Pocahontas County

 Pocahontas County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on December 21, 1821, from parts of Bath, Pendleton, and Randolph counties

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. The county was named after Pocahontas, the Indian princess who was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the King of the Confederated tribes of Atlantic Virginia

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. The original courthouse was built at Huntersville, which was the first county seat

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. However, in 1891, the county seat was moved to Marlinton

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. During the Civil War, Pocahontas County was added to the new state of West Virginia without the input of the citizens. The new state government in Wheeling reorganized the county militia as a Unionist force. After the war, most of the voters in the county were disfranchised due to their support of Richmond and the Confederacy, and full voting rights were not restored until 1871

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