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It was named in honor of General Hugh Mercer of Fredericksburg, who died at the Battle of Princeon, NJ, during the Revolutionary War. The county seat is Princeton. It's the second VA county to be named after General Mercer, the first was formed in 1785, and was in that part of VA that became the state of Kentucky Mercer Co Historical Society P.O. Box 5012 Princeton, WV 24740. Our sources say the MCH Society voted to pursue acceptance of the McNutt Civil War Home from the Hunnicut Foundation. They are now exchanging the deed and will soon own it outright.