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) ************************************************************************** Digital Book CD Requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher to View *************************************************************************** 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