Fayette County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States  West Virginia   Fayette County

County Courthouse
100 Church Street Fayette, WV 25840 Phone:304-574-1200

County Clerk has birth and death from 1866 Marriage, Probate and Land 1831 Clk Cir Court has divorce and county records

History


The county is named after Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834).

Fayette County History

Fayette County West Virginia Historic Fayetteville

History of Fayette County, West Virginia

Parent County
1831--Fayette County was created 28 February 1831 from Greenbrier, Kanawha, Nicholas and Logan Counties. County seat: Fayetteville

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Clay
 * Greenbrier
 * Kanawha
 * Nicholas
 * Raleigh
 * Summers

Cemeteries
Tombstone Transcription Project Fayette County West Virginia Fayette County Cemetery Records West Virginia Find A Grave Fayette County, West Virginia

Local Histories

 * Donnelly, Shirley. History of Oak Hill, West Virginia: a series of historical notes on the Fayette County metropolis from the time of its early settlement up to the year 1953..

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia Fayette County, West Virginia Map Fayette County West Virginia 1895

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, Fayette 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." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

Civil War

 * - 8th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company I (Kanawha Rangers).
 * - 22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (1st Kanawha Regiment). Company B (Mountain Cove Guards) and Company C (Fayetteville Rifles).
 * - 60th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (3rd Regiment, Wise Legion) (Confederate). Company C (The Dixie Rifles).

Records and histories are available, including:


 * West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Naturalization Records
West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Newspapers
Fayette Tribune

Probate
West Virginia Will Books

Vital Records
Death Records of Fayette County Marriage Records of Fayette County Brides List Marriage Records of Fayette County Grooms List Fayette County, West Virginia Will Books 1832-1969

Societies and Libraries
Genealogical Society of Fayette and Raleigh Counties, Inc. P O Box 68 Oak Hill, WV 25901-0068

Fayette County Public Libraries

Family History Centers
The closest family history centers is in Charleston Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Fayette County Families
 * Fayette County, WV
 * Elkridge, Fayette County, West Virginia
 * Fayette County, West Virginia History and Genealogy
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