Welcome to Braxton County West Virginia History and Genealogy Presented by West Virginia Genealogy Trails THIS COUNTY IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!! Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. WANT TO HELP? We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be successful. If you are interested in joining our group, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim . If you are interested in adding your families' information this website, email Kim. We'll be happy to help your families' obituaries, news items and other historical data find its new home here at West Virginia Trails History and Genealogy, where it will remain free for all to view. This County currently does not have a host. This means that there is no one available to help answer your questions about this county's history or to help you with your family's genealogy within this county. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU. County History Braxton County was formed in 1836 from parts of Lewis, Kanawha, and Nicholas Counties and named for Carter Braxton, a Virginia statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Important salt works were formerly located at Bulltown and here, in 1772, Captain Bull and his family and friendly Delaware Indians were massacred by frontiersman.

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