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246 See note 88. 248 See note 30. 247 See note 28.
249 See note 43.
Norfolk :59 (1691)
Princess Anne 260 (1691)
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HENRICO 261-262 (1634)
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Goochland 263 (1728)
Albemarle 264 (1744)
Cumberland 266 (1749)
Chesterfield es (1749)
Amherst (1761)
Buckingham (1761)
Tluvanna (1777)
Powhatan (1777)
Meleon 267 (1808)
Appomattox*
261 See note 1. 262 See note 31. 265 See note 16;
264 See note 4. 267 See note 53 ..
263 See note 29. 266 See note 19.
. Initially formed from portions of more than one county, - the parent- county here shown being the first mentioned in the title of the Act of Assembly forming this county: for other counties, portions of which Were utilized in the formation of this county, see Part I, Alphabetical Ar- rangement .
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JAMES CITY 268 (1634)
WARROSQUY OAKE 270 , (1634-1637) 27/
Surry 269 (1652
Isle of Wight 21 (1637)
Southampton 273) (1749)
270 See note 1 271 See note 79. 272 See note 34. 273 See note 71.
Sussex (1754)
268 See note 1. 269 See note 73.
E WARWICK RIVER 274 (1634-1642/3) 275
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Warwick 276 (1642/3)
274 See note 1. 275 See note 81. 276 See note 80.
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NORTHUMBERLAND 277-278 (1648)
Lancaster" :1. (1651)
Westmoreland 280-201 (1653)
Rappahannock 282 (1656-1692 ) 283
Stafforda04 (1664)
Middlesex 285 (1673)
Basex (1692)
Richmond (1692)
Spotsylvania* (1721)
King George 286 (1721)
Caroline"zer (1728)
Orange (1734)
Frederick 289 (1743)
Fairfax (1742)
Augusta 2ss (1745)
Culpeper 290 (1749)
Loudoun (1757)
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Berkeley (1772)
Dunmore e92 (1772-1778)
Shenandoah (1778)
Madison 298 (1793)
Jefferson (1801)
"Korgan' (1820)
Rappahannockas (1833)
Warren. (1836)
Clarke (1836)
Groene (1838)
Alexandria 295 (1847)
277 See note 59.
284 See note 72.
291 See note 24.
278 See note 60.
285 See note 49.
292 See note 21.
279 See note 41.
286 See note 39.
293 See note 45.
.280 See note 82.
287 See note 13.
294 See note 67.
281 See note 60.
288 See note 6.
295 See note 5.
282 See note 65.
283 See note 66.
289 See note 26. 290 See note 18.
. Initially formed from portions of more than one county, - the parent- county here shown being the first mentioned in the title of the Act of Assembly forming- this county: fot other counties, portions of which were utilized in the formation of this county, see Part I, Alphabetical Ar- rangement.
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Prince William" (1731)"
Fauquier 291 (1759)
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Hampshire" (1754)
Botetourt :97 (1770)
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Monongalia Ohio
Yohoganiaze. (1776) (1776) (1776-1786) 299
Rockbridge. Rockingham Illinois (1778) (1778) (1778-1784)30)
W Hardy (1786)
Pendleton* (1788)
Bath" (1791)
Brooke8oz (1797)
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Tyler sos (1814)
Pocahontas (1821)
Alleghany. (1822)
Marshall #04 (1835)
Wetzelaos (1846)
Hancock (1848)
Highland· (1847)
296 See note 6. 297 See note 17. 300 See note 32. 301 Bee note 33.
304 Bee note 47. 305 See note 84.
298 See note 86. 302 See note 10.
299 See note 87. 303 See note 76.
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Chart 9,b. BOTETOURT ( continued from Chart 9,a).
Fincastle (1772-1777)307
Kentucky 308 Montgomery (1777-1780)509
(1777)
Washington (1777)
Greenbrier* (1778)
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Russell (1786)
Kanawha*310 (1789)
Wythe (1790)
Grayson (1793)
Lee (1793)
₩ Monroe 3/ (1799) 312
Tazewell 33. (1800)
W Masonas (1804)
Giles 316 (1806)
Cabell (1809)
Scott. 316 (1814)
Nicholas* ( 1818)
Logan 3/7 (1824) Fayette. (1831)
Floyd (1831)
Jackson* (1831)
Smythe (1832)
W Mercer (1837)
Pulaski*38 (1839)
Roanoke 319 (1838)
Carroll (1842)
W Wayne (1842)
Boone. (1847) Putnam" (1848)
Raleigh Wyoming (1850) (1800)
Craig'sro (1851)
Buchanan" MoDowell (1858)
(1856)
(1858)
Bland.322 (1861)
323
Dickenson (1880)
306 See note 17.
312 See note 51.
318 See note 64.
307 See note 25. 313 See note 75. 319 See note 17.
308 See note 36.
314 See note 48. 320 Bee note 17.
309 See note 37.
315 See note 17. 321 See note 12.
310 See note 35.
316 See note 70. 322 See note 8.
311 See note 17. 317 See note 35.
323 Bee note 20.
· Initially formed from portions of more than one county, - the parent- county here shown being the first mentioned in the title of the Act of Assembly forming this county: for other counties, portions of which were utilized in the formation of this county, see Part I, Alphabetical Ar- rangement.
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Webster. (1860)
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MONONGALIAl continued (1776)
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W Harrison (1784)
Randolph (1787)
₩ Wood 324 (1798)
Lewie (1816)
Preston (1818)
Braxton. (1836)
₩ Barbour. (1843)
Ritchie· (1843)
Taylor 326 (1844)
Doddridge. (1845)
W Wirt. (1848)
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Upshur 927 (1851)w
"Pleasants* (1851) w
Tucker (1856)
Calhoun (1856) ≥ Clay. (1858)
326 See note 50.
324 See note 85. 325 See note 50. 327 See note 78.
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K Fayette (1780)
Jefferson (1780)
K Lincoln (1780)
Bourbon (1786)
Nelson (1785)
K Madison (1786)
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Mercer (1786)
K Mason (1789)
Woodford (1789)
328 See note 36. 329 Bee note 37.
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INDEX TO CHARTS
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· Accawmack (1634) ... 1.
Greensville,
.2.
Halifax,
. 2.
w Hampshire,
9, a.
w Hancock,
9, a.
Hanover
.3.
w Hardy,
9, a.
w Harrison,
. 9, c.
Henrico,
.5.
Henry,
.2.
Highland,
9, a.
e Illinois,
9, a.
Isle of Wight, .7.
w Jackson,
9, b.
James City,
.6.
* Jefferson (1780), ... 9, d.
w Jefferson (1801), .... 9.
w Kanawha,
. 9, b.
e Kentucky, . 9, b and 9, d.
King and Queen,. .3.
King George, .9.
King William, .3.
Lancaster, .9.
Lee,
9, b.
w Lewis,
.9, c.
k Lincoln,
.9, d.
w Logan,
9, b.
Loudoun,
.9.
Louisa,
.3.
" Lower Norfolk,
. 4.
Lunenburg,
.2.
w McDowell,
9, b.
k Madison (1786),
.9, d.
w Madison (1793),
.. 9.
w Marion,
:9, c.
w Marshall,
9, a.
Mason (1789)
.9, d.
w Mason (1804)
9, b.
Mathews,
.3.
Mecklenburg, .2.
k Mercer (1786),
9, d.
w Mercer (1837),
. 9, b.
Middlesex,
.9.
w Monongalia,
9, a and 9, c.
w Monroe,
. 9, b.
Montgomery,
. 9, b.
w Morgan,
.9.
Nansemond,
.4.
* Nelson (1785),
9, d.
w Nelson (1808)
.5.
New Kent
3.
e New Norfolk,
.. 4.
w Nicholas,
9, b.
Goochland,
.5.
Norfolk,
.4.
w Wyoming,
.9, b.
Grayson,
.9, b.
Northampton,
.1.
Northumberland,
.9.
Greene,
.9.
Nottoway
.2.
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w Ohio,
9, a.
Orange,
.9.
Page,
9, a.
Patrick,
.2.
w Pendleton,
9, a.
Pittsylvania,
.2.
w Pleasants,
9, c.
w Pocahontas,
9, a.
Powhatan,
.5.
w Preston,
9, c.
Prince Edward, .
.2.
Prince George,
2.
Prince William,.
.9.
Princess Anne,. .4.
Pulaski,
9, b.
w Putnanı,
. 9, b.
w Raleigh,
.9, b.
w Randolph,
9, c.
" Rappahannock (1656),9. Rappahannock (1833),.9. Richmond, .9.
w Ritchie,
.9, c.
Roanoke,
. 9, b.
w Roane,
. 9, b.
Rockbridge,
.9, a.
Rockingham,
.9, a.
Russell,
. 9, b.
Scott,
9. b.
Shenandoah,
.9.
Smyth,
9 b.
Southampton,
7.
Spotsylvania,
9.
Stafford,
.9.
Surry,
6.
Sussex,
.6.
w Taylor,
9, c.
Tazewell,
9, b.
Tucker,
9, c.
w Tyler,
9, a.
" Upper Norfolk,
. 4.
w Upshur,
9, c.
Warren,
.9.
" Warrosquyoake,
.7.
Warwick,
.8.
" Warwick River,
.8.
Washington,
9, b.
w Wayne
. 9, b.
w Webster,
.9, b.
Westmoreland,
.9.
w Wetzel.
9, a.
w Wirt,
.9. c.
Wise,
.9, b.
w Wood,
.9, c.
k Woodford,
.9, d.
Wythe,
.9, b.
· Yohogania,
.9, a.
York,
.3.
Accomack (1663),.
.. 1.
Albemarle,
.5.
Alleghany,
9, a.
Alexandria,
.9.
Amelia,
.2.
Amherst,
.5.
Appomattox .5.
Augusta, 9 and 9, a.
w Barbour,
.9, c.
Bath,
9. a.
Bedford,
.2.
w Berkeley,
.9.
Bland,
9, b.
w Boone,
9, b.
Botetourt,. . 9, a and 9, b.
k Bourbon,
.9, d.
w Braxton,
.9, c.
w Brooke,
9, a.
Brunswick,
.2.
Buchanan,
9, b.
Buckingham, .5.
w Cabell,
9. b.
w Calhoun,
9, c.
Campbell,
.2.
Caroline,
.9.
Carroll,
9, b.
Charles City,
.2.
e Charles River,
.3.
Charlotte,
.2.
Chesterfield,
.5.
Clarke,
.9.
Clay,
9, c.
Craig,
9, b.
Culpeper,
.9.
Cumberland, .5.
Dickenson,
9, b.
Dinwiddie,
.2.
w Doddridge,
9, c.
e Dunmore,
.9.
Elizabeth City. .4.
Essex,
.9.
Fairfax,
.9.
Fauquier, .9.
k Fayette (1780), 9, d.
w Fayette (1831),
.9, b.
e Fincastle,
9, b.
Floyd,
9, b.
Fluvanna,
.5.
Franklin,
2.
Frederick,
9.
Giles,
9, b.
w Gilmer,
.9, c.
Gloucester,
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w Greenbrier,
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PART V.
ORIGIN OF COUNTY NAMES
In the preparation of Part V, no account has been taken of conflicting county traditions, nor has an attempt been made to harmonize such traditions with apparently correct interpretations, but an effort has been made to assemble, under an alphabetical arrangement of the county names, the most reliable and concise quotations bearing upon this phase of the subject.
Each quotation is immediately followed by a citation of the authority quoted, while additional references,-in alphabetical order,-furnish corrobora- tive and cumulative evidence in support of the quotation actually offered.
In cases of widely varying interpretations, these several interpretations have been given,-each with its own citation,-with a view to offering the student the larger scope in connection with those cases; but, where the Acts of Assembly are quoted as authority for the origin of the name, no corroborative or other evidence is offered, as there is no appeal from such authority.
For re-capitulation of sources of names, see end of this Part.
The following abbreviations are used in this Part :
A .: Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, for the session indicated. Brock : Robert A. Brock's "Virginia and Virginians".
Collins: R. H. Collins's "History of Kentucky" (1878).
E (superior) : resulted from Virginia legislation, but now extinct, as shown by accompanying dates.
Green : B. W. Green's "Word Book of Virginia Folk Speech" (1912). II .: Hening's "Statutes at Large".
H. A. I .: "Handbook of American Indians" (Bureau of American Eth- nology, Bulletin 30: 1907).
II. B .: "Journals of the House of Burgesses", 1619-1776 ( Virginia State Library : 1905-1915).
K (superior) : resulted from Virginia legislation, but now in Kentucky. Lewis: Virgil A. Lewis's "History of West Virginia" (1889).
Long: Charles M. Long's "Virginia County Names" (1908).
U. S .: United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 258 (1905).
W (superior) : resulted from Virginia legislation, but now in West Virginia.
e ACCAWMACK :
(1634-42/3) Named after the Accomack Indians, "A tribe of the Powha-
and tan Confederacy that formerly lived in Accomac and North-
(1663) ampton Counties." (H. A. I .; Long, 163, 165). The word means "on-the-other-side-of-water place". For etymology, meanings, and variants, see HI. A. I.
ALBEMARLE :
(1744) "the name of Albemarle was given to the new county from the title of William Anne Keppel, Second Earl of Albemarle, at that time [1737-1754] Governor General of the Colony." (Wood's "History of Albemarle County", 8; Long, 70).
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ALEXANDRIA :
(1847) "the said county shall contain that part of said District [of Columbia], which lies on the west side of said [Potomac] River, and shall be called the County of Alexandria" (U. S. Stats. II, 105).
Named from Alexandria (City), which was organized in 1748 and was built on a part of "the whole of the domain from Great Hunting Creek to the Falls of the Potomac ex- tending miles inland and embracing six thousand acres [which] had been purchased by John Alexander in 1669 of Capt. Robert Howsen, for 6600 pounds of tobacco. Howsen had secured his right to it by a Royal Patent granted to him in 1688 [1669] by Governor Berkeley for having brought to Virginia a certain number of immigrants. The nucleus of the town was first formed somewhere near the site of the gas works, and was called Belle Haven." (Snowden's "Some Old Historic Landmarks", 13).
ALLEGHANY :
(1822) "A corruption of the Delaware Indian name for the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, the meaning of the name being 'lost.'" (U. S., 21; Long, 168). For etymology, meanings and variants, see H. A. I.
AMELIA :
(1735) "named for the Princess Amelia [Sophia], the youngest daugh- ter of George II. of England." (U. S., 23; Long, 50).
AMHERST :
(1761) "named after the hero of Ticondaroga [Major General (Sir) Jeffrey Amherst], the most successful as well as the most popular of all the English Colonial Governors-General. [1763- 1768]." ("Facts of Interest about Amherst County", 5; Long, 71).
APPOMATTOX :
(1845) "Indian names for places are apt to be descriptive of the places. These Indians were Algonquins, in whose language 'apamu-tiku' means 'a sinuous tidal estuary'. Their chief town in 1607 was in, or rather just below, the present "Turkey Island bend', and the name was applicable rather to the James than to the Appo- mattox; but the English had previously named that river for their king. In the course of time the 'apamu-tiku' country of the Indian came to be called 'the curls of the river' by the English". (Brown's "First Republic", p. 195; Tyler's "Cradle of the Republic", p. 14).
"An Indian word meaning 'tobacco plant country'". (U. S., 27; Long, 166). For etymology, meanings and variants, see II. A. I.
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AUGUSTA:
(1745) "named in honor of Princess Augusta [of Saxe-Gotha], wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales, Father of George III." (Wad- dell's "Annals of Augusta County" (1902), 36; Long, 51).
w BARBOUR :
(1843) "shall form one distinct and new county, and be called and known by the name of Barbour County, in honour to and in memory of Philip P. Barbour of Virginia." (A., 1842-3, p. 37).
BATH :
(1791) "so called because of the medical springs." (U. S., p. 38; Long, 175).
BEDFORD :
(1754) "was named in honor of John Russell, the Fourth Duke of Bedford, who was Secretary of State of Great Britain from February 13th, 1748, to June 26th, 1757." ("Historical Sketch of Bedford County", p. 4; Long, 90).
w BERKELEY :
(1772) "named Berkeley, in honor of Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, 'the good Governor of Virginia [1768-1770]', as he was called, under George III." (Norris's "History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley", p. 220; Long, 139).
BLAND .:
(1861) "said to have been named after Richard Bland, of Revolutionary fame." (U. S., p. 49; Long, 101).
w BOONE :
(1847) "shall form distinct and new county, and be called and known by the name of Boone County, in honour to and in memory of Daniel Boone, the well known ploneer of the western frontier settlements." (A., 1846-7, p. 49.)
BOTETOURT:
(1770) "was named in honor of Norborne Berkeley, Lord Botetourt, who was Governor of Virginia in 1768-[1770]." (Waddell's "An- nals of Augusta County" (1902), p. 216; Long, 138).
k BOURBON :
(1786) "was named in compliment to the Bourbon Family of France,- a prince of that family, then upon the throne, having rendered the American Colonies aid, in men and money, in the struggle for independence." (Collins's "Ilistory of Kentucky", ii, p. 66).
w BRAXTON :
(1836) "named in honor of Carter Braxton, one of Virginia's signers of the Declaration of Independence." (Lewis, p. 673).
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w BROOKE :
(1797) "named in honor of Robert Brooke [Governor of Virginia, 1794- 1796], a grandson of Robert Brooke, who in company with Robert Beverly the historian accompanied Governor Spottswood to Virginia in 1710." (Lewis, p. 578).
BRUNSWICK :
(1732) "named for the Duchy [of Brunswick] in Germany." (U. S., 59; Long, 48).
BUCHANAN :
(1858) "named for President James Buchanan [1857-1861]." (U. S., 59; Long, 155).
BUCKINGHAM:
(1761) Most probably named after the Duke of Buckingham; but an Act concerning lands of Archibald Cary (H. vii, 440), finally passed by the House of Burgesses on April 1, 1761 (H. B. 1758-1761, 243), says, "lying and being on the west side and on the branches of Buck river, otherwise called Willis's Creek, in the county of Goochland, commonly called and known by the name of Buckingham": and we also have the petition of Archibald Cary (at that time a member of the House of Bur- gesses from Chesterfield), under date of March 16, 1761 (H. B., 1758-1761, 214), which says that he "is also seized of a Tract of Land called Buckingham in Albemarle in Fee Simple", which is in harmony with the Act forming Buckingham County from Albemarle (II. vii, 419), which finally passed the House of Bur- gesses on April 7, 1761 (H. B., 1758-1761, 251).
w CABELL:
(1809) "William II. Cabell, in honor of whom the county was named, *, was elected Governor of Virginia (in 1805), a position which he held until 1808, when he was chosen a judge of the General Court [1808-1811]." (Lewis, p. 626).
w CALHOUN :
(1856) "was named in honor of John C. Calhoun, so distinguished in American politics." (Lewis, p. 721).
CAMPBELL:
(1782) "General William Campbell, the hero of King's Mountain (after whom the County of Campbell, formed in 1784, was named) was born in 1745, and was killed in 1781." (Brock, i, p. 176; Long, 104).
CAROLINE :
(1728) "named after Queen Caroline, wife of George II." (Green, p. 50; Long, 48; U. S., p. 70).
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CARROLL :
(1842) "shall form one distinct and new county, and be called and known by the name of Carroll County, in memory of Charles Carroll of Carrollton." (A., 1841-2, p. 32).
CHARLES CITY :
(1634) "another [town] (established soon after) was called after his second son, Charles, afterwards King Charles the First." (Green's "Genesis of Counties", 118).
"As 'Charles City', so 'Henrico' came soon to signify much more than the mere town or site for it, and extended over a large tract of country, till it, too, became the name of an original shire or county formed in 1634." (Green's "Genesis of Coun- ties", p. 115; Long, 32).
CHARLES RIVER :
(1634-1642 /3) "so called after the river named by the colonists in honor of King Charles." (Scott's "History of Orange County, Vir- ginia", p. 17).
CHARLOTTE:
(1765) "named the new county after the young Queen of George III., the Princess Charlotte [Sophia] of Mecklenberg." (Gaines's "Handbook of Charlotte County", p. 7; U. S., p. 76; Long, 54).
CHESTERFIELD :
(1749) "Named after Philip Dormer Stanhope, [Fourth Earl of Chester- field], the celebrated Lord Chesterfield". (Green, 50; Long, 73).
CLARKE :*
(1836) "Named after General George Rogers Clark. The name should be spelt 'Clark', without the final 'e'." (Green, p. 50; Long, 107).
w CLAY : (1858) "named in honor of Henry Clay." (Lewis, p. 724).
CRAIG :
(1851) "Named after Robert Craig, member of Congress [from Vir- ginia, 1829-1834, 1835-1841]." (Green, p. 50; Long, 176).
CULPEPER :
(1749) "Probably named after Lord Culpeper, Governor of Virginia [1680-1683], as a compliment to Lord Fairfax, who had inherited from him the ownership of the Northern Neck." (Green, p. 51; Long, 136).
* The enrolled bill and the text of the Act of Assembly forming this county contain only the name Clarke (with the final "e"), although the county was named after George Rogers Clark (without the final "e").
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CUMBERLAND :
(1749) "Named after William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the victor of Culloden [in 1746]." (Green, p. 51; Long, 49).
DICKENSON :
(1880) "Named after W[illiam] J. Dickenson, a prominent member of the dominant, Readjuster Party, when the county was formed." (Green, p. 51; U. S., p. 106).
DINWIDDIE:
(1752) "named for Robert Dinwiddie, lieutenant-governor of the Colony [1751-1758]." (U. S., p. 106; Green, p. 51; Long, 138).
w DODDRIDGE :
(1845) "named in honor of the distinguished Philip Doddridge [member of Congress from Virginia, 1829-32, when he died]". (Lewis, p. 685).
e DUNMORE :
(1772-1778) "It had been named after and in honor of Lord Dunmore, the then Governor [1771-1776] under the royal government." (Ker- cheval's "History of the Valley" (1850), p. 154).
"So odious did the name of Dunmore become that a county named for him, once in the domain of Orange, lost its identity under that name, and was re-christened 'Shenandoah'". (Scott's "History of Orange County, Virginia", p. 63).
ELIZABETH CITY :
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* and Kiccowtan (which hereafter [in reply to the 6th petition of their General Assembly of August 1619] shall be called Elizabeth City, by the name of his Majesties most vertuous and renowned Daughter) * * (Brown's "First Republic", p. 377).
"At which (Assembly) [1619], divers petitions were made to the Treasurer, Council and Company (in England), whereof the sixte and laste' was, 'That they' would 'be pleased to change the savage name of Kiccowtan and to give that incorporation a newe name'. 1 MeDon. Papers, p. 16 [Virginia State Library]. And I think there is demonstrative proof that this change was authoritatively made within a short time thereafter, and that the place, by which I mean the site of the Indian village afore- said, was re-named 'Elizabeth City', not after Queen Elizabeth of England, but after King James's daughter, the Princess Eliza- beth, who, on Valentine's Day, 14th February, 1612-'13, had mar- ried Frederick, Elector Palatine. But nevertheless the first name, though not afterwards used as the legal designation, was long continued as the popular designation, and often employed by writers on Virginian affairs,-a thing by no means uncommon as to places existing and flourishing in this State and elsewhere.
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[ References omitted]." (Green's "Genesis of Counties", p. 117-18 -in Slaughter's "Brief Sketch of the Life of William Green, LL. D."; Brown's "First Republic", 377; Long, 32).
ESSEX :
(1692) . "named for the English County of Essex." (U. S., p. 121; Long, 91). "Probably named after the Earl of Essex." (Green, p. 51).
FAIRFAX :
(1742) "was named for that most faithful of all Tories,-[Thomas] Lord Fairfax." (Choat's "History of Fairfax County", 8; Long, 69).
FAUQUIER :
(1759) "was named in his [Francis Fauquier's] honor." He was lieu- tenant-governor of Virginia, 1758-1768. (Brock, i, 555; Long, 138).
k FAYETTE :
(1780) "received its name as a testimonial of gratitude to Gen. Gilbert Mortimer de La Fayette,-the gallant and generous Frenchman, who volunteered as the Champion of Liberty of this side of the Atlantic." (Collins, ii, 169).
w FAYETTE :
(1831) "named in honor of General Infayette." (Lewis, 662).
e FINCASTLE :
(1772-1777) "named after George Lord Fincastle, son of Lord Dunmore, who was governor at the time". (Campbell's "History of Virginia", 572.)
"named after the Town of Fincastle, which was established by law in 1772, and called after Lord Botetourt's country seat in England.'" (Waddell's "Annals of Augusta. County, Vir- ginia", ed., 1902, p. 216).
FLOYD :
(1831) "Floyd County, formed in 1831, from Montgomery County, was named in his (John Floyd's) honor. [He was Governor of Vir- ginia, 1830-1834]." (Brock, i, 163; Long, 148).
FLUVANNA :
(1777) "Queen Ann's name and reign are perpetuated in Rapidan, North and South Anna, Fluvanna, Rivanna, Germana, &c." (Slaughter's "St. Mark's Parish," 27; Long, 36).
FRANKLIN :
(1786) "Named after Benjamin Franklin." (Green, 52).
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FREDERICK :
(1743) "named in honor of Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of George II., and father of George III." (Waddell's "Annals of Augusta County, Virginia", ed., 1902, 36; Long, 51).
GILES :
(1806) "Giles County, Virginia, formed in 1806, from the counties of Monroe and Tazewell, was named in his [William Branch Giles's] honor." He was Governor of Virginia, 1827-1830. (Brock, i, p. 156; Long, 147).
w GILMER :
(1845) "Named for Thomas Walker Gilmer, * * * elected Governor of Virginia, February 14, 1840, but a few months later resigned to take a seat in Congress, * * * " (Lewis, p. 686).
GLOUCESTER :
(1651) "Named after Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1640, d. 1660), third son of Charles I.". (Green, p. 52; Long, 34).
GOOCHLAND :
(1728) "named for William Gooch, Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia, in 1727-1749". (U. S., p. 139; Long, 137).
GRAYSON :
(1793) "Named after [Colonel] William Grayson, United States Sena- tor [from Virginia, 1789 to his death (March 12, 1790) ]." (U. S., p. 142).
wGREENBRIER :
(1778) "Named from its principal river." (Myers, "History of West Virginia", il, p. 21.
"This is one of the prettiest mountain rivers in America. The Miami Indians knew it as 'We-o-to-we' and the Delawares called it 'O-ne-pa-ke'. Whence comes the present name, that of Greenbrier? The French knew the stream as the 'Ronceverte' ('Ronce',-brier or bramble, and 'verte', or 'verd', green or verd- ant), the greenbrier. This the Virginians Saxonized and called the stream Greenbrier River. The old French name is preserved in that of the progressive Town of Ronceverte, on its banks, in Greenbrier County." (Lewis, "First Biennial Report (1906) Department of Archives and History of West Virginia," p. 256.).
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