Mason County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States   West Virginia    Mason County

County Courthouse
Mason County Court House 200 6th Street Point Pleasant, WV 25550 304-675-1997


 * County Clerk has birth and death records from 1853
 * Marriage and land records from 1804
 * Military records 1918
 * Circuit Court Clerk has divorce and court records

Parent County
1804--Mason County was created 2 January 1804 from Kanawha County. County seat: Point Pleasant

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

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Mason County Personal Property Tax List, 1805-1846," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]

Census
Join us in indexing the 1940 Census

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

Bibliography


 * [Chapman] Machir, Violette S. Some Chapman, Jolly, Rayburn and Smith Families in W.Va. &amp; Ohio. Middleport, Ohio: Quality Print Shop, 1966..
 * [Clemens] Bell, Raymond Martin. The Ancestry of Samuel Clemens, Grandfather of Mark Twain. Washington, Pa.: R.M. Bell, 1980. Digital version at Family History Archives;.
 * [Jolly] Machir, Violette S. Some Chapman, Jolly, Rayburn and Smith Families in W.Va. &amp; Ohio. Middleport, Ohio: Quality Print Shop, 1966..

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

Naturalization

 * West Virginia,

Newspapers
The Point Pleasant Register 200 Main Street Point Pleasant, West Virginia 25550 Telephone: 304-675-1333

Probate
West Virginia

Taxation
How can West Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1805-1846] Heinegg, Paul. "Mason County Personal Property Tax List, 1805-1846," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at . [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Mason County is included in Vol. 6.]

Societies and Libraries
'''Mason County Family History Hall of Fame "May we preserve their memories &amp; Contributions!" Please write about deceased historians &amp; Genealogist!'''

Mason County Genealogical Historical Society Henderson, West Virginia 25106

Mason County Public Library 508 Viand Street Point Pleasant, West Virginia 25550 Telephone: 304-675-0894 Fax: 304-675-0895

Hannan Public Library 6760 Ashton Upland Road Ashton, West Virginia 25503 Telephone and Fax: 304-743-6200

Mason City Public Library 8 Brown Street Mason, West Virginia 25260 Telephone and Fax: 304-773-5580

New Haven Public Library P O Box 417 New Haven, West Virginia 25265 Telephone and Fax: 304-882-3252

Source: West Virginia Library Commission Library Directory

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


 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Masontown West Virginia Family History Center

Web Sites

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

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