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.]

Church
Census



Join us in indexing the 1940 Census

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 Family History Hall of Fame "May we preserve their memories &amp; Contributions!" Please write about deceased historians &amp; Genealogist!'''

Mason County Genealogical Historical Society, Henderson, West Virginia 25106

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

Web Sites

 * CYNDI'S List West Virginia
 * CYNDI'S List West Virginia