Taylor County, West Virginia    Early History of Taylor County, WV

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From History of West Virginia Vol. II by Virgil A. Lewis, 1889

Taylor county was formed from Harrison, Barbour and Marion, by act of 
Assembly, January 19, 1844, and named in honor of General Zachary Taylor.

Pruntytown--then Harrison county--was established a town under the name of 
Williamsport, January 8, 1801, on lands the property of David Prunty, at a 
place called the "Cross Roads," and Robert Plummer, James Cochran, John 
Asbury, Peter Johnson and Vincent Leek, were appointed trustees.  By an act 
of Assembly, January 23, 1845, the name was changed from Williamsport to 
Pruntytown.  The act creating the county fixed the seat of justice at 
Williamsport.

Grafton, the present county seat, was incorporated March 15, 1856; 
Flemington, on the 16th of March, 1860, and Fetterman, February 26, 1869.