Mason County, Virginia Genealogy

See Mason County, Kentucky or Mason County, West Virginia for further information about places named Mason County, Virginia.

Present Mason County, Kentucky
In 1792 Virginia ceded western counties to the State of Kentucky.

Mason was part of these western counties now in Kentucky.

Present Mason County, West Virginia
In 1861 counties in what became West Virginia began seceding from the Confederate State of Virginia. These counties became the State of West Virginia in 1863.

Mason was part of these western counties now in West Virginia.