Preston County (W. Va.) Court Record Books
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2578
County court and public records consisting primarily of land and personal property tax books and civil and criminal dockets. There are also a few other record books of the jail and other court proceedings books including jury, process, and rule books.
Additionally, there is one volume of an Alien Declaration Book, which contains immigration records from 1906-1909, a List of Qualified Voters (1876), and a private account book of the Park & McGrew dry goods store (1870-1874).
The majority of the materials in this collection exist only as microfilm, but there are also 13 physical record books, which have not been microfilmed. Additionally, there is one folder of paper records from Preston County, which include election records from 1896, and financial records such as war risk insurance, and certificates of stock.
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21.34 Linear Feet (Summary: 21 ft. 4 in. (7 unboxed ledgers, 1 ft. 5 in.); (1 record carton, 15 in.); (128 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each); (1 folder, .1 in.) )
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County court and public records consisting primarily of land and personal property tax books and civil and criminal dockets. There are also a few other record books of the jail, other court proceedings (such as jury, process, and rule books), and a private account book of the Park & McGrew dry goods store.
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Gift of Sheriff Wade Graham of the Preston County Jail, 1978 September 1 and December 11.
Reels PRE 1-15 were formerly A&M 0214, which was a gift of the Preston County Courthouse in Kingwood, WV, 1987 March 31.
During the 2026 reprocessing project, A&M 0214 was merged into this collection. Reels PRE 1- PRE 15 were formerly A&M 0214; since they were already connected with A&M 2578 and there were no other materials for A&M 0214, the decision was made to merge them.
Item 13 was a collection of papers, which were moved into a folder as part of the 2026 reprocessing project.
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