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West Virginia Records

A guide to original and microfilm copies of state and county records relating to West Virginia

West Virginia Personal Property Tax Microfilm

West Virginia Personal Property tax records in the Library of Virginia collections are available on microfilm. The records typically begin in 1782, or the year of the locality's formation, and end 1860–1863.

Researchers can view this microfilm at the Library of Virginia, and the reels may be borrowed through interlibrary loan. The following research guide details what type of information can be found in these records.

Reel No. County Dates
30 BARBOUR COUNTY 1843–1851
415   1851–1853
416   1854–1859 (Book 1)
417   1859 (Book 2)–1860
     
40 BERKELEY COUNTY 1783–1789
41   1790–1799
42   1800–1813
43   1814–1823
44   1824–1840
45   1841–1851
424   1851–1852
425   1853–1858
426   1859–1861
     
46 BOONE COUNTY 1847–1854
427   1851–1857, 1860
     
52 BRAXTON COUNTY 1836–1850
431   1851–1854
432   1855–1861
     
53 BROOKE COUNTY 1797–1804
54   1805–1829
55   1830–1851
432   1851
433   1852–1860
   
64 CABELL COUNTY 1809–1841
65   1842–1850
443   1851–1856
444   1857–1860
     
444 CALHOUN COUNTY 1856–1860
     
471 CLAY COUNTY 1859–1861
   
100 DODDRIDGE COUNTY 1845–1855
483   1851–1857
484   1858–1860
   
116 FAYETTE COUNTY 1831–1850
502   1851–1853
503   1854–1861
   
131 GILMER COUNTY 1845–1850
527   1851–1860
     
141 GREENBRIER COUNTY 1782–1816
142   1817–1838
143   1839–1850
538   1851–1853
539   1854–1856
540   1857–1859
541   1860–1862
542   1863
   
153 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 1782–1799
154   1800–1814
155   1815–1823
156   1824–1841
157   1842–1850
553   1851–1854
554   1855–1857
     
158 HANCOCK COUNTY 1848–1850
555   1851
556   1852–1860
     
163 HARDY COUNTY 1786–1806
164   1807–1819
165   1820–1837
166   1838–1850
561   1851
562   1852–1856
563   1857–1861
     
167 HARRISON COUNTY 1785–1808
168   1809–1818
169   1819–1836
170   1837–1850
564   1851–1855
565   1856–1859
566   1860
   
181 JACKSON COUNTY 1831–1846
182   1847–1850
580   1851–1852
581   1853–1858
582   1859–1861
     
186 JEFFERSON COUNTY 1802–1820
187   1821–1841
188   1842–1850
583   1851–1852
584   1853–1856
585   1857–1860
586   1861
   
189 KANAWHA COUNTY 1792–1832
190   1833–1848
191   1849–1850
587   1851–1854
588   1854–1857
589   1858–1861
590   1861
   
204 LEWIS COUNTY 1817–1840
205   1841–1850
604   1851–1856
605   1857–1860
     
206 LOGAN COUNTY 1824–1850
606   1851–1858
607   1859–1860
   
223 MARION COUNTY 1842–1850
625   1851–1855
626   1856–1859
627   1860
     
224 MARSHALL COUNTY 1836–1850
628   1855–1858
629   1859–1860
     
225 MASON COUNTY 1805–1846
226   1847–1850
629   1851–1854
630   1855–1859
631   1859–1860
     
633 MCDOWELL COUNTY 1860–1863
     
234 MERCER COUNTY 1837–1850
638   1851–1859
639   1860–1863
     
236 MONONGALIA COUNTY 1783–1821
237   1822–1845
238   1846–1850
641   1851–1854
642   1855–1858
643   1858–1860
     
239 MONROE COUNTY 1799–1834
240   1835–1850
643   1851–1852
644   1852–1856
645   1857–1860
646   1861–1863
     
243b MORGAN COUNTY 1820–1850
650   1851–1861
   
253 NICHOLAS COUNTY 1818–1850
659   1851–1858
660   1859–1861
   
258A OHIO COUNTY 1788, 1791, 1792, 1796, 1797, 1805
259   1811–1814
260   1815–1831
261   1832–1850
671   1851–1857
672   1858–1860
NOTE: Ohio County Personal Property Tax records for 1785–1788, 1791–1792, 1796–1797, and 1805 are with Ohio County Land Tax records, 1788–1810. See WV Land Tax Reel 223A
     
269 PENDLETON COUNTY 1789–1816
270   1817–1845
271   1846–1850
684   1851–1857
685   1858–1863
     
694 PLEASANTS COUNTY 1851–1858
695   1859–1860
     
277 POCAHONTAS COUNTY 1822–1850
695   1851–1856
695a   1857–1861
     
280 PRESTON COUNTY 1821–1849
281   1850
698   1851–1854
699   1854–1857
700   1858–1860
     
294a PUTNAM COUNTY 1848–1850
714   1851–1856
   
715 RALEIGH COUNTY 1815–1861
     
294a RANDOLPH COUNTY 1787–1829
295   1830–1850
715   1851–1852
716   1853–1861
     
299 RITCHIE COUNTY 1843–1850
722   1851–1858
723   1859–1861
     
723 ROANE COUNTY 1856–1861
   
335 TAYLOR COUNTY 1844–1850
775   1851–1857
776   1858–1860
     
780 TUCKER COUNTY 1857–1860
     
335 TYLER COUNTY 1815–1837
336   1838–1850
781   1851–1857
782   1858–1860
   
783 UPSHUR COUNTY 1851–1857
784   1858–1860
   
344 WAYNE COUNTY 1842–1850
793   1851–1853
794   1854–1860
795   1861
     
795 WEBSTER COUNTY 1860
     
346 WETZELL COUNTY 1846–1850
797   1851–1857
798   1858–1860
     
346 WIRT COUNTY 1848–1850
798   1851–1860
     
347 WOOD COUNTY 1801–1830 [Not available through Interlibrary Loan]
348   1831–1847
349   1845–1850
798c   1851–1853
798d   1854–1857
798e   1858–1860
     
798e WYOMING COUNTY 1851–1855
798f   1856–1861