THE VIRGINIAS AND THE WASHINGTONS In colonial times, and long thereafter, the present State of West Virginia was a part of Virginia.

Virginia, in the old days, used to have no western borders to her most westerly counties, which, in theory, ran out to infinity.

As the western part of the State became settled, county lines were drawn, and new counties were started farther back from the coast.

For this reason, towns which are now in Jefferson County, West Virginia, used to be in that county of Virginia which lies to the east of Jefferson County, and some towns have been in several different counties in the course of their history.
The people in the eastern part of West Virginia are, so far as I am capable of judging, precisely like Virginians.

The old houses, when built, were in Virginia, the names of the people are Virginian names, and customs and points of view are Virginian.