Ohio County (West Virginia) Index, Volume 6: Index to County Court Order Books, 1777-1881, Part 6

Ohio County (West Virginia) Index, Volume 6: Index to County Court Order Books, 1777-1881, Part 6

The Ohio County Index series continues in Volume 6, publishing more records from the index to Ohio County, (Virginia) West Virginia, County Court Order Books from 1777�1881 as originally extracted during the 1930s. Readers need to remember that eight present-day West Virginia counties have been formed, in part, from the original 1776 Ohio County: Hancock (1848), Brooke (1797), Marshall (1835), Wetzel (1846), Tyler (1814), Pleasants (1851), Doddridge (1845), and present-day Ohio County. Anyone researching these counties will want to add this valuable resource to their library. Volume 6 continues to index civil lawsuits handled by the county court including individuals, banks, firms and corporations. Entries include plaintiffs with surnames N-S and their corresponding defendants with surnames A-Z, plus miscellaneous entries with surnames A-Z. Plaintiff entries account for approximately 46% of the total entries in this volume. Defendants make up 40% of the entries, and the remaining 14%

are miscellaneous entries. The original pages are included with a reference to the source County Court Order Book and page number. There are a few mentions of Chancery, and Law Order Books. Hints for interpreting notations and phrases found in �Miscellaneous Entries,� a listing of microfilm at the West Virginia University and West Virginia State Archives, plus a 120 page personal time line index enhance the value of this volume. Index entries include full-name, date of court action, subject (defendant, plaintiff, or misc.), and page number.

Kenneth Fischer Craft, Jr.

2011, paper, pp.

ISBN: 9780788416477

101-C1647