Yep---sometimes I get things mixed up---the time period I look at Hampshire was Frederick, so sometimes I think of Hampshire as Frederick---West Virginia as Virginia, etc. Can cause problems if you don't pause and think sometimes. Dealing with many primary documents also messes up your spelling and punctuation as well!!! It was a very slim sliver of a piece of land that was cut out of Augusta, not much in total area. I am glad someone set it straight. TG Roland Elliott wrote: > Bless you my child,I just knew Augusta had to be before Hampshire and > include it.or all my Ancestors were tippling.R > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sara Patton <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 13 27 > Subject: Re: HARDY CO... > > > Actually Hampshire (the southern portion) was part Augusta County at one > > point. Augusta Co and Frederick Co were formed from Orange Co in 1738. > > Hampshire Co was formed from portions of both Augusta Co and western > > Frederick Co in 1753. Hardy Co was formed from the southern portion of > > Hampshire Co in 1786. > > > > From: Martha W. Hiden, How Justice Grew, Virginia Counties: An Abstract > of > > Their Formation. > > > > > > Sara Patton > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Terry Gruber" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 3:02 PM > > Subject: Re: HARDY CO... > > > > > > > Hampshire and Auguata Counties were never the same---they were both > formed > > in > > > the same year (1738 I think), but it was a few years before the County > > Courts > > > were organized. Frederick County Court began to function in about 1742. > > > > > > Augusta was never "broken" from the Northern Neck Grant because it was > > never a > > > part of the grant. > > > > > > Terry Gruber > > > > > > Roland Elliott wrote: > > > > > > > When was Hampshire Augusta ,or was it? And when was Augusta broken > from > > Lord > > > > Fairfax's grant.R > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 8 48 > > > > Subject: HARDY CO... > > > > > > > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >