DOUBLE-SHOT: On This Day in West Virginia History, March 7th

March 7, 2023

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Vintage West Virginia

Tucker County was formed from Randolph County and named for Henry St. George Tucker Sr., a Virginia soldier, statesman and jurist on March 7, 1856.

Also on this day in West Virginia history, a decade later:

On March 7, 1866, the U. S. Congress recognized and consented to the transfer of Berkeley and Jefferson counties from Virginia to West Virginia.

Learn more: Congressional Proceedings on the Transfer of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties to West Virginia

House of Representatives Committee Report on the Transfer of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties to West Virginia

Memorial Against the Transfer of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties to West Virginia

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