Nicholas County, West Virginia, History of.

By: William Griffee Brown, Pub. 1954, reprinted 2025, 479 pages, New Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-648-2.  Nicholas County was created in 1818 from Greenbrier, Kanawha, and Randolph Counties.  This book is similar to other county history books of the era with such topics as: early settlements, organization of the county, transportation, politics, involvement in various wars, education, towns & villages and more importantly are the 120 pioneer family biographical sketches that the author has included.