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Re: statehood of West Virginia
Posted by: Paula Ferrer	Date: November 13, 2000 at 15:35:54
In Reply to: statehood of West Virginia by Paul Anderson	of 17578

Just an aside to your question. The counties (eighteen back then) that seceded from Virginia seceded in 1862. It took almost a full year for Congress to recognize West Virginia as a state. There was a question as to whether individual Counties had the right to secede from a state or commonwealth.

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