Ohio County, West Virginia Genealogy


 * This article is about a northern county of West Virginia. For other uses, see Ohio (disambiguation).

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County Courthouse
Ohio County Clerk's Office 1500 Chapline St # 504, Wheeling, WV 26003-3553 Phone: (304) 234-3656

Parent County
1776--Ohio County was created 7 October 1776 from District of West Augusta. County seat: Wheeling

Boundary Changes
Ohio County was part of Yohogania County, West Virginia before most of that county went to Pennsylvania in 1776.

Neighboring Counties

 * Belmont County, Ohio
 * Brooke
 * Jefferson County, Ohio
 * Marshall
 * Washington County, Pennsylvania

Genealogy

 * [Craft] Craft, Kenneth Fischer. "The Craft Family in America," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 4, No. 20 (Apr. 1981):43-45; Vol. 4, No. 21 (June 1981):36-39..

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 et. al. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Ohio County on page 135.]

Occupations

 * Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at . [Includes a section on Wheeling silversmiths.]

Taxation
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 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at . [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Ohio County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1790] Indexed images of the 1790 Personal Property Tax List of Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia) are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1802] Images of the 1802 Personal Property Tax Lists of Ohio 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, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at . [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Ohio County is included in Vol. 6.]