Roy R. Horner trustee - property memorandums
Folder 34
Fittro Heirs Gas Lease Hold - Roy R. Horner trustee - deeds
Folder 35
Fittro Heirs Gas Lease Hold - labor and supplies
Folder 36
Fittro Heirs Gas Lease Hold - gas sales
Folder 37
Edward R. Davis, ET. AL. - data on Deison property
Folder 38
Edward R. Davis, ET. AL. - Mountain Lake Park property
Folder 39
United Gas Improvement Company - letter to Allan C. Griffith (stocks)
Folder 40
United Gas Improvement Company - letter to stockholders - December 22, 1942
Folder 41
Hartland Improvement Company - liquidation
Folder 42
Hartland Improvement Company - federal, state, county, and city tax returns and receipts
Folder 43
Edward R. Davis, ET AL - Monticello and Main Street Property - paving and sidewalk assessment, 1926-1932
Folder 44
Edward R. Davis, ET AL - Monticello and Main Street Property - financial statements, 1929-1939
Folder 45
E.R. Davis Estate - John W. Carpenter Property
Folder 46
Riverside Development Company - Financial documents, receipts, information, and notes
Folder 47
Riverside Development Company - correspondences
Folder 48
Stealey Heights - financial documents, notes, and correspondences
Folder 49
Stealey Heights - Heights Company - correspondences and notes
Folder 50
Stealey Heights Company - Heights Company - Deeds with other legal documents and certificates
Box 11
Folder 1
B.H. Maulsby Papers
Folder 2
West Union Grocery Company - Business Correspondences from late 1920's to early 1930's
Folder 3
West Union Grocery Company - general business operations; correspondences and documents from early 1930's; tire advertisement
Folder 4
West Union Grocery Company - general correspondences from 1920's to 1930's; notes
Folder 5
West Union Grocery Company - Paid bills with associated notes and correspondences
Folder 6
West Union Grocery Company - Monthly financial statements (previously bound)
Folder 7
West Union Grocery Company - (formerly) bound financial statements
Folder 8
West Union Grocery Company - Advertisements
Folder 9
West Union Grocery Company - notes on inventory, customers; correspondences; stockholder meeting
Folder 10
West Union Grocery Company - customer information
Folder 11
West Union Grocery Company - Financial statements and notes
Folder 12
West Union Grocery Company - Financial statements separated by mailing envelope; audit report booklet with enclosed letter
Folder 13
West Union Grocery Company - Roy Horner - Special stockholders meeting and associated documents
Folder 14
West Union Grocery Company - judgement against J.B. Smith Store Company of Shirley, WV
Folder 15
West Union Grocery Company - Roy Horner correspondences with Olin C. Carter, Fred Underwood, and other Underwood family members - Lawsuit against Underwood
J.B. Smith Store Company - J.W. Dark
Folder 16
Charles A. Horner Estate - settlement; distribution; estate taxes; partial settlements; income; notes; receipts; correspondences
Folder 17
Estate of Charles A. Horner - correspondences with attorneys Phillip Steptoe and Louis Johnson
Folder 18
Estate of Charles A. Horner - finances, assets, records, and taxes from 1921-1923; administered by Roy Horner
Folder 19
Charles A. Horner - Income Tax Returns 1913-1914; Estate of E.R. Davis
Folder 20
Charles A. Horner - income tax and correspondence 1916-1917
Folder 21
Charles A. Horner - individual income tax returns 1917-1918; letter with data from finances with E.R. Davis
Folder 22
Mary V. Horner - individual income tax 1919-1920; letter with Charles A. Horner financial notes
Folder 23
Charles A. Horner - individual income tax returns 1920-1923; mail tracer
Box 12
Folder 1
Davis Family History - letter
Folder 2
Davis Family History - Letter from G. Arnold to Jacob Hevener - Pendleton County, (W)VA - Weston, Lewis County, (W)VA - 1844
Folder 3
Davis Family History - Letter from Brewer to Erasmus Rhodes - Rockingham County, VA - 1872
Folder 4
Davis Family History - Rhodes, J.E. Brewer, Catherine ? - Rockingham County, VA - Harrisonburg, VA - letter - 1866
Folder 5
Davis Family History - Jacob Hevener - Hevener's Store - Highland County, VA - 1866
Folder 6
Davis Family History - Olive Rhodes - Legal Agreement - railroad - Lewis County - Roanoke, WV
Folder 7
Letters from W.S. Horner to Charles Horner - both from 1888 - found in same envelope (also included)
Folder 8
Letter from Charles Horner to his brother, W.S. Horner - 1889
Folder 9
Letter to Charles Horner to his brother, John Horner
Folder 10
Letter from Charles Horner to his brother, J.A. Horner - 1874
Folder 11
Letter from Mary Horner to Charles Horner
Folder 12
Rhodes nineteenth century genealogy
Folder 13
Letter from Mary Horner to Charles Horner - cloth included with letter in envelope - cloth and envelope also in folder
Folder 14
Letter to Charles Horner from his brother - 1889
Folder 15
Letter to Charles A. Horner from his cousin, George E. Kayser - 1888
Folder 16
Letter to Charles A. Horner from Mary Horner
Folder 17
Letter to Charles A. Horner from Mary Horner - 1889
Folder 18
Davis Family History - Letter to Charles A. Horner from J.M. Horner - Dayton, WV - Weston, WV - 1889 - Envelope included
Folder 19
Davis Family History - Letter to Charles A. Horner from his brother - Roanoke, WV - 1888 - envelope included
Folder 20
Davis Family History - Letter from John S. Horner to his niece - 1879
Folder 21
Roy R. Horner - Southern States Cooperative shareholder documentation
Folder 22
Charles A. Horner - deed - lot purchased in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Clarksburg, WV from the trustees of Adelphia Lodge #8 I.O.O.F. - 1907
Folder 23
Davis Family History - letters from Hevener to Erasmus Rhodes - Hevener's Store - Weston, WV - 1866, 1867 - Envelope of arrival included
Folder 24
Davis Family History - Rhodes family history narratives - letter - newspaper clipping - arrival envelope included
Folder 25
Davis Family History - Civil War amnesty oath - Erasmus Rhodes
Folder 26
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - Civil War - Confederate Currency - Virginia county currency
Folder 27
Davis Family History - letter from Eva (Swaney) to her brother, Erasmus Rhodes - Nokomis, IL - 1891
Folder 28
Davis Family History - letter from Eva (Swaney) to her brother, Erasmus Rhodes - Nokomis, IL
Folder 29
Davis Family History - land survey - G. Arnold - Erasmus Rhodes - nearby envelope included
Folder 30
Davis Family History - Letter from William Sweney (Swaney) to his brother-in-law, Erasmus Rhodes - Roanoke, WV - Highland County, VA - 1883 - envelope included
Folder 31
Davis Family History - Letter from Eva (Swaney) to Erasmus Rhodes - Roanoke, WV - Nokomis, IL - 1890 - envelope included
Folder 32
Davis Family History - letter from Eva (Swaney) to Erasmus Rhodes - Roanoke, WV - Nokomis, IL - 1894 - Envelope included
Folder 33
Davis Family History - Davis Family History - letter from Eva (Swaney) to Erasmus Rhodes - Roanoke, Lewis County, WV - Nokomis, IL - 1892 - envelope included
Folder 34
Davis Family History - letter from unknown to Eva (Swaney) - Keezletown, VA - 1891
Folder 35
Davis Family History - letter from G. Brewer to his sister, Eva (Swaney) - Keezletown, VA - 1891
Folder 36
Davis Family History - letter from Eva Swaney to her brothers and sisters (Erasmus Rhodes) - Nokomis, IL - 1890
Folder 37
Davis Family History - letter to Jacob Hevener - Hevener's Store - Pendleton County, (W)VA - 1844
Folder 38
Davis Family History - letter to Erasmus Rhodes from his sister, Eva (Swaney) - Roanoke, Weston County, WV - 1892 - Envelope inside
Folder 39
Davis Family History - ? Arnold - letter - Weston, (W)VA - 1844
Folder 40
Davis Family History - John Mitchel, David Smith - Lewis County, Weston, (W)VA - Promissory note, letter - 1826, 1825
Folder 41
Davis Family History - Rhodes - Rockingham County, VA - Letter - 1868
Folder 42
Davis Family History - Rhodes - Rockingham County, VA - letter - 1858
Folder 43
Davis Family History - letter - Weston, WV - Rockingham, VA - 1859 - envelope found nearby included in folder
Folder 44
Davis Family History - Jacob Hevener - West Fork River Survey Map - 241 Acres
Folder 45
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - Handwritten promissory note - 1869
Folder 46
Davis Family History - Jacob Hevener - Hevener's Store - Highlands County - letter - 1866
Folder 47
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - Promissory note - Weston, WV - First Exchange Bank of Weston - 1871
Folder 48
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - handwritten promissory note - 1847
Folder 49
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - promissory note - Weston, WV - First Exchange Bank of Weston - 1872
Folder - 50
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - Promissory note - Weston, WV - 1869
Folder 51
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - promissory note - Weston, WV - National Exchange Bank of Weston - 1872
Folder 52
Davis Family History - promissory note - Weston, WV - Virginia Commonwealth seal - 1869 - Erasmus Rhodes
Folder 53
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - Weston, WV - promissory note of $250 for National Exchange Bank of Weston - 1871
Folder 54
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - various letters addressed to him - envelope included
Folder 55
Davis Family History - two unknown photographs: a bearded man and a small child - fringed cloth - craftwork - envelope in which items were found
Folder 56
Davis Family History - tobacco advertisement - Day and Night Tobacco Company - Red Light Mixture
Folder 57
Davis Family History - L? Hevener - unknown artifact - embroidered, damaged
Folder 58
Davis Family History - Jacob Hevener - letter - Highlands County, VA
Folder 59
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - gold bullion purchase receipt - 1852
Folder 60
Davis Family History - letter - from Jacob Hevener to his daughter and son-in-law (Erasmus Rhodes)
Folder 61
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - deed to land in the West Fork River area - 1859
Folder 62
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - deed copy - Lewis County - West Fork River - 1880
Folder 63
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - deed - Lewis County - 1882
Folder 64
Davis Family History - Jacob Heavener - deed - Lewis County - 1845
Folder 65
Davis Family History - Mary Rhodes - deed copy - 1855
Folder 66
Davis Family History - Jacob Heavener - deed - land in the West Fork River Area
Folder 67
Davis Family History - deed - George Arnold - land near the West Fork River - 1845
Folder 68
Davis Family History - I. Hevener Jr. - Survey map - Lewis County - 396 acres
Folder 69
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - survey map of West Fork River lands - 428 acres - 1870
Folder 70
Davis Family History - Erasmus Rhodes - deed to land in the West Fork River area - 1860
Folder 71
Davis Family History - land grant to James Anderson and Samuel Hanway - 1,000 acres - 1787
Folder 72
Garnett H. Davis - statement of transactions; notes
Folder 73
Robert R. Davis - business cards - West Virginia Department of Commerce Travel Development Division, arts and crafts survey - August 1962
Folder 74
Robert R. Davis - Penn Alps, Inc.
Folder 75
Robert R. Davis - Council of the Alleghenies - Folder 1
Folder 76
Robert R. Davis - Canceled note from Trust Department funds
Folder 77
Robert R. Davis - Council of the Alleghenies - Folder 2
Folder 78
Robert R. Davis - The Springs Historical Society, East and West
Folder 79
Travel Update letter from Pat
Folder 80
Robert R. Davis - Letter from Green Park Hotel
Folder 81
Horner-Gaylord Company newspaper article - Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram - August 18, 1985
Folder 82
Robert R. Davis - letter from Hotel Royal Danieli and New Danieli Excelcior, Venice
Folder 83
Robert R. Davis - Received "Thank You" card
Folder 84
Robert R. Davis - Garrett County Historic Sites Report
Folder 85
Clover Farm Stores - Assorted Financial Notes
Folder 86
Robert R. Davis - Reordered Check - Bankers Lithographing Company
Folder 87
The Weston Independent - January 19, 1966 - Addressed to C. Burke Morris
Folder 88
Harriet Wardlaw Davis - Bank account Summaries - Checks separate (Special Box ?/12.1)
Folder 89
William O'Harrow Matter - Stone, Chalfant, and McCandless: Attorneys at Law - Correspondence
Folder 90
William O'Harrow Matter - H.S. Stewart Correspondence - 1916 and 1917
Folder 91
Charles A. Horner - William O'Harrow Matter - H.S. Stewart Correspondence
Folder 92
William O'Harrow Matter - Legal Documents
Folder 93
Charles A. Horner - William O'Harrow Matter - Neal Brothers Correspondence
Folder 94
Charles A. Horner - William O'Harrow Matter - W.E. Haymond Correspondences - 1919
Folder 95
Charles A. Horner - William O'Harrow Matter - William O'Harrow Correspondences
Folder 96
R.R. Horner - William O'Harrow Matter - Contents of an envelope marked as "Miscellaneous Matters Related to the Mr. O'Harrow Business"
Folder 97
Charles A. Horner - William O'Harrow Matter - W.E. Haymond Correspondences - 1922
Folder 98
Charles A. Horner - William O'Harrow Matter - W.E. Haymond Correspondence - 1915
Folder 99
Charles A. Horner - William O'Harrow Matter - W.E. Haymond Correspondence - 1921
Folder 100
Charles A. Horner - William O'Harrow Matter - John Hyer Correspondence
Folder 101
Charles A. Horner - William O'Harrow Matter - County Clerk Correspondence
Box 13 - Small Books
1924 Planner
1925 Planner
1925 Planner
Dellbridge Amortization Tables
E.R. Davis & Co. Inc. - Union National Bank - Bank Book - 1930-1935
Davis-Horner Company - Cow Pasture Graselli - Financial Notebook
Davis-Horner Company - Financial Notebook
Horner - Lawyer's Diary - Notes - 1922
Bank Book - 1927-1931
Bank Book - 1926-1927
Bank Book - 1922-1924
Bank Book - 1934-1935
Bank Book - 1931-1933
Bank Book - 1932-1935 - Notes
Bank Book - 1924-1926
Nashaugton Gas Company - Cash Book
Hartland Improvement Company - Ledger Book
Horner-Gaylord Company - Audit/Financial Statements and Information - individual books ranging from 1928-1958
Finance Notepad "5"
Invoice - October 31, 1927
"The Trust, the Trusted, and the Trust" - A report by the Trust Department of the First National Bank of Chicago
"Clover Farm Warehouse Manual"
"Soil Survey: Preston County, West Virginia" - United States Department of Agriculture
Box 14
Check Books:
November 10, 1968 - May 7, 1969
October 9, 1956 - April 22, 1957
September 7, 1959 - April 20, 1960
January 9, 1959 - August 10, 1959
November 22, 1960 - June 12, 1961
April 22, 1957 - November 29, 1957
June 23, 1958 - January 9, 1959
November 29, 1957 - June 12, 1958
January 7, 19XX - August 8, 19XX
September 24, 1955 - March 12, 1956
June 15, 1961 - January 10, 1962
August 8, 1963 - February 19, 1964
January 10, 1962 - July 13, 1962
July 17, 1962 - January 7, 1963
April 20, 1960 - November 19, 1960
September 7, 1973 - March 6, 1974
May 8, 1968 - November 10, 1968
May 7, 1969 - November 12, 1969
February 7, 1973 - September 7, 1973
March 12, 1975 - August 27, 1975
August 28, 1975 - March 24, 1976
May 28, 1971 - December 10, 1971
July 31, 1972 - February 7, 1973
December 14, 1971 - July 27, 1972
November 9, 1970 - May 28, 1971
March 6, 19XX - September 18, 19XX
November 12, 1969 - May 7, 1970
May 11, 1970 - November 9, 1970
September 19, 1974 - March 6, 1975
August 11, 19XX - September 3, 19XX
Folders:
Cassleman Chronicle - Volumes I-VI - Assorted
Journal of the Alleghenies - Volumes I-IV - Assorted
Pamphlet - "The Alleghenies, Their Cultural Potential: Steps Toward Its Realization" - The First Annual Cultural Conference of the Council of the Alleghenies, Inc. - Frostburg State College - Frostburg, Maryland - April 11, 1964
Other Colllection Groupings
Oversized Items Folder
Hartland Improvement Company - Map of Clarksburg - 1910 - other documents attached
Acre Tracts Lot Map - Poplar St., Plainfield Ave., Smithfield Ave., Bridgeport Ave., Woodland Ave.
Map - Fraternal Memoir Park - Clarksburg, WV - October 1928
Map - Riverside - Clarksburg, WV
Davis-Horner Company - Map - Graselli Addition to Clarksburg, WV - 1904
+Duplicate with markings (fragile)
Roy Rhodes Horner - Consulate of the United States of America certificate - free passage through Cape Town Colony, Africa
Pamphlet - "Encouraging Mountain Crafts and Talents"
Huntington - geological map - 1957, 1961
Map - Maryland - geological formations - 1933
Map - Maryland - surface elevations - 1935
Maryland Geological Society - Map - Agricultural Soils - 1927 (fragile) - Garrett County
Maryland Geological Society - Cloth Map - Agricultural Soils - 1902 - Garrett County
Map of small tracts of land in Clarksburg, WV - West Fork River - January 19, 1937 - C.C. Fittro, C.E.
"Union National Bank's Annual Statement to Shareholders Most Gratifying" x2
Clover Farm Stores - building blueprint with attached documents
Valley Falls Coke Company - First Mortgage Coupon Bonds - $25.00 increments - x4
Union Grocery Company - Certificate of Incorporation - October 16, 1901
Map showing the location of Main Street Crossing - West Union, WV - Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad, Monongah Division, Parkersburg Branch - May 15, 1924
West Union Grocery Company - Sale to T.F. Moats and Son - Moats family plans for remodeling
"Map of proposed corporate limits of Anmoore embracing Graselli Addition to East Clarksburg, W.VA." - August 1950 - Horner Brothers Engineers
Map of Randle Highlands, D.C. - Barker Addition - no year given (estimated 1930's or earlier)
Davis-Horner Company - Certificate of Incorporation - December 28, 1903
Map of D.C. - Date Unknown
The Exponent - Clarksburg, WV newspaper - February 22, 1941 - "Paving Ordinance" article
Map of Randle Highlands - Washington, D.C. - date unknown
Loose Books
Davis-Horner Company - Minutes and Incorporation Book - 1904-1905
Davis-Horner Company - Stocks Certificate Book - 1904-1934
Riverside Development Company and Hartland Improvement Company - Stocks Certificate Book
West Union Grocery Company - Stocks Certificate Book
West Union Grocery Company - Stocks Certificate Book (2)
West Union Grocery Company - Stocks Certificate Book (3) - Note, Correspondences Inside
West Union Grocery Company - Stocks Certificate Book (4) - Letter with Envelope inside
Davis-Horner Company - Cash and Ledger Book No. 7
Davis-Horner Company - Cash and Ledger Book No. 1
E.R. Davis - Unspecified Finance Book - 1844-1847
"Book No. 5 - For 1877"
Finance Book - 1898-1908
E.R. Davis & Co. Inc. - Minute Record - 1925-1934
Davis-Horner Company - Ledger No. 3
Davis-Horner Company - Cash Book No. 3
West Union Grocery Company - Meeting Minutes
Horner Family Reunion - Guest Registry
Inventory Book - 1928
Box Special 1 (7.1)
Assorted check stubs, bank books, and financial records
Box Special 2 (8.1)
Assorted Checks, bank books, receipts, etc.
Box Special 3 (8.2)
Assorted Checks, bank books, receipts, etc.
Box Special 4 (12.1)
Harriet Wardlaw Davis Checks
Box Special 5
Miscellaneous Photographs
Box Special 6
Miscellaneous E.R. Davis ET AL Checks