Note 13 — CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE (continued 2)
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The following table exhibits a list of the several counties west of the Blue ridge––the counties from which each was taken––when established––their area in square miles––population in 1830, and amount of taxation for the same year.
Counties. From what taken When formed. Area. Popula- tion. Taxa- tion.
Augusta, Orange, 1738 948 19,925 6,734
Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt and Monroe, 1822 521 2,816 526
Bath, Augusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier, 1791 795 4,068 865
[47] Brooke, Ohio, 1797 202 7,040 1,136
Berkeley, Frederick, 1772 308 10,528 3,356
Botetourt, Augusta, 1770 1057 16,354 3,809
Cabell, Kanawha, 1809 1033 5,884 629
Frederick, Orange, 1738 745 26,045 9,396
Greenbrier, Botet’t & Montg’ry, 1778 1409 9,059 1,716
Giles, Montgomery, Monroe and Tazewell, 1806 935 5,300 541
Grayson, Wythe, 1793 927 7,675 537
Harrison, Monongalia, 1784 1095 14,713 1,669
Hampshire, Augusta & Fred’k, 1754 989 11,279 2,402
Hardy, Hampshire, 1786 1156 5,700 2,633
Jefferson, Berkeley, 1801 225 12,927 4,721
Kanawha, Greenb’r & M’tg’ry, 1789 2090 9,334 1,453
Lewis, Harrison, 1816 1754 6,241 630
Logan, Giles, Kanawha, Cabell & Tazewell, 1824 2930 3,680 245
Lee, Russell, 1793 512 9,461 789
Monongalia, District of W. A’g’ta, 1776 721 14,056 1,492
Monroe, Greenbrier, 1799 614 7,798 1,158
Morgan, Berkeley and Hampshire, 1820 271 2,702 546
Montgomery, Fincastle, 1777 1089 12,306 1,666
Mason, Kanawha, 1804 904 6,534 915
Nicholas, Kanawha, Greenbrier and Randolph, 1818 1431 3,338 373
Ohio, District of W. A’g’ta, 1776 375 15,590 1,968
Preston, Monongalia, 1818 601 5,144 441
Pendleton, Augusta, Hardy and Rockingham, 1788 999 6,271 1,120
Pocahontas, Bath, Pendleton and Randolph, 1821 794 2,542 405
Randolph, Harrison, 1787 2061 5,000 644
Russell, Washington, 1786 1370 6,717 739
Rockingham, Augusta, 1778 833 20,663 5,056
Rockbridge, Augusta & Botetourt, 1778 680 14,244 3,276
Scott, Lee, Russell and Washington, 1814 624 5,712 503
Shehandoah, Frederick, 1772 767 19,750 4,922
Tyler, Ohio, 1814 855 4,308 757
Tazewell, Russell & Wythe, 1799 1305 5,573 727
Washington, Fincastle, 1777 1754 15,614 2,918
Wythe, Montgomery, 1790 1998 12,163 2,178
Wood, Harrison, 1799 1223 6,418 1,257
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Total, 378,293 76,848