Boone County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States West Virginia  Boone County

County Courthouse
Boone County 200 State Street Madison, WV 25130-1152 304-369-7331


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

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

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Kanawha
 * Lincoln
 * Logan
 * Raleigh
 * Wyoming

1850

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

Join in transcribing the 1940 United States Census

Maps
1850 Map of Virginia and West Virginia

Civil War
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.]

Naturalization Records
West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Probate
Boone County, West Virginia Will Books 1865 - 1951

West Virginia Will Books

Vital Records
Marriage


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

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

Family History Hall of Fame "May we preserve their memories &amp; Contributions!" Please write about deceased historians &amp; Genealogist!

Sigfus Olafson

David Turner

Henry Clay Ragland

Robert Swain

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

Web Sites

 * CYNDI'S List West Virginia
 * CYNDI'S List West Virginia

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