OHIO COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA INDEX VOLUME 8

Volume 8 continues the series by starting to publish an exciting new group of Ohio County VAWV Records the Card Index to Ohio Co Courts original case files loose papers housed at the West Virginia Regional History Collection at WVU During the 1930s another massive project was undertaken to collect and partially index all the surviving Ohio Co VAWV court case files loose papers about 500000 items from every court County Circuit Superior Circuit Superior etc from 17761930 An index card was made for each document showing the plaintiff defendant or personal entry the offense or subject the envelope number at WVU containing the original papers and a brief description of what documents are included in the envelope These cards have been entered into a database and are being published for the first time ever in this book Volume 8 covers the period 17761825 By covering all the courts we find criminal cases such as horse stealing and murder There are also a number of Chancery court cases files dealing with disputes over estates There is more detail on more persons involved in Road Orders Grand Juries Witnesses wolf scalp payments militia officers and war service Some Land Grants and Naturalization records appear Numerous documents such as bonds notes in debt cases are indexed that have original signatures that can be helpful in confirming your ancestors identity What document did your ancestor leave behind Original 1777 Ohio County VA WV covered all of the presentday counties of Ohio Brooke Hancock Marshall Wetzel and Tyler and small parts of Doddridge and Pleasants Counties Ohio CountyWheeling were in the middle of several migration trails to the West including the Ohio River the National Road and Zanes Trace Some migrants might have stayed for a while in Ohio County before moving West and may have been caught up in these records Searching is also made much easier by the unique Personal Time Line Index whereby every name place or stream is sorted by year with a datab