. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . d in that region. This met no favorableresponse, and was followed, five years later, by the Vir-ginia fort and grants of land by that colony to encouragesettlement around it. Pennsylvania objected, but Virginiaclaimed it was in her own territory, according to her sur-veyors. The French then took possession and completedthe project as Fort Du Quesne. Then came GeneralForbes expedition, late in 1758, and Fort Pitt, where-upon the matter remained quiescent until the Indian pur-chase of 1768, when
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . d in that region. This met no favorableresponse, and was followed, five years later, by the Vir-ginia fort and grants of land by that colony to encouragesettlement around it. Pennsylvania objected, but Virginiaclaimed it was in her own territory, according to her sur-veyors. The French then took possession and completedthe project as Fort Du Quesne. Then came GeneralForbes expedition, late in 1758, and Fort Pitt, where-upon the matter remained quiescent until the Indian pur-chase of 1768, when settlers began to rush in from bothcolonies. The partisan spirit which now appeared hadmuch to do with the erection of Bedford county in 1771,a proceeding which aroused the Virginia Executive totake vigorous measures to protect his claim. It was thisconflict which, more than anything else, led to the erectionof Westmoreland county in 1773, and it was followed bythe assumption by Virginia that all territory west of theLaurel Hill and south of the Kiskiminetas, Allegheny and 50 PjE:NN3yLy£ Map of Virginia Claims in Pennsylvania showing Counties organized by the former. After maps in the Pennsylvania Archives
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