2 messages.------------------Johnnie
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>Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:18:59 -0400 (EDT)
>From: SETH"R"MARCUS <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Falling Spring, West Virginia or Virginia?
On Mon, 12 May 1997, Jane Carlson wrote:
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> Hello, helpful map folks,
>
> I need assistance in answering a patron's question. Was Falling Spring, WV
> originally in Virginia? When did the state boundary change? The patron is
> quite certain that around the mid-1800s, Falling Spring was in Virginia.
> In the 1975 reprint we have of A GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
> published by the USGS in 1904, there is an entry for Falling Spring, West
> Virginia that says "post villge in Greenbrier County located on Greenbrier
> River." This is the location the patron wants, but does anyone know if and
> when it was in Virginia?
My guess is that it probably was once part of Virginia--don't forget that
West Virginia used to be part of Virginia. WV separated from VA during
the Civil War, after VA seceeded from the Union. As far as Falling Spring
goes, I have not had a chance to consult maps from that period.
-srm
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SETH~R~MARCUS
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>Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:55:28 -0700
>From: "Joseph M. Winkler" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Falling Spring, West Virginia or Virginia?
0West Virginia seceded from Virginia on Virginia's secession from the
United States, and became a state in 1863.
J. M. Winkler
St. Louis Public Library
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