S. Myers
Published: 2015-07-01
Total Pages: 502
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Excerpt from Myers History of West Virginia, Vol. 2 Barbour, formed in 1843, from parts of Lewis, Harrison and Randolph; named from James Barbour, a Governor of Virginia in 1812; area, 360 square miles; seat of justice. Philippi; magisterial districts, Barker, Cove, Elk. Glade. Philippi, Pleasant. Union and Valley: population. 15,858; miles of public roads. (336: average cost of maintenance. $19 per mile: principal products: coal, coke, lumber, corn, wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, hay, cowpeas, potatoes, garden vegetables, apples, peaches, beef cattle, sheep, poultry, hogs and brick. Berkeley, formed in 1772, from Frederick County, and named from Norbornc Berkeley, Baron De Botetourt. Governor under King George III, in 1768: area. 306 square miles; seat* of justice, Martinsburg: magisterial districts, Hedgesville. Mill Creek, Gerrardstown, Arden. Falling Waters and Opequon: population, 21,999: miles of public roads. 420. and 36 miles of toll roads: average cost of maintenance of roads. $154 per mile; principal products, cement, corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, garden vegetables, apples, peaches, melons, dairy products, beef cattle, sheep, poultry, brick, lime and limestone flux. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.