Minor Civil Divisions - Wayne Co. WV


Source: W.Va. Heritage Encyclopedia, page 158. 

Minor Civil Divisions in Wayne County, W.Va.

It was on the 31st day of July, 1863, that a bill entitled " An act to 
provide for the division into townships of the 
various countis compromising this State," was passed by the legislature 
and soon after received the Governor's 
signature. In an appended schedule several gentleman were named in each 
county, whose duty it was to perform 
the work in their respective counties. Those named for Wayne were; John 
Adams, William Bartram, Jesse Parsley, 
John Bloss, and George Adkins. These gentleman soon after convened at 
the court house, and with the aid of the 
surveyor proceeded to divide the county into five townships, ( called 
districts under the new constitution) as follows; 
Ceredo, Union, Butler, Lincoln and Grant. In the year 1878, by an order 
of the circuit court, Grant district was 
divided, and a new district was formed and named Stonewall, in memory of 
General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall), 
the distinguished Confederate officer, who fell mortally wounded at 
Chancellorsville.


Submitted by Lorna Corns Workman <pworkman@newwave.net> 

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