Welcome to Mason County WV History and Genealogy Presented by West Virginia Genealogy Trails a part of Genealogy Trails Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This Site is Available for Adoption Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in joining Genealogy Trails, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim. (Enough knowledge to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for folks. All data we come across will be added to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site. Founded in 1804, the county was named for George Mason, one of the principal architects of the 1776 Virginia Constitution. The county seat is Point Pleasant. Incorporated Cities and Towns Hartford City (Town) Henderson (Town) Leon (Town) Mason (Town) New Haven (Town) Point Pleasant (City) Unincorporated Communities Ambrosia -- Apple Grove -- Arbuckle -- Arlee -- Ashton Beech Hill -- Capehart -- Clifton -- Couch -- Elmwood -- Gallipolis Ferry Glenwood -- Greer -- Grimms Landing -- Hogsett -- Letart Mercers Bottom -- Sassafras -- West Columbia -- Wyoma MASON COUNTY ONLINE DATA BIOGRAPHIES BIRTHS CEMETERIES CENSUS DEATHS HISTORY MARRIAGES POST OFFICES MILITARY DATA NEWSPAPER DATA OBITUARIES   WILLS Website Updates: May 2012: Major Andrew Bryan Obituary Feb 2012: Judge daniel Polsley Biography; Judge John W. English, B.A. Biography; Judge Charles Page Thomas Moore , M.A. Biography Jan 2012: James Capehart Biography, John William Withers Biography October 2011: B. H. Sterrett Obituary Jun 2011: Post Offices If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists West Virginia is covered under our "Northeastern States" mailing list. Surrounding Counties Meigs County, Ohio (north) Putnam County (southeast) Jackson County (east) Cabell County (southwest) Gallia County, Ohio (west) Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.