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Cemeteries

Tombstone Transcription Project Fayette County West Virginia
Fayette County Cemetery Records West Virginia 
Find A Grave Fayette County, West Virginia

Census

For tips on accessing Fayette County, West Virginia census records online, see: West Virginia Census. 

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

• Donnelly, Shirley.  History of Oak Hill, West Virginia: a series of historical notes on the Fayette County metropolis from the time of its early settlement up to the year 1953..   FamilySearch Books Online

Maps

Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia
Fayette County, West Virginia Map
Fayette County West Virginia 1895

Military

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: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Fayette County on page 134.]
• 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." FHL Collection 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

Civil War

Regiments. Service men in Fayette County, West Virginia served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Fayette County, West Virginia:

Confederate

- 8th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company I (Kanawha Rangers).^[4]

- 22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (1st Kanawha Regiment). Company B (Mountain Cove Guards) and Company C (Fayetteville Rifles).^[5]

- 59th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company F1 (Jackson Avengers, Dixie Rifles).^[6]

- 60th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (3rd Regiment, Wise Legion) (Confederate). Company C (The Dixie Rifles).^[7]

Union

- 8th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry.^[8]

Records and histories are available, including:

• West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 Record Collection 1932429 Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Naturalization Records

West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Newspapers

Fayette Tribune

Probate

West Virginia Will Books

Taxation

Online West Virginia Tax site

West Virginia real and personal property tax records are managed by the County Assessor in each county. Land and land improvements are considered real property while mobile property is classified as personal property.

Many County Assessors offer an online searchable database, where assessment record searches can be performed by name, account number, year, or mp/parcel number. Where online records are not available, requests for records can be made to the Assessment Office in person, by phone, or in writing.

The search for tax information can start here

Vital Records

• West Virginia Vital Records - Birth - Death - Marriages. Includes marriages 1830-1854, 1857, 1861, 1864-1968 - free.

Death

• Death Records of Fayette County

Marriage

• Marriage Records of Fayette County Brides List
• Marriage Records of Fayette County Grooms List

Societies and Libraries

Genealogical Society of Fayette and Raleigh Counties, Inc.
P O Box 68
Oak Hill, WV 25901-0068

Fayette County Public Libraries

Family History Centers

The closest family history centers is in Charleston Family History Center

Web Sites

• Cyndi's List for West Virginia
• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Fayette County Families
•  Fayette County, WV
• Elkridge, Fayette County, West Virginia
• Fayette County, West Virginia History and Genealogy
•  Family History Library Catalog

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References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Fayette County, West Virginia. Page 743 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Fayette County, West Virginia," in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayette_County,_West_Virginia, accessed 14 February 2012.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
4. ↑ Jack L. Dickinson, 8th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1986). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 25.
5. ↑ Terry D. Lowry, 22nd Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1988). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 44.
6. ↑ G.L. Sherwood and Jeffrey C. Weaver, 59th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1994). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 107.
7. ↑ J.L. Scott, 60th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1997). FHL book 975.5 M2vr v. 130.
8. ↑ Ronald R. Turner, 7th West Virginia Cavalry (Manassas, Va.: R.R. Turner, 1989). Digital version at Raleigh County West Virginia GenWeb; FHL Book 975.4 M2t.

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