In a message dated 12/03/1999 8:58:21 AM Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Two questions, please? Was Moorefield in VA before it was in WV? Did the border change about the mid 1860's? Also, does anyone know anything about "Keep House" an address listed on the 1870 Census for Hardy County, Moorefield township. Thank you Jean French >> As you mention, <and per the Map Guide by Dollarhide> all of Hardy Co. was in VA until 1863, when WV became a state as a result of the Civil War.. Hardy Co. was created from Hampshire Co. in 1785 and all area being in Virginia. From then and until 1866, Hardy included Grant & the Hardy Co.we know today. In 1866, Grant Co. WV became a county of it's own.. [email protected]