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In 1769 Augusta County was divided sby- a beginning at the Blue Ridge and running thence north fifty-five degrees west as far 'as the courtsof the two counties should extend.” This linecrossed the Greenbrier River about' six miles below the present; site of Marlinton, Pocahontas County, and crossed the Ohio near where the present town of Bellville, Wood County, now stands. All the land of the original Augusta County north of this line was .still called Augusta County andthat which was south was called Botetourt County. To give some idea of the vast extent -even pi Botetotirt County, a provision of ihe adt: ifiajf be quoted stating that “since people . living on the; •waters of the Mississippi River, will be very remote frorri the County seat, they will be einpt froin. the payment of taxes.”• ► .In 1772 Botetourt was divided by a line fi'/dowy? ing the Kanawha and New Rivers, the territory, northeast of these rivers to be called Botetourt County and that southwest, Fincastle County.Ill i776 Fincastle County was abolished and put. of it were formed the counties of Kentucky (now a slate), Washington and Montgomery. That partof the present Fayette County ;, southwest of the Kanawha and New Rivers ytetk 'included in Montgomery County, which was; bounded somewhat irregularly by the Kanawha: hndbNew Rivers, ‘ on the east, the Big Sandy River and the Kentucky line on the west, and the ridges that divide the waters of the Tennessee from those of the Great Kanawha on the south.In 1777 Greenbrier County was formed out of Botetourt County, being that part of the original Botetourt County described above, which lay northwest of the ridges dividing the eastern waters from the western,, and northeast of the Kanawha New, River.• *i •i aIn 1788 Kanawha County was formed from Greenbrier and Montgomery Counties and .the ridge of Gauley Mountain extended across the river was made the boundary line .between Greenbrier 'and Kanawha Counties.In 1806 Giles County was formed out of Montgomery County, including as a part of its territory all of that’part of the present Fayette County which was left in Montgomery County after the creation of Kanawha County.e _ ^In 1818 .Nicholas County was formed, parts of which were taken from Kanawha' and Greenbrier Counties.In 1824 Fdgan County was formed,, parts of which were taken from Giles and Kanawha Counties.Then in 1831 Fayette County was formed from Kanawha, Nicholas, Greenbrier and Logan Counties.Now, if. we add that itl 1851 a part of Fayette County in which the present site of Bcckley was then included was cut off to form a part of Raleigh County then created; and that in 1871, under the West Virginia* 'government, a small part was cut off to form a part of Summers County, then created; we have completed the general outline of the history of lines of counties with which Fayette territory lias been connected.m ■We see in this brief summary that all or part of our county territory has been for a time included within the limits of the; following counties:: Orange, Augusta, - Botetourt, Fincastle, Greenbrier Kanawha, Giles, 'Nicholas and Logan. Also we see that parts of the original Fayette County lias been subsequently cut off to form parts of Raleigh, and Summers.
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Fayette Journal
Fayetteville, West Virginia, US
Thu, Nov 02, 1911
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