Fayette County West Virginia Free Genealogy Records

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Fayette County was created by Act of the Virginia General Assembly and passed February 28, 1831, from parts of Greenbrier, Kanawha, Nicholas, and Logan counties. It was named in honor of the Marquis de la Fayette, who had played a key role assisting the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. There was a Fayette County previously in Virginia, but it was lost to form the new state of Kentucky. Thus in the State records of Virginia, there will be listings for Fayette County from 1780–1792 and Fayette County from 1831-1863. Neither location is still located in Virginia. Virginia no longer has a county named for the Marquis de la Fayette.

A substantial portion of Fayette County was subdivided to form what is now Raleigh County in 1850. During the Civil War, Fayette was one of 50 counties that broke off from the rest of Virginia and formed the new state of West Virginia. In 1871, an Act of the West Virginia Legislature severed a small portion of Fayette County to form part of Summers County.

The Fayette County Courthouse is located at 100 Church Street, Fayetteville, WV 25840 (304) 574-4249

		*Fayette County Site - Updates*

		Pages to be Created --- Deaths M, P, S, T, W (Work In Process)
- Year to Come --		*Year 2012* *Goal - Add 30000 more records --- Results YTD - - 12000+*

February 2012		Death records for 290+ Families with 1830+ Individuals added With Surnames Starting with the Letter T
		Death records for 170+ Families with 1050+ Individuals added With Surnames Starting with the Letter P
January 2012		Death records for 130+ Families with 1760+ Individuals added With Surnames Starting with the Letter J
		Death records for 440+ Families with 1950+ Individuals added With Surnames Starting with the Letter L
		Re-sized Death Records for faster loading Pages Re-Sized - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, J, K, L, N
		Death records for 690+ Families with 4200+ Individuals added With Surnames Starting with the Letter H
		Death records for 380+ Families with 2050+ Individuals added With Surnames Starting with the Letter R

- Year in Review -		*Year 2011* *Over 22000 Records added to Site*
		Added Deaths with Surnames starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K. N, O, Q, U, V, W, X, Y, & Z
		Fayette County Marriages 1866 - 1870
		Added Many Obituaries