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] > > > > > > > > > > > > > >