URL: http://www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/history/wood.html
Location: Henderson Hall. Henderson Hall Historic District, Route 2,
Box 103, Williamstown, WV 26187; ph. 304/375-2129 or 304/295-4772.
Two miles below Williamstown off W.Va 14 on River Road.
Owner: Michael B. Rolston. Hours: Daily & private tours May thru Oct.
2 p.m. daily tour Monday through Friday and from 1 to 4 p.m.
Sundays. CLOSED Saturday. Admission charges: $4 adult, $2 children
under 12. Group tours by appointment (304/375-2129).
Site: 1836 mansion and grounds (listed on National Register of
Historic Places) with original pre-Civil War furnishings.
Centerpiece of the 2,000 acres Henderson Plantation.
Description: Uncatalogued archive of Alexander Henderson and Joseph
Tomlinson family documents, records, and memorabilia, including
manuscripts, municipal government records, business records,
photographs, maps, and blueprints/architectural materials.
Slave records and artifacts, letter from former slave, emancipation,
anti-slavery court case (Putnam), etc.
Scope: pre-1800: 10%; 1800-1860: 30%; 1860-1920: 50%; 1920-present:
10%.
More information: brochures (on site); cf. Catherine Henderson's
"Henderson Hall" pp.2-6.