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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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Which early settler did Thomas Jefferson mistakenly blame for the murder of Chief Logan's family?
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Where was the largest battle in Virginia during the French & Indian War?
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"Forting" on the frontier referred to this.
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Which one of the following was NOT one of West Virginia's first settlers?
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Who accompanied George Washington on his disastrous mission to warn the French at the beginning of the French & Indian War and later served as a guide for Gen. Braddock in his disastrous campaign early in the war?
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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 Delaware chief led two deadly attacks on forts in present-day Pendleton County during the French & Indian War.
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Who is generally considered the founder of Martinsburg?
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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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