Actually - the county seat of Monroe County is Union and before that it would have been Greenbrier County in Lewisburg. Amber ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Graham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [WVSUMMER] Where would the locals have recorded their lives? > Glenn, > Summers county has been in Virginia now its in West Virginia, has been > Greenbrier county > Monroe County and now Summers County, > so if it's before 1873, I was told in the court house in Hinton, I would > have to go to Monroe > County to look up records, That's at Lewisburg West Virginia, other wise > anything after > 1873 it would be in Hinton, > My line of Graham's left their in 1836 and Hinton wasn't their at that > time, > so it depends on what time frame you are looking at to answer your > question,,,,,,,, > > Richard Graham > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "commander" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:48 PM > Subject: [WVSUMMER] Where would the locals have recorded their lives? > > >> Arley, Richard, and all the other list members. I live in Prince- >> ton and originally replied to the question of where documents for >> people's lives would have been recorded. I now know when Summers >> was established, but where would people have recorded deaths, the >> births and marriages inside the Summers County limits. Would this >> have depended on which county they were closest to, or would they >> have went wherever their roads would have taken them. >> >> I realize the New River and Bluestone would have been fordable a >> lot differently than we know today. IF someone lived along those >> rivers, would they have their family lives recorded to wherever >> they could have gotten to? I'm only wondering for future queries >> I might respond to. THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR ME >> >> THANKS very much for anyone's attntion to these life details. >> Glenn in Princeton >> >> Summers county was established 1873, was not chartered till 1897, >> Hinton WV, was and still is the county seat. Richard Graham >> >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >