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Which one of the following once owned most of the land in the present Eastern Panhandle?
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This Ohio River county was named for the governor of Virginia who owned most of the land there.
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Indian leader Captain Bull settled in this present-day West Virginia county in the late 1760s.
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A member of this pioneering family in present-day central West Virginia supposedly wrote the fiddle tune "Shelvin' Rock" while sheltering from Indians.
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In 1777, this settler led an ambush in present-day Marshall County that murdered 21 Indians.
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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this town.
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During the French & Indian War, what settler was famously captured by Shawnee and, after living with them, courageously escaped on foot along the Kanawha and New rivers?
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This Overhill Cherokee leader fought on the side of the British during the French & Indian War.
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In what county was Tackett's Fort located?
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Who is generally considered the founder of Charles Town?
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