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railing this county after his name.
Moorefield, its county-reat. was
named for Conrad Moore, who was
the Commonwealth patentee of
the town site.
In 1886, Randolph was formed,
and named in honor of Governor
Randolph.
In 1887, Pendleton derived her
name from Edward Pendletou.
first Governor and first Chisf jus
tice of Virginia, after her Dsclara-
ton of Independence. Her coun-
ty-seat bears the name TO the emil
nert statesman, philosopher and
patriot, Benjamin Franklin.
In 1883, Kanawha was formed,
and received the Indian name of
its main river. Query. What
does Kanawha mean
NoTE-In 1889, Kentucky. "the
dark and bloody ground" was
erected into an independent State.
Brooke county was formed of q
northern port of Ohio, In 1897, and
named in honor of Governor
Brooke, the brother of Judge
Brooke, 80 long an ornament and
honor of the old Court of Appeals
of Virginia.
In 1889, Wood county was FORM
ed, and named in honor of Gener-
al James Wood, Governor of Vir-
ginia, gallant and distinguished
officer of the Revolution. Par
kersburg is the county seat. Did
Parker, who gave it its name mi
CRATE from Patterson's creek in
old Hampshire, to the bank of the
Ohio? and was he the lineal or
collateral kinsinan of Judge john
son, of the Court of Appeals?
In 1899, Monroe county took lis
name from Colonel James Monroe,
q distinguished soldier of the Rev.
olution, and an eminent statesman
and afterward President of the
United States. The very name of
its county seat, Union, is sufficient
ly suggestive in itself.
Jefferson county was formed in
the year 1901, from Berkeley and
Frederick, and took the distin-
guished name ofThomas Jefferson,
President of tho United States,
Charlestown, its county seat, is
named for General Charles Lee,
who, after the Revolution, diod in
its vicinity.
Ia 1904 Mason county received
the illustrious name of "Wise
George Mason," author OF Virgin
ia Bill OF Rights of 1916, and prin-
cipal Trainer of her first State Con-
situation. In that bill of rights
the distribution of the functions of
government into three proper, CO.
ordinate OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
legislative and judicial-was first
distinctly pronounced, and the
United States Bill of Rights has
drawn it's main provisions from
George Mason's Virginia draught
Its county seat, Point Pleasant,
beautifully situated at the en-
bouchure of the Great Kanawha
river into the Ohio, was, as al
ready mentioned, the scene of the
battle of Point Pleasant, where
Col. Lewis fell, though the In
dians were beaten.
In 1909 Cabell county was form
ed, and named for Governor and
Judge Cabell, of the Virginia
Court of Appeals.
In 1914 Tyler county was called
in honor of Judge Tyler, who was
the father of John Tyler, since
President of the United States.
Lewis county, formed in 1916,
commentaries the illustrious
name of Charles Lewis, the hero
of Point Pleasant, and his brother
General Andrew Lewis, of emf
nent Revolutionary fame.
In 1918 Preston county was
named in honor of Governor Pres
ton, who had so highly distin-
guished himself as soldier in our
second war with Great Britain /;
and in the same year Nicholas
county received its name in honor
to George Carter Nicholas, an en-
inent statesman and intimate
friend of Thomas Jefferson. He
was the mover, in the Kentucky
Legislature of 1899, Of his famous
States rights resolutions where
the word "nulIifination' is first
found), which were generally at
tributed to the pen of Mr.. Jeffer-
son, who was shortly afterwards
elected President.
In 1920 Morgan county was
named for the glorious old Revolu-
tionary hero, Gen. Daniel Morgan,
whose famous three hundred riffs
men contributed so largely to the
successful issue of the War of In
dependence. 1t was taken from
Hampshire and Berkeley counties
whence the name of its county
seat, Berkeley Springs, which be-