Legal Papers, 1752-1914
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The legal papers (1752-1914) were collected primarily by Danske Dandridge and cover land deeds from Berkeley and Jefferson counties, W. Va., especially of Adam Stephen of Martinsburg, surveys of military bounty lands, bonds of indebtedness.
Copies of the wills of Magdalene Bedinger (1797) and Van Swearingen (1791), are followed by many documents on the military record of George M. Bedinger in the 12th Va. Volunteers, Revolutionary War.
The will of Isaac Stryder (1793) shows the disposition of many enslaved people.
The Carrie B. (Lawrence) Bedinger papers contain an inventory of her household furnishings (1850) and documents of guardianship for her children (1867). The estate of Danske Dandridge (1910) is based on her mother's property, set up as a trust in 1877.
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