Before the Civil War, Pendleton and Bath gave up part of their land to form Highland Co. During Civil War, Highland went with Va. The reason so many come from that area is that those people believed in large families and they ran out of land, so moved on. Many were Germans who always bought the boys a farm and gave the girls a dowry in money. Only the youngest son stayed, took care of old folks and got the home farm. That is what happened with the Snyders, where the old man bought the farms for his boys was over in WV. Jean