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To find books on each county or city below, click on the link in the county column. To learn more about each county history and genealogy, click on the H beside that county.
H	County (Click for Books)	Date Created	Parent County	County Seat
H	Barbour	Mar. 3, 1843	Harrison, Lewis, Randolph	Philippi
H	Berkeley	Feb. 1772	Frederick (Va.), Jefferson, Morgan	Martinsburg
H	Boone	Mar. 11, 1847	Cabell, Kanawha, Logan	Madison
H	Braxton	Jan. 15, 1836	Lewis, Kanawha, Nicholas	Sutton
H	Brooke	Nov. 30, 1796	Ohio	Wellsburg
H	Cabell	Jan. 2, 1809	Kanawha	Huntington
H	Calhoun	Mar. 5, 1856	Gilmer	Grantsville
H	Clay	Mar. 29, 1858	Braxton, Nicholas	Clay
H	Doddridge	Feb. 4, 1845	Harrison, Lewis, Tyler, Ritchie	West Union
H	Fayette	Feb. 28, 1831	Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan, Nicholas	Fayetteville
H	Gilmer	Feb. 3, 1845	Lewis, Kanawha	Glenville
H	Grant	Feb. 14, 1866	Hardy	Petersburg
H	Greenbrier	Mar. 1, 1778	Montgomery, Botetourt (both Va.)	Lewisburg
H	Hampshire	Dec. 13, 1753	Frederick, Augusta (both Va.)	Romney
H	Hancock	Jan. 15, 1848	Brooke	New Cumberland
H	Hardy	Dec. 10, 1785	Hampshire	Moorefield
H	Harrison	July 1785	Monongalia	Clarksburg
H	Jackson	Mar. 1, 1831	Kanawha, Mason, Wood	Ripley
H	Jefferson	Jan. 8, 1801	Berkeley	Charles Town
H	Kanawha	Nov. 14, 1788	Greenbrier, Montgomery	Charleston (state capital)
H	Lewis	Dec. 18, 1861	Harrison, Randolph	Weston
H	Lincoln	Feb. 23, 1867	Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam	Hamlin
H	Logan	Jan. 12, 1824	Cabell, Giles, Kanawha, Tazewell	Logan
H	Marion	Jan. 14, 1842	Harrison, Monongalia	Fairmont
H	Marshall	Mar. 12, 1835	Ohio	Moundsville
H	Mason	Jan. 2, 1804	Kanawha	Point Pleasant
H	McDowell	Feb. 28, 1858	Tazewell (Va.)	Welch
H	Mercer	Mar. 17, 1837	Giles, Tazewell (Va.)	Princeton
H	Mineral	Feb. 1, 1866	Hampshire	Keyser
H	Mingo	1895	Logan	Williamson
H	Monongalia	Oct. 1776	District of W. Augusta (Va.)	Morgantown
H	Monroe	Jan. 14, 1799	Greenbrier	Union
H	Morgan	Mar. 1820	Berkeley, Hampshire	Berkeley Springs
H	Nicholas	Jan. 30, 1818	Greenbrier, Kanawha, Randolph	Summersville
H	Ohio	Oct. 1776	District of W. Augusta (Va.)	Wheeling
H	Pendleton	Dec. 4, 1787	Augusta, Harding, Rockingham	Franklin
H	Pleasants	May 15, 1851	Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	St. Mary's
H	Pocahontas	Dec. 21, 1821	Bath, Pendleton, Randolph	Marlinton
H	Preston	Jan. 19, 1818	Monongalia	Kingwood
H	Putnam	Mar. 11, 1848	Cabell, Kanawha, Mason	Winfield
H	Raleigh	Jan. 23, 1850	Fayette	Beckley
H	Randolph	Oct. 1786	Harrison	Elkins
H	Ritchie	Feb. 18, 1843	Harrison, Lewis, Wood	Harrisville
H	Roane	Mar. 11, 1856	Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha	Spencer
H	Summers	Feb. 27, 1871	Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe	Hinton
H	Taylor	Jan. 19, 1844	Barbour, Harrison, Marion	Grafton
H	Tucker	Mar. 7, 1856	Randolph	Parsons
H	Tyler	Dec. 16, 1814	Ohio	Middlebourne
H	Upshur	Mar. 26, 1851	Barbour, Lewis, Randolph	Buckhannon
H	Wayne	1842	Cabell	Wayne
H	Webster	1860	Braxton, Nicholas, Randolp	Webster Springs
H	Wetzel	1846	Tyler	New Martinsville
H	Wirt	Jan. 19, 1848	Wood, Jackson	Elizabeth
H	Wood	1798	Harrison, Kanawha	Parkersburg
H	Wyoming	Jan. 26, 1850	Logan	Pineville
On 24 October 1861, citizens of 39 counties of Virginia voted to form the Unionist State of West Virginia after the State of Virginia seceded from the United States during the Civil War. On 31 December 1862, President Abraham Lincoln gave his approval to recognizing the new state. The citizens of by then 50 counties of West Virginia ratified statehood on 26 March 1863 and on 20 June 1863, West Virginia officially became part of the Union. Those researching their roots or history in West Virginia should also consider research in Virginia archives and libraries for events and persons originating prior to the split of the states.

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