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Minear Source Documents
Books and Periodicals
Chapman, Odie. They Rest Quietly. Cemetery Records of Tucker Co. WV. David, David
Samson, Enoch, Jonathan, Margaret, Mary Ann, p. 75, 76.
Comstock, Jim. The West Virginia Heritage: Encyclopedia. Richwood, WV: 1974.
DAR Application. David Minear. Ancestor of Lorraine Minear Malec, application #533339, 27
May 1967.
Davis, Dorothy. History of Harrison County, West Virginia. Clarksburg, WV: American
Association of University Women, 1970.
Davis, John David, comp. Harrison County, (West) Virginia Deed Records, 1785-1810. Bowie,
MD: Heritage Cooks, Inc., 1993.
Egle, William Henry. Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province
and State of Pennsylvania: 1727-1775. Harrisburg: Edwin K. Meyers, State Printer, 1892. p.
66-68.
Fansler, Homer Floyd. History of Tucker County, West Virginia. Parsons, WV: McClain
Printing Co., 1962.
Finch, Mrs. Frank E. "The Minier Family in Germany." National Genealogical Society
Quarterly. vol. XLIII, no. 2, June 1954, p. 67, 68.
Finch, Jessie Howell. The Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell, 1867-1949, of Elmira, New
York, U.S.A. Elmira, NY: Howell Associates, 1965, p. 59-68.
Hunt, Julia Mynhier. The Mynhier Family. n.d., n.p.
Lorentz, Adrian. Stalnaker. 31 page msp.
Maxwell, C.J. Descendants of John Minear (1732?-1781). Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, 1948.
Maxwell, Hu. History of Tucker County, West Virginia. Kingwood, WV: Preston Publishing,
1884.
Maxwell, Hu. History of Barbour County, West Virginia. Morgantown, WV: Acme Publishing,
1899, p. 186-197.
Maxwell, Hu. History of Randolph County, West Virginia. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co.,
1961.
McCrary, Marion Flake & Beggs, Gladys. Kilbourne Cemetery, Lick Creek Township, Van Buren
County, Iowa. 1964, p. 1.
Miller, Mary & Alexander Irene. Minear Family. Claypool Centennial: 1873-1973. p. 36.
Stalnaker, Cecil E. A Chronology of the Stalnaker Family in America. Edited by Martin L.
Yokum, Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982.
Primary Source Records
Harrison County, VA
1840 census, Adam, William Minear, p. 35.
Henry County, VA
1840 census, Moses, William, William L. Minear.
Preston County, VA
David, John, Peter, Samuel H. Minear.
Wood County, VA (formed from Harrison in 1798)
1830 census, Jonathan, William, James Minear, p. 291, 406, 406.
Randolph County, VA (formerly Harrison formerly Monongalia)
1782 census, Jacob (Jr. & Sr.), Margaret, Valentine Stalnaker, p. 35.
1785 census, Jacob, Jr. Margaret, Valentine Stalnaker, David Minear, p. 90.
26 July 1790, Cornelius Bogard to Jacob Stalnaker, Jr., 213 acres on Files Creek, branch of
Tygarts Valley River, Minute Book 1:92.
1810 census, Jacob, William, Boston Stalnaker, p. 325, plus others.
1820 census, Absalom, John, Isaac, Jacob, Andrew (Jr. & Sr.), Sebastian, Valentine, Jacob,
Neomi, William, Samuel Stalnaker, p. 271; David, Nathan Manier, 330; plus others.
1830 census, Massy, David, Enoch, David, Nathan Minear, p. 15, 16; alpha list of 20 Stalnakers,
p. 121-124.
1840 census, lots of Stalnakers.
Polk County, IA
Nancy Jane Stogodall vs. Vitura Minear et al, 17 Sept. 1875, circuit court no. 535 Chy.
Van Buren Co., IA
1870 census, George Minear, Lick Twp., p. 304, dwelling #304, family #196.
1880 census, George Minear, Lick Twp., p. 364, dwelling #165, family #169.
21 June 1905, George Minear obit, State Line Democrat, Wednesday, p. 8, col 3.
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