Grant to Robert McKay, jr., The addition of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution caused a reaction, the Democratic Party secured control in 1870, and in 1871, the Constitutional Amendment of 1866 was abrogated. It was set up to be the center of the Virginia Colony's government and commerce. Eight shires were designated, each with its own local officers. In 1829, a constitutional convention met in Richmond to consider reforms to Virginia's outdated constitution. In the late 1600s, European explorers arrived and started to create maps for the territory. date there has been a record kept and the settlement reaches overflowed to the Ohio and Kanawha Valleys, and went to help Many such early settlers in Virginia were called Second Sons. acres, on Turkey Spring of Opeckon, dated October 3, [5] Little is known about the housing of Paleo-Indian and Archaic periods, but Woodland Indians lived in wigwams. This screen shows the complete catalog entry of the title you selected. This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 18:31. The charter for the colony included a massive section of land that encompassed a large part of the eastern United States, including West Virginia. [45] The organized work by women's clubs during World War I helped convince legislators of their role in getting their women enfranchised. I-II) -- Genealogy of some early families in Grant and Pleasant districts, Preston County, West Virginia -- Greenbrier pioneers and their homes / by Ruth Woods Dayton -- Roane County, West Virginia families / by William H. Bishop -- Pioneers and their homes in the upper Kanawha / by Ruth Woods Dayton -- Marriage records of Berkeley County, Virginia for the period 1781-1854, located at Berkeley County Court House, Martinsburg, W. Va. / compiled and edited by Guy L. Keesecker -- Mason County, West Virginia, marriages, 1806-1915 / compiled and edited by Julie Chapin Hesson, Sherman Gene Hesson & Jane J. Russell -- Early records, Hampshire County, Virginia, now West Virginia / compiled by Clara McCormack Sage and Laura Sage Jones -- West Virginia estate settlements : an index to wills, inventories, appraisements, land grants, and surveys to 1850 / compiled by Ross B. Johnson -- West Virginia revolutionary ancestors : whose services were non-military, and whose names, therefore, do not appear in Revolutionary indexes of soldiers and sailors / compiled by Anne Waller Ready -- West Virginians in the American Revolution / compiled by Ross B. Johnson -- The Soldiery of West Virginia : in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War, the Revolution, the later Indian wars, the Whiskey Insurrection, the second war with England, the War with Mexico, and addenda relating to West Virginia in the Civil War / the whole compiled from authentic sources by Virgil Anson Lewis. remarkable that he would go away out in a new country, infested System requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive. Youll also find an exhaustive compilation of the states earliest marriages and, in an interesting twist on genealogical record keeping, two volumes of genealogical and architectural histories. The artifacts uncovered in these give evidence of a village society having a tribal trade system culture that practiced the cold working of copper to a limited extent. Served in House of Burgesses for New Kent County, son of. Contemporaneously to Fort Ancient Tradition southerly of the state, the sister culture called Monongahela is found on the northerly of the Mountain State stemming from the Drew Tradition. In Noe and Shannon H. Wilson, Riccards, Michael P. "Lincoln and the Political Question: The Creation of the State of West Virginia", Stealey III, John E. "The Freedmen's Bureau in West Virginia,", Zimring, David R. "'Secession in Favor of the Constitution': How West Virginia Justified Separate Statehood during the Civil War. Early railroads, shipping to East Coast and Great Lakes, New competitor helps open "Billion Dollar Coalfield", The West Virginia Statewide, Historic Preservation Plan 20092014, West Virginia Division of Culture and History. of Colonial Virginia 1707-1709, Gov. The Proclamation of 1763 again confirmed all land beyond the Alleghenies as Indian Territory, but the Iroquois finally relinquished their claims south of the Ohio to Britain at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768. The issue was finally settled in 1915, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that West Virginia owed Virginia $12,393,929.50. It became one of two American states that formed during the American Civil War the other being Nevada in 1864. Aliens, Johnstons and others, came and settled about the Opequon Besides the well-publicized mine disasters that killed a number of miners at a time, there were many smaller episodes in which one or two miners lost their lives. Family tree maker's family archives. The governor, lieutenant-governor, the judiciary, sheriffs, and other county officers were to be elected by public vote. Coincidentally, it was similar to an indigenous species open zoo of today and became a place of family outings visitation. acres, on Opeckon Run, dated October 3, 1734, Grant to Neil Thompson, 139 During the period 1870 to 1920 most of the old-growth forest was logged. The completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) westerly across the state from Richmond, Virginia to the new city of Huntington on the Ohio River in 1872 opened access to the New River Coalfield. 15, page 276. Their railroad was renamed Norfolk and Western (N&W), and a new railroad city was developed at Roanoke to handle planned expansion. Historical Magazine. Following the war, Virginia unsuccessfully brought a case to the Supreme Court challenging the secession of Berkeley County and Jefferson County to West Virginia. "West Virginia Women in World War II: The Role of Gender, Class, and Race in Shaping Wartime Volunteer Efforts,". On May 13, 1862, the state legislature of the reorganized government approved the formation of the new state. Cars burned by Jewish settlers during riots in Hawara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023. At this time, West Virginia had nearly 70,000 qualified voters, and the May 23, 1861 vote to secede had drawn nearly 54,000 voters. Unemployment ended as the mines, railroads, mills and factories worked overtime to create the "Arsenal of Democracy" that supplied the munitions to win the war. In 1889, in the southern part of the state, along the Norfolk and Western rail lines, the important coal center of Bluefield, West Virginia was founded. A considerable part of this land was surveyed by George Washington, especially the South Branch Potomac River valley between 1748 and 1751. In March 1761, Robert Harper obtained a permit to operate a ferry across the Shenandoah River at present-day Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County. [28][29] The convention was reconvened on February 12, 1863, and the demand was met. [48], The response in West Virginia to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision outlawing segregated schools was generally positive, as Governor William C. Marland pledged to integrate the state's schools. For the western areas, problems included the distance from the state seat of government in Richmond and the difference of common economic interests resultant from the tobacco and food crops farming, fishing, and coastal shipping to the east of the Eastern Continental Divide (waters which drain to the Atlantic Ocean) along the Allegheny Mountains, and the interests of the western portion which drained to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Gulf of Mexico. The commission established the French Creek Game Farm in 1923. The constitutionality of the new state was achieved when the Unionist government of Virginia approved the division. West Virginia suffragists worked at supporting the agendas put forward by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the National Association of Colored Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in the 1890s through the early part of the 20th century. [51][52] Nine West Virginians were awarded the Medal of Honor during Vietnam.[53]. Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, Second Wheeling Convention, August 16, 1861, quoted in Virgil Lewis, "How West Virginia Was Made", pg. This was made acceptable to the west by a provision that required the General Assembly to reapportion representation on the basis of white population in 1865, or else put the matter to a public referendum. Those not voting were Thomas Maslin of Hardy County and Benjamin Wilson of Harrison County. The first European settlers started arriving about 1730. above brings us down to about 1750. Early Settlers of Southwest Virginia-Chronological List Watchers Quolla6 Cwatan Share Southwest Virginia Project Return to Southwest Virginia Project Main Page ___________________________________________________________ Category: Southwest Virginia Project Don't want ads? That Convention had offered the people of the State at least the form of a vote, and the Northwest at least had a full and free expression; and now they proposed to cut off Eastern Virginia without even the form of a vote. ISBN: 1579442528 Series: Family tree maker's family archives. Illinois and Missouri. Western Virginia became sharply divided over the issue of secession from the Union, leading to the separation from Virginia, and formalized by West Virginia's admittance to the Union as a new state in 1863. Among the numerous investors were Charles Pratt and New York City mayor Abram S. Hewitt, whose father-in-law, Peter Cooper, had been a key man in earlier development of the anthracite coal regions centered in eastern Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey. acres. This, perhaps, will be sufficient to show that after James McGregor "The Disruption of Virginia", pg. 1726 - German settlers build the settlement of New Mecklenburg. The rugged nature of the country made slavery unprofitable, and time only increased the social, political, economic, and cultural differences .mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}(see Tuckahoe-Cohee) between the two sections of Virginia. Served as Deputy Governor of the Colony of Virginia 1627-1629. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Robert Worthington, "Betrayal in the West Virginia Coal Fields: Eugene V. Debs and the Socialist Party of America, 19121914,", Edwards, Pamela. In secret, but lawful collusion (in an era before U.S. antitrust laws were enacted), each declined to negotiate favorable rates with Page, nor did they offer to purchase his railroad, as they had many other short-lines. The company sought to have a fourteenth colony established with the name Vandalia. Indiana, The VGN and the N&W ultimately became parts of the modern Norfolk Southern system, and the VGN's well-engineered 20th-century tracks continue to offer a favorable gradient to Hampton Roads. The Constitutional Convention began on November 26, 1861, and finished its work on February 18, 1862. It further declared the pro-secession government in Richmond void and called for a reorganization of the state government, taking the line that all who adhered to the Ordinance of Secession had effectively vacated their offices. The population was not homogeneous, as a considerable part of the immigration came by way of Pennsylvania and included Germans, Protestant Scotch-Irish, and settlers from the states farther north. 520, High Density: {{copy.hd_shelf}}, {{copy.hd_shelfmark}}. Also in 1725, Pearsall's Flats in the South Branch Potomac River valley, present-day Romney, was settled, and later became the site of the French and Indian War stockade, Fort Pearsall. The low vote turnout for the statehood referendum was due to many factors. This strategy was a success, and West Virginia became the 34th of the 36 states needed to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Also brief accounts of First Settlers, and their Descendants. George Washington to Frederick County to survey lands for him, Soon after this, white settlers began moving into the Greater Shenandoah-Potomac Valley making up the entire eastern portion of the state. [42] Small pockets of virgin forest remain at Gaudineer Scenic Area and Cathedral State Park.[43]. But the east also gave itself a tax advantage in requiring a property tax at true and actual value, except for slaves. 500 acres, dated 3 October, 1734, Grant to Richard Pendall, 300 Some were German-born or the Pennsylvania-born children of German-speaking Protestant immigrants from the Palatinate and other areas bordering the Rhine River. acres, 21 August 1734, Grant to Henry Willis, 2030 he made such surveys, viz: From Norris [49], During the Vietnam War a total of 36,578 West Virginians served, with most beginning as teenagers. But in the western counties that would form the state of West Virginia, the vote was approximately 34,677 against and 19,121 for ratification of the Ordinance of Secession. be recorded after that date. Brown was quickly convicted of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and fomenting a slave insurrection, and was hanged on December 2. acres, on South side of the Cohongolulu, dated 3 October [50] 711 of the state's citizens died during the war. been some discussion on this subject through the publications of 1734, Grant to Thomas Johnson, 150 Then, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, more land started to be cleared to build early forts and then towns as more settlers arrived. whether there was others there before that date, unsettled. The Virginia General Assembly repealed the act of cession and in 1866 brought suit against West Virginia asking the court to declare the two counties a part of Virginia. of Jamaica 1728-1734. that so many names of the early settlers of any region can be McKay, and Abraham Hite in 1744. Dorarfe, Geo. The microfilm may have been scanned, but have a contractual, data privacy, or other restriction preventing access. The first Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia arrived in the 1720's primarily from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Eastern Virginia. Waddell, in his Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871 provides a list of the first few families that made up the first influx of settlers seeking in early Orange and Augusta County, Virginia. The Greenbrier River is a tributary of the New River, 173 miles (278 km) long, in southeastern West Virginia, USA. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Richard Morgan, 210 The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Virginian Southern Unionists, who aimed to repeal the Ordinance of Secession that Virginia made during the American Civil War (18611865). West Virginia was one of five Civil War border states. Updated: Feb 27, 2023 / 11:55 PM CST. In the 1880s, this tram and other steam machinery were used for collecting timber used as railroad ties in the railway construction along the Kanawha river. As of 2009[update], over 12,500 archaeological sites have been documented in West Virginia.[1][2]. recorded in Orange in 1743 and 1744, and Fredrick Co. was Meanwhile, Congress on March 10, 1866, passed a joint resolution recognizing the transfer. part of the same article. Raleigh County 320 in favor of statehood, Clay 760, Braxton 220, and some gave no returns at all. Efforts to block Page and Rogers through many legal tactics and even several violent confrontations ultimately failed. Remnants of the Mound Builder's civilization have been found throughout West Virginia, with many artifacts found in . The B&O developed coal piers in Baltimore and at several points on the Great Lakes. In October 1748, the Virginia General Assembly passed an act establishing a ferry across the Potomac River from the landing of Evan Watkin near the mouth of Conococheague Creek in present-day Berkeley County to the property of Edmund Wade in Maryland. The backcountry frontier of colonial Virginia reached westward from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the farthest extent of Virginia settlement in the eighteenth century. In 1861, as the United States itself became massively divided over slavery, leading to the American Civil War (18611865), the western regions of Virginia split with the eastern portion politically, and the two were never reconciled as a single state again. included in a county to be called the county of Orange, being This page was last modified 12:34, 25 May 2021. The following years saw a significant growth of visitors. acres. 3000 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Morgan Morgan, 1000 County Voters, Property Surveyed by George Washington were all 1738 but was not organized until 1743 back to that date, beyond question with the further question, of 20 Aug. 1734, see Grant Book No. They grew sunflowers, tubers, gourds, squash and several seeds such as lambsquarter, may grass, sumpweed, smartweed and little barley cereals. The first native settlers in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands (Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, and Tucker counties) were the Mound Builders, also known as the Adena people. Their neighbors in the northerly of the state, the Monongahela houses were generally circular in shape often with nook or storage appendage. The West Virginia Archives and History Library has custody of these records. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Abraham Pennington, "[32] Many private citizens were arrested by federal authorities at the request of Wheeling and interned in prison camps, most notably Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio. During the American Civil War, West Virginia suffered comparatively little. FamilySearch makes every effort to enable access dependent on decisions of record custodians and applicable laws. Original Home of Col. John Evans, Morgantown, W. Va. Group Poses with Fairfax Stone, Tucker County, W. Va. WVU Libraries West Virginia These were Lutheran, Reformed, or Brethren. acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Samuel Taylor, 200 520 Add to Print List Notes As a result, every county west of the Alleghenies except one voted to reject the constitution, which nevertheless passed because of eastern support. The first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory was the New Englander's town of Marietta, established in 1788. Curry, Richard Orr. Well-engineered and highly efficient with all new infrastructure, it operated very profitably. or on the deeds. In Feb., 1739, to Hendery Gordon Battelle, an Ohio native who sought to introduce a resolution for gradual emancipation. Hite, David Vance, Jas. [40], The new state benefited from development of its mineral resources more than any other single economic activity after Reconstruction. People line the street outside of the funeral of Elan Ganeles, 27, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen from West Hartford, Connecticut, in Raanana, Israel, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association under the leadership of President Mrs. John L. Ruhl and WVESA Ratification Committee chair Lenna Lowe Yost created a "living petition" of suffragists who greeted and personally lobbied each legislator as they prepared to vote. The state's integration experiences were generally peaceful, swift and cooperative. 1863-1889 Plats and surveys FS Library film 462959. Lieutenant-Governor, in council, to take up the same upon Youll find a list of all Revolutionary War soldiers who ever lived in West Virginia and an index to civilians who participated in the War effort. 828 acres, October 3, 1734. In The settlers listed below were all considered very important to the establishment of government and were significant in the historical impact on Colonial Virginia: The following persons were among the prominent first families that immigrated to Colonial Virginia in the 1600's-early 1700's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Virginia, http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108283.html, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Colonial_Virginia, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, Was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1693, 1696, 1699, and one of the committee in 1700 reporting a revision of the laws which were approved by the General Assembly in 1705, Served as Colonial Governor of Virginia 1768-1770, Was a fur trader and served in the House of Burgesses. The convention passed an act for the reorganization of the government on June 19, 1861. Bands of guerrillas burned and plundered in some sections, and were not entirely suppressed until after the war was ended. Virginians led by former Confederate General William Mahone formed a political coalition based upon this theory, the Readjuster Party. : Brderbund, c2000 Physical: 1 CD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in. 1734, Grant to Daniel Burnett, 490 This push, however, would soon provoke conflict, both with Native Americans already living in the area and with the French who also believed they held claim to the land. Robert Hagar, Constitutional Convention delegate, quoted in, "Proclamation 100 Admitting West Virginia Into the Union", John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project, Lincoln and West Virginia Statehood* By J. Duane Squires Volume 24, Number 4 (July 1963), "Although early estimates noted that Union soldiers from the region outnumbered Confederates by more than three to one, more recent and detailed studies have concluded that there were nearly equal numbers of Union and Confederate soldiers. You must also have either version 3.02 or higher of Family Tree Maker for Windows or Macintosh, or, version 3.02 or higher of the Family Archive Viewer. Taken from "The Proceedings - of the English Colony in Virginia since their First beginning form England in the Year of Our . After a failed attempt to include woman suffrage as a state constitutional amendment in 1916, pro-suffrage Governor John J. Cornwell included the ratification of the federal amendment for woman suffrage in the agenda for a special legislative session in February 1920. 1738 but was not organized until 1743, Grant to John Smith, 420 and these survey were assigned by Hite to those who purchased of Frustrated by bad economic conditions and what they perceive to be neglect from the Charleston government, this movement has gained at least some momentum. The enterprise, fraught with disease, dissension, and determined . Enjoy the work of our webmasters, provide a link, do not copy their work. him, and the grants were issued directly to the said purchasers, On April 17, 1861, the Richmond convention voted on the Ordinance of Secession. Their descendants, who were legion, Battelle's resolution a policy of "Negro exclusion" for the new state was adopted to keep any new slaves, or freemen, from taking up residence, in the hope that this would satisfy abolitionist sentiment in Congress. Isaac and John Van Meter, who had obtained orders from our said organized: We have endeavored to not repeat the names either on the grants Much of the northern panhandle and north-central portion of the state are underlain by bedded salt deposits over 50 feet (15m) thick. They were: These counties served as the primary foundation for governing for many years in early Colonial Virginia, until the colonies agreed many years later to form what now is the United States of America. With only 21 followers, in October of 1859 he took hostages and freed slaves in Harpers Ferry, at that time in Virginia. The area now known as West Virginia was a favorite hunting ground of numerous Native American peoples before the arrival of European settlers. August 1734, Grant to Rus Smith, 150 sixteen families went into the Shenandoah Valley and from that Bowman, 100 Complete listing of Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 (from book published 1912 by George Cabell Greer, now copyright-free) Each line contains from left to right: LAST & FIRST - Name of immigrant who came to America ARRIVAL - Year of immigrant arrival SPONSOR - Name of sponsoring person(s) paying passage of immigrant COUNTY - County in which sponsor received land for payment of passage . [Webmasters County was formed in 1720 note: The 3 articles, Early Land Grants, Frederick Served as Lt. Gov. Spotsylvania They found it largely unoccupied, apart from Tuscaroras who had lately moved into the area around Martinsburg, WV, some Shawnee villages in the region around Moorefield, WV and Winchester, VA, and frequent passing bands of "Northern Indians" (Lenape from New Jersey) and "Southern Indians" (Catawba from South Carolina) who were engaged in a bitter long-distance war, using the Valley as a battleground. Van Meter, Thos. The necessary sections of right-of way and land were acquired before the large railroads realized what was happening. 1730 there were [20] In secessionist counties where a poll was conducted it was by military intervention. To get the best possible experience using our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version or install another browser. Johnson, 298 Wildlife biologist Robert Silvester of the State Wildlife Center wrote a history of conservation in West Virginia. This wall stretched across the peninsula between the York and James rivers and protected the settlements on the eastern side of the lower Peninsula from Indians. [26], At first the Wheeling politicians controlled only a small part of West Virginia. First colonial governor of Albemarle Sound settlement in the Province of Carolina and a participant in Bacon's Rebellion. Then follows acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to George Williams, 489 Survey of Early Settlers on Patterson Creek; Wilmer L. KERNS' Early Settlers of Patterson's Creek - Map and List; Early Religious Migration, Additional Sources Latest update: Monday, October 8, 2012. It is rare Morgan Morgan. Lt. lauds of John Mills and _____ Hobzson, dated 12 November Although WEST VIRGINIA is used on this webpage for convenience, During the war and for years afterwards, partisan feeling ran high. deeds recorded to Stephen Hunsonbeller. By S.C. Shaw, 1878.] The members of the May Convention were chosen by groups of Unionists, mostly in the far Northwestern counties. ", Corbin, David Alan. seventeenth day of June, 1730. He made surveys in 1748 Daniel Polsley, Lt. Within the Mountain State, these tribal villages can be characterized as rather small and scattered as they moved about the old fields every couple of generations. He was a merchant tailor and coroner and achieved enough . On August 22, 1872, an entirely new constitution was adopted. However, repeatedly John L. Lewis called his United Mine Workers union out on strike, defying the government, outraging public opinion, and strengthening the hand of anti-union Congressmen. The "capital" of the Pocahontas coalfield, this city would remain the largest city in the southern portion of the state for several decades. Buffalo were included in 1954 and attracted additional visitors. Meter. [24] It was this June Convention which drafted the statehood resolution. Mr. Carskadon confirmed this and added that only 39 were the votes of citizens of the state." 1734, Grant to William Jasper, 62 Box 6069 Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 Phone: 1-304-293-4040 Fax: 1-304-293-6638 West Virginia University. 1762 - The oldest town in West Virginia, Shepherdstown, is founded. It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. [33] Soldiers were also stationed at the polls to discourage secessionists and their supporters. Even in some counties that had voted against secession, such as Wayne and Cabell, it was necessary to send in Union soldiers.[21]. Appointed Lt. Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, Captain Christopher Newport, Captain John Ratcliffe, Captain Gabriel Archer, and Captain Edward Wingfield were in charge of the expedition. [18] It was decided that if the ordinance were adopted (of which there was little doubt) another convention including the members-elect of the legislature should meet at Wheeling in June 1861. The Virginia Colony became the wealthiest and most populated British colony in North America. For practical purposes, the Adena is Early Woodland period according to West Virginia University's Dr. Edward V. McMichael,[4] also among the 1963 Geological Survey. The Film/Digital Notes contain a description of the microfilm or microfiche numbers. Served as Lt. (Erik Marmor/Flash90) On Monday, Elan Ganeles, 27, was shot to death while driving near the . In the northern portion of the state and elsewhere, the older Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) and other lines also expanded to take advantage of coal opportunities as well. Genealogical records. 142 acres, October 3, 1734, Grant to Thos. Though the Iroquois made little effort to settle the region themselves, they made war throughout the area with their enemies, following the Great Indian Warpaths through the region and, some time between 17251750, contracted a large group of the Saponi-Tutelo warriors the Iroquois had living on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to fight alongside them in the region. Some West Virginia women also volunteered for military service, which was available to African American women. Via the New, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 1,656 square miles (4,290 km2). acres, October 3, 1734. Learn more about our PARKERs in the Family Tree Database. The same year German settlers from Pennsylvania founded New Mecklenburg, the present Shepherdstown, on the Potomac River, and others soon followed. 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