In a message dated 9/11/00 8:46:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Sjg3587@aol.com writes: << was whizzing through some material looking for keywords, and noted that had "counties, border, WV, VA, broke away", and it was either RW or CW that this happened? I know that is vague, but like most of us, I plow through a lot of material every day .... >> The western counties of Virginia broke away in 1863, during the Civil War...:) Melissa Strobel list-admin; Pa-Civil-War Co. I; 11th PVI