Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia) Minute Book Abstracts, Volume I, 1788-1802

These Hampshire County Minute Book abstracts comprise some of the earliest records of the state of West Virginia. The dates of coverage of the various Minute Books are 1788-1791, 1795-1799, and 1799-1802, respectively. The contents of Mrs. Horton's abstracts range over orders to bind orphaned and poor children (sometimes mentioning complete families), grand jury lists, indictments, commissions, overseers of the roads, ordinary licenses, suits, oaths of office, militia lists, and more.

Vicki Bidinger Horton

(1993), 2001, paper, 135 pp.

ISBN: 9780806345352

102-9147