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County Information/History
Augusta County was
formed in 1738 from Orange County, although county government was not organized until 1745. It was named for Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess
of Wales and mother of the future King George III of the United Kingdom.
Originally, Augusta
County was a vast territory with an indefinite western boundary. Most of what is now West Virginia as well as all
of Kentucky were formed from it, and it also claimed the territory north and west of those areas, theoretically
all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
Reductions in its extent began in 1770, when its southern part became Botetourt County.
In 1776 part of western Augusta County, an area also known as the District of West Augusta, became Monongalia County,
Ohio County, and Yohogania County (abolished in 1786). In 1778 the part of Augusta County west of the Ohio River became Illinois
County (abolished in 1784); the northeastern part of what was left became Rockingham County, and the southwestern
part was combined with part of Botetourt County to form Rockbridge County. In 1788 the northern part of the still
shrinking county was combined with part of Hardy County to become Pendleton County. Augusta County assumed its
present dimensions in 1790, when its western part was combined with parts of Botetourt County and Greenbrier County
to form Bath County.
INDEPENDENT CITIES
Staunton -- Waynesboro
TOWNS
Churchville - Craigsville - Crimora - Dooms - Fishersville -
Fort Defiance - Greenville - Grottoes - Jolivue - Lyndhurst
Mount Sidney - Mount Solon - Sherando - Spring Hill -
Steeles Tavern - Stuarts Draft - Verona - Weyers Cave
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Website Updates:
Sep 2010: WHITMORE, COFFMAN bio
Aug 2010: Bio for BOSSERMAN, MEADE, PARKINS; Original Land Deed info for public lands; Bios for VMI Cadets from
Augusta Co.; 1740-1749 Baptisms
July 2010: DUGLASS will; Bio for LILLEY
June 2010: Baptisms for BELL; various County records for BELL surname; 1781 Tithables; Wills and probate documents
for ALLEN, ARMSTRONG, BELL, CRAWFORD, FREEL, GARDNER, MATHESON, O'FRIEL, SAWYERS, WILLSON; Bio for Thomas Jefferson
May 2010: Marriage Announcement for CAPEN-ALLEN; List of Cemeteries; Early Marriages; Slavery-related petitions to the Legislature;
STROUSE bio; McCUTCHAN and WILLSON obit
Prev. Updates: 1862/1864 Births; 1850 Mortality Schedule; biographies from the 1882 History |
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