Roane County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States   West Virginia    Roane County

County Courthouse
Roane County 200 Main Street Spencer, WV 257601497 304-927-2860


 * County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, probate, and land records from 1856
 * Roane County, West Virginia Government
 * Roane County, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce

History
Roane County West Virginia Encyclopedia

Roane County History

Parent County
1856--Roane County was created 11 March 1856 from Kanawha, Jackson and Gilmer Counties. County seat: Spencer

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Clay
 * Jackson
 * Kanawha
 * Wirt

Cemeteries
Tombstone Transcription Project Roane County

Roane County, West Virginia Obituaries

Interment.net Cemetery Records online

Find A Grave Roane County

Political Graveyard.com Roane County, West Virginia

Roane County Tombstone Photos

Roane County History and Genealogy Obituaries

Roane County Genealogy Project Ferrell Cemetery

Census
Roane County, West Virginia 1860 and 1870 Census

Roane County West Virginia Archives

Genealogy

 * [Ashley] Ross, Clara Mae. John Thomas Ashley (1838-1923), His Ancestors of Surry County, North Carolina, His Descendants of Roane County, West Virginia, and Related Families. Colfax, N.C., n.d..

Local Histories
Bishop, William Henry: History of Roane county, West Virginia, from the time of its exploration A.D. 1927

google ebooks

West Virginia Archives &amp; History Roane County

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Roane County, West Virginia 1895 map

Roane County, West Virginia Maps

Roane County, West Virginia Maps

Military

 * West Virginia,
 * Blue and Gray Trail Roane County, West Virginia

Naturalization

 * West Virginia,

Probate
Roane County, West Virginia Will Books 1857 - 1968

Societies and Libraries
Roane County Historical Society P O Box 161 Spencer, WV 25276

Roane county Library -census records and more


 *  Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia
 * Roane County, West Virginia Families USGENWEB
 * Roane County, West Virginia Wikipedia
 * National Register of Historic Places Roane County
 * Roane County, West Virginia Bridges
 * Rhodes families of Roane County, West Virginia
 * Roane County, West Virginia Commons
 * Roane County, West Virginia enotes
 * Biographies - Roane County, West Virginia
 * New River Notes Memoirs of Daniel W. Cunningham: The Criminal Histor of Roand and Jackson Counties
 *  Meadows Family
 * Roane County, West Virginia Photos Interesting
 * Roane County Library Family Histories
 * Roane County Library Family Histories

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