Harrison County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States  West Virginia   Harrison County

County Courthouse
Harrison County 301 W Main Street Clarksburg, WV 26301-2909 304-624-8611


 * County Clerk has birth and death records from 1853
 * Marriage Records from 1784
 * Probate Record from 1788
 * Land Records from 1786
 * Harrison County Chamber of Commerce

Parent County
1784--Harrison County was created 3 May 1784 from Monongalia County. County seat: Clarksburg

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

Populated Places
Communities and Towns

Neighboring Counties

 * Barbour
 * Doddridge
 * Lewis
 * Marion
 * Taylor
 * Upshur
 * Wetzel

Resources
West Virginia State Archives

West Virginia &amp; Regional History Collection WVU

Cemeteries
Harrison Cemetery Information &amp; Readings

Obituaries Harrison County, West Virginia

Census
1785 Enumeration


 * Harrison County Heads of Families - 1785 at U.S. Census Bureau - free. County begins on page 90.

Harrison County Census Information

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Clarksburg

Genealogy

 * [Criss] Johnston, Aaron Montgomery. Ancestors and Descendants of James and Althea (Loose) Johnston and Allied Families: Bennett, Criss, Gay, Loose, Maitland, Montgomery, Palm and Round. Knoxville, Tenn., 1983..
 * [Cunningham] Newman, Betty Cunningham. Adam and 500 More Cunninghams of the Valley of Virginia, c.1734-c.1800. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000..
 * [Dennison] Dennison, Edmund and Karl C. Priest. Baptized on the 4th of July: The Elder Edmund Dennison Story. South Charleston, W. Va.: K.C. Priest, 1995..
 * [Hacker] “A Noted Mason Dead: The Demise of William Hacker at a Ripe Old Age,” [Newspaper obituary] (Shelbyville, Ohio), 29 July 1891, reprinted in Hacker’s Creek Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Fall 1987):31-32 - free digital version at Hacker's Creek website.
 * [Mills] Hackett, John Davis and Kathryn Dickerson Shannon. "Mills Families of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):215-228; Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1991):284-296; Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1992):34-48; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1992):109-119. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Prunty] Wassenaar, Ardyth. Memoirs and Geneology of the Prunty Family. Seattle, Wash.: A. Wassenaar, 1984?.
 * [Swisher] Swisher, Robert Edward. The Swisher Family of Harrison and Lewis Counties, West Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1974..

Land
Harrison County West Virginia Deeds

Local Histories
Area Histories

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Maps of Harrison County

Harrison County, West Virginia Map

Military
Military Records of Harrison County, West Virginia

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, Harrison County on page 134.]
 * 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
Harrison County men served in the 11th and 119th Regiments.

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

Naturalization
West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Newspapers
Clarksburg Exponent Telegram P. O. Box 2000 Clarksburg, WV 26302 (304) 624-6411 Shinnston News &amp; Harrison County Journal P.O. Box 187 Shinnston, WV 26431 (304) 592-1030

The Bridgeport News 1400 Johnson Ave Suite 21 Bridgeport, WV 26330 304-842-8840

Occupations

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

Probate
Harrison County, West Virginia Will Books 1822 - 1970

West Virginia Will Books

Tax List
How can West Virginia tax list help me?


 * [1754-1800] Harrison County, [West] Virginia Tithable Lands: 1754-1800. Extracts in the West Virginia Collection at the West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, West Virginia; also available on microfilm at.
 * [1784-1824] Harrison County, [West] Virginia Tithable List, 1784-1824. Original records, Harrison County Courthouse; also available on microfilm at.
 * [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. Harrison County is included in Vol. 1.]
 * [1789] Indexed images of the 1789 Personal Property Tax List of Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia) is indexed online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1801] Images of the 1801 Personal Property Tax List of Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia) are available 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. Harrison County is included in Vol. 6.]

Vital Records
Harrison County WV Birth Records

Harrison County WV Death Records

Harrison County WV Marriage Records

Societies and Libraries
Harrison County Genealogical Society

Allegheny Regional Family History Society

Hackers Creek Pioneers Descendants Inc c/c Central West Virginia Genealogy &amp; Historical Library P O Box 56 Horner, West Virginia 26372-0056

Mining Your History Foundation

Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library

Family History Centers

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

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia
 * Harrison County, West Virginia Wikipedia
 * Harrison County West Virginia Archives WVGENWeb Site
 * Harrison County, West Virginia Microfilms at the Library of Virginia
 * Harrison Family Histories and Biographies
 * Harrison County, Photo Album
 * National Register of Historic Places Harrison County
 * National Register of Historic Places Harrison County

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