Preston County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States   West Virginia    Preston County

County Courthouse
Preston County 101 West Main Street #101 Kingwood, WV 26537 304-329-0070


 * County Clerk had birth, marriage, deaths
 * Probate and land records from 1869
 * Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records

Parent County
1818--Preston County was created 19 January 1818 from Monongalia County. County seat: Kingwood

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

Record Loss
1869--The courthouse burned.

Neighboring Counties

 * Barbour
 * Fayette County, Pennsylvania
 * Garrett County, Maryland
 * Grant
 * Monongalia
 * Taylor
 * Tucker

General

 * Genealogy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasants Districts, Preston County, West Virginia. Baltimore, Md., 1977.

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Naturalization
West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Military Records
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, Preston County on page 136.]


 * 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.]

War of 1812
Preston County, Virginia (now West Virginia ) War of 1812

Civil War

West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Probate
Preston County, West Virginia Will Books 1869-1970

West VirginiaWill Books

Societies and Libraries
Preston County

 

Family History Centers


 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites


http://www.cyndislist.com/us/wv

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