Mercer County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States   West Virginia    Mercer County

County Courthouse


Mercer County Court House P O Box 1716, Princeton, WV 24740 304-487-8311


 * County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records from 1853; probate and land recrods from 1837; Circuit Court Clerk has divorce and court records from 1837

Parent County
1837--Mercer County was created 17 March 1837 from Giles and Tazewell Counties (Virginia). County seat: Princeton

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Bland County, Virginia
 * Giles County, Virginia
 * McDowell
 * Raleigh
 * Summers
 * Tazewell County, Virginia
 * Wyoming

Census
Join us in indexing the 1940 Census

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Bluefield

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Military

 * West Virginia, Civil War Service

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, Mercer 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.]

Naturalization
West Virginia,

Probate

 * West Virginia

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

Mercer County Historical Historical Society Athens, West Virginia 24712

Family History Centers
The closest family history centers are 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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