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Description: Map of Trans-Appalachian Virginia as it was as of mid-1780. On June 30, 1780, the Commonwealth of Virginia subdivided its Kentucky County into three new counties – Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln, and two unincorporated areas – one reserverd for Revolutionary War veterans and the other reserved for the Chickasaw Indians.
Title: Kentucky County, Virginia 1780
Credit: Own work; map detail from Virginia's Western Counties 1780, Geographic Materials: Neal Hammon Series, Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, Frankfort, Kentucky.
Author: Drdpw
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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