Robyn, Your ancestor was actually born in Hampshire Co. The area of Mineral Co. was part of Hampshire Co. until Mineral was formed from Hampshire in 1866. Also, I'm afraid you are out of luck in obtaining an 1852 birth certificate from the county. All the birth records were lost or destroyed during the Civil War. The earliest birth records at both the Mineral & Hampshire Co. Courthouses date from 1865. Elaine