Braxton County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States  West Virginia   Braxton County

County Courthouse


Braxton County 300 Main Street P O Box 486 Sutton, WV 26601 304-765-2833


 * County Clerk has birth, marriage, death indexes 1853-1886
 * Probate and Land Records
 * Clerk Circuit Court has Divorce and Court Records
 * Braxton County West Virginia Government

Braxton County Convention and Visitor's Bureau

Braxton County Courthouse Main Street, Sutton

Parent County
1836--Braxton County was created 15 January 1836 from Lewis, Kanawha and Nicholas Counties. County seat: Sutton

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Clay
 * Gilmer
 * Lewis
 * Nicholas
 * Webster

Cemeteries
USGENWEB Archives Project Cemtery Listing

Braxton County Tombstone Transcription Braxton County

Find a Grave - Braxton County, West Virginia

Internment.net Braxton County, West Virginia

USGENWEB Archives Project Obituaries

Obituaries Braxton County, West Virginia

Political Graveyard Braxton County, West Virginia

West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association

Miscellaneous Braxton County, West Virginia Obituaries

Census
Braxton, West Virginia Federal Census

Local Histories
West Virginia Archives &amp; History Braxton County

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Braxton County, West Virginia Map

Braxton County West Virginia 1895

TrailsRus - West Virginia - Braxton County

Braxton County, West Virginia map 2

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


 * 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, Braxton County on page 134.]

Naturalization Records
West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Newspapers
Braxton Citizens' News

Probate
Braxton County, West Virginia Wills 1835-1959

West Virginia Will Books

Family History Centers
Burnsville Public Library

Braxton County Libraries


 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia
 * Braxton County, West Virginia Microfilms at the Library of Virginia
 * First Families of Braxton County Families
 * Braxton County, West Virginia Wikipedia
 * National Register of Historic Places
 * Bridges Braxton County, West Virginia
 * Braxton County, WV Biographies
 * Braxton County, WV Biographies

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