Wirt County, WV Genealogy Wirt County was formed in 1848 from Wood and Jackson Counties. It was named after William Wirt, a lawyer from Maryland, who migrated to Virginia. The county seat is Elizabeth, named in honor of Elizabeth Woodyard Beauchamp, wife of David Beauchamp, early Wirt County pioneers. General Information Courthouse Cemeteries Communities Funeral Homes Population Count Wirt County Resources Books and Articles about Wirt County Wirt County Newspapers Records available from the Family History Library Wirt County Historical Society Research Assistance Wirt County Mailing List Family Connections Lookups Surnames Submit Your Family Data Wirt County Births Wirt County Deaths Wirt County Family Reunions Source Documents Hardesty's History of Wirt County Wirt County Marriages 1848-1857 Wirt County Today NACo: Wirt County, WV National Weather Service: Wirt County Forecast Oil and Gas Museum U.S. Bureau of the Census. Wirt County, WV QuickFacts West Virginia Genealogical Links Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: WV Research Outline: West Virginia USGenWeb Archives: West Virginia Vital Records Information: West Virginia WVGenWeb Wirt County Archives WVGenWeb State Page Wirt County Neighbors Calhoun County Jackson County Ritchie County Roane County Wood County You are our 107767 visitor. Your comments, suggestions, and contributions of information are always welcome. Thanks to Rootsweb for providing free server space for the Wirt County site. Thanks to Pat's Web Graphics for providing the nature graphics for this page. Wirt County Coordinator Carla Cegielski This page was last updated Monday, 05-May-2008 02:05:19 MDT The URL is http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwirt/index.htm Copyright © 1998-2008 by Carla Cegielski. All rights reserved. This site may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion without my express consent.