Online Resources - Hancock County, WV
- Locust Hill Cemetery
- Methodist Protestant/United Methodist Church Cemetery - New Manchester
- Nessly Chapel Cemetery
- Union Cemetery - New Manchester
- The History of Families Who Rest in Flats Cemetery
CENSUS
- 1890 Veterans Census, Hancock County, WV
Transcribed from microfilm by Janet Waite - 1850 Federal Census, Hancock Co., WV
New Cumberland, New Manchester
Transcribed from microfilm by Janet Waite - 1860 Census Index, Hancock County, WV
- 1860 Census
Transcribed from microfilm & Contributed by Janet Waite- 1870 Census Index, Hancock County, WV
- 1870 Census
Butler District ~ Clay District ~ Grant District ~ Poe District
Transcribed from microfilm & Contributed by Janet Waite
MILITARY
- World War II Draft List Nov. 1940 to Aug. 1941 Hancock County, WV
Compiled & Contributed by Virginia Plumley(1977 entries)
HISTORY
- C. A. Smith 2001 Inductee - Lou Holtz/Upper Ohio Valley Hall of Fame
- Gene Amos serves as Parade Grand Marshal
- Hancock County from History of the Pan-Handle; Being Collections of
Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock Counties, West Virginia ~ 1879 by J. H. Newton- Chester Mayors 1900 - 2006~Contributed by Chester Municpal Office
- Chester Postmasters 1898-2006~Contributed by Chester Post Office
- Newell Postmasters 1906-2005~Contributed by Newell Post Office
- Postmasters of New Cumberland, WV 1845-2002
- Postmasters of Weirton, WV 1910-2001
- Old Stone Church is Rich in History ~Nessly Chapel~1991 Weekly Echo article
- The Complete Centennial Report of the Nessly Centennial 1785 - 1885 and
Nessly Centennial Booklet every name index
Contributed by Judith Mercer Tauber-Lovik- A History of Chester - The Gateway To The West
~ By Roy C. Cashdollar- Newell Became Pottery Center Early In 1900's Contributed by Cookie Sisco
- Chester Church and city celebrate centennial ~ First Presbyterian Church
- Baker-McWha Double Murder (1887) (Be sure to see the links at the bottom of the page.
Several articles have been added already and more will follow.- Construction on US 30 near Chester, WV in 1918. Photos of Sally Johnston Reid
- Grist Mills of Hancock County, WV
- Hancock County Biographies
- Brooke Church To Mark 148th Year
Article as printed in Steubenville Herald Star 1963, ~ contributed by Danice Ryan- Indian Rocks (East Liverpool Tribune Article January 17, 1912 about the Stewart Farm)
- Biographies for HANCOCK COUNTY
from 1890 History of the Upper Ohio Valley by Brant & Fuller- Biographies for BROOKE COUNTY
from 1890 History of the Upper Ohio Valley by Brant & Fuller- Brooke County Genealogy
VITAL RECORDS
- Hancock County, WV Birth, Death and Marriage Files
Transcribed from records at the County Clerk's Office
and microfilm. (Updated 5/21/08)- Hancock County Marriages 1847-1861
- Hancock County WV Marriages 1880-1889
- Hancock County Marriages 1890-1895
- Hancock County Marriages 1896-1900
- Hancock County Marriages 1903-1904
- Hancock County Marriages 1905-1906
- Allison, Herron & Stewart Deaths in Hancock County, WV ~
1853 - 1919 ~ 1920 - 1939 ~ 1940 - 1964 ~ 1965 - 2000
LAND RECORDS
- Brooke & Hancock County portion of Sim's Index to Land Grants in West Virginia
- Hancock County Probate Extracts -
Wills, Estates & Inventories 1848-1868- Hancock County Probate Extracts -
Wills, Estates & Inventories 1870-1899 (1869 Missing)
