Pleasants County WV Genealogy

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Pleasants County was created in 1851 from Tyler and Wood counties.
Birth records for 1917 and later, marriage records for 1921 and later, and death records for 1917 and later can be obtained from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources .
The Pleasants County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, and probate records starting in 1853, as well as land records starting in 1851.
The Pleasants County Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records starting in 1851.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.