Mercer County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States   West Virginia    Mercer County

County Courthouse


Mercer County Court House P O Box 1716, Princeton, WV 24740 304-487-8311


 * County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records from 1853; probate and land recrods from 1837; Circuit Court Clerk has divorce 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

Census
Join us in indexing the 1940 Census

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Bluefield

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Military

 * West Virginia, Civil War Service

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.]

Naturalization
West Virginia,

Probate

 * West Virginia

Societies and Libraries
 

Mercer County Historical Historical Society Athens, West Virginia 24712

Family History Centers
The closest family history centers are the Huntington Family History Center and the Charleston Family History Center.


 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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

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