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Wayne County was created in 1842 from Cabell County when West Virginia was actually Virginia. Because of the threat of
Indian attack,
there were no settlers in Wayne County until after 1794 when General "Mad" Anthony Wayne defeated the
the Native Americans at the
Battle of Fallen Timbers in northwestern Ohio, making the area safe. To honor
General Wayne, the county was named for him.
Most of the original pioneer settlers of the area were nearly
self-sufficient farmers,
raising their own food and sheep for wool clothing, and building their homes, stores,
furnishings and tools from the wood harvested in the surrounding forest.
There were a few trading posts
and general stores providing manufactured goods. Later, grist mills at Wayne,
Dickson, and Lavalette
ground corn into meal and wheat into flour.
During the Civil War, the majority of the county inhabitants were loyal to the Confederacy, since they had
come from present-day Virginia.
They were Virginians and their loyalty was to that state. Many went
south to enlist and some units were formed locally. A Confederate
cavalry regiment was organized in Wayne by
Milton J. Ferguson, who had been the county's Prosecuting Attorney when the War broke out.
However, a number of
residents remained loyal to the North — Camp Pierpont was a Union garrison at Ceredo. In addition to
Ceredo, many
families in the Crum area, Cove Gap and elsewhere in the county supported the Union cause.
At least two battles were fought in Wayne County —
a battle on Bloss Hill at Lavalette and on
Lick Creek, above East Lynn. After June 20, 1863, Wayne County was part of the new state of West Virginia.
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Wayne County Resources
Biographies
Cemeteries — a work in progress!
Census
(Selected records transcribed)
Civil War Website
Communities, past and present
Deeds
(Selected records transcribed)
Family
Bibles (Selected records transcribed)
Legal Stuff
Letters
(Selected records transcribed)
Lookup Volunteers
Marriage
Records (Selected records transcribed)
Military
Records (Selected records transcribed)
Miscellaneous
Transcribed Documents
Newspaper Articles
(Selected records transcribed)
Obituaries
Photos
and Other Scanned Documents
Regional Books Available
Search — COMING SOON
Surnames & Family Websites
Vital Records
(Selected records transcribed)
Vital Records Information,
West Virginia Counties
Birth and Death records since 1917; Marriage records since 1921; and
Divorce Records since 1968.
Send to individual counties for records earlier than those years maintained by
the state offices.Vital Records (County Clerk)
Wayne County
County Clerk Office
700 Hendricks St.
Wayne, West Virginia 25570
Phone: (304)272-6365 or 272-6369Vital Records
Research Records Project
The Vital Research Records Project of the West Virginia State
Archives is placing Birth, Death, and Marriage certificates on-line.
Users can search the records and view
scanned images of the original records. Not all of Wayne County
records are scanned, but do check back with theis site frequently since this is an ongoing project. Wills
(Selected records transcribed)
Wayne County
Public Library branch
Fort Gay Public
Library
Repositories, Libraries, and Societies
Wayne County
Genealogical & Historical Society
Wayne County Genealogical And Historical Society
P.O. Box 787
Wayne, West Virginia 25570-0787
This website hosts a number of
webpages, including obituaries beginning in 1997, phone numbers
for county offices, local books available,
an index of cemeteries, society history and more.Wayne County Libraries
Ceredo-Kenova Memorial
Public Library
1200 Oak Street
Kenova, West Virginia 25530
Phone: 304-453-2462
This is the main library of the Wayne
County Public Library and services southwest West Virginia and eastern Kentucky.
The library and its branches
(listed here) are part of the Western Counties Regional Library System & patrons can
benefit from the
collections of all libraries in Wayne, Cabell, Putnam, Mingo and Lincoln counties.
325 Keyser Street
Wayne, West Virginia 25570
Phone: 304-272-3756
8608 Rear Broadway
Fort Gay, West Virginia 25514
Phone: 304-648-5338West Virginia State Archives
1900 Kanawha Blvd. E.
Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0300
Phone: (304) 558-0230
This site lists the
county records available on microfilm
at the Archives.
Many other records are available at
the State Archives, though few are online. In addition to the ongoing Research Records Project,
which lists some birth, death, and marriage records, and the county records available of microfilm, other
collections include newspapers
on microfilm (Ceredo Advance for these dates: March 31, 1887-September
30, 1891; November 1, 1893-December 28, 1921;
January 1, 1936-August 11, 1939; the Kenova Reporter for
these dates: June 9 1916-December 25, 1919; January 3, 1936-December 25, 1936;
and the Wayne County News
for these dates: January 1911-December 1983; January 1986-December 1989),
naturalization records, special collections,
and more.Cabell County
Public Library
455 9th Street Plaza
Huntington, West Virginia 25701
Phone: (304) 528-5700
The Local History & Genealogy
Room is located on the second floor of the Cabell County Public Library. The Reference Department
staff is
available to answer questions, locate materials and assist with equipment. Cabell and Wayne
counties border
each other and many families have ancestors in both counties.
Wayne's Neighboring Counties
Boyd County,
Kentucky (Northwest)
Cabell
County, West Virginia (Northeast)
Lawrence
County, Kentucky (Southwest)
Lawrence County,
Ohio (North)
Lincoln County,
West Virginia (East)
Martin
County, Kentucky (South)
Mingo
County, West Virginia (Southeast)
West Virginia Links
Cabell Huntington Convention
and Visitors Bureau — Find places to stay, go, visit and eat in Hungtinton.
Most are in Cabell County,
which borders Wayne County. In fact, both counties share the city of Huntington.
Huntington Regional Chamber
of Commerce — Serving Wayne and Cabell counties.
State of West Virginia —The
official state page.
West Virginia
Chronology — Visit a page maintained by
Jeff Miller and browse around his other interesting pages,
including "Some Interesting"
Facts about West Virginia, including
historical events.
West
Virginia Facts —More facts and links about West Virginia.
West
Virginia tourism — Places and things to see and do throughout the state.
Genealogy Links
Ancestry.com — In addition to some free databases, this website has an extensive
library of how-to's, free forms, and more.
Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the
Internet — Cyndi's has more than 250,000 links.
Everton's Publishers —
free downloads of charts and forms.
Family Search — LDS Family History
Center.
GenForum, Message Boards, part of
Genealogy.com.
Migrations, working together with members of
The Veteran Ancestor Registry, USGenWeb.
My Trees — a Kindred Konnections website —
some free searches.
USGenWeb Project
WVGenWeb Project
WorldGenWeb Project
Yourfamily.com
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