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 > > > >