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Which daughter of Shawnee chief Cornstalk was married to the renegade European-American Boling Baker?
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Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as the southwest corner of Pennsylvania and most of present West Virginia was carved from this Virginia county.
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Indian leader Captain Bull settled in this present-day West Virginia county in the late 1760s.
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Where was the largest battle in Virginia during the French & Indian War?
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The Eckerlin brothers were among the first White settlers of this county?
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Which of the following was NOT typically considered to be part of a frontier fort?
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This Seneca Indian's military efforts led to the near complete abandonment of the Greenbrier and Monongahela valleys.
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Tories were settlers who did what?
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Who is generally considered the founder of Charles Town?
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Which one of the following counties did NOT experience an uprising in response to the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion?
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