> > ><< Hampshire County, Virginia (or was it West VA then?) >> >I have no info on your Busbys--at least, not yet--but to answer this >question--West Virginia did not exist until Virginia voted for secession. >The western counties had voted to remain in the Union, so petitioned the >Federal government to recognize them as a free state, & seceded from >Virginia. Marian > Hey,was that legal????