Nicholas County, West Virginia Genealogy

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