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Brooke County Petition, Partition, 1846 December 10

 Item — Map Cabinet: 2, Drawer: 2, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

Place of Publication: Brooke County
Index Card Notes: To the honorable the general assembly of VA.:The undersigned, citizens of Broke County, represent, that the territory of the Co. being a long and narrow strip crossed by many large streams make it difficult for the citizens to travel to the county seat...your memorialists pray that a new county may be formed...etc.
[1846 Dec 10-Brooke County Petition]
Xerox Copy
Purchase. Va. State Library
10/29/74
Subject(s): County Partition.

Dates

  • Creation: 1846 December 10

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

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