A History of Jefferson County, West Virginia [1719-1940]

Millard Kessler Bushong

2008
Heritage

456 Pages
ISBN: 0788422502

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The author turned his passion for his native county into a dissertation for his doctorate and then into this book. Although the county was not formed until 1801, Bushong begins his account in 1719 in order to cover the area’s early history.

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