Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . Presidents of the republic, Washington and Monroe, and also ofRichard Henry Lee. The spot on which Washington w^as born, halfa mile from the Potomac, is marked with a stone bearing this inscrip-tion, Here, on the 11th of February, (O. S.,) 1732, George Washington was born. Capital, Westmoreland Court House. Popula-tion 8,080; of whom 4,523 were free, and 3,557 slaves. West
Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . Presidents of the republic, Washington and Monroe, and also ofRichard Henry Lee. The spot on which Washington w^as born, halfa mile from the Potomac, is marked with a stone bearing this inscrip-tion, Here, on the 11th of February, (O. S.,) 1732, George Washington was born. Capital, Westmoreland Court House. Popula-tion 8,080; of whom 4,523 were free, and 3,557 slaves. Westmoreland Court House, a village, capital of Weistmore-land county, Virginia, 65 miles N. E. from Eichraond. 52 410 PHILADELPHIA SUBSCRIBERS. THREE SILVER MEDALS. c>o l=Q C^xP. ?^ GEORGE W. ZIIHERMAN, ABOVE SECOND, A Silver Medal AWARDED FROM LONDON. BOSTON, AND BALTIMORE. WH GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. 411 Weston, a post village, capital of Lewis county,Virginia, on theWest fork of Monongahela river, 278 miles N. W. from hills in this vicinity abound in coal. Weston is connected byturnpike with Fairmont. The village has one bank. Populationabout 300. West Union, a post village of Doddridge county, Virginia, onMiddle Island creek, and on the turnpike from Winchester to Par-kersburg, 300 miles N. W. from Richmond. Lumber is exportedfrom this vicinity by flat-boats and rafts. West Union, a village of Marshall county, Virginia, 12 milesS. E. from Wheeling. West View, a post village of Augusta county, Virginia, sixmiles West of Staunton. It has two stores. West Warren, a small village ofMonongalia county, Virginia. Wetzel, a new county in the N. W. part of Virginia, borderingon Pennsylvania, and on the Ohio river, which separates it from theState of Ohio
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