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From: "Pamela Biggins Mike" <>
Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] census request
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:45:53 +0000


Rbrg is the abreviation for Rockbridge County, VA. Lots of VA & WV counties
were formed from "West Augusta" because that designation encompassed what is
now western VA, WV, TN and parts of KY. In fact, before 1760, it went to the
Mississippi River!






>From:
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>Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] census request
>Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:54:50 EST
>
>The counties you are looking for are:
>
>Rock---------------------------------------Rockingham
>Greenbriew------------------------------Greenbrier
>Lewi----------------------------------------Lewis
>Rbrg----------------------------------------?????
>Albe----------------------------------------Albemarle
>Preston-----------------------------------Preston
>
>Greenbrier, Lewis and Preston are West Virginia Counties while Albemarle is
>a
>Virginia County. Rockingham is non existant at the present time but I
>believe it was in northwestern Virginia in earlier times.
>
>Eleanor
>
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