| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | McCoy, William |
| Title: | William McCoy Papers |
| Dates: | 1854-1883 |
| Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | William McCoy was a Carroll County, Ohio judge, educator, and part-owner of the Free Press, later called the Carroll Union Press. The collection consists of correspondence of McCoy and others, and receipts. |
| MS Number | MS 4416 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
William McCoy (1823-1905) was Probate Judge of Carroll County, Ohio, and also a prominent educator. He founded the college at Harlem Springs, Ohio. During the 1850s and 1860s, he was at times a part owner of a Carroll County newspaper known first as the Free Press and then during the United States Civil War as the Carroll Union Press. After the war, the paper assumed its original name. McCoy was born in Pennsylvania and was in Carrol County by the time he married Margaret Ann Druckmiller in 1848.
The William McCoy Papers, 1854-1883, consist of correspondence of McCoy and others, and receipts.
This collection may be useful to anyone researching the legal and journalism careers of William McCoy. It also has applications to the general history of Carrol County and its county seat of Carrollton. Some of the correspondence is from Civil War soldiers. One of the letters to McCoy, dated November 3, 1863, gives genealogical information on the family of William Blackledge of Rockville, Indiana.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4416 William McCoy Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Western Reserve Historical Society, 1979.
Processed by Richard Hite in 1989.