Nicholas County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States West Virginia  Nicholas County

County Courthouse


Nicholas County 700 Main Street Summersville, WV 26651 304-872-7820


 * County Clerk has birth records from 1855
 * Marriage and land Records from 1812
 * Death records from 1890
 * Probate from 1880
 * Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records

Parent County
1818--Nicholas County was created 30 January 1818 from Kanawha, Greenbrier and Randolph Counties. County seat: Summersville

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Braxton
 * Clay
 * Fayette
 * Greenbrier
 * Kanawha
 * Webster

Cemeteries
Nicolas County, West Virginia Cemeteries (USGENWEB)

Census
Join us in indexing the 1940 Census

Genealogy

 * [Coberly] Arthaud, John Bradley. "Dr. James Stell Coberly 18th Century Migrant from New Jersey to Virginia and Revolutionary Patriot," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1982):112-117; Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1982):183-189. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Revolutionary War

 * 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." ; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

Civil War

 * West Virginia, Civil War

Naturalization

 * West Virginia,

Probate
Nicholas County, West Virginia Will Book 1820 - 1969


 * West Virginia

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia
 * Nicholas County, West Virginia Families
 * Nicholas County, West Virginia Families

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