Hampshire County, West Virginia Genealogy

Guide to Hampshire County, West Virginia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Description
Hampshire County was named for Hampshire, England, and is located in the northeastern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Hampshire County Courthouse Main Street Romney, WV 26757-1696 Phone: 304-822-5112 Hampshire County Website County Clerk has birth, marriage, death records from 1865, probate from 1780, court records from 1831 and land records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Bible Records

 * Bible Records of Some Black Births at Hampshire County WVGenWeb
 * Hampshire County Bible Records at Genealogy Trails
 * Stump Family Bible Record, 1745-1848 at ArchiveGrid

Census Records

 * 1782 Enumeration: Hampshire County Heads of Families - 1782 at U.S. Census Bureau. County begins on page 24.
 * 1784 Enumeration: Hampshire County Heads of Families - 1784 at U.S. Census Bureau. County begins on page 69.

Church Records
Baptist Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):


 * Crooked Run (1790)
 * North River (1787)
 * Patterson's Creek (1808)

Hampshire County fell within the bounds of the Ketocton Association.

Church of England Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Hampshire County is available online.

Quaker Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Bear Garden Monthly Meeting (1767-1809)
 * Dillon's Run Monthly Meeting (1795-1822) aka Great Cacapon
 * Howard's Lick Monthly Meeting, Petersburg, W.Va. (1750-1767) aka North Fork. This area is currently located in Grant County.
 * Little Cacapon Monthly Meeting (1748-1755)
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1736-1927 (*); Clerk of the County Court, Circuit and County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1776-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1788-1789 (*); County Court, Historical Records Survey at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1788-1860 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1789-1790 (*); District and General Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1789-1829 (*); District Court and Superior Court of Law at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1797-1816 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1797-1837 (*); District Court, Superior Court of Law, Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1801-1825 (*); District Court and Superior Court of Law at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1803-1840 (*); District Court, Superior Court of Law, Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1804-1868 (*); Circuit and County Courts at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1812-1829 (*); Superior Court of Chancery at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1812-1902 (*); Circuit Court, Superior Court of Chancery, Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1814-1868 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1816-1923 Hampshire County Records, 1816-1923, Virginia/West Virginia at Ancestry ($)
 * 1820-1827 (*); Superior Court of Chancery at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1820-1868 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1831-1929 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1851 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1852-1869 (*); District Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1881-1928 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Early Records of Hampshire Co., W. Va; Largent Family Bulletin - V.4, (Compiled Apr 1, 1966) By Eustice, Joanne and Robert L., Clara McCormack Sage. Rialto, California : n.p. 1966. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Hampshire County Minute Book Abstracts. By Horton, Vicki Bidinger. Green Spring, West Virginia: Hampshire Review, 1993-1994. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library; Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library; Also at:
 * Hampshire County, West Virginia Marriages; Harris Newsletter - V.1, No.1 (April 1976). By Walker, Elaine. Post Falls, Idaho: Genealogical Reference Builders, 1976. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * (*); County and Circuit Courts at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * (*); Historical Records Survey at FamilySearch Catalog — images

African Americans
In 1860, census takers recorded slaves' names on slave schedules in Hampshire County.


 * Heinegg, Paul. "Hampshire County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1814," Free African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.

Funeral Homes

 * Giffin Funeral Home and Crematory in Capon Bridge.
 * McKee Funeral Home in Augusta and Romney.
 * Shaffer Funeral Home in Romney.

Genealogies

 * Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick. c1909. ; ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * O'Dell, Cecil. Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1995. . One of the most impressively researched one-place studies in the United States. In a review, Dorman stated "Comprehensive studies such as this appear only rarely. This volume should be in every Virginia genealogical collection."


 * Adams - "The Adams Family of Frederick and Hampshire Counties, Virginia," Frederick Findings, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter 1991):39-48; Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 1991):91-100; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Summer 1991):143-152; Vol. 4, No. 4 (Fall 1991):213-222; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Winter 1992):3-12; Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring 1992):73-82; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Summer 1992):145-154; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Fall 1992):215-224; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Winter 1993):3-12; Vol. 6, No. 2 (Spring 1993):75-84; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Summer 1993):149-158; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1993):217-226; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 1994):1-10; Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 1994):73-82; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Fall 1994):147-156; Vol. 7, No. 4 (Winter 1994):213-222; Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring 1995):3-12; Vol. 8, No. 2 (Summer 1995):73-82; Vol. 8, No. 3 (Fall 1995):145-154; Vol. 8, No. 4 (Winter 1995):217-226; Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring 1996):1-10; Vol. 9, No. 2 (Summer 1996):71-80; Vol. 9, No. 3 (Fall 1996):141-150; Vol. 9, No. 4 (Winter 1996):211-220; Vol. 10, No. 1 (Winter 1998):1-10; Vol. 10, No. 2 (Spring 1998):71-81 ....
 * Alt -, Monte Paul. Buzzard and Alt Families. San Luis Obispo, Calif.: M.B. Buzzard, 1991..
 * Alt - Ross, Clara Mae Alt. Alt/Ault Public Records in Grant and Pendleton counties of West Virginia. Colfax, N.C.: C.M. Ross, 2003.
 * Arnold - Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Abstracts of Virginia Families: Vol. 1. MSS. Microfilmed 1990:
 * Asbury - Holtzclaw, B.C. "Asbury of Westmoreland County, Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. 1967):55-65; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1967):77-87; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1968):10-26. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Beeler - Pappas, Carolyn H. "Christopher Beeler, 1705-1775," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1999):243-255; Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):18-30; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):115-125. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($)..
 * Beeler - Pappas, Carolyn H. "Christopher Beeler's Second Wife," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 49, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2005):156-157. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($)..
 * Beyser - Lebherz, Margaret G. Jacob Beyser and Family, 1746-1986. 1987. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library. 1989 supplement has also been digitized at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Blue - Blue, John S. History and Tales of a Pioneer. Rensselaer, Ind.: J.S. Blue, 1980.
 * Bowell - Bowell, Lillian and William Bowell. A Bowell Family History. St. Paul, Minn.
 * Bowley - McPhaul, Margaret Bowley. The Bowley-Boley Family and Their Descendants: The Iron Furnace Workers of Hampshire County, West Virginia, 1750-1996. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1999..
 * Brenton - Brenton, Chester F. The Life and Times of James Brenton, Major, Virginia Militia. 1976..
 * Brenton - Brenton, Chester F. Descendants of Henry Brenton Sr. Spokane, Wash.: C.F. Brenton, 1987..
 * Brenton - Brenton, Chester F. Descendants of Brentons of Bourbon County, Kentucky. Spokane, Wash.: C.F. Brenton, 1995..
 * Brown - Bell, Raymond Martin. The Ancestry of Richard Milhouse Nixon. 3rd ed. Washington, Pa., 1971..
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 * Brown - Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009..
 * Buzzard - Buzzard, Monte Paul. Buzzard and Alt Families. San Luis Obispo, Calif.: M.B. Buzzard, 1991..
 * Camby - Morriso, Patricia Hewitt. From the Potomac to the Columbia; The Camby or Cambe Family. Yorba Linda, Calif., 1994..
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 * Coberly - Arthaud, John Bradley. "Dr. James Stell Coberly 18th Century Migrant from New Jersey to Virginia and Revolutionary Patriot," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1982):112-117; Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1982):183-189. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($)..
 * Coberly - Harter, Mary. "James Cunningham of Western Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):9-16; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):109-116. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($)..
 * Coberly - Arthaud, John Bradley. A Coberley/Coberly/Cuberly Genealogy 1690-1985. 1985.
 * Collins - Cresap, Joseph Ord and Bernarr Cresap. The History of the Cresaps. Revised edition. Gallatin, Tenn.: Cresap Society, 1987..
 * Coomes - Payne, Henry D. William Coomes of Fort Harrod and Bardstown, Kentucky. Mt. Carmel, Ill.: H.D. Payne, 1994..
 * Cresap - Cresap, J. Ord et al. The History of the Cresaps. McComb, Miss.: The Cresap Society, 1937..
 * Cresap - Cresap, Joseph Ord and Bernarr Cresap. The History of the Cresaps. Revised edition. Gallatin, Tenn.: Cresap Society, 1987..
 * Deever - Deever, Gladys. The Deever Heritage - Etherington Influence: With Bonebrake, Morgan, Wilkin, and Related Lines. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1987..
 * Devolt - Ricketts, June. The Devolt--Tevault Family, 1782-1982. Linville, Ind.: J. Ricketts, 1982?..
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 * Ellifrit - Ellifrit, Ralph S. A Brief Preliminary History of Our Ellifrit Branch. Houston, Texas: R.S. Ellifrit, 1977.
 * Ellifrit - Strever, Neva. Ellifritz, Ellifrit, Ellifritt, Ellifrits, Family Group Records, ca. 1700-1990. Hesperus, Colo.: N. Strever, 1991..
 * Ely - Carder, Emma Ann Ely. No More at Present: From a Cache of Old Letters. n.d..
 * Enoch - Keith, Arthur L. "The Enoch (Enochs) Family," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 4 (1923):442-445. Reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Volume I: Albidgton-Gerlache. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1981..
 * Enochson - The American Genealogist, Vol. 37:104-110; Vol. 37, 219-228.
 * Enochson - McCracken, George E. "Enochsons of Virginia and Pennsylvania," The American Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Oct. 1970):255..
 * Everman - Haraldson, Irene Everman. Record of Michael Everman of Germany, Immigrant [of] 1732, and of His Descendents in Part. Reeds Spring, Mo.: I.E. Haraldson, 1967..
 * Farley - Price, Vergie Farley. Ancestors and Descendants of Bernard Gale Farley, 1901-1990, and Hilma Hazel Hune, 1903-1989: From Their Immigrant Ancestors, Thomas Farley (?-1782) and Heinrich C. Hune (1784-1849) Through 1997 and Allied Lines. Grove City, Ohio: V.F. Price, 1998. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Flesher - Casdorph, Shirley A. Parsons. Parsons People of Virginia, West Virginia. Mesa, Ariz.: Cox Printing, 1998..
 * Fulkamore - Flint, Rosalie Viola Matthews. Vulgamore, Fulkamore Family History, 1769-1992: The Family History of John Martin Fulkamore, ca. 1745-1821 of Hampshire County, West Virginia, and His Descendants. Quincy, Wash.: R. Flint, 1993.
 * Haines - The Descendants of John Newton &amp; Nellie Lee Simmons Haines.
 * Harness - Harness, Harold Duncan. A Glimpse of the Past - The Harness Family History. Bel Air, Md.: H.D. Harness, 1983..
 * Hellyer - Spiros, Joyce V. Hawley. Genealogy of Thomas Hellyer and His Wife Cynthia. Gallup, N.M.: Verlene Publishing, 1983?.
 * Hellyer - Spiros, Joyce V. Hawley. Genealogy of George Hellyer and Mary Spaid. Gallup, New Mexico: J.V.H. Spiros, 1985?.
 * Hickle - Moss, Ernestine Parke. Hickle Heritage. 2 vols. Memphis, Tenn.: E.P. Moss, 1979-1986..
 * Hite - Dillon, Ruth Wilson Van Deusen and Marguerite Relyea Lewis. The Chinn Book. Cottonport, La.: Polyanthos, 1972..
 * House - Obetz, Francis H. The House - Houz Family of Germany, Hampshire County, West Virginia and Allegheny County, Maryland. n.d. Microfilmed 1971:.
 * Hubbard - Hubbard, Carol A. Eleven Generations of the Hubbard Family: Virginia; Hampshire County, West Virginia (1778); Ross County, Ohio (1797); Pickaway County, Ohio (1803); Present (2007) and a Genealogical Case Study Titus Hubbard Determined Not to be the Son of John3 Hubbard. Columbus, Ohio: C.A. Hubbard, 2005. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Huffman - Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009..
 * Hutton - Ward, Flora Lusk. Genealogical Notes on the Hutton Family (Indentures, Wills, Land Records) West Virginia. MSS. Microfilmed 1971:.
 * Jackson - Jackson, Nancy Ann. Col. George Jackson (1757-1831), the Man and the Individuals Buried in His Orchard Place: The Legacy of the Historic Jackson Cemetery. Claksburg, W.Va.: N.A. Jackson, 2006..
 * Jacob - Smith, Zachary F. and Mary Rogers Clay. The Clay Family. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton and Company, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * Johnson - Lehman, Mary Jean Johnson. A History of Four Families. Cincinnati, Ohio: M.J.J. Lehman, 1996?.
 * Jones - Lewis, Anna Wox. Family History of Peter and John Jones: Thru Their Ohio Descendants. Typescript. Microfilmed 1949:.
 * Keith - Young, Laurie M. Family Notes on Keith, Lott, Sketoe, Donahoo and Arnold of Muhlenberg : Lear and Sheffield of Christian, Todd and Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; Smith and Beck, Spencer County, Indiana; Moffitt, Randolph County, North Carolina, Perry, Hickman and Humphries Co., Tn. Boise, Idaho: L.M. Young, 1990..
 * Kercheval - Dillon, Ruth Wilson Van Deusen and Marguerite Relyea Lewis. The Chinn Book. Cottonport, La.: Polyanthos, 1972..
 * Kiger - Pappas, Carolyn H. "Christopher Beeler, 1705-1775," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1999):243-255; Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):18-30; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):115-125. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($)..
 * Lander - Lander, David and Peggy Roberta Brown Chapman. History of the Lander Family of Virginia and Kentucky. Chicago, Illinois: Regan Printing House, 1926. 1993 reprint available at.
 * Largent - Eustice, Joanne. History of Thomas Largent (1760-1831) and Wife Eleanor Shivers of Hampshire Co., VA (WV). St. George, Utah: J. Eustice, 2006. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * LaRue - Mather, Otis May. Six Generations of LaRues and Allied Families: Containing Sketch of Isaac LaRue, Senior, Who Died in Frederick County, Virginia in 1795, and Some Account of His American Ancestors and Three Generations of His Descendants and Families Who Were Connected by Inter-marriage: Among Others Carman, Hodgen, Helm, Buzan, Rust ... : Copies of Six Old Wills and Other Documents, Various Incidents Connected with the Settlement of the Nolynn Valley in Kentucky; Also a Chapter on the La Rue Family and the Child Abraham Lincoln. Hodgenville, Kentucky: O.M. Mather, 1921. Available at ; [2 listings at FS Library]; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive - free.
 * Lewis - Long, Daniel Reid. John Lewis "The Lost Pioneer", His Ancestors and Descendents (1670-1970). Baltimore, Md.: D.R. Long, 1971..
 * Lewis - Hinson, Gail Whiteaker. Some Descendants of John Lewis &amp; Margaret Rees of Wales, 1713-1997. Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen, 1997?.
 * Linn - Hull, Margaret Virginia. Genealogical History of the Family of William Linn Who Came from Belfast, Ireland, in 1771. Scottdale, Pa.: Mennonite Publishing House, 1932..
 * Locke - Tiller, Linda Locke, Ardith H. Johnson, Jeanne R. Stanis, and Stella Locke. "Locke Families of Southwest Virginia," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1978):25-33..
 * McColloch - McColloch, Samuel Wilbur. McColloch Family of Ohio County, W.Va. Katy, Texas: S.W. McColloch, 2003..
 * McKee - Sunley, Emil M. The Descendants of Samuel Edward McKee and Martha Ann Emmart. Bethesda, Md.: E.M. Sunley, Jr., 1968.
 * Male - Mayhle, Bernard Victor. The Males of Barbour County, West Virginia. 1983.
 * Male - Barnett, Glenn W. Mayle-Male-Male Family Kinship: Four Generations of Descendants of Mary Elizabeth Male nee Cockit.
 * Male - Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware (2005). Digital version online
 * Male - Finley, Alexandra. "Founding Chestnut Ridge: The Origins of Central West Virginia's Community," Senior Honor's Thesis, The Ohio State University (2010). Digital version online.
 * Means - Newton, John Lee. The Means Family of Paris, Edgar County, Illinois: This is a Year 2002 Update of the 1972 "The Means Family of America";, Chapter 2, Edited by Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong. Dallas, Texas: J.L. Newton, 2002..
 * Milleson - Heller, W. Ralph. The Milleson Family of West Virginia: Presented to Members of the Family at the Seventh Annual Family Reunion, June 26-28, 1981, Fort Ashby, Mineral County, West Virginia. Bound Brook, N.J.: W.R. Heller, Jr., 1981. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Muhlenberg - Meade, William. Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. 2 vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861. Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - free.
 * Nash - Meade, William. Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. 2 vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861. Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - free.
 * Newman - Loveless, Richard William. Potpourri, I-III: (French: The Writings of a Miscellanarian). 3 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Historical Publications, 1972-1974..
 * Nixon - Nixon, George Darrell. The Lineage of George D. Nixon from George Nixon and Elizabeth Arnold, Hampshire County, Virginia, circa 1740. Walnut Creek, Calif.: G.D. Nixon, 1985? Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Osman - Osman, Osmon, Ozmun, Etc. Typescript. Microfilmed 1986:.
 * Parker - Campbell, Kathryn Hutcherson. John Parker, the Virginian, and His Descendants, 1749-1980: Johannas (John) Peters (1675-1766), Hampshire Co., Va. (now W. Va.). Dallas, Tex.: K.H. Campbell, 1980.
 * Parriott - Young, M.L. Parriott - Turner Family History. Mediapolis, Iowa: M.L. Young, 1970..
 * Peters - Campbell, Kathryn Hutcherson. John Parker, the Virginian, and His Descendants, 1749-1980: Johannas (John) Peters (1675-1766), Hampshire Co., Va. (now W. Va.). Dallas, Tex.: K.H. Campbell, 1980.
 * Peters - Lutz, June Shaull. Historical Account of the Peters Family. Grand Rapids, Mich.: J.S. Lutz, 1986..
 * Pierpoint - Stickney, A.B. "The American Ancestry of John Pierpoint of (West) Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1958):51-61. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
 * Plum - Fauskee, L.P. The Descendants of John Plum from West Virginia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: L.P. Fauskee, 1992?.
 * Post - Poinsett, Doris Jean Post. Valentin Pfost/Post, 1740-1800, of Hardy County (West) Virginia and Some of His Descendants. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1989. Digital version at Family History Archives;.
 * Price - Price, Kenneth E. Descendants of Arjalon Price, Jr.: A Compilation of Lineage Data on Prices, and on Principal Allied Families, Baker, Briggs, Cockayne, Cresap, Hill, Kight, Parriott. Camillus, N.Y.: K.E. Price, 1985..
 * Pursell - Winchester, Warren. "Thomas Pursell of New York New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware: Early Descendants in Maryland, Virginia (now West Virginia), and Kentucky," The American Genealogist, Vol. 81, No. 2 (Apr. 2006):110-120..
 * Radabaugh - Buzzard, Monte Paul. Buzzard and Alt Families. San Luis Obispo, Calif.: M.B. Buzzard, 1991..
 * Ravenscroft - Ravenscroft, Ruth Thayer. Ravenscroft Family History. Colorado Springs, Colo.: R.T. Ravenscroft, 1954. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Ravenscroft - Smith, Perry Ravenscroft. John Ravenscroft, Sr., of Hampshire County, Va., and His Descendants. State College, Pa.: P.R. Smith, 1975..
 * Ravenscroft - Arthur, Marion Madaline Jones. Some Descendants of James and Sarah (Ravenscroft) Jones: Including Separate Sections of the the Connecting Families of Ravenscroft, Collins, Hickman, Richards and Cain. Mt. Lookout, W.Va.: M.J. Arthur, 1992..
 * Renick - Renick, E.I. "The Renick Family of Virginia," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul. 1899): 221-227. Digitized by Internet Archive - free.
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 * Rinehart - Rinehart, John Sargent. Ancestry of John Sargent Rinehart (and His Siblings). Santa Fe, N.M.: J.S. Rinehart, 1994..
 * Rogers - Rogers, Lon B. "Colonel James Rogers (1742--1828) Nelson County Pioneer," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1961):3-6.
 * Rogers - Czarny, Linda Saul. Rogers Run: James Rogers and His Descendants. Denver, Colo.: L.S. Czarny, 1977..
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 * Salts - Salts, Walter. The Salts Genealogy: The Family and Descendants of Thomas and Mary Salt(s) Who Were Living in Hampshire County, Virginia (Now West Virginia) in 1782, and Who Purchased Land in Ross County, Ohio in 1814. West Lebanon, Ind.: W. Salts, 1978..
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 * Shanholtzer - Kerns, Wilmer L. Peter Shanholtzer, Sr.: Father of All Shanholtz/Shanholtzers in Hampshire County, West Virginia and Adjoining Counties. Typescript. Microfilmed 1979:.
 * Shanholtzer - Kerns, Wilmer L., Audrey Sine Baker, and Adah Shanholtzer Hedrick. Shanholtzer History and Allied Family Roots of Hampshire County, W.Va. and Frederick County, Va. Parsons, W.Va.: McClain Print. Co., 1980.
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 * Vulgamore - Flint, Rosalie Viola Matthews. Vulgamore, Fulkamore Family History, 1769-1992: The Family History of John Martin Fulkamore, ca. 1745-1821 of Hampshire County, West Virginia, and His Descendants. Quincy, Wash.: R. Flint, 1993.
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 * Weedman - Weedman, H.N. et al. Weedman Newsletter. 45+ vols. 1968-present..
 * Wilson - Maxwell, C.J. Descendants of William Wilson (1722-1801) and Elizabeth Blackburn. Dallas, Texas: C.J. Maxwell, 1943. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Wise - Stewart, Mildred Beth Wise and Richard McCoy Dickinson. They Dared to Be Wise: The Ancestors and Descendants of James Thomas Wise... Fairborn, Ohio: M.B.W. Stewart, 1990.
 * Wolford - Fee, Audrey Wolford. Wolford, Short, Pritchard, Scott, Alexander, Grimm, Horn, Stoltenberg, Schlichting Genealogical History. 1957..
 * Wright - Wright, F.N. History of the Wrights and Their Connections: Being a Record of Gabriel Wright and His Issue and Their Posterity, Particularly Through the Lineage of David Wright Sr.; Including Many of the More Distand [sic] Relatives, and Giving the Post Offices of the Living. n.d. Microfilmed 1979.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records


 * Hampshire County [West] Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists, 1800-1814 at Ancestry ($)
 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. II. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. ; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes Hampshire County.
 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1775-1800. Vol. III. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. ; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes Hampshire County.
 * Sage, Clara McCormick and Laura Sage Jones. Early records, Hampshire County, Virginia, now West Virginia. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1969, 1976, 1990. . Online at Ancestry ($) - 1976 reprint. Originally published: Delavan, Wis. : [Delavan Republican], 1939. Contains deeds up to 1800; wills up to 1860; marriage records 1824-1828; state census 1782, 1784 (alpha order); Rev. soldiers' pensions residing in county in 1835.
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Local Histories

 * Capon Valley, its Pioneers and Their Descendants, 1698-1940. 2 volumes. By Maud Pugh. Capon Bridge, West Virginia : M. Pugh, c1946-1948. Online at: Vol. I - FamilySearch Digital Library, Ancestry ($); Vol. II - FamilySearch Digital Library, Ancestry ($);.
 * History of Hampshire County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present. By Hu Maxwell and H. L. Swisher. Morgantown, W.Va. : A. B. Broughner, 1897. Reprinted 1972. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($);.
 * Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908. By T. K. Cartmell. Winchester, Va. : Eddy Press Corp., c1909. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive (note comments under Reviews), Ancestry ($), additional copy Ancestry ($); .  Compiled from original records of Old Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
 * Maps of West Virginia (1617-1995)
 * Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. ; digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Hampshire County's 1786 Delinquent List appears on p. 289.

Indian Wars

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. . Online at: Ancestry ($). Identifies some Westmoreland County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.
 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1903. Digital version at online at Internet Archive. 1965 reprint: . Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch (French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War) with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Hampshire County, see pp. 85-86.

Revolutionary War
Regiments. Service men in Hampshire County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Hampshire County supplied soldiers for the:


 * - 8th Virginia Regiment
 * - 12th Virginia Regiment (2nd and 3rd Companies)

Additional resources:


 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). 1967 reprint: . See Virginia, Western District, Hampshire County on page 134.
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Digital version at Ancestry ($); . Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.
 * (index) - FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War. By J.T. McAllister. 1913. Hot Springs, Va.: McAllister Pub. Co. Online at: Internet Archive

War of 1812
Hampshire County men served in the 77th and 114th Virginia Regiments.

Civil War

 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)


 * - 7th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Ashby's) (Confederate). Company F (Hampshire Riflemen aka New Creek Riflemen).
 * - 11th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry. Company D.
 * - 13th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company I (The Frontier Rifles) and Company K (The Hampshire Guard).
 * - 18th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Companies B, C, F, I, and K.
 * - 23rd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company E.
 * - 62nd Regiment, Virginia Mounted Infantry (Confederate). Company H.

World War II

 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1814-1991  at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1724-1985 West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 at Ancestry ($) — index & images
 * 1736-1927 (*); Clerk of the County Court, Circuit and County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1750-1899 (*); County Court and Historical Records Survey at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1750-1899 (*); County Clerk and County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1756-1970 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1756-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1776-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1780-1860 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1788-1789 (*); County Court and Historical Records Survey at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1791-1859 (*); Circuit and District Court, Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery, Superior Court of Law at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1804-1868 (*); Circuit and County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1814-1868 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1814-1931 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1831-1929 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1855-1931 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1865-1877 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1865-1895 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1865-1932 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1866-1868 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1866-1868 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1881-1928 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1895-1928 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Early Records, Hampshire County, Virginia, Now West Virginia, Including at the Start Most of Known Va. Aside from Augusta District : Synopisis of Wills from Originals up to 1860. By Sage, Clara McCormick and Laura Sage Jones. Delavan, Wisconsin: Delavan Republican, 1939. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Also at: ; Also Online at: Ancestry ($)
 * (*); County and Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * 1781-1782 1781-1782 Hampshire County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List; index online at New River Notes
 * 1782-1814 Heinegg, Paul. "Hampshire County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1814," Free African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
 * 1783 Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783; index online at Revolutionary War Service website
 * 1786 Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($); . These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Hampshire County's 1786 Delinquent List appears on p. 289.
 * 1787 Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. . The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Hampshire County is included in Vol. 1.
 * 1800-1814 Horton, Vicki Bidinger. Hampshire County, Virginia (WV) Personal Property Tax Lists, 1800-1814. Romney, W. Va.: Hampshire Review, 1995..
 * 1815 Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. . The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Hampshire County is included in Vol. 6.

West Virginia real and personal property tax records are managed by the County Assessor in each county. Land and land improvements are considered real property while mobile property is classified as personal property.

Many County Assessors offer an online searchable database, where assessment record searches can be performed by name, account number, year, or mp/parcel number. Where online records are not available, requests for records can be made to the Assessment Office in person, by phone, or in writing.

The search for tax information can start here

Vital Records

 * West Virginia Vital Records, 1865-1969 (varies) - Includes birth, death, and marriage.

Birth

 * 1853-1914 West Virginia Birth Index, 1853-1914 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Marriage

 * 1776-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1780-1970 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1801-1962 West Virginia, United States Marriages at Findmypast; index $

Death

 * 1804-1999 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1853-1964 West Virginia Death Index & Certificates, 1853-1964 at MyHeritage - index ($)

FamilySearch Centers

 * Petersburg West Virginia FamilySearch Center
 * Winchester Virginia FamilySearch Center

Libraries
Hampshire County Public Library 153 W Main St Romney, WV 26757 Phone: 304-822-3185 Email: [mailto:library@hamcopl.org library@hamcopl.org] Website Facebook

Societies
Hampshire County Historical Society PO Box 549 Augusta, WV 26704 Email: [mailto:nrmsaadk@historichampshire.org nrmsaadk@historichampshire.org]

Websites

 * Hampshire County WVGenWeb
 * USGenWeb Archives. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Hampshire County, West Virginia History
 * Historic Hampshire
 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia
 * Microfilms at the Library of Virginia for Hampshire County, West Virginia
 * West Virginia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records

Research Guides

 * Good, Rebecca H. and Rebecca A. Ebert. Finding Your People in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1998. 4th ed.