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Welcome, you are the 194756 visitor since I began to maintain this site in July 1998.
My name is Alan R. Rockwell, Jr., and I am the Monongalia County Coordinator.
I am glad you have found this site, and welcome any comments or suggestions you may have after exploring it.
Joy Gilchrist was the original county coordinator. Over 16,500 visited the original site which Joy started on 19 August 1996, and maintained for the first year. She appreciated all the support she received, but she needed more time to care for her family responsibilites, maintain other county pages on the WVGenWeb Project and attend her regular duties at Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants.
Todd White assumed responsibility for this site on 19 August 1997, and maintained it for the second year. Todd also reached a point where he needed more time for his family and other projects.
The Mother of Many Counties
1776 - Monongalia, Ohio, and Yohogania Counties were created from the District of West Augusta of Augusta County, VA. The northern portion of Monongalia, the northeastern portion of Ohio, and and all of Yohogania were also known as Westmoreland County, PA which was also mother to several counties. The area that was the northwest corner of Monongalia became Washington County, PA in 1781, and Greene County, PA in 1796. The area that was the northeast corner of Monongalia became Fayette County, PA in 1783. The first courts of Monongalia were held on Phillips' Choice, the plantation of Theophilus Phillips, near New Geneva in Springhill Township, Fayette County, PA.1779 - The first county seat was located at Mifflintown, present-day Woodbridgetown, near Rubles Mill in Georges Township, Fayette County, PA, but soon after the boundary dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania was resolved. When they realised the county seat was no longer in the county, it was moved to what is now Morgantown.
1784 - Harrison County was formed from Monongalia and Ohio Counties.
1787 - Randolph County was formed from Harrison County.
1798 - Wood County was formed from Harrison and Kanawha Counties.
1816 - Lewis County was formed from Harrison and Randolph Counties.
1818 - Nicholas County was formed from Greenbrier, Kanawha and Randolph Counties.
1818 - Preston County was formed from Monongalia and Randolph Counties.
1821 - Pocahontas County was formed from Pendleton, Randolph, Greenbrier and Bath Counties.
1831 - Fayette County was formed from Kanawha, Greenbrier, Nicholas and Logan Counties.
1831 - Jackson County was formed from Kanawha, Mason and Wood Counties.
1836 - Braxton County was formed from Kanawha, Lewis, Nicholas and Randolph Counties.
1842 - Marion County was formed from Harrison and Monongalia Counties.
1843 - Barbour County was formed from Harrison, Lewis and Randolph Counties.
1843 - Ritchie County was formed from Harrison, Lewis and Wood Counties.
1844 - Taylor County was formed from Harrison, Barbour and Marion Counties.
1845 - Doddridge County was formed from Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie and Lewis Counties.
1845 - Gilmer County was formed from Lewis and Kanawha Counties.
1848 - Wirt County was formed from Wood and Jackson Counties.
1850 - Raleigh County was formed from Fayette County.
1851 - Pleasants County was formed from Ritchie, Tyler and Wood Counties.
1851 - Upshur County was formed from Randolph, Barbour and Lewis Counties.
1856 - Calhoun County was formed from Gilmer County.
1856 - Roane County was formed from Kanawha, Jackson and Gilmer Counties.
1856 - Tucker County was formed from Randolph County.
1858 - Clay County was formed from Braxton, Kanawha and Nicholas Counties.
1860 - Webster County was formed from Braxton, Nicholas and Randolph Counties.
1863 - West Virginia was formed from Virginia
A traditional account by historian Glenn D. Lough claims that the first settlers, Pompey Leggit and his wife Jenny Duvall Leggit, homesteaded at Rivesville in present-day Marion County in 1694. With them were Jenny's brother, John Duvall, the William Burris family, and the Bozarth family. The families are said to have moved on to Philippi in present-day Barbour County by 1704, a site they abandoned in 1721. The Leggit's sons, Thomas and George Leggit, established a trading post at Lowsville in 1766.
Other early settlers in the mid-1700s in the original Monongalia County were the families of: Wendell Brown (at present-day Brownsville, Fayette County, PA); David Tygart and Robert Files (near present-day Beverly, Randolph County, WV); the Eckerlin brothers (Dunkard Bottom near Kingwood, Preston County, WV); and Thomas Decker at the mouth of Deckers Creek, present Monongalia County. Others in the Decker party included these surnames: Zern or Zorn, Falls, Thorn, Westfall, Cox, Statler or Stradler.
- Archives Text files you can view or download which relate to Monongalia County.
- Atlas See maps of Monongalia County.
- Bibliography Published resources with their sources and look-up volunteers.
- Calendar Upcoming genealogy-related events in Monongalia County.
- Connexions Addresses and Internet sites relating to Monongalia County Genealogy.
- History A guide to the histories of Monongalia County.
- Mailing Lists A wonderful way to meet others and exchange information.
- Message Boards A place where you can search or post queries or information related to genealogy.
- RootsWeb A guide to Monongalia County resources at RootsWeb.
- Vital Records A guide to vital records relating to Monongalia County.
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If you have information to share, links to suggest, or questions about this page,
please, contact the Monongalia County Coordinator.
This page was created in 1996 and last updated on 7 February 2004.
Copyright © 1996-1997 by Joy Gregoire Gilchrist Stalnaker
Copyright © 1997-1998 by Todd M. White
Copyright © 1998-2004 by Alan R. Rockwell, Jr. & Eric N. Rockwell
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