Summers County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States   West Virginia    Summers County

County Courthouse


Summers County P O Box 97 Hinton, WV 25951 304-466-7104


 * County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, probate and land records from 1871
 * Clerk Circuit Cout has div and court records

History
History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to Present Tim (Google ebook) Early History of Summers County Summers County, West Virginia Government Summers County, West Virginia Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia New River Gorge Welcome to Hinton, West Virginia Summers County Cyclopedia Summers County WV Chamber of Commerce

Parent County
1871-Summers County was created 27 February 1871 from Monroe, Mercer, Greenbrier and Fayette Counties. County seat: Hinton

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

Populated Places
Green Sulphur, West Virginia

The Town of Hinton

The Town of Lockbridge

Meadow Creek, West Virginia

Sandstone, West Virginia

Neighboring Counties

 * Fayette
 * Giles County, Virginia
 * Greenbrier
 * Mercer
 * Monroe
 * Raleigh

Cemeteries
Summers County Tombstone Transcription Project

Census

Join us in indexing the 1940 CensusChurch

Local Histories
Cottle, George. History of Forest Hill Community, Summers County, West Virginia. Morgantown, West Virginia, Agricultural Extension Division, n. d. (On-line version). Xwv 1. Agr 3. 2: C6.

Graham C. History of Clayton Community, Summers County, West Virginia. Morgantown, West Virginia, Agricultural Extension Division, 1923.(On-line version). Xwv 1. Agr 3. 2: G7.

Lively, Lester. History of Summers County''. s. l., n. p., n. d.  975.476 L784 Pam.

Long, Fred. Historic Pence Springs Resort. s. l., n. p., 1983. 917.5476 L848.

Maddy, W. T. History of Marie Community, Summers and Monroe Counties, West Virginia. Morgantown, West Virginia, Agricultural Extension Division, 1925.(On-line version). Xwv 1. Agr 3. 2: M3.

Miller, James Henry. ''History of Summers County From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Hinton, West Virginia'', n. p., 1908. 975.476 M648.

Nyden, Paul J. ''Thirty Oral History Transcripts About the New River Region in Fayette, Raleigh and Summers Counties, West Virginia. Beckley, West Virginia'', Paul Nyden, 1980.

Summers County World War Veterans. s. l., n. p., n. d. 940.546775 S955 Pam.

Woods, Clee. ''West Virginia Was Good. Charleston, West Virginia'', Mountain State Press, 1984. 975.476 Wood.

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Summers County, West Virginia 1895

Summers County, West Virginia Map

Map of Summers County West Virginia and Vicinity

Summers County Map

Military
West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Naturalization Records

 * West Virginia,

Newspapers
The Register Herald.com

Probate
Summers County, West Virginia Will Books 1854 - 1969


 * West Virginia

Vital Records
Summers County, Death Records, USGENWEB

Summers County West Virginia Marriage Record Archives

Summers County, West Virginia Deaths 1906-1920 $$

Summers County Public Library
Summers County Public Library

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia
 * History of the Graham Family (1899) Online
 * Summers County WV Gen Web Genealogy Home Pages
 * Summers County USGENWEB Archives Project
 * Summers County, West Virginia Wikipedia
 * Barns of Summers County, West Virginia
 * National Register of Historic Places Summers County, West Virginia
 * Summers County Photos
 * Summers County Great Bend Tunnel
 * Summers County, West Virginia Facebook
 * Summers County, West Virginia Family History &amp; Genealogy
 * Summers County, West Virginia Family History &amp; Genealogy

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