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  2. Illinois County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The county seat was the old Illinois Country French village of Kaskaskia. [2] John Todd was appointed by Governor Patrick Henry to head the county's government. [3] The county was abolished in January 1782, and Virginia ceded the land to the new United States Confederation government in 1784.

  3. List of counties in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The largest by land area is McLean County, while the smallest is Putnam County. Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL. What is now Illinois was claimed as part of Illinois County, Virginia, between 1778 and 1782. Modern-day county formation dates to 1790 when the area was part of the Northwest Territory; two ...

  4. Land patent - Wikipedia

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    The first US land patent was issued on March 4, 1788, to John Martin. [4] That patent reserves to the United States one third of all gold, silver, lead and copper within the claimed land. A land patent for a 39.44-acre (15.96 ha) land parcel in present-day Monroe County, Ohio, and within the Seven Ranges land tract.

  5. Northern Neck Proprietary - Wikipedia

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    A map from 1736 map of the Northern Neck Proprietary. The Northern Neck Proprietary – also called the Northern Neck land grant, Fairfax Proprietary, or Fairfax Grant – was a land grant first contrived by the exiled English King Charles II in 1649 and encompassing all the lands bounded by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers in colonial Virginia.

  6. List of cities and counties in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Formed from Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles, and Monroe (in present-day West Virginia) Counties: Robert Craig, U.S. Representative from Virginia 4,843: 330 sq mi (855 km 2) Culpeper County: 047: Culpeper: 1749: Culpeper County was established in 1749 from Orange County, Virginia. Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper, colonial proprietary governor ...

  7. List of counties by U.S. state and territory - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.

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  9. History of Popes Creek (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    A patent for 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2) was issued on February 24, 1643, to Edward Murfey and John Vaughan. It is said to be the first patent for land that became Westmoreland County. It bounded on the "Easternmost side of Cedar Island Creek." The name is suggestive of the several little islands that dominate the mouth of the creek.