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
|