Marshall County, West Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1835--Marshall County was created 12 March 1835 from Ohio County when it was still part of Virginia. It became part of West Virginia in 1863. County seat: Moundsville

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Belmont County, Ohio
 * Greene County, Pennsylvania
 * Monroe County, Ohio
 * Ohio
 * Washington County, Pennsylvania
 * Wetzel

Cemeteries
People refer to Fork Ridge Cemetery. The problem is that there are actually three cemeteries on Fork Ridge. Fork Ridge Baptist, Fork Ridge Christian and Fork Ridge Universalist. These cemetery are on Fork Ridge Road just out of Moundsville in rural Marshall county West Virginia. USGENWEB Marshall county has great resources for Marshall county cemeteries.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * McMechen

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, Marshall County on page 135.]