Hampshire County, Virginia (Now West Virginia): Volume I--Minute Book Abstracts 1788-1802Hampshire County was formed from the Virginia counties of Augusta and Frederick in 1754. Later, during the American Civil War, it became the first Virginia county wholly in the territory that is now West Virginia. Mrs. Vicki Horton is the compiler of a number of Hampshire County genealogical source record collections, six of which are available from Clearfield Company(see also Items Item 9734, Item 9336, Item 9340, Item 9339, and Item 9335). The