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A (1825-6), 39;
A (1825-6), 40; A (1827-8), 52; A (1833-4), 73; A (1834-5), 40; A (1835-6), 24; A (1836-7), 31; A (1857-8), 106; A (1857-8), 108; A (1859-0), 169; A (1861), 45.
1799 (J. Jan. 15, 1799) ;140
wMonroe (Munroe) ;141
Greenbrier ; and part of Botetourt ;
1801 (J. Jan. 8, 1801) ;
w Jefferson ;
Berkeley ;
w Mason ;
Kanawha ;
Montgomery, Monroe and Tazewell ; and part of Wythe;
S. iii, 244; S. iii, 389 :
A (1823-4), 20;
and part of Tazewell;
A (1825-6), 39;
A (1826-7), 42; A (1827-8), 52;
and part of Monroe; and part of Tazewell;
and part of Mercer;
and part of Craig;
A (1850-1), 21; A (1857-8), 114; A (1861) 45; A (1879-0;, 183; A (1899-00), 665.
143 See note 48.
144 See note 17.
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1804 (J. Jan. 3, 1804) ;148
1806 (J. Jan. 16, 1806) ;
Giles ; 144
S. iii, 77; A (1816-7), 157; A (1823-4), 81; A (1830-1), 138; A (1847-8), 34.
Virginia Counties
A (1828-9), 119; A (1835-6), 24; A (1836-7), 31; A (1840-1), 61;
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1808 (J. Dec. 23, 1807) ;145
1809 (J. Jan. 2, 1809) ;
w Cabell ;
Kanawha ;
A (1808-9), 44 ; A (1817-8), 185; A (1823-4), 20;
A (1829-0), 117;
A (1841-2), 36;
A (1846-7), 49; A (1847-8), 34; A (1849-0), 24.
A (1814-5), 85;
A (1814-5), 87; A (1822-3), 90; A (1836-7), 34; A (1855-6), 87.
1814 (J. Dec. 3, 1814) ;147
w Tyler ;
Ohio ;
146 See note 70.
147 See note 76.
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A (1814-5), 87; A (1815-6), 154 ; A (1832-3), 48; A (1844-5), 42; A (1845-6), 51; A (1849-0), 33; A (1850-1), 25.
145 See note 53.
Nelson ;
Amherst ;
S. iii, 378.
1814 (J. Nov. 24, 1814) ;146
Scott;
Lee, Russell and Washington;
1816 (J. Dec. 18, 1816) ;
1818 (J. Jan. 19, 1818) ;
1818 (J. Jan. 30, 1818) ;
w Lewis;
Harrison ; and part of Randolph;
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w Preston ;
and part of Randolph ; and part of Randolph ; and part of Monongalia ;
w Nicholas;
Greenbrier, Kanawha and Randolph;
and part of Kanawha ;
w Morgan ;
Berkeley and Hampshire;
A (1816-7), 152; A (1817-8), 184; A (1818-9), 142; A (1835-6), 18; A (1842-3), 35; A (1843-4), 37; A (1844-5), 42; A (1844-5), 45; A (1846-7), 58; A (1849-0), 33; A (1850-1), 23.
A (1817-8), 32; A (1818-9). 141; A (1827-8), 53; A (1838), 57; A (1840-1), 61.
Virginia Counties
A (1817-8), 34; A (1819-0), 72; A. (1819-0), 91; A (1823-4), 80; A (1830-1), 134; A (1835-6), 18; A (1843-4), 37; A (1857-8), 111; A (1859-0), 151.
A (1819-0), 27; A (1820-1), 120; A (1827-8), 51.
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1822 (J. Jan. 5, 1822) ;
Alleghany ;
Bath, Botetourt and Monroe ;
= and part of Monroe ; and part of Bath;
w Logan ;148
Giles, Cabell, Tazewell and Kanawha ; and parts of Kanawha and Cabell ;
Montgomery ; and part of Franklin ;
w Fayette ;
Logan, Greenbrier, Nicholas and Kanawha ;
and part of Kanawha ;
A (1830-1), 134; A (1830-1), 136; A (1832-3), 47; A (1839), 33; A (1849-0), 19; A (1849-0), 25; A (1850-1), 26.
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A (1823-4), 20; A (1829-0), 117; A (1830-1), 134; A (1833-4), 33; A (1846-7), 49; A (1849-0), 21.
A (1830-1), 137; A (1872-3), 85.
1831 (J. Feb. 28, 1831) ;
w Pocahontas;
Bath, Pendleton and Randolph ; and part of Greenbrier;
A (1821-2), 27; A (1824-5), 73.
A (1821-2), 28 ; A (1822-3), 88; A (1842-3), 40; A (1846-7), 57; A (1855-6), 97; A (1885-6), 383.
1824 (J. Jan. 12, 1824) ;
1831 (J. Jan. 15, 1831) ;
Floyd ;
148 See note 35.
1831 (J. Mar. 1, 1831) ;
1831 (J. Mar. 30, 1831) ; 1832 (J. Feb. 23, 1832) ;
1833 (J. Feb. 18, 1833) ;149
1835 (J. Mar. 12, 1835) ; 1836 (J. Jan. 15, 1836) ;
1836 (J. Mar. 8, 1836) ;
1836 (J. Mar. 9, 1836) ;
1837 (J. Mar. 17, 1837) ;
w Jackson ;
Mason, Kanawha and Wood; -
and part of Wirt;
Rockingham and Shenandoah;
Washington and Wythe;
Culpeper ;
w Marshall ;150
Ohio ;
w Braxton ;
Lewis, Kanawha and Nicholas;
and part of Randolph ;
A (1835-6), 18; A (1843-4), 37; A (1848-9), 30; A (1857-8), 111; A (1859-0), 151.
A (1835-6), 20; A (1859-0), 496.
Warren ;
Shenandoah and Frederick ;
w Mercer;
Giles and Tazewell ;
- A (1836-7), 31; A (1840-1), 61; . A (1846-7), 57.
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149 See note 67.
150 See note 47.
A (1830-1), 138; A (1847-8), 38; A (1852-3), 130; A (1855-6), 91. A (1830-1), 140. A (1831-2), 47; A (1874-5), 330. A (1832-3), 44. A (1834-5), 38.
Virginia Counties
Clarke;
Frederick ; and part of Warren;
A (1835-6), 22; A (1859-0), 496.
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A (1838), 52.
A (1838), 54: A (1848-9), 28; A (1850-1), 21.
1839 (J. Mar. 30, 1839) ;
Pulaski;
Montgomery and Wythe ; 152
A (1839), 30; A (1839-0), 35; A (1841-2), 39; A (1861-2), 106.
1842 (J. Jan. 14, 1842) :
w Marion ; 153
Monongalia and Harrison;
and part of Monongalia ;
1842 (J. Jan. 17, 1842) ;
Carroll ;
Grayson ; and part of Patrick ;
w Wayne ;
Cabell ;
Harrison, Lewis and Wood;
A (1842-3), 35; A (1843-4), 34; A (1844-5), 42; A (1849-0), 35; A (1850-1), 25.
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A (1841-2), 34; A (1842-3), 40; A (1843-4), 34; A (1846-7), 57; A (1855-6), 98.
A (1841-2), 32; A (1855-6), 98.
A (1841-2), 36.
1842 (J. Jan. 18, 1842) ;
1843 (J. Feb. 18, 1843) :
w Ritchie ;
152 See note 64.
183 See note 50.
151 See note 17.
Greene ;
Orange ;
1838 (J. Jan. 24, 1838) ;
1838 (J. Mar. 30, 1838) ;
Roanoke ;151
Botetourt ; and part of Montgomery;
1843 (J. Mar. 3, 1843) ;
1844 (J. Jan. 19, 1844) ; 1845 (J. Feb. 3, 1845) ;
1845 (J. Feb. 4, 1845) ;
1845 (J. Feb. 8, 1845) ;
1846 (J. Jan. 10, 1846) ; 1847 (J. Mar. 11, 1847) ;
1847 (J. Mar. 13, 1847) ;
w Barbour ;
Harrison, Lewis and Randolph ;
Harrison, Barbour and Marion; and part of Marion;
Lewis and Kanawha ;
w Doddridge;
Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie and Lewis;
Buckingham, Prince Edward, Char- lotte and Campbell ; and part of Campbell;
A (1844-51, 38; A (1847-8), 41; A (1859-0), 171.
A (1845-6), 51.
A (1846-7), 49.
U. S. Stats. i, 130, 214; U. S. Stats. ii, 103, 115 ;
A (1845-6), 50; A (1846-7), 41; A (1846-7), 48.
15+ See note 50.
135 See note 84.
156 See note 5.
A (1842-3), 37; A (1843-4), 34; A (1850-1), 23. A (1843-4), 34; A (1855-6), 98.
A (1844-5), 45; A (1846-7), 58; A (1855-6), 90; A (1855-6), 91.
A (1844-5), 42; A (1849-0), 33.
Appomattox;
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Tyler;
w Boone ;
Kanawha, Cabell and Logan;
Alexandria ;158
District of Columbia ;
(that portion of it which was for- merly a part of Fairfax County) ;
Virginia Counties
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w Taylor ; 154
w Gilmer ;
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1847 (J. Mar. 19, 1847) ;
1848 (J. Jan. 15, 1848) ;
1848 (J. Jan. 19, 1848) ;
w Wirt ;
Wood and Jackson;
w Putnam ;
Kanawha, Cabell and Mason; and parts of Cabell and Kanawha ;
Fayette ;
w Wyoming ;
Logan ;
Craig ;
Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles and Mon- roe ;157 1. and part of Monroe; and part of Montgomery ;
and part of Alleghany ;
and part of Monroe;
and part of Giles ;
Randolph, Barbour and Lewis;
A (1846-7), 52. A (1847-8), 30.
A (1847-8), 38; A (1852-3), 130.
A (1847-8), 34; A (1849-0), 24.
A (1849-0), 19; A (1850-1), 26. A (1849-0), 21.
A (1850-1), 21; A (1852-3), 130; A (1852-3), 130; A (1855-6), 97; A (1855-6), 97;
A (1857-8), 114; A (1879-0), 183. A (1850-1), 23.
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1851 (J. Mar. 27, 1851) ;158
w Upshur;
158 See note 78.
157 See note 17.
Highland ;
Pendleton and Bath;
w Hancock ;
Brooke ;
1848 (J. Mar. 11, 1848) ;
1850 (J. Jan. 23, 1850) ;
w Raleigh ;
1850 (J. Jan. 26, 1850) ;
1851 (J. Mar, 21, 1851) ;
1851 (J. Mar. 29, 1851) : 1856 (J. Feb. 16, 1856) ;
1856 (J. Mar. 5, 1856) ; 1856 (J. Mar. 7, 1856) ; 1856 (J. Mar. 11, 1856) ; 1858 (J. Feb. 16, 1858) ;159
1858 (J. Feb. 20, 1858) ;
1858 (J. Mar. 29, 1858) ; 1860 (J. Jan. 10, 1860) ; 1861 (J. Mar. 30, 1861) ;160
1880 (J. Feb. 27, 1880) ;161
Le See note 12.
160 See note 8.
Wood, Tyler and Ritchie ;
Lee, Scott and Russell;
Gilmer ;
Kanawha, Jackson and Gilmer;
Randolph ;
Buchanan ;
Tazewell and Russell; .
w McDowell ;
Tazewell ;
w Clay ;
Braxton and Nicholas ;
w Webster;
Nicholas, Braxton and Randolph ;
Bland ;
Giles, Wythe and Tazewell ; and part of Giles;
Russell, Wise and Buchanan ;
161 See note 20.
A (1850-1), 25;
A (1855-6), 87; A (1879-0), 125. A (1855-6), 90. A (1855-6), 91. A (1855-6), 95. A (1857-8), 108; A (1879-0), 125.
Virginia Counties
A (1857-8), 106: A (1859-0), 169. A (1857-8), 111. A (1859-0), 151; A (1861), 50. . A (1861), 45; A (1899-00), 665. A (1879-0), 125.
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PART III.
GEOGRAPHICAL ARRANGEMENT
The Notes are assembled in series under Part I, Alphabetical Arrangement.
As the rivers, streams, mountain barriers and natural defences influenced the routes of migration into the wilderness more than anything else, it seems appropriate to base the geographical treatment of the counties upon the grand geological divisions of the State,-the counties in each of these geological divisions being arranged chronologically in accordance with the plan used in Part II,-as the best manner in which to show the gradual development of population in each of these sections, and how the ever-restless settler pushed on into the wilderness, as each section was once securely peopled.
Disregarding the popular interpretation of "Southside" and "Southwest", and following the geological divisions of the State in a general, 'though not in a technical, sense, the counties fall into the following groups :
(For map illustrating these geological divisions, see frontispiece.)
Tidewater (Coastal Plain), extending from the ocean to the fall- line, containing counties to the number of,. 39. Piedmont, extending from the fall-line to the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains, containing counties to the number of, ...... .. 41. Valley, extending from the crest of the Blue Ridge to the crest of the Alleghanies, containing counties to the number of, ..... .. 17. Trans-Alleghany, extending from the crest of the Alleghanies west- ward to the limits of Virginia jurisdiction, and containing coun- ties to the number of, 75.
Counties here listed, 172.
The popular interpretations having been disregarded, it will -doubtless not seem so odd to have Hanover and Henrico classified as Tidewater Coun- ties, and to find that Chesterfield, Grayson, Floyd and Carroll have been assigned to the Piedmont section. We believe that an examination of the geology of the State will justify this rather unusual classification. One should not omit to note that the "Southside" has fallen mostly in the geological Piedmont Plateau, while the "Southwest" is given its natural geological position as a portion of the Valley and Trans-Alleghany areas.
The maps (# 1 to 9) show the settlement of the Coastal Plain up to 1702, and # 10 shows the drift of population on through the Piedmont Plateau to the Blue Ridge Mountains up to 1729, except that Brunswick and Caro- line are not indicated; while # 11 shows the complete occupation of the present limits of Virginia by county formations up to 1775, except that the following are not indicated : Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Char- lottle, Dinwiddie, Dunmore, Fauquier, Fincastle, Halifax, Loudoun, Meck- lenburg, Pittsylvania, Prince Edward, Prince William and Sussex.
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The variations of names and dates on these maps from those used in the text are those noted in the "Geographical" section of the Preface.
The following abbreviations are used in this Part:
A .: Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, for the session indicated.
E. (superior) : resulted from Virginia legislation, but now extinct, as shown by accompanying limiting dates.
H. : Hening's "Statutes at Large".
H. B .: "Journals of the House of Burgesses", 1619-1776 (Virginia State Library : 1905-1915).
J .: "Journal of the House" (Burgesses or Delegates, as the case may be), as interpreted in the note on the subject under the "General" section of the Preface, p. 12.
K. (superior) : resulted from Virginia legislation, but now in Kentucky. S. : Shepherd's "Statutes at Large" (continuation of Hening).
U. S. Stats .: "United States Statutes at Large".
W. (superior) : resulted from Virginia legislation, but now in West Virginia.
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Formed
County
Land formed from
References
1634 (See note 1.) ;
e Accawmack ; (1634-1642/3)162
H. i, 224; H. i, 249.
1634 (See note 1.) ;
Charles City ;
Original Shire;
H. 1, 224; H.iii, 223;163
H. iv, 94.163, a
1634 (See note 1.) ;
e Charles River ; (1634-1642/3)164
Original Shire ;
H. i. 224; H. i, 249.
1634 (See note 1.) ;
Elizabeth City ;165
Original Shire;
H. i, 224;
A (1881-2), 43.
1634 (See note 1.) ;
Henrico ;166
Original Shire;
H. i, 224; (See note 16) ; H. iv, 240;167 H. xii, 620.
1634 (See note 1.) ;
James City ;
Original Shire ;
H. i, 224: H. iv, 94;167, a
H. viii, 208;
H. viii, 405;
and part of York ;
H. viii, 419; A (1852), 31.
125
162 See note 2. 163 See note 62.
163 ª See note 14, a. 10+ See note 15.
165 See note 22. 166 See note 31.
167 See note 29. 167, a See note 14, a.
1
.
Original Shire;
and enlarged, but no metes or bounds given ; 163, a
.
Virginia Counties
·
and part of New Kent ;
Formed
County
Land formed from
References
1634 (See note 1.) ;
e Warrosquyoake; (1634-1637) 168
Original Shire;
H. i, 224; (See note 34).
1634 (See note 1.) ;
e Warwick River; (1634-1642/3) 169
.
Original Shire ;
H. i, 224; H. i, 249.
(See note 55).
H. i, 228;170, a
H. i, 247 ;
H. i, 423;
(See note 71) ;
H. iv, 355; H. viii, 405; H. viii, 602.
e Lower Norfolk ; (1637-1691) 171
New Norfolk ;
H. i, 228;170, a H. i; 247; (See note 55).
e Upper Norfolk ; (1637-1642) 172
New Norfolk ;
H. i, 228;170, a H. i, 247; H. i, 423 ; (See note 55).
10% See note 79. 1% See note 81.
170 See note 56.
170, a For full text of this act, see Part V, chap. i, below.
171 See note 44. 172 See note 77.
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1637 (See note 55) ;
1637 (See note 55) ;
e New Norfolk ; (1636-1037) 170
Elizabeth City;
1636 (See note 55.) ;
1637 (See note 34) ;
Isle of Wight;
Formerly Warrosquyoake;
and part of Upper Norfolk ;
and part of Nansemond ; and part of Nansemond ;
·
2.
1
1642 (See note 52) ;
1642 /3 (See note 58) ; 1642 3 (See note 80) ;
1642 /3 (See note 88) ;
1648 (See note 59) ;
1651 (See note 28) ;
1651 (See note 41) ;
Nansemond ;
Formerly Upper Norfolk ;
Formerly Accomack ;
Warwick ;
York ;
Formerly Charles River ;
Va. Mag. of Hist. and Biog., xxiii, 254; H. i, 321; II. viii, 405; H. viii, 602; H. xii, 69.
H. i, 249.
H. i, 249. A (1881-2), 43.
. H. i, 249;
H. viii, 405;
H. viii, 419; A (1852), 31.
H. i, 294, n;
H. i, 299;
H. i, 337-8 ;
H. i, 340;
H. i, 352;
H. 1, 353; H. i, 362.
H. i, 374; H. xiii, 162.
Lancaster ;
Northumberland and York ;
II. i, 374; (See note 41) .
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Northumberland ; 173
Chickacoan ;
Gloucester ;
York ;
173 See note 60.
Northampton ;
Formerly Warwick River;
1
D .
٠٠ ٤
-
Formed
County
Land formed from
References
Surry ;
James City ;
H. i, 373; H. iv, 355; H. vi, 384.
1653 (See note 82) ;
Westmoreland ;174
Northumberland ; and part of King George;
H. i, 381;
H. ix, 432.
New Kent ;
York ;
H. i, 387-8;
H. iv, 95;175
and part of James City ;
H. viii, 208.
1656 (See note 65) ;
e Rappahannock ; (1656-1692) 176
Lancaster ;
H. i, 427;
H. iii, 104.
1663 (See note 3) ;
Accomack ;
Northampton ;
H. ii, 122;
II. ii, 186.
H. ii, 327.
H. iii, 94;
H. iii, 211;
H. iv, 77;
H. iv, 240;177
H. v, 185; H. vii, 620.
177 See note 13.
17+ See note 60.
175 See note 30.
176 See note 66.
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1673 (See note 49) ;
Middlesex ;
Lancaster ;
King and Queen ;
New Kent ;
1691 (J. May 12, 1691) ;
1652 (See note 73) ;
1654 (- -);
1
1691 (J. May 16, 1691) ; 1691 (J. May 16, 1691) ; 1692 (J. Apl. 26, 1692) ;
1692 (J. Apl. 26, 1692) ;
1702 (J. Sep. 12, 1701) ;
1703 (J. Aug. 25, 1702) ;
1721 (J. Nov. 20 [26], 1720) ;
1721 (J. Nov. 24, 1720) ;
Norfolk ;178
Lower Norfolk;
Lower Norfolk ;
Essex ;
Rappahannock ;
H. iii, 104; H. iv, 77; H. iv, 240.180
H. iii, 104; H. iv, 95.181
H. iii, 211; H. iv, 77; H. iv, 240.182
H. B. (1695-1702), 393;
H. iii, 223;
H. iv, 467; H. vi, 254.
H. B. (1712-26), 281;
H. iv, 95; H. v, 208; H. xii, 620.
H. B. (1712-26), 279; H. iv, 95; H. iv, 303; H. ix, 244; H. ix, 432.
178 See notes 55 and 57. 179 See notes 55 and 57.
180 See note 13. 181 See note 39.
182 See note 13. 183 See note 62.
184 See note 30. 185 See note 39.
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Virginia Counties
New Kent ;
King George;185
Richmond ;
and part of Westmoreland ;
H. iii, 95.
H. iii, 95.
Richmond ;
Rappahannock ;
King William;
King and Queen;
Prince George ;183
Charles City ;
Hanover ; 184
Princess Anne ; 179
Formed
1
1728 (J. Mar. 15, 1727) ;
1749 (J. Apl. 20, 1749) ;
1754 (J. Nov. 28, 1753) ;
1781 (J. Nov. 28, 1780) ;
1791 (J. Dec. 16, 1790) ;
186 See note 13.
County
Land formed from
Essex, King and Queen and King William ;
and part of King and Queen; and part of King and Queen ;
Southampton ; 187
Isle of Wight ; and part of Nansemond ;
Sussex ;
Surry ;
Greensville;
Brunswick ; and part of Brunswick; and part of Sussex ;
Mathews ;
Gloucester ;
187 See note 71.
References
H. B. (1727-40), 39; H. iv, 240; H. v, 185; H. vii, 620.
H. B. (1742-9), 371; H. xii, 69.
H. vi, 384; S. ii, 347.
H. x, 363; H. xii, 596; S. ii, 347.
H. xiii, 162.
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Caroline ; 186
PIEDMONT
Formed
County
Land formed from
References
1664 (See note 72) ;
Stafford ;
Westmoreland ;
H. ii, 239; H. ii, 250;
H. iv, 303;
H. ix, 244.
1721 (J. Dec. 17, 1720) ;
Spotsylvania ;
Essex, King and Queen and King William ;
H. iv, 77; H. iv, 450.
1728 (J. Mar. 6, 1727) ;
Goochland ; 188 ·
Henrico ;
H. B. (1727-40), 33;
H. iv, 240;
H. v, 266; (See note 19) ; H. xii, 71.
1731 (J. June 19, 1730) ;
Prince William;
Stafford and King George;
Brunswick ;189
Area not named [Prince George] ;189,a and parts of Surry and Isle of Wight ;
H. iv, 355;
H. iv, 467;
H. v, 383;
H. x, 363; H. xii, 596.
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188 See note 29.
180 See note 11.
180, a See note 11, a.
Virginia Countries
H. iv, 303; H. v, 207; H. vii, 311.
H. iv, 77;
1732 (J. Dec. 17, 1720) ;
Formed
County
Land formed from
References
1734 (J. Sep. 20, 1734) ;
Orange ;
Spotsylvania ;
H. iv, 450; ` H. v, 78; (See note 18) ; A (1838), 52.
1735 (J. Sep. 30, 1734) ;
Amelia ;
Prince George and Brunswick ;
H. iv, 467 ;
H. vi, 379;
H. xii, 723;
H. xiii, 561.
1742 (J. May. 27, 1742) ;
Fairfax;
Prince William ;
H. v, 207;
H. vii, 148;
S. ii, 107;
U. S. Stats. i, 130, 214;
U. S. Stats. ii, 103, 115;
A (1845-6), 50;
A (1846-7), 41;
A (1846-7), 48.
1742 (J. June 2, 1742) ;
Louisa ;190
Hanover ;
H. v, 208; H. vii, 419; A (1836-7), 33;
A (1838), 57; A (1876-7), 20; A (1876-7), 21; A (1876-7), 228.
and part of Loudoun ;
.
190 See note 43,
1744 (J. Oct. 16, 1744) ;
1746 (J. Apl. 1, 1746) ;
Lunenburg ;
Brunswick ;
and part of Charlotte ;
Culpeper ; 192
Orange ;
Cumberland ;198
Goochland ;
and part of Buckingham;
192 See note 18.
193 See note 19.
H. v, 266; H. vi, 441; H. vii, 419;
H. viii, 395; H. ix, 325 ; A (1836-7), 33: A (1838), 57 ; A (1855-6). 99 : A (1861), 151; A (1871-2), 342; A (1876-7), 21; A (1876-7), 228.
H. v, 383;
H. vi, 252;
H. vi, 381;
H. vi, 441;
H. viii, 41; H. ix, 327.
H. B. (1742-9), 346; H. xiii, 558; A (1832-3), 44;
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