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Brooke County, WV

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Greathouse of Brooke County
Tax List: Brooke County, VA 1785 - 1808
1863 - Letter: Edgington to Draper, Greathouse of Harmon's Creek

Brooke County Chronology

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)

1848, Jan 15 - BROOKE lost to creation of HANCOCK. For pre-1863 maps see Virginia. (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 58, sec. 1/pp. 30-34)

1863, Jun 1863 - BROOKE separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Source: The Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Chicago, IL. Brooke County Chronology

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