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Monroe County, West Virginia, USA

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  • Dr. Opie William Swope (1881 - 1945)
  • Sarah “Sallie” Meadows (1808 - d.)
    Sarah “Sallie” Ellis Meadows BIRTH 1808 Wolfcreek, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 7 Jan 1875 (aged 66–67) Daviess County, Missouri, USA BURIAL Bethel Cemetery Pattonsburg, Daviess County, Miss...
  • Rebecca White Swope (1842 - 1890)
    Rebecca White Alderson Swope BIRTH 23 Mar 1842 Fayette County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 8 Nov 1890 (aged 48) Monroe County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Swope Cemetery Lindside, Monroe County, West Vi...
  • William Lewis Swope (1842 - 1897)
    William Lewis Swope BIRTH 13 Jun 1842 Lindside, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 9 Feb 1897 (aged 54) Monroe County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Swope Cemetery Lindside, Monroe County, West Vi...

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Monroe County was created from Greenbrier County on January 14, 1799, and was named for Virginia civic figure James Monroe, who would be elected fifth President of the United States in November 1816. It was one of fifty Virginia counties that were admitted to the Union as the state of West Virginia on June 20, 1863, at the height of the Civil War. Monroe County did not participate in the creation of the new state, but was included by Congressional decree. Almost all the men from Monroe who served in the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate army.

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. Monroe County was initially divided into seven townships: Forest Hill, Red Sulphur, Second Creek, Springfield, Sweet Springs, Union, and Wolf Creek. In 1871, part of Forest Hill Township was added to the new county of Summers, and the remaining territory distributed between Red Sulphur and Springfield Townships. The following year, the six remaining townships became magisterial districts. Except for minor adjustments, the six historic magisterial districts were unchanged until the 1990s, when they were consolidated into three new districts: Central, Eastern, and Western.

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