Monongalia County, West Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1776--Monongalia County was created 7 October 1776 from the District of West Augusta. County seat: Morgantown

Boundary Changes
Record Loss

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Monongalia County Personal Property Tax List, 1783-1821," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]

Census
1890 Veterans' Census


 * Skidmore, E.J. and J.M. Ware. 1890 West Virginia Veteran Schedule: North Central Region: Including the Counties of Taylor, Preston, Marion, Doddridge, Harrison, Monongalia and Barbour. Kerens, W. Va.: EJ Pub, 2007. Available at.

Court
County Court


 * A card file index to Monongalia County District, Superior and County Court case file papers in the West Virginia Collection, West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, titled is available on 58 microfilms at the Family History Library. It includes name and subject indexes.
 * Zinn, Melba Pender. Monongalia County, (West) Virginia, Records of the District, Superior and County Courts. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c1990-2002. 12 Vols. Available at Family History Library. [Abstracts of case file papers in the West Virginia Collection, West Virginia University Library, Morgantown. Surname index in each volume.]

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

Bibliography


 * [Abel] Goertler, Betty Jean Abels and Nina Louise Abels Pitthan. Genealogy of the Abels Family. 1982. Available at.
 * [Baker] Burchinal, Beryl Modest and Yvonne Marie Wilson Dailey. George Baker Family: Monongalia County, West Virginia. Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania]: B.M. Burchinal, 2001. Available at.
 * [Barb] White, Magree E. Descendants of Isaac Barb, ca.1770-1981. MSS., available at.
 * [Barnes] Barnes, Phil. Ancestor Table. Prescott, Ariz.: P. Barnes, 1981. Available at.
 * [Barrickman] Adams, Henderson L. The Bergmann-Barrickman Families of West Virginia, Especially Descendants of John and Barbara Pickenpaugh Barrickman. Fort Walton Beach, Florida: H.L. Adams, 1987. Available at.
 * [Bergmann] See Barrickman.
 * [Bird] Bird, Leonard William. A Family History of John and Rachel Bird of Graham County, Kansas: Their Ancestors and Their Dependents [sic]. Beatrice, Nebraska: L.W. Bird, 1990. Available at.
 * [Bishop] Carl, Betty Jane. The Family of William Harrison Bishop aka Harry 1856-1920 &amp; Sarah Catherine Feather 1871-1958 of West Virginia. MSS., available at.
 * [Boyles] Beeching, Dixie Boyles. Boyles Family [and] Fetty Family History. MSS., 1978-1979, available at.
 * [Brand] Brand, Franklin Marion. The Brand Family of Monongalia County, Virginia (Now West Virginia). Morgantown, W. Va.: F.M. Brand, 1922. Available at ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Brittain] Pursel, Vida Miller, Franklin Marion Brand, and Edward Mathews. The Brittain-Britton Families of New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania. [reprint, Salem, Mass.: Higginson, 1995?]. Available at.
 * [Britton] See Brittain.
 * [Brummage] Wakeman, Virginia Brumage. Brumage-Brummage: They are the Same Family: Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1988. Available at.
 * [Carter] Carter, John Denton. The Carters of Greene County, Tennessee: An Early American Frontier Family. Biloxi, Mississippi: J.D. Carter, 1981. Available at.
 * [Clark] Klingman, Eloise Clark. Trailing Our Clark Family to Missouri. Albuquerque, New Mexico: E.C. Klingman, 1980. Available at.
 * [Clemmer] See Warman.
 * [Cobun] Early, Margaret Abigail Holt. Holt-Bennett Family History. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Print. Co., [c1974]. Available at.
 * [Coburn] Coburn, Raymond H. Ancestors and Descendants of James William Coburn, 1850-1929. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Print Co., 1982. Available at.
 * [Cochran] Mayo, Teri Cochran and Cochran Family Organization (Gurnee, Illinois). Cochran Family Newsletter. (1983). 2 issues available at.
 * [Cochran] Cochran, Teri Ann. The Descendants of James Cochran of Virginia (1749-1830). Deer River, Minnesota: Cochran Family Organization, 1986. Available at.
 * [Cushman] Burt, Alvah Walford. Cushman Genealogy and General History: Including the Descendants of the Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and Monongalia County, Virginia Families. Cincinnati, Ohio: A.W. Burt, 1942. Available at.
 * [Davies] Firl, Veryl Emma Bowen. Samuel Bowen and His Descendants. [Rochester, Minn.: V.B. Fiel], 1980. Available at.
 * [DeWeese] Descendants of John Blaw (Blue), d. 1757 Somerset Co., NJ, Supplement to the 4th Edition: Susannah (Blue) DeWeese Family. 1991. Available at.
 * [Digman] Poling, Newton L. and Virginia S. Poling. The Digman Family of West Virginia: A Personal Glimpse. Mt. Airy, Maryland: ElderSong Publications, 1997. Available at.
 * [Dotson] Dotson, James E. The Ancestors of James E. Dotson &amp; Ruth Ann Orr: of Ohio - Maryland - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - West Virginia - England - Germany - Ireland - Scotland. 1993. Available at ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Downing] Wuertele, Harriet M. Downings and Relations: Some Family Histories. Calistoga, California: H.M. Wuertele, 1985. Available at.
 * [Dragoo] Parsons, Vi. Jacob Dragoo and Our Susanna Bright Side. Pleasanton, California: Carr Twins &amp; Co., 2008. Available at.
 * [Eckhart] Brown, H. Andrew. George Adam Eckhart and Philip Hansel of Allegany County, Maryland: Including Their Descendants of Fayette County, Pennsylvania; Monongalia County, West Virginia, Northeast Iowa with the Surname, Eckhart, Echard, Hansel, Hentzel, Clapsaddle, Slagle, Eyster, Workman, Zearley, Bevans, and Forsythe. Los Angeles, California: H.A. Brown, 1990. Available at . 1989 edition also at.
 * [Efaw] Dauner, Carolyn Wells. The Descendants of Jacob Efaw and Mary Suthard. Pinehurst, North Carolina: C.W. Dauner, 1994. Available at.
 * [Faussett] Henry, Hazel Bailey. Robert Faussett, Sr. MSS., available at.
 * [Frederick] Stephens, Elaine Frederick and Mel Stephens. The Frederick Family of Monongalia County, Virginia and North Manchester, Indiana. [Murrieta, California]: E.F. &amp; M. Stephens, 1986. Available at ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Guseman] Allen, Alta Kincheloe. Abraham Guseman Descendants. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, 1938. Available at.
 * [Hamilton] Shaw, James W. The Hamilton Family: Descendants of Scottish Immigrants. Hutchinson, Kansas: J. Shaw, 198-?. Available at.
 * [Hamilton] Baldwin, John D. and Lloyd B. Hamilton. Hamilton Family of Prince George's County, Maryland, to Monongalia and Preston Counties (West) Virginia, Fayette County, Penna and Beyond: Descendants of Gavin-1 Hamilton. Rex, Georgia: L.B. Hamilton, 1998. Available at ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Hammer] Parker, Wayne V. and Olive Marian Garmire Parker. The Hammers Genealogy: The Descendants of Peter Hammer, 1757-1838, York and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, a Soldier of the Revolutionary War. Also the Family Lines that are the Ancestors of the Writer, His Cousins and Others, Linn-Lynn- Colburn-Skinner-Van Voorhees-Hanna. Wichita, Kansas: n.p., 1972. Available at.
 * [Hansel] Klotz, Lyle Milne. The Story of Our Family: John &amp; Mary Hansel &amp; Alexander &amp; Patience Milne of Northeast Iowa. Olympia, Washington: L.M. Klotz, 1991. Available at.
 * [Harr] Hornick, Janet Gesas. Descendants of John Harr and Elizabeth Merrifield. Englewood, Colorado: J. Hornick, 2000. Available at ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Hawkins] Fedorchak, Catharine F. Hawkins Family of West Virginia: Rev. William Hawkins of Marion County and His Brother, Joshua Hawkins with Miscellaneous Hawkins, Brown, and Allen Family Material. Gary, Indiana: C.F. Fedorchak, 1959. Available at.
 * [Hess] Parsons, Thelma Hess. I Shook My Family Tree: Peter Hess and Descendants, 1755-1982 (Especially Descendants of James T Hess). Cedar Rapids, Iowa: T.H. Parsons, 1983. Available at.
 * [Hoffman] Brown, Patsy Ann Saily Reck. Hoffman--Huffman, 1741-1995. 2 vols. [Cascadia, Oregon: P.A.S. Brown, 1995]. Available at.
 * [Hoskins] Hoskins, Robert J., Ella N. Hoskins, and Donna Hoskins Higley. Trails West: A History of the Hoskins Family. Syracuse, Utah: D.H. Higley, 1993. Available at.
 * [Huffman] See Hoffman.
 * [Hunt] Brown, H. Andrew. Joshua &amp; Jonas Hunt of Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey and Greene County, Pennsylvania: Including Their Descendants in Monongalia County, West Virginia and Northeast Iowa: Including Surnames Baker, Ely, Hansel, Iliff, Park, Seaton, Wilkinson, Zearley. Los Angeles, California: H.A. Brown, 1989. Available at.
 * [Ice] Ice Family Records. Bible records, copies of diaries, letters, and newspaper notices of Lucas County, Ohio / Daughters of the American Revolution. Fort Industry Chapter (Toledo, Ohio) -- p. 62-72; also available at.
 * [Jarrett] Burchinal, Beryl Modest. The Jarrett Family of Fayette County, Pennsylvania and Monongalia County, West Virginia. Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania]: B.M. Burchinal, 2002. Available at.
 * [Johns] Johns, Esther England. The Descendants of William Johns, 1808-1867, and Jenifer Blight Johns, 1811-1875, Cornwall, England. Massillon, Ohio: E.E. Johns, 1974. Available at.
 * [Jones] Stickney, Alpheus Beede. Lucy [May Peirpoint] &amp; Oliver [Shirtliff Jones]: Some West Virginia Genealogy [for] Peirpoint, Smell, Jones, Petty. Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania]: Mimeographed for the Compiler, 1953. Available at.
 * [Jones] "Gale-Shinn-Stanton-Jones," The American Genealogist, Vol.31 (1955):54-56. Available at New England Ancestors.
 * [Keller] See Digman.
 * [Kelley] Duncil, Charles W. William Kelley - Elwood Smith Genealogy, Browns Chapel, Monongalia County, W. Va.: The Story of the Two Families and How They Intermarried and Held Reunions for Over 50 Years. MSS., Butler, Pa.; also available on microfilm at.
 * [Kelly] Kelly, Richard T. and Clifton M. Nichols. History of James and Catherine Kelly and Their Descendants. Springfield, Ohio: Springfield Pub. Co., [1900]. Available at.
 * [Kelly] Ward, Bonnie Lee. George Washington Kelly and His Descendents: A 145 Year History, 1837-1982. Fern Park, Florida: B.L. Ward, c1982. Available at.
 * [Kennedy] See McCord.
 * [Knotts] See also Thorn.
 * [Knotts] Knotts, Robert Homer. James Absalom Knotts Jr. Mulberry, Florida: R.H. Knotts, 1982. Available at.
 * [Knotts] Knotts, Robert Homer. Joseph Knotts &amp; Mary Arnold. Salisbury, North Carolina: R.H. Knotts, 1984. Available at.
 * [Kratzer] Rosenkild, Gertrude Kratzer. The Kratzer Clan: Line of Jopseh and Mary Polly (Dunn) Kratzer, Married 1795. Mason City, Iowa: G.K. Rosenkild, 1981. Available at.
 * [Lemasters] Hardway, Ronald V. Benjamin Lemasters of Nicholas County, West Virginia: His Ancestry, His War Record, His Descendants. [Summersville, West Virginia?]: R.V. Hardway, 1993. Available at.
 * [Linn] Hull, Margaret Virginia. Genealogical History of the Family of William Linn Who Came from Belfast, Ireland, in 1771. Scottdale, Pennsylvania: Mennonite Publishing House, 1932. Available at.
 * [McCord] Mitchell, Patricia D. Descendants of William Emrod McCord &amp; Delilah Ann Kennedy, 1884-1993, Daybrook, West Virginia. Dallas, Texas: P. Mitchell, 1993. Available at.
 * [McMillan] McMillan, Forrest Dale. The McMillan Family of Preston and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia. Richmond, Va.: F.D. McMillan, 1974. Available at.
 * [Mellett] Miller, Franklin. The Mellett and Hickman Families of Henry County, Indiana. 2 vols. Gambier, Ohio: Franklin Miller, c1974. Available at.
 * [Merrifield] See also Harr.
 * [Merrifield] Hornick, Janet Gesas. Descendants of Richard Merrifield and Phoebe Tucker. Englewood, Colorado: J.G. Hornick, 2003. Available at.
 * [Michael] Senger, Clyde M. Notes on the Ancestors and Descendants of Jared Michael and Mary Kelso: 1847 Pioneer to Linn County, Oregon. Bellingham, Washington: C. Senger, 1991. Available at.
 * [Minney] Minney, Fern. The Family Album of the Minney, Shock, Dobbins, Stump and Related Families. [Morgantown, West Virginia: Fern], c1977. Available at.
 * [Morgan] See Warman.
 * [Moore] Chatelain, Virginia Atkinson. Moore Family Group Record, 1786-1896. Available at.
 * [Nicholson] Chatelain, Virginia Atkinson. Nicholson Family Group Records, ca. 1797-1911. Available at.
 * [Park] Harl, Louise. W. A. Park Family: (As Far As I Know). MSS., available at.
 * [Poole] Wilkins, Robert Poole. The Poole Family of Hamsphire and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia: Being Principally Descendants of the Reverend Ashby Poole (1788-1867) of Morgantown, As Well As Associated Members of the Ferguson, Morgan and McRa Families. Grand Forks, North Dakota: R.P. Wilkins, 1988. Available at.
 * [Prickett] Prickett, J.M. Prickett Family, ca. 1736-1932. MSS., available at.
 * [Protzman] See Utt.
 * [Rogers] Webb, Alice E. Branches Over the Wall. Mesa, Arizona: A. Webb, 1989. Available at.
 * [Shinn] See Jones.
 * [Smith] See Kelley.
 * [Snider] Frank, Roger B. A Genealogy and Personal History: These are Selected Biographical Sketches and a Corresponding Genealogy of Some of My Ancestors in Four Families from the Snider, the Morgan, the Icenhower, and the Frank Lines Who Helped Shape America ... Littleton, Colorado: R.B. Frank, 1985. Available at.
 * [Snodgrass] Kaufman, Jean L. Messing and James E. Kaufman. Snodgrass: Solomon's Descendancy: A Genealogical Record. Dubuque, Iowa: J.L. and J.E. Kaufman, 1989. Available at.
 * [Steele] Steele, Donley Morris. A Genealogy of the Descendants of James Steele and His Wife, Mary: Late of Clinton District, Monongalia County, Virginia (Now West Virginia). [Morgantown, W. Va.: D.M. Steele, 1919]. Available at.
 * [Stewart] Steward, Bradford Alan. William Stewart of Monongalia County, Morgantown, W. Va. MSS., available at.
 * [Tegarden] Murray, Grethel C. The Family History of the Tegarden Family: With Records and Notes. 1963. Available at.
 * [Tennant] Tennant, J. Ross. Memories of J. Ross Tennant, and a Genealogy of the Family Originated by Richard Tennant. 4 vols. Morgantown, W.Va.: Morgantown Printing &amp; Binding, 1942-1948. Available at.
 * [Tennant] Gates, Nancy E. and Sharon Pawlowski. The Tennants of West Virginia : Descendants of Richard and Elizabeth (Haught) Tennant. [Waverly, W. Va.]: N.E. Gates, [1991]. Available at.
 * [Thorn] Knotts, Robert Homer. Michael Thorn and Sarah Knotts. Salisbury, South Carolina: R.H. Knotts, 1985. Available at.
 * [Tibbs] Pugh, S. Earline Tibbs. Tibbs, Bennett, Crull, Etc., Families of Monogalia Co., VA, Scioto Co., OH, Etc.: Their Ancestors, Descendants, and Allied Families; Ashley, Bennett, Bourne, Crist, Crull, Dalrymple, Dodge, Fairchild, Feirl, Foye, Frum, Glover, Hannum, Hess, Jacobs, Jenkins, Jones, Kinker, Low, McDowell, Mollisee, Munn, Olin, Pugh, Rockwell, Samson, Slattery, Slocum, Snider, Southworth, Stockham, Stover, Stygler, Thomas, Tibbs, Utt, Valentine, Williams and Many Others; Also Data on the Tebbs/Tibbs Family of VA and Their Descendants. 2000. Available at ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Utt] Mitchell, Patricia D. Ancestors and Descendants of Morgan Orlando Utt and Olive Rebecca (Protzman) Utt, Monongalia County, West Virginia. Dallas, Texas: P.D. Mitchell, 1996. Available at ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Wade] Brand, Franklin Marion. The Wade Family: Monongalia County, Virginia, Now West Virginia. Morgantown, W. Va.: [F.M. Brand, 1927]. Available at.
 * [Warman] Titus, Elroy Wilson. A History of the Warman, Wells and Related Families. Columbus, Ohio: E. Titus, 1991. Available at.
 * [Wells] See Warman.
 * [Willford] Womer, Eleanor. Willford Family Genealogical Records, 1675-1974. MSS., available at.
 * [Williams] See also Tibbs.
 * [Williams] Holmes, Maurice and Dorotha Williams Marquis. Some of the Descendants of Gabriel Williams, 1756-1827, and Margaret Lytton Williams, 1764-1841. MSS., Stevens Museum, Salem, Ind.; also available at.
 * [Wilson] Rowland, Ralph Shearer and Star Wilson Rowland. Wilsons and Burchells and Related Families, 1608-1976. Fairfax, Va.: Ralph and Star Rowland, 1976. Available at.
 * [Wilson] Stonestreet, Elizabeth Wilson. Ancestors and De[s]cendants of Isaac and Elizabeth G. Wilson. Harrisville, West Virginia: E.W. Stonestreet, 1979. Available at.
 * [Zearley] Hamilton, Beth A. The Zearleys and Their Descendants. [Morgantown, West Virginia?: West Virginia University?, 1992?]. Available at.

Local Histories

 * Core, Earl L. The Monongalia story : a Bicentennial History. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Printing Company, 1974-1984. 5 Vols. Available at FHL.
 * Rush, West &amp; Company (Philadelphia, Pa.). Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Monongalia, Marion and Taylor Counties, West Virginia: Comprising About Five Hundred Sketches of the Prominent and Representative Citizens of These Counties: Illustrated. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Rush, West &amp; Company, 1895. Available at.
 * Shively, Norman B. and Samuel T. Wiley. Index to Samuel T. Wiley's History of Monongalia County, West Virginia (1883). Morgantown, W. Va.: Monongalia County Bicentennial Committee, 1976. Available at.
 * Wiley, Samuel T. History of Monongalia County, West Virginia, from Its First Settlements to the Present Time with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches. Kingwood, W. Va.: Preston Publishing Co., 1883. Available at.

French and Indian War

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at . [Identifies some Monongalia County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]

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, Eastern Monongalia County and Western Monongalia 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

 * Williams, Mary K. Monongalia County, West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1776-1906. [Morgantown, W. Va.: M.K. Williams], 1986. Available at.

Newspapers

 * Gilchrist, Joy Gregoire. Abstracts of Early Monongalia County, (West) Virginia Newspapers, 1816 - 1842. Coshocton, Ohio: Squires Family Researchers, n.d. Available at.

Private Papers

 * [Bayles] Bayles Family Records. Bible records, copies of diaries, letters, and newspaper notices of Lucas County, Ohio / Daughters of the American Revolution. Fort Industry Chapter (Toledo, Ohio) -- p. 8-10. Also available at.
 * [Rice] Family Bible of Philemon L. Rice and Serena Elizabeth Laidley [Records ca. 1799-1927]. Original records, in possession of Mrs. Charles Everly of Fairmount, West Virginia (1959); also available on microfilm at.

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Monongalia County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):293-295. Available at ; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1783-1850] Monongalia County, [West] Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists, 1783-1850. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.; also available on microfilm at.
 * [1783-1821] Heinegg, Paul. "Monongalia County Personal Property Tax List, 1783-1821," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1786] Core, Earl L. The Monongalia Story: A Bicentennial History. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Printing Company, 1976. (1786 tithe list begins on p. 142)
 * [1786-1788]Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at . [Sources for this publication are the 1787 and 1788 personal property tax lists, and partial 1786 personal property tax list (names of those who do not appear on 1787 and 1788 lists were abstracted). Monongalia County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1788-1806]Monongalia County, [West] Virginia Land Tax, 1788-1806, MSS., W. Guy Tetrick Collection, Clarksburg, W. Va., prepared by the Historical Records Survey; also available on microfilm at.
 * [1790] Indexed images of the 1790 Personal Property Tax List of Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia) are available online at Binns Genealogy.
 * [1796-1865] Monongalia County, [West] Virginia Land Tax, 1796-1865. Original records, Monongalia County Courthouse, Morgantown, W. Va.; also available on microfilm at.
 * [1799-1806] Monongalia County, [West] Virginia Land Tax, 1799-1806, MSS., West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, W. Va., prepared by the Historical Records Survey; also available on microfilm at.
 * [1800] Images of the 1800 Personal Property Tax List of Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia) are available to browse online at Binns Genealogy.
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at . [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Monongalia County is included in Vol. 6.]

Vital Records
Birth


 * Carter, Eleanor Yost, Kathleen Mahaffey Bogdan, and Marion County Genealogy Club (Fairmont, W. Va.). Monongalia County Births. [1853-1876] 3 vols. Fairmont, W. Va.: Marion County Genealogy Club, 1991. Available at.

Death


 * Daughters of the American Revolution. Elizabeth Lundington Hagans Chapter (Texas). Death Records, Monongalia County, West Virginia, 1856-1863. Tomball, Texas: Genealogical Publications, 1976. Available at.
 * Trickett, Lorna. Deaths, Monongalia County: 1853-1899. MSS., W. Guy Tetrick Collection, Clarksburg, W. Va., prepared by the Historical Records Survey; also available on microfilm at.
 * Trickett, Lorna. Deaths, Monongalia County, West Virginia: 1853-1899. MSS., West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, W. Va., prepared by the Historical Records Survey; also available on microfilm at.