Boone County, West Virginia Genealogy

Guide to Boone County West Virginia ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has Birth Marriage Death Records 1865 Probate and Land Records from 1865 Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and Court Records

History
Boone County History

History of Boone County, West Virginia

Boone County, West Virginia

Parent County
1847--Boone County was created 11 March 1847 from Kanawha, Cabell and Logan Counties. County seat: Madison

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating West Virginia county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation West Virginia County Boundary Maps" (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
Book C of Deed and Book A of Will records are missing.

Neighboring Counties

 * Kanawha
 * Lincoln
 * Logan
 * Raleigh
 * Wyoming

Resources
Boone County, West Virginia Resource$

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Boone County, West Virginia


 * Random Acts WV Cemetery Records Research Guide

Handley Funeral Home Inc. 3rd St. &amp; Phipps Ave Danville, WV Phone: 304-369-0718 Fax: 304-369-1130

Stevens Funeral Home 1 Official Plz Madison, WV Phone: 304-369-1350

Armstrong Funeral Home Inc. 734 Boone St. Whitesville, WV Phone: 304-854-1471 Fax: 304-854-0216

Valley Funeral Home Inc. E Boone St. Whitesville, WV Phone: 304-854-1381 Fax: 304-854-1270

Census
1850


 * Turner, David Anderson. Boone County West Virginia 1850 Census Annotated. 1999. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website.

1900 Boone County, West Virginia Census

Local Histories
West Virginia Archives

Boone County Genealogical Society. Boone County West Virginia History. Madison, West Virginia, Boone County Genealogical Society, Inc., 1990. 975.439 B724.

Casto, Mitch. Boone County West Virginia: A Chronological Bibliography. Madison, West Virginia, Boone-Madison Public Library, 1994. 975.439 C354.

Kith and kin of Boone County, West Virginia

Maps

 * Maps of West Virginia (1617-1995)
 * 1850 Map of Virginia and West Virginia
 * Boone County West Virginia 1895
 * Boone County, West Virginia map
 * Map Showing Boone County, West Virginia
 * Boone County West Virginia Topographic Maps

Military
Go here for general Military Records of West Virginia

Civil War
Confederate


 * - 1st Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry) (Confederate). Company B.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry) (Confederate). Company K.
 * - 14th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company F.
 * - 22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (1st Kanawha Regiment). Company K (Boone Company).
 * - 34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Witcher's Battalion, Virginia Mounted Rifles) (Confederate). Company B.
 * - 45th Battalion, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company A.

Union


 * - 8th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry.

Records and histories are available, including:


 * West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
 * Turner, Ronald Ray. 7th West Virginia Cavalry. Manassas, Va.: R.R. Turner, 1989. Available online, courtesy: Raleigh County West Virginia GenWeb. [Includes soldiers from Boone County.]
 * 1861 - 1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861 - 1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)

Naturalization Records

 * 1814 - 1991 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers
The Boone Examiner

Probate
Online Probate Records

Boone County, West Virginia Will Books 1865 - 1951
 * 1724 - 1978 West Virginia Wills and Probate Records 1724-1978 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1756 - 1971 at [https:/familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] — index and images

West Virginia Will Books

Online West Virginia Tax site
West Virginia real and personal property tax records are managed by the County Assessor in each county. Land and land improvements are considered real property while mobile property is classified as personal property.

Many County Assessors offer an online searchable database, where assessment record searches can be performed by name, account number, year, or mp/parcel number. Where online records are not available, requests for records can be made to the Assessment Office in person, by phone, or in writing.

The search for tax information can start here

Vital Records
. Includes marriages 1864-1968 - free.

Marriage


 * 1854 - 1931 - Turner, Ronald Ray. Marriage Records of Boone County West Virginia 1854-1931. 1989. Available online at Prince William County Virginia website.
 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Boone County West Virginia Marriages from Other Counties. 2007. Available online at Prince William County Virginia website.

Genealogical Society
See also a List of West Virginia Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Boone County Genealogical Society, Inc. P O Box 295 Madison, WV 25130

Boone County Genealogical Society

Boone Madison Public Library

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


 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Boone County, WV History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * West Virginia Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * West Virginia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * CYNDI'S List West Virginia
 * Boone County, West Virginia Microfilms at the Library of Virginia
 * Sigfus Olafson
 * Brief on Sigfus Olafson
 * Boone County Coal Corporation
 * Boone County Coal Corporation

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