School Board Minutes, Enumeration Lists And Account Records, Barbour County, West Virginia

Early School Board Minutes Identify The Family Groups Living In The Area, The Local Communities Served By The Schools, And The Local Citizen Leaders Who Controlled The SchoolsIn Documenting The Process Of Operating Schools, The Early Board Minutes Identify Which Citizens Were Entrusted To Teach And Which Citizens Were Given The Authority To Serve As School Commissioners And TrusteesThe Minutes Identify Which Local Businesses Were In Operation And Which Ones Benefited From School Board ExpendituresThe Minutes Also Identify The Local Citizens Who Were Employed To Construct Or Repair Existing SchoolsIn Areas Where Demographic Data And Court Records Are Incomplete, School Board Minutes During These Early Years Of Statehood Provide Valuable Sources Of Community And Family HistoryMinutes Are Transcribed From Original Handwritten Documents And Appear In Chronological OrderAFullname Index Is Included.
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