Mineral formed 1866 from Hampshire WV. Hampshire from Freserick VA in 1753 You should get something like The Handybook for Genealogists by Everton Pub or I suspect the county info is online somewhere Barbara At 09:06 AM 10/6/05, you wrote: >Wendy, I need help. Which was first, Mineral Co., or Hampshire Co., VA? >Was one taken >from the other? If so, what year? Rosalie

Thank you for a good source.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvminera/mineral.htm This is a great webpage. Pattie MacDonald and her crew do a wonderful job of getting information out to researchers.