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This enslaved man heroically helped defend Fort Donnally in the Greenbrier Valley during an attack by Shawnee Indians in 1778.
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Which West Virginia county is the oldest?
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Who led the first permanent settlement of Charleston?
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Where was Fort Savannah located?
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During the French & Indian War, Delaware and Shawnee Indians attacked these two forts in present-day Pendleton County within days in 1758?
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Which one of the following was NOT an early land company in present-day West Virginia?
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Of which town is Joseph Tomlinson considered the founder?
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Of these Revolutionary War generals from the Eastern Panhandle, which one was NOT dismissed from his commission during the Revolutionary War?
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Which one of the following was NOT considered an "Indian war" from the 1700s?
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This county, which once included Hancock, is considered West Virginia's "lost county" because it was later eliminated from the map?
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