Jefferson County: Veterans Service Officers and discharge recording

No county office. Jefferson County's government runs no veterans service office; the veterans service function is the West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance's Martinsburg Benefit Office, 115 Aikens Center, Suite 16, Martinsburg, WV 25404, phone 304-267-0040, fax 304-267-0095, whose service officers Freddie Butts, Joe Creager and Vicki Fernandez serve Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties. Their help is free. The DAV in Charles Town. On June 4, 2026 the County Commission voted unanimously to "authorize the local Disabled American Veterans chapter to use available classroom space at 393 N. Lawrence Street, Charles Town, for the purpose of assisting and serving our veterans in Jefferson County, with such use to be subject to county scheduling approval, space availability, and all applicable county policies and procedures." The chapter, not the county, runs what is offered there; ask the chapter or the Commission's office for the schedule. Discharge papers. The County Clerk, Jacqueline C. Shadle, records deeds and vital records; the fee is fixed by Code 59-1-10(a)(5), "No charge for a service discharge record", and a recorded discharge is confidential under Code 7-1-3LL, with only an index public. The Clerk's 2022 fee schedule does not list the line, so cite the Code if asked to pay. The Clerk's record room is open by appointment while records move to a new building.