Pendleton County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States West Virginia  Pendleton County

County Courthouse
Pendleton County, West Virginia Gov

Pleasants County 301 Court Lane #101 Saint Mary's, WV 26170 304-684-3542


 * County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, and probate records from 1853
 * Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records

Parent County
1787--Pendleton County was created 4 December 1787 from Augusta, Hardy and Rockingham Counties (Virginia). County seat: Franklin

Formation of Pendleton County

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Pendleton County boundary changes.

Neighboring Counties

 * Augusta County, Virginia
 * Grant
 * Hardy
 * Highland County, Virginia
 * Pocahontas
 * Randolph
 * Rockingham County, Virginia
 * Tucker

Census
 LDS Ward and Branch Records

1810 Census of Pendleton County, Virginia 1850 Pendleton County Census

1910 Pendleton County Census

1930 Pendleton County Census Information

Pendleton County Districts


 * Franklin
 * Zigler

Genealogy

 * [Coberly] Harter, Mary. "James Cunningham of Western Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):9-16; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):109-116. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Cunningham] Harter, Mary. "James Cunningham of Western Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):9-16; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):109-116. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Harper] Rutherford, William Kenneth and Anna Clay Rutherford. Genealogical History of Our Ancestors. Revised Edition. 2 vols. Lexington, Mo., 1977..
 * [Skidmore] Skidmore, Warren. Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore), 1605-1684, of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and Fairfield, Connecticut; His Ancestors and His Descendants to the Ninth Generation. 1980. ; 1985 edition: ; 1998 edition:.
 * [Van Deventer] Vandevander, Paul J. and Ida Christobelle Van Deventer. The Van Deventer Family, 1550-1977. Parsons, W.Va.: McClain Print. Co., 1978..
 * [Van Deventer] Arthaud, John Bradley and Catherine DeEtte Arthaud. The Mary Coberly and William Van Deventer Family of Pendleton and Randolph Counties, West Virginia, An Annotated Index to Paul J. Vandevander's The Van Deventer Family 1550-1977. Columbia, Mo., 1988..

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Pendleton County, West Virginia Map

Military

Revolutionary War

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books. 1967 reprint: . [See Virginia, Western District, Pendleton County on page 135.]
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." ; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

Civil War
Civil War Links

West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Brig. Gen. James Boggs' Camp # 1706 Dewayne Borror, Commander 304-358-2746 mailto:borror@corlink.comborror@corlink.com

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 7th WV Infantry Camp #7 P.O. Box 622 Franklin, WV 26807 304-358-3261 pendhist@mountain.net

Naturalization

 * West Virginia,.

Newspapers
Online Newspapers from Surrounding Areas

Pendleton Times P.O. Box 906 Franklin, WV 26807-0906

Obituaries from Pendleton Times

Contributed Obituaries

Probate
Pendleton County, West Virginia 1788 - 1970 Will Books

West Virginia Will Books

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Pendleton County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1976):119-123. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).

Taxation
How can West Virginia tax lists help me?


 * 1792, 1802 - Images of the 1792 and 1802 Personal Property Tax Lists of Pendleton County, Virginia (now West Virginia) are available to browse online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * 1815 -Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. . [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Pendleton County is included in Vols. 5 and 6.]

Vital Records
Church

Societies and Libraries
Pendleton County Historical Society

Main Street

Franklin, West Virginia 26807

Family History Centers 

Web Sites

 * Cyndi's List
 * Family Links
 * Fort Seybert Heritage Education Association
 * Pendleton County, West Virginia Microfilms at the Library of Virginia
 * Pendleton County Links
 * Pendleton County, West Virginia Wikipedia
 * Pendleton County, West Virginia Wikipedia

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