Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Records Program - WEST VIRGINIA Corrections? Additions? Click here! 10/20/22
Post No. Alt. No. Post Name City County Repository Location Collection Name Description of Item(s) Medium/Condition Informant Date Dept. Source
000   (Department) N/A N/A               WV N/A
001   Lincoln Martinsburg Berkeley               WV JH1
002   U. S. Grant Harper's Ferry Jefferson               WV JH1
003   Sedgwick Coalburg Kanawha               WV JH1
004   Thoburn Wheeling Ohio   Available online at Google Books:  https://books.google.com/books?id=V_JOAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP6#v=onepage&q&f=false   Articles of Incorporation (1872), published in "Constitution and Schedule Adopted in Convention at Charleston, April 9th, 1872 ; Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia at Its Eleventh Session, 1872-3."  Pages 780-782.   Dean Enderlin, SUVCW Jun-2015 WV DE1
004   Bailey Huntington Cabell               WV JH1
005   John Hall Sissonville Kanawha               WV JH1
006   Meade Fairmont Marion               WV JH1
007   Reno Grafton Taylor               WV JH1
008   Custer Clarksburg Harrison               WV JH1
009   Pierpoint Wellsburg Brooke               WV JH1
011   J. J. Polsley Point Pleasant Mason               WV JH1
012   J. W. Holliday Wheeling Ohio Oglebay Institute 465 Lodge Drive, Wheeling, WV 26003; phone 877-436-1797 Holliday Post Collection Collection of records (details not known), reportedly catalogued and copied electronically through a partnership with the Ohio County Public Library.   Dean Enderlin, SUVCW Jul-2019 WV JH1
013   George D. Summers Berkeley Springs Morgan West Virginia State Archives Archives and History Library, The Culture Center, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, WV 25305-0300; phone 304-558-0230 x168; website www.wvculture.org/ Grand Army of the Republic, Department of West Virginia, 1884-1920. Collection #: Ms80-7 Records, no specifics   Dean Enderlin, SUVCW Apr-2012 WV JH1
014   Andrew Mather Parkersburg Wood               WV JH1
015   Washington Hartford City Mason               WV JH1
016   Dan Frost Ravenswood Jackson West Virginia State Archives Archives and History Library, The Culture Center, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, WV 25305-0300; phone 304-558-0230 x168; website www.wvculture.org/ Grand Army of the Republic, Department of West Virginia, 1884-1920. Ms80-7 Records include correspondence, discharge and transfer certificates, orders, an account book for the Women's Relief Corps of the Dan Frost Post (Ravenswood), and records of the George Summers Post, and Carl Chatto Post (Ripley).   Dean Enderlin, SUVCW Oct-2015 WV JH1
017   Philip G. Bier New Martinsville Wetzel               WV WV1, DE1
018   W. A. Atkinson New Cumberland Hancock               WV JH1
019   Ellsworth Rockport                 WV JH1
020   J. R. Hall Leon Mason               WV JH1
021   J. C. Caldwell Moundsville Marshall               WV JH1
022   Lyon Independence / Newburg Preston               WV JH1
023   James B. McPherson Reedsville Preston               WV JH1
024   Azra Goodspeed Willow Tree Mason               WV JH1
025   Arthur Forbes Deerlick Mason               WV JH1
027   George H. Thomas Tunnelton Preston               WV JH1
028   Carl Shatto Jackson Court House / Ripley Jackson West Virginia State Archives Archives and History Library, The Culture Center, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, WV 25305-0300; phone 304-558-0230 x168; website /www.wvculture.org/ Grand Army of the Republic, Department of West Virginia, 1884-1920. Collection #: Ms80-7 Listed as records of Carl Chatto Post, Ripley   Dean Enderlin, SUVCW Apr-2012 WV JH1
029   Post No. 29   Hancock               WV DE1
029   Abe Woodyard Lesage Cabell               WV JH1
030   Adam Baumgartner Pennsboro Ritchie               WV JH1
031   J. A. Mulligan Hebron Pleasants               WV WV1
032   W. N. Harris Belleville Wood               WV JH1
033   William P. Green West Union Doddridge               WV JH1
034   George B. McClellan Cairo Ritchie               WV JH1, DE1
035   S. B. Stidger Cameron Marshall               WV JH1
036   Kuykendall Ritchie Court House (Harrisville) Ritchie               WV JH1
037   George Smith Meadville / Wick Tyler               WV WV1
038   Lander Paw Paw Morgan               WV JH1
039   John L. Goodwin Basnetts Marion               WV JH1
040   Ben Goff Mannington Marion               WV JH1
041   John D. Baxter Braxton Court House (Sutton) Braxton       According the the History of Brascton County and Central West Virginia (1919), "it is to be regretted that the charter and other official papers became lost, together with a complete roster of its members."   Dean Enderlin, SUVCW Jun-2015 WV JH1
042   Maher Indian Camp Upshur               WV JH1
043   Smitley Petroleum Ritchie               WV JH1
044   Joe Buckley Volcano Wood               WV JH1
045   Joe Hooker Auburn Ritchie               WV JH1
046   Mason Mason Mason               WV JH1
047   Garfield Rock Cave Upshur               WV JH1
048   Hancock Benwood Marshall               WV JH1
049   Buckhannon Buckhannon Upshur               WV JH1
050   Morris Weston Lewis               WV JH1
051   Milroy Lockhart Jackson               WV JH1
052   Thoburn Grantsville Calhoun               WV JH1
053   E. W. Stephens Wheeling Ohio               WV JH1
054   Claudius B. Lee French Creek Upshur               WV JH1
055   Bouse Crawford Lewis               WV JH1
056   Coplin Flemington Taylor               WV JH1
057   B. D. Fearing Horseneck Pleasants               WV JH1
058   Silas Nichols Middlebourne Tyler               WV WV1
059   Kimball Littleton Wetzel               WV JH1
060   Josiah Steel Elizabeth Wirt               WV JH1
061   J. A. Logan Sand Hill Marshall               WV JH1, DE1
062   Hoffman Morgantown Monongalia               WV JH1
063   B. B. Shaw Piedmont Mineral               WV JH1
064   Preston Terra Alta Preston               WV JH1
065   Giles Woodlands Marshall               WV JH1
066   Hazen St. Marys Pleasants Pleasants County Historical Society 321 Washington Street, St. Marys, WV 26170   Membership applications, meeting notes, a Ledger Book, a ribbon from the 39th Annual Encampment GAR Department of West Va., Morgantown, May 24-25-26 1911, and other miscellaneous items. Original bound volumes and manuscripts. Dean Enderlin, SUVCW; Mary Rea Lamp May-2014 WV JH1
067   John Carlin Davis Tucker               WV JH1
068   Ringold Sistersville Tyler               WV WV1
069   Mansfield Raymond City Putnam               WV JH1
070   Curtis Clarence / Peniel Roane               WV JH1
071   Sims Bridgeport Harrison               WV JH1
072   Felton Rowlesburg Preston               WV JH1
073   Blundon Charleston Kanawha               WV JH1
074   I. D. Lemaster Wileyville Wetzel               WV JH1
075   Perry Pratt Shirley Tyler               WV JH1
076   Burnside St. George Tucker               WV JH1
077   J. Elmore Evans Glen Easton Marshall               WV JH1, DE1
078   J. Montgomery Curtis West Liberty Ohio               WV JH1
079   J. B. Martin Finch Ritchie               WV JH1
080   Ritz Malden Kanawha               WV JH1
081   Dick Blazer Ashton Mason               WV JH1
082   Charles Morrow Redmud Mason               WV JH1
083   J. M. Ewing Glenville Gilmer               WV JH1
084   Belington Belington Barbour               WV JH1
085   Samuel L. Perine Jarvisville Harrison               WV JH1
086   Phil Sheridan Wheeling Ohio               WV JH1, DE1
087   Liberty Bellton Marshall               WV JH1
088   David Gibson Brandonville Preston               WV JH1
089   New Creek Keyser Mineral               WV JH1
090   John H. Olney St. Albans Kanawha               WV JH1
091   Kenner Pipes Lone Tree Tyler               WV WV1
093   Clevenger Spencer Roane               WV JH1
094   George Heckert Troy Gilmer               WV JH1
095   John V. Riley Clendenin Kanawha               WV JH1
097   Calvert Chapter Shiloh Tyler               WV WV1
098   Brown Salem Harrison               WV JH1
099   Bartram Fort Gay Wayne               WV JH1
100   John T. Baird Sherrard Marshall               WV JH1
101   R. N. Hess Wyatt Harrison               WV JH1
102   Wolf Hurricane Putnam               WV JH1
103   John Smith Newton Roane               WV JH1
104   Dayton Post Elk Garden Mineral               WV JH1
105   Gettysburg Parkersburg Wood               WV JH1
106   J. F. Franz Maysville Grant               WV JH1
106   Phillippi Philippi Barbour               WV JH1
107   Hamlin Hamlin Lincoln               WV JH1
109   Frost Smithville Ritchie               WV JH1
110   Leonard Clark Shinnston Harrison               WV JH1
111   Kelley Kingwood Preston               WV JH1
112   N. K. Pack Egypt Jefferson               WV JH1
127   G. N. Williams Parkersburg Wood               WV DE1
Sources (for Post name, number, and location data only):
JH1 = Jeff Henningfield, SUVCW Gov Isaac Stevens Camp-at-Large #1; GAR Post Project Chair, 2000
WV1 = David and Betty Buck, Parachute, CO, 2000
DE1 = Dean A. Enderlin, SUVCW National GAR Records Officer, 2012-2018
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