Mercer County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States   West Virginia    Mercer County

County Courthouse


Mercer County Court House P O Box 1716, Princeton, WV 24740 304-487-8311


 * County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records from 1853; probate and land recrods from 1837; Circuit Court Clerk has divorce and court records from 1837

History
Official Blue Book of Mercer County, West Virginia by Charles B Hedrick

Mercer County, West Virginia Discover America's Coal Story

Parent County
1837--Mercer County was created 17 March 1837 from Giles and Tazewell Counties (Virginia). County seat: Princeton

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

Populated Places
Athens West Virginia

Glenwood, West Virginia

Pisgah Community, West Virginia

Spanishburg Community, West Virginia

Neighboring Counties

 * Bland County, Virginia
 * Giles County, Virginia
 * McDowell
 * Raleigh
 * Summers
 * Tazewell County, Virginia
 * Wyoming

Census


Index to the 1870 Mercer County, West Virginia Census

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Bluefield

Local Histories
Johnston, Daniel E A History of the Middle New River Settlements and ContiguousKinyon Digital Library

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Mercer County West Virginia Map

Military

 * West Virginia, Civil War Service

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, Mercer 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." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

Naturalization
West Virginia,

Probate
Mercer County, West Virginia Will Books 1838 - 1969


 * West Virginia

Societies and Libraries
'''Mercer Co Historical Society P.O. Box 5012 Princeton, WV 24740. [mailto:mercercountyhistoricalsociety@yahoo.com mercercountyhistoricalsociety@yahoo.com] '''

Family History Centers
The closest family history centers are the Huntington Family History Center and the Charleston Family History Center.


 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * CYNDI'S List West Virginia
 * Book One Western Virginia An old man's thrilling experiences in Mercer County.
 * Mercer County Wikipedia
 * The New Dailey Telegraph
 * Historic Bramwell, West Virginia
 * Horton G Cowan
 * Horton G Cowan

Learning How to Edit our Wiki Sites