Upshur County, WV             1870 Federal Census              TOWNSHIP INFORMATION

The files on-line for this census can be found in the following directory:
http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/upshur/1870/

ABOUT UPSHUR COUNTY:

Upshur County was formed in 1851 in Virginia from Randolph, Barbour, and Lewis 
counties and named for Abel Parker Upshur, a distinguished statesman and jurist 
of Virginia. Upshur served as United States Secretary of State and Secretary of 
the Navy under President John Tyler.

The county was part of the area that became West Virginia when it was admitted 
to the Union on June 20, 1863.  West Virginia was a key border state during the 
American Civil War.  It separated from Virginia and was one of two states (along 
with Nevada) admitted to the Union during the Civil War. 

In 1863, West Virginia's counties were divided into civil townships, with the 
intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in the heavily 
rural state, and in 1872 the townships were converted into magisterial districts.


Microfilm #M593-1700
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STATUS     TOWNSHIP                 PAGES       TRANSCRIBER        PROOFREADER
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On-Line    Banks                  350A-366A     Ronna Cunningham   Sandy Sterling
On-Line    Buckhannon             368A-383A     Ronna Cunningham   Sandy Sterling
On-Line    Buckhannon Town        384A-389B     Ronna Cunningham   Sandy Sterling
On-Line    Meade                  390A-406A     Ronna Cunningham   Sandy Sterling
On-Line    Union                  408A-422B     Ronna Cunningham   Sandy Sterling
On-Line    Warren                 424A-444A     Ronna Cunningham   Russell Anderson
On-Line    Washington             446A-458B     Ronna Cunningham   Russell Anderson


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This Census was transcribed by Ronna Cunningham and proofread by Sandy Sterline
and Russell Anderson for the USGenWeb Census Project® http://www.us-census.org/
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