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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 one of the following once owned most of the land in the present Eastern Panhandle?
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Which Indian tribe fought at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant?
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Which early settler did Thomas Jefferson mistakenly blame for the murder of Chief Logan's family?
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Fort Maidstone, the northernmost of our French & Indian War fortifications, was built in which present-day county?
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Robert Files and David Tygart were among the first White settlers of this county.
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This Harrison County congressman was President James Madison's brother-in-law and one of the first government officials to press for greater rights for Western Virginia.
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This Randolph County settler was held captive by Shawnees from 1791 to 1794.
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James Madison, the "father of the constitution" and future fourth president, married his wife, Dolley Payne, in the Jefferson County home of this person.
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By the time of his death in 1799, George Washington owned more land along these two rivers than anywhere else in the world.
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