Mercer County, West Virginia Genealogy

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County Courthouse

 * [[Image:Mercer County, West Virginia Courthouse.JPG|thumb|right|400px]] Mercer County Court House

P O Box 1716, Princeton, WV

24740


 * 304-487-8311
 * County Clerk has birth, marriage &amp; death records from 1853 probate and land recrods from 1837; Clk Cir Court has div and court records from 1837

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.

Neighboring Counties

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

LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Bluefield

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.]

Family History Centers
Introduction to LDS Family History Centers. The closest family history centers are in the Huntington Family History Center and the Charleston Family History Center

https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Huntington_West_Virginia_Family_History_Center

https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Charleston_West_Virginia_Family_History_CenterIntroduction to LDS Family History Centers