| The WV county:
| was formed:
| Earlier records might be found in these counties:
|
| Barbour
| 1843
| Harrison, Lewis, Randolph
|
| Berkeley
| 1772
| Frederick (VA)
|
| Boone
| 1847
| Cabell, Kanawha, Logan
|
| Braxton
| 1836
| Kanawha, Lewis, Nicholas
|
| Brooke
| 1797
| Ohio
|
| Cabell
| 1809
| Kanawha
|
| Calhoun
| 1856
| Gilmer
|
| Clay
| 1858
| Braxton, Nicholas
|
| Doddridge
| 1845
| Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Tyler
|
| Fayette
| 1831
| Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan, Nicholas
|
| Gilmer
| 1845
| Kanawha, Lewis
|
| Grant
| 1866
| Hardy
|
| Greenbrier
| 1778
| Botetourt (VA), Montgomery (VA)
|
| Hampshire
| 1754
| Augusta (VA), Frederick (VA)
|
| Hancock
| 1848
| Brooke
|
| Hardy
| 1786
| Hampshire
|
| Harrison
| 1784
| Monongalia
|
| Jackson
| 1831
| Kanawha, Mason, Wood
|
| Jefferson
| 1801
| Berkeley
|
| Kanawha
| 1788
| Greenbrier; Montgomery (VA)
|
| Lewis
| 1816
| Harrison
|
| Lincoln
| 1867
| Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam
|
| Logan
| 1824
| Cabell, Kanawha; Giles (VA), Tazewell (VA)
|
| Marion
| 1842
| Harrison, Monongalia
|
| Marshall
| 1835
| Ohio
|
| Mason
| 1804
| Kanawha
|
| Mercer
| 1837
| Giles (VA), Tazewell (VA)
|
| Mineral
| 1866
| Hampshire
|
| Mingo
| 1895
| Logan
|
| Monongalia
| 1776
| West Augusta District (VA)
|
| Monroe
| 1799
| Greenbrier
|
| Morgan
| 1820
| Berkeley, Hampshire
|
| McDowell
| 1858
| Tazewell (VA)
|
| Nicholas
| 1818
| Greenbrier, Kanawha, Randolph
|
| Ohio
| 1776
| West Augusta District (VA)
|
| Pendleton
| 1788
| Hardy; Augusta (VA), Rockingham (VA)
|
| Pleasants
| 1851
| Ritchie, Tyler, Wood
|
| Pocahontas
| 1821
| Pendleton, Randolph; Bath (VA)
|
| Preston
| 1818
| Monongalia
|
| Putnam
| 1848
| Cabell, Kanawha, Mason
|
| Raleigh
| 1850
| Fayette
|
| Randolph
| 1787
| Harrison
|
| Ritchie
| 1843
| Harrison, Lewis, Wood
|
| Roane
| 1856
| Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha
|
| Summers
| 1871
| Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe
|
| Taylor
| 1844
| Barbour, Harrison, Marion
|
| Tucker
| 1856
| Randolph
|
| Tyler
| 1814
| Ohio
|
| Upshur
| 1851
| Barbour, Lewis, Randolph
|
| Wayne
| 1842
| Cabell
|
| Webster
| 1860
| Braxton, Nicholas, Randolph
|
| Wetzel
| 1846
| Tyler
|
| Wirt
| 1848
| Jackson, Wood
|
| Wood
| 1798
| Harrison
|
| Wyoming
| 1850
| Logan
|