A history of Caroline county, Virginia from its formation in 1727 to 1924 |
OLD VIRGINIA COUNTIES WHICH BECAME WEST VIRGINIA
UPON THE RENDING OF VIRGINIA IN 1862 |
A history of Caroline county, Virginia | ||
OLD VIRGINIA COUNTIES WHICH BECAME WEST VIRGINIA
UPON THE RENDING OF VIRGINIA IN 1862
Hampshire | Formed 1754 | From Augusta and Frederick. |
Berkley | Formed 1772 | From Frederick. |
Monongalia | Formed 1776 | From Augusta. |
Ohio | Formed 1776 | From Augusta and Yohogania. |
Greenbrier | Formed 1778 | From Botetourt and Montgomery. |
Jefferson | Formed 1780 | From Kentucky County. |
Harrison | Formed 1784 | From Monongalia. |
Hardy | Formed 1786 | From Hampshire. |
Randolph | Formed 1787 | From Harrison. |
Pendleton | Formed 1788 | From Augusta, Hardy, Rockingham and Bath. |
Kanawha | Formed 1789 | From Greenbrier and Montgomery. |
Woodford | Formed 1789 | From Fayette. |
Brooke | Formed 1797 | From Ohio County. |
Wood | Formed 1798 | From Harrison and Kanawha. |
Monroe | Formed 1799 | From Greenbrier and Botetourt. |
Mason | Formed 1804 | From Kanawha. |
Cabell | Formed 1809 | From Kanawha. |
Tyler | Formed 1814 | From Ohio County. |
Lewis | Formed 1816 | From Harrison and Randolph Counties. |
Preston | Formed 1818 | From Monongalia and Randolph. |
Nicholas | Formed 1818 | From Greenbrier, Kanawha and Randolph. |
Morgan | Formed 1820 | From Berkley and Hampshire. |
Pocahontas | Formed 1821 | From Bath, Pendleton, Randolph and Greenbrier. |
Logan | Formed 1824 | From Giles, Cabell, Tazewell and Kanawha. |
Fayette | Formed 1831 | From Logan, Greenbrier, Nicholas and Kanawha. |
Jackson | Formed 1831 | From Mason, Wood and Kanawha. |
Marshall | Formed 1835 | From Ohio County. |
Braxton | Formed 1836 | From Lewis, Nicholas, Randolph and Kanawha. |
Mercer | Formed 1837 | From Giles and Tazewell. |
Marion | Formed 1842 | From Monongalia and Harrison. |
Barbour | Formed 1843 | From Harrison, Lewis and Randolph. |
Ritchie | Formed 1843 | From Harrison, Lewis and Wood. |
Taylor | Formed 1844 | From Harrison, Barbour and Marion. |
Gilmer | Formed 1845 | From Lewis and Kanawha. |
Doddridge | Formed 1845 | From Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie and Lewis. |
Wetzel | Formed 1846 | From Tyler. |
Boone | Formed 1847 | From Logan, Cabell and Kanawha. |
Wirt | Formed 1848 | From Wood and Jackson. |
Hancock | Formed 1848 | From Brooke. |
Putnam | Formed 1848 | From Mason, Cabell and Kanawha. |
Raleigh | Formed 1850 | From Fayette. |
Upshur | Formed 1851 | From Randolph, Barbour and Lewis. |
Pleasants | Formed 1851 | From Wood, Tyler and Ritchie. |
Calhoun | Formed 1856 | From Gilmer. |
Roane | Formed 1856 | From Gilmer, Jackson and Kanawha. |
Tucker | Formed 1856 | From Randolph County. |
McDowell | Formed 1858 | From Tazewell. |
Clay | Formed 1858 | From Braxton and Nicholas. |
Webster | Formed 1860 | From Braxton, Nicholas and Randolph. |
Note.—Kentucky has a county named for General William Woodford,
of Caroline; West Virginia has counties named for General Woodford, Edmund
Pendleton, and John Taylor, of Caroline; Virginia and Missouri have counties
named for Caroline men.
A history of Caroline county, Virginia | ||