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] > >