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Grant County, West Virginia
Map
Location in the state of West Virginia
Location of West Virginia in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	1866
County Seat	Petersburg
Courthouse

United States  West Virginia  Grant County

County Courthouse

Grant County Courthouse
5 Highland Ave
Petersburg, WV 26351
Phone: 304-257-4550

County Clerk has birth marriage divorce probate court and land records since 1866^[1]

History

Parent County

1866--Grant County was created 14 February 1866 from Hardy County.
County seat: Petersburg ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Grant County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Garrett County, Maryland
• Hampshire
• Hardy
• Mineral
• Pendleton
• Preston
• Randolph
  
• Tucker

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Join us in indexing the 1940 Census

Church

Court

Genealogy

General

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Grant County families include:

• O'Dell, Cecil. Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1995. FHL Collection. One of the most impressively researched one-place studies in the United States. In a review, Dorman stated "Comprehensive studies such as this appear only rarely. This volume should be in every Virginia genealogical collection."^[3]
  

Bibliography

• [Hyres] Swisher, Robert Edward. The Hyres of West Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Whittet and Shepperson, 1977. FHL Book 929.273 H999a.

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Military

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

Naturalization

West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Newspapers

Probate

Greenbrier County,West Virginia Wills 1777-1962

Grant County, West Virginia Will Books 1866 - 1969

West Virginia Will Books

Taxation

Vital Records

West Virginia Vital Records - Birth - Death - Marriages

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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

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References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Grant County, West Virginia. Page 743 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ John Frederick Dorman, "Review of Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1995):236.