Preston County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; West Virginia &gt; Preston County

County Courthouse

 * Preston County

101 West Main Street #101

Kingwood, WV 26537

304-329-0070


 * County Clerk had birth, marriage, dead
 * Probate and land records from 1869
 * Clerk Circuit Court has divorce &amp; 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.

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, 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.]

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers