Formation of Pendleton County

Formation of Pendleton County

Augusta county was the parent county for 21 counties of Virginia, most of the counties of West Virginia and all of Kentucky including Pendleton. Pendleton was formed in 1788 from Hardy and Rockingham counties, Hardy having formed from Hampshire county in 1786 and Rockingham in 1778 from Augusta county. Pendleton county was named in honor of Edmund Pendleton, a member of the House of Burgesses from 1752-1775. In 1821, Pocahontas County was formed from Bath and Pendleton counties and in 1847, Highland county was formed from the northern part of Bath county and the southern part of Pendleton.

For a progression of maps showing the formation of Virginia counties go to: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/maps.html

Records at the above courthouses
Augusta County Records (Staunton, VA) formed from Orange county in 1738.

Land, probate and court from 1745

Marriage records from 1785

Birth and Death records from 1853 to 1896

Earlier marriage records can be found in Vol II of Chalkley's Chronicles of the Sctoch Irish Settlement of Virginia : https://sites.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/

GenWeb County Links: Augusta: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/

Rockingham County Records (Harrisonburg, VA) formed from Augusta county in 1778.

Marriage, Land, Probate and Court records from 1778
Birth records from 1862-94
Death Records from 1864-94

GenWeb County Links: Rockingham: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~varockin/index.htm

Pocahontas county Records (Marlinton, WV) formed from Bath and Pendleton counties in 1821

Marriage, Divorce, land, probate, court, land tax from 1822
Death from 1853
Birth from 1854
Naturalization from 1898-1929

GenWeb County Links: Pocahontas: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvpocaho/

Pendleton County Records (Franklin, WV) formed from Hardy, Augusta and Rockhingham counties in 1788

Land and court records from 1788

Probate and Divorce records from 1789

Marriage records from 1797

Land tax records from 1840

Birth and Death records from 1853

Highland County Records (Monterey, VA) formed from Rockingham and Pendleton counties in 1847

Marriage, Probate, Land and Court records from 1847
Birth records 1853-1896
Death Records 1853-1870

GenWeb County Links: Highland: http://www.vagenweb.org/highland/

Hampshire County Records (Romney, WV) formed from Augusta and Frederick county in 1754

Land records from 1757
Probate records from 1780
Court records from 1788
Land tax records from 1851-53 and 1876-
Birth records from 1865
Death records from 1866

GenWeb County Links: Hampshire: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/

Hardy County Records (Moorefield, WV) formed from Hampshire county in 1786

Land and Probate records from 1786
Marriage and court records from 1787
Birth and Death records from 1853
Land tax records from 1951

GenWeb County Links: Hardy: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvhardy/

The above information is taken from:

Virginia Genealogy by Carol McGinnis

West Virginia Genealogy by Carol McGinnis.

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