GRANT COUNTY WV  GENEALOGY
                                                              
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Hardy County Census: 1850 and 1860  
Grant County Census 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1930     
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  Grant County Resources:
Grant County Courthouse:  5 Highland Ave.  Petersburg, WV  26847   
Grant County Press       POBox 39   Petersburg, WV    26847      304 257 1844
Grant County Public Library     18 Mt. View Street   Petersburg, WV  26847    304  257 4122
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Brief history of Grant County:
     Grant County, West Virginia is located along the western edge of the state's Eastern Panhandle.  Created out of the conflict known as the Civil War.  The county bears the name of one of the war's illustrious warriors, Ulysses Simpson Grant, who later became the 18th president of the United States.  Grant County came into being on February 14, 1866, after separating from Hardy Co.

                                                                    
Obituaries
Grant County Schools
Funeral Home Cards
Cemeteries Wills/Deeds
WV Counties Links
Surnames Queries
              BIRTHS
         1865 -
1867 1868 1870 1880
1865 1866 1867 1869 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1881
1883 1884
1882 1885
1886 1887
1888 1889
1890 1893 1894 1895 1896
1891 1892
  MARRIAGES
                    1866 -
1877 1882
1881 1883 1884 1885
1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1878 1879 1880 1886
1887
1889 1890
1888 1897 1898
1891 1893 1895 1899 1900
1892 1894 1896
    DEATHS
                1865 -
1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880
1881 1882
1883 1884 1885
1889
1886 1888
1887
      Dr. Highberger's Obstetrical Records
                         1884 - 1921
              The doctor lived in Maysville, WV
              
1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1902 1903
1900 1901 1904
1909 1912 1917
1905 1907 1908 1910 1911 1913 1914 1916 1918
1906 1915 1919 1920
1921
1850 Hardy Co Census
1860
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www.oocities.org/digginmyroots/
Mis. Marriages and Deaths
Shobe Deaths Shobe Marriages
Shobe Births
My Family History by: Alkire "Elsworth" Bosley
Parks Family Excerpts from the Journal of Rev. John Kline
Grant County Press
08-31-1977
1952
10-14-1937 01-07-1943
10-30-1896
March 1897 October 1897
1946
04-12-1945 1947
Jan 6 - Dec 7, 1944
11-1896
April 1897 November 1897
11-13-1896 May 1897
09-01-1976
04-11-1984
11-20-1896
June 1897
02-05-1897
August 1897
Feb. 12, 1897
September 1897
02-26-1897
Some of the deaths, births, marriages etc. records found are very hard to read, we have done our best to  
assure  accuracy but some mistakes may be possible.  If you find any mistakes, please let us know.
Military Information
Civil War - Pvt. Christopher  Burgess
World War II
Charles W DeLay Letters
West Virginia Union Militia in Civil War
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