Lewis County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States  West Virginia    Lewis County

County Courthouse


Lewis County Courthouse 110 Center Avenue Weston, WV 26452 Phone:304-269-8215

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

Lewis County, WV This is Stonewall Country

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
Join us inindexing the 1940 Census

Genealogy

 * [Cunningham] Harter, Mary. "James Cunningham of Western Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):9-16; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):109-116. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [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..

Land
Lewis County, West Virginia Deeds

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Lewis County, West Virginia Map

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

 * - 3rd Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry) (Confederate). Company I.
 * - 18th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company I.
 * - 26th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company B.
 * - 31st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company I (Lewis County Rangers).
 * - 36th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company D.

Records and histories are available, including:


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

Naturalization
West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Newspapers
The Weston Democrat

Probate
Lewis County, West Virginia Will Books 1820-1963

West Virginia Will Books

Lewis County USGENWEB Wills

Vital Records
. Includes marriages 1817-1969 - free.

Lewis County Courthouse death records

Societies and Libraries

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Lewis County, WVGenWeb
 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia
 * Lewis County, West Virginia various records on Microfilm at the Library of Virginia
 * Lewis County, West Virginia families
 * Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants, Inc
 * Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants, Inc

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