Nicholas County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States West Virginia  Nicholas County

County Courthouse

 * [[Image:Nicholas County, West Virginia Courthouse.JPG|right|400px]] Nicholas County

700 Main Street

Summersville, WV 26651

304-872-7820


 * County Clerk has bir records from 1855
 * Marriage and Land Records from 1812
 * Death records from 1890
 * Probate from 1880
 * Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and Court Records

Parent County
1818--Nicholas County was created 30 January 1818 from Kanawha, Greenbrier and Randolph Counties. County seat: Summersville

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Braxton
 * Clay
 * Fayette
 * Greenbrier
 * Kanawha
 * Webster

Revolutionary War

 * 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.]

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers