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Also known as the West Virginia Reform School.

1. West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Pruntytown, W. Va.

IDNO:
017367
Title:
West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Pruntytown, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Also known as the West Virginia Reform School.

2. Pruntytown, W. Va.

IDNO:
028372
Title:
Pruntytown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925
The church was organized prior to West Virginia becoming a state in 1821 in what was then known as Williamsport, Virginia.

3. Pruntytown Methodist Church, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

IDNO:
051208
Title:
Pruntytown Methodist Church, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1964/01/28
Description:
The church was organized prior to West Virginia becoming a state in 1821 in what was then known as Williamsport, Virginia.
The church was organized in 1818.

4. Beulah Baptist Church of Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

IDNO:
051212
Title:
Beulah Baptist Church of Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized in 1818.
The chapel was built in what was then Williamsport, Virginia, twenty years before West Virginia became a state. The building served as a Methodist Protestant church until the Union of Methodist Churches in 1939. In 1947, the church and its grounds were sold to the Industrial School and was designated the school's institutional chapel.

5. Warder Chapel at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

IDNO:
051214
Title:
Warder Chapel at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1964/01/28
Description:
The chapel was built in what was then Williamsport, Virginia, twenty years before West Virginia became a state. The building served as a Methodist Protestant church until the Union of Methodist Churches in 1939. In 1947, the church and its grounds were sold to the Industrial School and was designated the school's institutional chapel.
Leander Sylvanious Smith and Niranda Elizabeth Hamilton Smith are pictured on their 50th wedding anniversary. They are the parents of Ora Mae Smith Stephens, who married Leaman Clark Stephens and mothered Eschol Lee Stephens.

6. Leander and Niranda Smith at their Home, Prunty, W. Va.

IDNO:
051917
Title:
Leander and Niranda Smith at their Home, Prunty, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
Leander Sylvanious Smith and Niranda Elizabeth Hamilton Smith are pictured on their 50th wedding anniversary. They are the parents of Ora Mae Smith Stephens, who married Leaman Clark Stephens and mothered Eschol Lee Stephens.