Hampshire County, West Virginia Genealogy

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

Parent County
1753--Hampshire County was created 13 December 1753 from Frederick and Augusta Counties (Virginia). County seat: Romney

Neighboring Counties

 * Allegany County, Maryland
 * Frederick County, Virginia
 * Grant
 * Hardy
 * Mineral
 * Morgan

Family Histories

 * [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.

Military
French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Westmoreland County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog