Welcome to RALEIGH COUNTY WV Genealogy Trails  Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy   Hello, my name is Nancy Piper and I am your West Virginia State host. If you have data that you would like to have posted on this website, please email me. Please include the County (and State) you are submitting data for. 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. If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic web-authoring skills, consider joining us! Get the details on our Volunteer Page. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] 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 Records Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Records History Topics Marriages Military Records News Gleanings Previous Updates Obituaries and Death Notices School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates January 2023 Crime News: County Officers After Burk Oaks (1891) Sep 2022:  Wills Marriages 1850-1859 obits: MOOMAW, STOVER, BRAMMER, SCOTT, WOOD, THOMPSON, LAING, QUESENBERRY, JARRELL, MCNUTT, EMBLETON Sicklist News: MELLON, ROSE, SARRETT, RUMBURG, CLAY, Scarlet Fever epidemic news story marriage news: THOMAS - ARMSTRONG   RALEIGH COUNTY The county was founded in January 23, 1850 from portions of Fayette County and is named for Sir Walter Raleigh. Its county seat is Beckley. Among the early pioneers were Vincent Philips, Samuel Pack, Samuel Richmond, Henry Hill, Joseph Carper, Sparriel Bailey, Booker Bailey, Joshua Roles, Daniel Shumate, Sr., Cyrus Snuffer, Owen Snuffer, James Bryson, John T. Sarrett, Wilson Abbott, Lemuel Jarrell, Jacob Harper, John Stover and Fielding Fipps. [Source: History of West Virginia (1889) by Virgil Anson Lewis] Cities, Towns and Populated Areas City Beckley Towns Lester * Mabscott * Sophia Census-designated places Beaver * Bolt * Bradley * Coal City * Crab Orchard * Daniels * Eccles * Ghent * Glen White * Helen * MacArthur * Piney View * Prosperity * Shady Spring * Stanaford Unincorporated Communities Abney * Abraham * Affinity * Amigo * Arnett * Artie * Dorothy * Besoco * Big Stick * Blue Jay * Cedar * Cool Ridge * Crow * Dorothy * Eastgulf * Egeria * Fireco * Flat Top * Glen Daniel * Glen Morgan * Grandview * Hollywood * Hot Coal * Hotchkiss * Jonben * Josephine * Killarney * Lego * Lillybrook * McAlpin * McVey * Montcoal * Naoma * New * Odd * Pemberton * Pickshin * Pinepoca * Pluto * Price Hill * Princewick * Raleigh * Redbird * Rhodell * Shiloh * Slab Fork * Soak Creek * Sophia * Stotesbury * Sullivan * Sylvia * Tams * Ury * Whitby * White Oak * Willibet * Winding Gulf * Woodpeck SEARCH OUR SITES SUBMIT AN OBITUARY Email Us (No research requests please!) Join our Genealogy Trails "Northeastern" States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For those researching in the States of : Vermont, New York Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia   Surrounding Counties Boone County (northwest) Fayette County (northeast) Kanawha County (north) Mercer County (southeast) Summers County (east) Wyoming County (southwest) Visit the Genealogy Trails West Virginia State Site     Many thanks to our former host Norm Adkins for all of his hard work on this site! Visit our National GTSite Copyright © Genealogy Trails 2025 All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.