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Ohio County (West Virginia) Index, Volume 11: Card Index to all Ohio County Courts' Case Files & Loose Papers (Part 4: 1842-1851)- Kenneth Fischer Craft. Volume 11 continues the series by continuing to publish an exciting group of Ohio County, Virginia/West Virginia Records - the "Card Index to Ohio County Courts' original case files & loose papers" housed at the West Virginia & Regional History Collection at West Virginia University. During the 1930's another massive project was undertaken to collect an [partially] index all the surviving Ohio County, Virginia/West Virginia court case files & loose papers [about 500,000 items] from every court: County, Circuit, Superior, Circuit Superior, etc. from 1776 - 1930!An index card was made for each socument showing the plaintiff & defendant (or personal entry), the offense (or subject), the envelope number[at West Virginia University] containing the original papers and a brief description ofwhat documents are included in the envelope. There cards have been entered into a database and are being publishedfor the first time ever in this series! Volume 11 covers the period 1842-1851.What's in these records? Just about anything - whatever survived! By covering all the courts, we find an index to criminal cases; Chancery court cases & filesdealing with disputes over estates; more names involved in 'Road Orders,' Grand Juries, Witnesses, wolf scalp payments, militia officers and war services; a few land grants and naturalizations, ect. What document did your ancestor leave behind? Volume 11 has a unique "Personal Time Line" Index whereby every name, place or stream is sorted by year - with reference to the original card information. There are over 32,00 names in the index! 2003, 8.5 x 11, paper, 568 pp. ... Read more

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Upshur County, West Virginia was created in 1851 from Randolph, Barbour, andLewis counties. Upshur's early history and the lives of its more prominent pioneers andnineteenth-century Native Sons are ably captured in this tripartite volume. Part I, a condensedhistory of the state prepared by Hu Maxwell, ranges over everything from the first explorationsof the Blue Ridge, the French and Indian War, and the Revolution to West Virginia geographyand geology, formation of the state, and the Civil War in West Virginia. In Part II, Mr. Cutrightlays out the history of the county, with emphasis on the Indian Wars, religious life, geography,formation of the county and its political and governmental institutions, Upshur County andUpshur countians in the Civil War, as well as a whole host of miscellaneous topics, such asturnpike and railroad construction, newspapers, financial institutions, the birds of UpshurCounty, and much more. In the final third of the volume we find an alphabetically arrangedseries of over 600 biographical/genealogical sketches of Upshur countians (some of themillustrated), which range from several paragraphs to several pages in length. In the majority ofcases the subjects, who were mostly born around mid-century, are identified by their year ofbirth, the name of one or more parents, and the names of their spouse(s) and children. Inaddition, we learn something of each subject's career, military service (if any), and his/hermovements to and from Upshur County.

In short, given the book's 607 densely packed pages of historical and genealogical detail, this isthe starting point for Upshur County research. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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In 1778, Monongalia County, (West) Virginia, was formed from a portion of the western part of Augusta County, Virginia, and in 1779 and 1780 small portions of West Augusta were annexed to Monongalia County.This tenth book in a popular series transcribes ... Read more

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Hampshire County was formed from the Virginia counties of Augusta andFrederick in 1754. Later, during the American Civil War, it became the first Virginia countywholly in the territory that is now West Virginia. Mrs. Vicki Horton is the compiler of a numberof Hampshire County genealogical source record collections, five of which are now availablefrom Clearfield Company .

Hampshire County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists consists of alphabetically arranged listsof all persons who paid a property tax for every year between 1800 and 1814, except for 1808,when no tax was collected. For each taxpayer Mrs. Horton has coded the number of whitetithables in the household, the number of horses owned, and the number of slaves, if any. Onoccasion, persons are identified with supporting information, such as occupation. All thetaxpayers are readily identified in the comprehensive index at the back of the volume. Since thisvolume contains more than 20,000 entries, it is hard to imagine a better census approximation ofHampshire County residents for this time period. ... Read more

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Title: Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia, Under the Editorial Supervision of Bernard L. ButcherWith an Account of the Resurces and Industries of the Upper Monongahela Valley and the Tributary RegionVolume: 2Publisher: New York, Lewis Historical Publishing coPublication date: 1912Subjects: Monongahela Valley, W. Va. -- HistoryMonongahela Valley, W. Va. -- GenealogyWest Virginia -- GenealogyNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Abstracts of the only surviving court records for the early years of Monongalia County derived from the District Court which served Monongalia, Harrison, Randolph, and Ohio counties, and the surrounding counties. The cases deal predominantly with civil ma ... Read more

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These agricultural census records name only the head of the household; however, they do yield unique information about how people lived. Often, individuals who were missed on the regular U.S. census will appear on the agricultural census. Six of the agric ... Read more

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The much anticipated second volume in the series. Awealth of information including: a roster of over 31,000 U.S. soldiersfrom WV; an index of 12,683 U.S. veterans of the 1890 WV Census; thedeceased vets and their widows from the 1890 Census plus index; anindex to the African American troops; a statistical review of the 1890census; plus an addenda to Volume I with additions &corrections. Civil War buffs, genealogists, and family historians willfind this book very useful. ... Read more