Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-09-07
How W. Va. Counties Were Named.

Norcorne Berkeley, baron dc Bote-
tourt, Governor under George III,
1868.
Boone, formed is47; named from
Daniel Boone, pioneer of Kentucky.
Braxton, formed 1886; named from
Carter Braxton, one of Virginia's sign
ers Of the Declaration of independence
Brooke. formed 1897; named from
Robert Brooke, Governor of Virginia,
1894.
Cabell, formed 1909; named from
William II. Cabell, Governor of Vir-
ginia, 1905.
Calhoun, formed 1855; named from
John c. Calhoun, the American states
man.
Clay, formed 1856; named from Hen
ry Clay.
Doddridge, formed lS45; named
from Philip Doddridge, a member of
Congress from Virginia.
Fayette, formed 1881; named from
General La Fayette.
Cilmer, formed lS45; named FROM
Thomas Walker Gilmer, Secretary OF
the Navy, who was killed on board the
steamship Princeton, in 1914 at Mount
Vernon, Va.
Grant, formed 1866; named from
General U. S. Grant.
Creenbrier, formed l777; named
from its principal river.
Harrison, formed 1884; named from
BENJAMIN Harrison, Governor of Vir-
ginia.
Hampshire, formed 1854; named
from Hampshire county, England.
1t is the Oldest county in the State.
Hancock, formed lS4S; named from
John Hancock, President of the Con-
tinental Congress.
Hardy, formed 1886; named from
Samuel Hardy, an early member of
Congress from Virginia
Jackson, formed 1881; named from
Andrew Jackson, President of the
United States.
Jefferson, formed 1901; named from
Thomas Jefferson, President of the
United States.
Kanawha, formed 1889; named from
its chief river.
Lewis, formed 1916; named from
Colonel Charles Lewis, who was killed
at the battle of Point Pleasant in WA.
Lincoln, formed 1867; named from
Abraham Lincoln.
Logan, formed 1924; named from
Logan, cheftain of the Mingo tribe.
Marion, formed 1912; named from
Francis Marion, of the Revolution.
Marshall, formed 1885; named from
John Marshall, Chief Justice of the
United States.
Mason, formed 1904; named from
Thomas Mason, a member Of the Cen
eral Assembly of Virginia and United
States Senator, 1894 to 1903.
Mercer, formed 1887; named from
Gen. Hugh Mercer, of the Revolution
Mineral, formed 1866; named from
the abundance of its mineral.
MingO, formed 1895; named from
tribe of Indians of that name, of
which Logan was the chieftain.
Monongalia formed l776; named
from its principal river Though spell
cd diherentlyD
Monroe, formed 1898; named from
James Monroe, President of the United
States.
Morgan, formed 1920; named from
Gen. Daniel Morgan, of the Revolt
ton.
Mcdowell, formed 1858; named from
James Mcdowell, Governor of Virginia
lS43.
Nicholas, formed 1918; named from
Cary Nicholas, Governor of Virginia
1914.
Ohio, formed l776; named from the
river Of the same name
Pendleton, formed 1887; named from
Edmund Pendleton, president of the
Virginia Court of Appeals.
Peasan S, formed 1851: named from
James Peasants, Governor of Virginia
1922.
Pocahontas, formed 1921; named
from the Indian princess of that name.
Preston, formed 1918; named from
James P. Preston, Governor of Vir-
ginia 1916.
Putnam, formed 1913; named from
Gen. Israel Putnam, Of the Revolution.
Raleigh, formed 1880; named from
Sir Walter Raleigh.
EandOlph. formed lLS1. namad frn,,,