Mason County, West Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1804--Mason County was created 2 January 1804 from Kanawha County. County seat: Point Pleasant


 * Mason County Court House

200 6th Street

Point Pleasant, WV 25550

304-675-1997


 * County Clerk has Birth &amp; Death records from 1853
 * Marriage and land records from 1804
 * Military Records 1918
 * Clrk Crt Court has divorce and court records

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

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Mason County Personal Property Tax List, 1805-1846," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

Bibliography


 * [Chapman] Machir, Violette S. Some Chapman, Jolly, Rayburn and Smith Families in W.Va. &amp; Ohio. Middleport, Ohio: Quality Print Shop, 1966..
 * [Clemens] Bell, Raymond Martin. The Ancestry of Samuel Clemens, Grandfather of Mark Twain. Washington, Pa.: R.M. Bell, 1980. Digital version at Family History Archives;.
 * [Jolly] Machir, Violette S. Some Chapman, Jolly, Rayburn and Smith Families in W.Va. &amp; Ohio. Middleport, Ohio: Quality Print Shop, 1966..

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, Mason 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.]

Newspapers
The Point Pleasant Register

200 Main Street

Point Pleasant, West Virginia 25550

Telephone: 304-675-1333

Website: http://www.mydailyregister.com/

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1805-1846] Heinegg, Paul. "Mason County Personal Property Tax List, 1805-1846," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [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. Mason County is included in Vol. 6.]

Societies and Libraries
Mason County Public Library

508 Viand Street

Point Pleasant, West Virginia 25550

Telephone: 304-675-0894

Fax: 304-675-0895

Hannan Public Library

6760 Ashton Upland Road

Ashton, West Virginia 25503

Telephone and Fax: 304-743-6200

Mason City Public Library

8 Brown Street

Mason, West Virginia 25260

Telephone and Fax: 304-773-5580

New Haven Public Library

PO Box 417

New Haven, West Virginia 25265

Telephone and Fax: 304-882-3252

Source: West Virginia Library Commission Library Directory

http://www.wvlc.lib.wv.us/html/libdirectory/county/mason.html

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Masontown West Virginia Family History Center