Genealogical and Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia. (Volume #1)

By: James Morton Callahan, Pub. 1912, Reprinted 2019, 454 pages, ISBN #0-89308-952-4.   Monongah Valley lies in the northern portion of the state of West Virginia boarding Pennsylvania. The counties of: Marion and Monongalia lie within its boundaries. Monongalia County was created in 1776 from Augusta County, VA. From it the following counties were created: Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker and Upshur and they too are represented in