Jackson County, WV Public Library -- Genealogy and Local History Research Resources

GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH RESOURCES

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Birth Records/ Census & Tax Records/ Church Records
Civil War Materials/ Death Records, Obituaries, & Cemetery Transcriptions
Family Histories/ Jackson County History -- General/ Marriage Records/ Newspaper Records

BIRTH RECORDS

Jackson County West Virginia Birth Records, 1853-1950

Includes delayed birth records. Multi-volume set. Be sure to specify names being searched.

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CENSUS AND TAX RECORDS

Jackson County Personal Property Book, 1831
1840 Jackson County, Virginia (WV) Census
1850 Jackson County, Virginia (WV) Census
1860 Jackson County, Virginia (WV) Census
1870 Jackson County, West Virginia Census
1880 Jackson County, West Virginia Census
Jackson County, West Virginia Mortality Schedules for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880
1900 Census of Jackson County, West Virginia: Union and Washington Districts
Families of Grant District, Jackson County, West Virginia in 1900. Census Data and Genealogical Information compiled by Carolyn Thomas Miihlbach
Jackson County, West Virginia 1920 Census, compiled by Betty Kessel McIntyre

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CHURCH RECORDS

Church History of Jackson County by Corinne Staats Fisher, 1981

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CIVIL WAR MATERIALS

The Civil War Diary of Mrs. Henrietta Fitzhugh Barr(Barre) 1862-1863
The Great Indiana-Ohio Raid by Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan and His Men July 1863, compiled by Don D. John
Jackson Countians in America's Wars, 1775-1918, compiled by Delmer R. Hite. Jackson County Historical Society 1978
Jackson County Miscellany, by the Jackson County Historical Society 1976

This publication consists largely of the diaries and autobiographical writings of several citizens of Jackson County in the period before and during the Civil War

Jackson County 141st Militia, compiled by E. Dewitt Williams 1995
Roster of Jackson County, West Virginia Civil War Soldiers, compiled by Delmer R. Hite
Journal Kept by Joab Smith of Captain W.H. Libscomb's Company of the Confederate Army
The Story of The Life and Trials of A Confederate Soldier and The Great Loop He Made In Three Years, Including the Original Narrative and Wartime Letters of Lieutenant Addison Austin Smith, Company G 17th Regiment of Virginia Cavalry, CSA

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DEATH RECORDS, OBITUARIES, AND CEMETERY TRANSCRIPTIONS

Cemeteries of Jackson and Roane Counties by Lisa Snyder
Grant District Cemeteries, Jackson County, West Virginia: Tombstone Inscriptions and Genealogical Information compiled by Carolyn Thomas Miihlbach
Jackson County Cemeteries, Volume 1, compiled by Jackson County Historical Society
Jackson County Cemeteries, Volume 2 (not complete), compiled by Jackson County Historical Society
Jackson County, West Virginia Death Records, 1856-1949, transcribed by Linda Murdock

Multi-volume set. Be sure to specify names being searched

Miscellaneous Jackson County Cemeteries (notebook)
Mountaineer (newspaper)News Items and Obituaries 1911-1915, compiled by Betty Kessel McIntyre
Obituaries From The Mountaineer and the Jackson Herald 1911 to 1941, compiled by Betty Kessel McIntyre
Some Early City, Village and Country Burying Grounds by John House, 1905. Retyped and expanded indexing by Linda Murdock, 1992

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FAMILY HISTORIES

Grouped by Predominant Surname

CASTO

Castos and Their Kin, compiled by Carrie L. Ferrell and Lura A. Given, 1965
Casto Cousins with Allied Families: A Journey from New Jersey to Jackson County, West Virginia, by Eileen S. Vickers
The Descendants of David D. Casto and Rachel Boice, compiled by Stanley D. Casto, 1979
Summary of the Casto Family, compiled by Richard H. Provance, 1994

PARSONS

The Parsons Family Book, compiled and edited by Augustine Chapman Parsons, c1994, 1996
Parsons Family Bulletin by Milton A. Parsons: Vol. 1(1961) to Vol. 6 (1966)
Parsons Family History and Record by Virginia Parsons MacCabe, 1913

SAYRE

Sayre Family Lineage of Thomas Sayre by Theodore M. Banta

WELLS

The Ancestors, Life, Times and Descendants of Ephraim Wells (1675-1988), researched, written and published by William A. Wells

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JACKSON COUNTY HISTORY -- GENERAL

Early History of Pioneer Days in Jackson County: A History of Jackson County Virginia (becoming West Virginia June 20, 1863) prior to 1900, compiled by the Bicentennial Committee
The Emergence of Jackson County and of Ripley, It's Seat of Justice, by the Jackson County Historical Society, 1982
History of the First Settlers of Cow Run, by W.M. King
Jackson County History and Folklore, compiled by the Jackson County Historical Society, 1983
Jackson County, West Virginia Past and Present 1990, Jackson County History Book Committee
Pioneers in Jackson County West Virginia: History of Mill Creek and Sandy Valley and Its Early Settlements, by John A. House, 1906. Retyped with expanded indexing by Linda Murdock, 1992
Washington's Woods: A History of Ravenswood and Jackson County, West Virginia by Dean W. Moore, c1971
West Virginia's Last Public Hanging, Hal C. Curtis, 1928

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MARRIAGE RECORDS

Jackson County Marriages, 1831-1879, compiled by Linda Murdock
Jackson County Marriages, 1880-1900, compiled by Linda Murdock
Jackson County Marriages, 1901-1925, compiled by Linda Murdock
Jackson County Marriages, 1926-1939, compiled by Linda Murdock
Jackson County Marriages, 1940-1949, compiled by Linda Murdock

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NEWSPAPER RECORDS

Cottageville Weekly Journal(photocopy)

December 1, 1869
Original located at the Washington's Lands Museum

Jackson Bugle (incomplete run)

December 1889-November 1891
All issues located at the Washington's Lands Museum

Jackson Herald

Microfilm

1901
May 1, 1914-December 3, 1920
January 11, 1935-December 1990

Hardcopy

1991-1999

Mountaineer

Microfilm

1901 (incomplete)
1911-1915
1918-1925
1934-February 1, 1957

Ravenswood News (name changed to Jackson Star News)

Microfilm

August 21, 1879 thru April 27, 1882
April 6, 1887 thru September 4, 1889
January 4, 1889 - December 27, 1899
January 5, 1933 - December 28, 1933
January 4, 1940 thru December 20, 1951

Jackson Star News

Hardcopy

19?? - 1999

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