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History of
Wetzel County, WV
With Map and Portraits
By John C. McEldowney, JR., 1901
240 pages, illustrated
- Bonus -A Gazetteer of
West Virginia
By Henry Gennett 1904
168 pages, searchable
- Bonus #2 -
1910 County Census
(scanned pages of actual hand written census)
By US Census Dept 1910
520 p
Bonus #3 – Virginia Counties & Cities
(Details below)
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Wetzel County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on January 10, 1846
from Tyler County. The county was named in honor of Lewis Wetzel. Its county seat is
New Martinsville. Its northern border is the Mason-Dixon line. The county is named
for Lewis Wetzel, a famous frontiersman and Indian fighter.
Edward Dulin was the first English settler in the area. He arrived around 1773 (some
claim 1780), claimed 1,400 acres as his own, and built two cabins, one for his family
and another for his slave. He was killed by Delaware Indians at the
door of his cabin several years later.
In 1810 his daughter Sarah sold the land to several people including Presley Martin,
who later founded the town of New
Martinsville.
Book Contents
Prehistoric Races of Wetzel
Indians
Lewis Wetzel
Simon Girty
Fort Henry
David Morgan's Adventure
Levi Morgan
Edward Doolin
Morgan Morgan
The Story of Crow's Run
The Drygoos or the Two Half Indians
Massacre of Handsucker Family
Harman Blennerhasset
French Traveler
Notes on the Death of Logan's Family
Battle of Captina
George Bartrug
Pressley Martin
Old Hundred
Abraham Hanes
Sampson Thistle
R. W. Cox
John Moore
John F. Lacey
J. P. Dolliver
Dr. T. M. Haskins
Friend Cox
Ebenezer Clark
Isaac Smith, 109 Years Old
Wm. Little
Jeremiah Williams
Robert McEldowney , Sr
Judge Thos. I. Stealey
Formation of Wetzel County
Officers of Wetzel County
Col, Robert McEldowney
Capt. John McCaskey
Elijah Morgan
Basil T. Bowers
Capt. Friend C. Cox
Judge M. H. Willis
Ex-Judge T. P. Jacobs
Banks of Wetzel
Churches of New Martinsville
Newspapers of Wetzel
Jennings Gang
The Ghost of Gamble's Run
Towns of Wetzel County
Education of Wetzel County
An Indian Massacre near the Borders of Wetzel County
The Heroism of Mrs. Bozarth
An Indian Massacre in Tyler County
Adam Foe's Famous Fight With Big Foot
Sad Death of Captain Van Buskirk
Murder of the Two Misses Crow
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Philip G. Bier G. A. R.
Wetzel Lodge No. 39, A. F. & A. M
Bonus – Virginia Counties & Cities Timeline
Summarized from “Virginia Counties – Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation”
Published 1916
This is a 21 page chart summarizing, in date order, the formation of all 180 Virginia counties
now located in the present day states of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. Also includes
information on the 90 independent cities of Virginia.
Begins in 1634 with the eight original shires, continues through 1776 with the first county
in present day Kentucky, and 1779 with the first county in present day West Virginia.
Dickenson was the last new Virginia county, formed 1880. In 1920
Alexandria County was renamed Arlington County.

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