Kanawha County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; West Virginia &gt; Kanawha County

Parent County
1788--Kanawha County was created 14 November 1788 from Greenbrier and Montgomery (Virginia) Counties. County seat: Charleston

Neighboring Counties

 * Boone
 * Clay
 * Fayette
 * Jackson
 * Lincoln
 * Nicholas
 * Putnam
 * Raleigh
 * Roane

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Charleston

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Kanawha County, (West) Virginia residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * [Fletcher] Descendant of William Fletcher, b. England, resident of Kanawha and Monroe Counties, Virginia. Y-DNA 12 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled William Fletcher of Accomac County, Virginia/James Fletcher of Brunswick County, Virginia), courtesy: The Fletcher DNA Project.

Occupations

 * Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (Together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FHL. [Includes a section on Charleston silversmiths.]

Taxation
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 * [1792] Indexed images of the 1792 Personal Property Tax List of Kanawha County, Virginia (now West Virginia) are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1802] Images of the 1802 Personal Property Tax List of Kanawha County, Virginia (now West Virginia) are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Kanawha County is included in Vol. 6.]

Websites

 * Family History Library Catalog