Rathbone Petroleum Company of Pennsylvania documents 1860-1865 1864-1865 Rathbone Petroleum Company of Pennsylvania documents

Rathbone Petroleum Company of Pennsylvania

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William P. Rathbone purchased a plot of land in northwestern Virginia (now West Virginia) from John F. Petty in 1841. The land, which included the White Sulphur Springs, is located near present-day Burning Springs in Wirt County, West Virginia. In 1842, Charles Reynolds drilled a salt brine well on the land that he had leased from William Rathbone and Rathbone's sons, J. Cassius. and John V., but the drilling yielded oil. It was abandoned until 1860, when a new lessee, General Samue...

Weare, John H.

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Herndon, Samuel.

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Kinnaird, Alfred L.

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Petty, John F

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Sheeff, Nathaniel C.

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Esler, Robert B.

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Stringer, John G.

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Petty, Jacob H.

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Evans, George O.

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Camden, J. H.

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Hassall, William S.

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Rathbone, John V.

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Graff, John F.

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