HISTORY OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES: http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/census/vacounty.htm 12-22-1798: Wood County, Virginia formed from Harrison and Kanawha Counties. Now part of West Virginia. Kanawha County gave only a small portion, probably at a later date. Now part of West Virginia. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.] 3-1-1831: Jackson County, Virginia formed from Kanawha, Mason, Wood, and Wirt Counties. Wirt County gave its portions in 1852-1853 and 1855-1856. Now part of West Virginia. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.] Jackson County, Virginia formed from Kanawha, Mason, Wood, and Wirt Counties. Wirt County gave its portions in 1852-1853 and 1855-1856. Now part of West Virginia. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.] 2-18-1843: Ritchie County, Virginia formed from Harrison, Lewis, Wood Counties. Now part of West Virginia. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.] 1-?-1848: Wirt County, Virginia formed from Jackson and Wood Counties. Now part of West Virginia. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.] 3-29-1851: Pleasants County, Virginia was formed from Ritchie, Tyler, and Wood Counties. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.] **11-12-1788: Woodford County, Virginia formed from Fayette County. Legislative enactment in 1788. Organized in 1789. Now part of Kentucky. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.]