This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jisner_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1781.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Pendleton County was established by an Act passed by the Virginia Legislature on December 4, 1787. A report of the surveyors on the line between Pendleton and Hardy Counties was presented in March 1789 and reads as follows: "Beginning at three chestnut oaks, a white oak and chestnut tree on the top of North Mountain, opposite the north point of Sweedland Hill, and running thence N 51 degrees W, crossing the South Fork at the point of Sweedland Hill, through the land and above the dwelling house of Charles Wilson, and crossing South Mill Creek through the land and above the dwelling house of Charles Borrer, and crossing North Mill Creek through the land and above the dwelling of Nicholas Judy, and crossing the South Branch through the land and below the dwelling house of David Hutson, and crossing the North Fork through the land and below the dwelling house of Samuel Day; thence through the Clay Lick a straight course to the top of the Alleghany Mountain, containing 21 miles in distance." The report was signed by Moses Hinkle, surveyor of Pendleton, and by John Foley,assistant to Joseph Nevill, surveyor of Hardy. Oren F. Morton's, A History of Pendleton County West Virginia, page 89. Based on the above surveyors report, Samuel Days land was located on the North Fork at the present day Pendleton/Grant County line (Grant County was formed from Hardy County in 1866). The report states that the county line crossed below Samuel Day's dwelling house. That would place Samuel's house on the Pendleton County side of the line. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.