Lewis County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States  West Virginia    Lewis County

County Courthouse


Lewis County 110 Center Avenue Weston, WV 26452


 * County Clerk has birth &amp; death records from 1853
 * Marriage Probate and Land Records from 1816
 * Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records

Parent County
1816--Lewis County was created 18 December 1816 from Harrison County. County seat: Weston

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Braxton
 * Doddridge
 * Gilmer
 * Harrison
 * Upshur
 * Webster

Census
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Genealogy

 * [Hacker] “A Noted Mason Dead: The Demise of William Hacker at a Ripe Old Age,” [Newspaper obituary] (Shelbyville, Ohio), 29 July 1891, reprinted in Hacker’s Creek Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Fall 1987):31-32 - free digital version at Hacker's Creek website.
 * [Swisher] Swisher, Robert Edward. The Swisher Family of Harrison and Lewis Counties, West Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1974..

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Revolutionary War

 * 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, Lewis County on page 135.]
 * 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.]

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

Naturalization
West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Probate
West Virginia Will Books

Societies and Libraries

 * Lewis County Genealogical-Historical Society
 * Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants, Inc.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Lewis Family History Hall of Fame "May we preserve their memories &amp; Contributions!"

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Web Sites

 * Lewis County, WVGenWeb
 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia
 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia

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