Pleasants County, West Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1851--Pleasants County was created 29 March 1851 from Wood, Tyler and Ritchie Counties. County seat: St. Marys

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Ritchie
 * Tyler
 * Washington County, Ohio
 * Wood

Cemeteries
The Pleasants County website of West Virginia GenWeb offers a listing of county cemeteries, with beautiful photographs of the cemeteries, and transcriptions of the burials found therein.

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Pleasants County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1976):209-210. Available at ; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).

Vital Records
Pleasants County WV Gen Web: The Pleasants County West Virginia website for US GenWeb is host to may excellent transcriptions of county records, including of Pleasants Co Birth Records from 1853-1891 from the LDS Family History Film #0163911, with only a couple of years missing

There are also marriage recordsavailable, from 1853 to 1931, transcribed from both LDS film #0163911 and from courthouse record.

Complying with the law enacted in 1853, Pleasants County deathswere recorded and transcriptions are available at this site also.

The West Virginia State Archivesalso has a searchable database of the actual death certificate imagesavailable for deaths occuring during the years 1917-1919, and 1921-1957 for Pleasants County.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Pleasants County WV GenWeb
 * Pleasants County WV GenWeb