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Greathouse of Brooke County, WV Do you have any Greathouse kith and kin who resided in Brooke County, WV? If so, please join us in our efforts to better document the Greathouse kith and kin who lived in this county, by sending your additions and corrections to Greathouse Point. Greathouse kith and kin records found in the county: 1797, May 1 - BROOKE created by Virginia from OHIO. For pre-1863 maps see Virginia. (Shepherd, 2:54-55) 1820, Jan 1 - Ohio River and its islands, previously unassigned to particular counties, were declared to be part of the adjacent Virginia counties, including BROOKE [not mapped]. For pre-1863 maps see Virginia. (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 74, sec. 1/p. 66)
1863, Feb 19 - Letter: Edgington to Draper, Greathouse of Harmon's Creek Harman Greathouse. Father of the Sons mentioned below died of old age at the fort of hewed logs now standing near which Thomas Edgington (the father of Jesse E.) was taken prisoner by Simon Girty and Indians Footnotes:
1863, Jun 1863 - BROOKE separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363) Sources: The Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Chicago, IL. Brooke County Chronology. Online: http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp |
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