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Located in the southeastern portion of the West Virginia, Monroe County is one of the oldest of the counties of West Virginia. It was the twelfth erected in the territory west of the Alleghenies. It was organized on May 21, 1799 at the home of George King, near the present county seat of Union. It was named for Governor James Monroe, governor of Virginia and fifth President of the United States.
This volume of history give a brief background of the county and surrounding lands. The biographical portion were brief family sketches submitted by the families themselves thus they are more accurate than other records.
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“James A. McDowell - was a son of A. R. Humphreys and Virginia D. McDowell, and was born in Monroe county, December 7, 1846. He was a Confederate soldier for nine months, in the last year of the civil war, serving in the 4th Virginia Infantry, then in Company D of the 26th Virginia Battalion. He married Lulu I. Robertson, who as a daughter of John H. And Jane (Cox) Robertson, both now deceased. ...”
Surnames Included in This Publication ABBOTT, ADAIR, ADGER, ALDERSON, ALEXANDER, ALFORD, ALLEN, APPLETON, ARBUCKLE, ARGABRITE, ARNOTT
BACHMAN, BAILEY, BAKER, BALDWIN, BALLARD, BANE, BARBOUR, BARE, BARKSDALE, BARTIN, BARTON, BEAMER, BEAN, BEARD, BEASLEY, BEIRNE, BENSON, BERRY, BEST, BIBB, BICKET, BISHOP, BITTINGER, BLACK, BLAKER, BLAND, BLANKENSHIP, BOA, BOGGESS, BOSTWICK, BOWLS, BOYD, BOYER, BRAGG, BRAMBLE, BRANHAM, BRISON, BROOKING, BROWN, BROWNING, BRYAN, BUCKNER, BUGG, BURDETT, BURK, BURNSIDE, BUTT, BYRAN, BYRNESIDE, BYRNESIDES, BYRNSIDE, BYRNSIDES
CADE, CALAWAY, CALLAWAY, CALLOWAY, CAMP, CAMPBELL, CANTERBURY, CAPERTON, CARPENTER, CARPER, CARR, CARRINGTON, CARROLL, CARTER, CAVENAUGH, CHAMBERS, CHAMP, CHANDLER, CHAPMAN, CHARLTON, CHRISTIAN, CLARK, CLARKE, CLAY, CLAYPOLE, CLOYD, COALTER, COCHRAN, COCKE, COLCOCH, COLLINS, COMBER, CONNELL, CONNER, CONRAD, COOK, COOPER, CORNELL, CORRELL, COTTELL, COULTER, COYNEY, CRAWFORD, CREBBS, CREBS, CRESIER, CRINER, CROSIER, CUMMINGS, CURTISS
DAVIS, DAWSON, DEVINE, DEW, DICKEY, DICKINSON, DICKSON, DIDDLE, DILWORTH, DISON, DOLAN, DOOLEY, DOUGLASS, DUNBAR, DUNCAN, DUNLAP, DUNN, DUNSMORE
EADES, EARLY, EARSKIN, ECHOLS, EDWARDS, ELLIS, ELLISON, EMMONS, ENGLE, ERSKINE, ESTER, ESTILL, EWING
FAINER, FALL, FARIS, FARLEY, FERGUSON, FISHER, FITZPATRICK, FLAHERTY, FLESHMAN, FLINN, FLOYD, FOLKS, FORD, FOSTER, FOWLER, FRAILEY, FRANCIS, FREDERICK, FREEMAN, FRIEND, FRIST, FRY, FUDGE, FULLER
GALAHON, GASTIN, GIBSON, GILMORE, GIRTY, GIVENS, GLENDY, GODWIN, GORTNER, GRAHAM, GRAVES, GRAY, GREENLEE, GREY, GRIGSBY, GROMER, GULLET, GWINN
HALE, HALL, HALSTEAD, HALSTED, HAMILTON, HAMMOND, HANCOCK, HANKEY, HANLEY, HANLY, HANNA, HANSBARGER, HARARAH, HARDY, HARNEY, HARPER, HARRIS, HARVEY, HARWOOD, HATHAWAY, HAWEY, HAWKINS, HAWTHORNE, HAY, HAYNES, HEDRICK, HENDERSON, HENDRIX, HENRY, HEREFORD, HICKS, HIGGINBOTHAM, HIGGINS, HILL, HINCHMAN, HINDS, HINES, HINTON, HODGE, HOGE, HOGSETT, HOGSHEAD, HOKE, HOLLIS, HOLT, HOUCHINS, HOUSTON, HOWELL, HOWES, HOY, HIGHS, HULL, HUMPHREY, HUMPHREYS, HUMPHRIES, HUNT, HUTCHINSON, HUTCHISON
IRONS
JACKSON, JEFFERIES, JENNINGS, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONES
KEADLE, KEASTER [KESTER], KEATLY, KEENAN, KEENS, KELLY, KERR, KERSINGER, KESINGER, KESTER, KICE, KINCAID, KING, KINKAID, KNAPP, KNOX, KOONTZ, KUNKLE
LAKE, LAREW, LEACH, LEAF, LEARY, LEE, LEECH, LEGG, LEMAYEUR, LEMMON, LEMONS, LETCHER, LEWIS, LIGAN, LIVERMORE, LOBAN, LOBBAN, LOBBON, LOGAN, LONG, LORING, LOWE, LOWTHER, LUMPKIN, LYBROOK, LYNCH
McALLISTER, McCARTNEY, McCLEARN, McCLUNG, McCOLISTER, McCONNEL, McCORMICK, McCREERY, McCUE, McDANIEL, McDONALD, McDOWELL, McELHENY, McGEE, McGHAN, McGUIRE, McKEE, McKENZIE, McNEELY, McNEER, McNUTT, McPHERSON
MADDEY, MADDY, MAHUSON, MANN, MARGROVE, MARSH, MASON, MATHEWS, MAYO, MEEK, MEEKS, MEREDITH, MERRICK, MILLER, MINTER, MITCHELL, MOFFETT, MOFFIT, MOHLER, MONOHAN, MONROE, MONTGOMERY, MOORE, MOREY, MORGAN, MORRIS, MORTON, MOSS, MURDOCK, MURRELL, MURRY, MYERS
NEAL, NEEL, NEELY, NEWLON, NEWSOM, NEWSOME, NICHOLAS, NICKE--[SIC], NICKELL, NICKLE, NICKLES, NIGHT, NOSAMON, NUTT
OBENCHAINE, OGG, OWENS
PACK, PAIN, PARK, PARKE, PARKER, PARKIN, PARKS, PARRIS, PATTERSON, PATTON, PAUL, PAULEE, PAXTON, PEASE, PECK, PENCE, PENNINGTON, PEPPER, PERSINGER, PETERS, PETTY, PHARR, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PINKERTON, PLEASANTS, PRENTICE, PRESTON, PRICE, PRITT, PRYOR, PYLES
RALISON, RAMSEY, RANDOLPH, REABURN, REED, REMLEY, RIFFE, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, RODGERS, ROSS, ROWAN, ROWLAND, ROYAL, RUDDELL, RUSK, RUTLEDGE, RYLEY
SAMS, SANDERS, SAUNDERS, SCOTT, SCRUGGS, SHANKLIN, SHANLIN, SHANNON, SHIELDS, SHIREY, SHOVER, SHUMATE, SIERS, SIMS, SKAGGS, SKINNER, SLONAKER, SLONEKER, SMITH, SMITHSON, SNODGRASS, SPANGLER, SPEER, SPENCER, SPOTTS, STADGHILL, STEEL, STEELE, STEWART, STODGEHILL, STROMAN, STROUD, STUART, SUMMERS, SWINNEY, SWOPE, SYDNOR
TABLER, TACKET, TAYLO [SIC], TAYLOR, TEBBETTS, TENNIS, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THURMAN, TIFFANY, TISDALE, TODD, TOMLINSON, TURNER
UPTON
VANDERGRIFT, VANSTAVERN, VASS, VAWTER
WALKER, WALLACE, WALLIS, WARE, WARREN, WATTS, WEBSTER, WENDEL, WHARTON, WHEELER, WHEELRIGHT, WHITCOMB, WHITE, WHITECOTTON, WICKLINE, WIKEL, WIKLE, WILEY, WILLEY, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WINDEL, WINGFIELD, WINKLEBLACK, WISEMAN, WOLFENBARGER, WOOD, WOODRUM, WOODS, WOODSIDE, WOODSON, WOODWARD, WYATT
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