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Cam]), now WashiiiL^ton. The courts of ( )hio county were held at 

 l^aek's Cabin, on Short Creek, now West Liljerty, \Vest Virginia ; 

 those lor Monongalia county on the farm of Theophilus Phillips about 

 two miles above New (ieneva, in what is now Fayette county ; while 

 the courts of Vohogania were held on the farm of Andrew Heath, a 

 mile or so above West Elizabeth in what is now Allegheny county. 

 The courts of this county continued to be held regularly for the dis- 

 patch of business, civil and criminal and there was much of it, until 

 August 28, 17S0, when it was " Ordered that Court adjourn till Court 

 in course." There was no court in course, for an agreement had been 

 entered into for the running of the boundary between the two states 

 on a line that would blot out \'ohogania county forever. 



ADJUSTMKXr OF THF, HOINDARV I, INF. 



As has been stated, during the War of the Revolution the Pennsyl- 

 vania and Virginia adherents on the Monongahela and Ohio ceased to 

 fight each other, and not only sent more than two regiments of yeo- 

 menry to join with the continentals in the battles in the east, but they 

 were obliged at the same time to provide for the protection of their 

 families from the hostile incursions of the savage allies of the British in 

 the west. Vet the boundary controversy was not yet determined. 



On December 18, 1776, both houses of the General Assembly of Vir- 

 ginia passed a resolution that it was expedient and wise to remove as 

 much as possible all causes of future controversy ; and " to quiet the 

 minds of the people that may be affected thereby, and to take from 

 our common enemies an opportunity of fomenting mutual distrust and 

 jealousy, the commonwealth ought to offer such reasonable terms of 

 accommodation, (even if the loss of some territory is incurred thereby), 

 as may be cordially accepted by our sister State, and an end put to all 

 future dispute by a firm and permanent agreement and settlement. ' ' 

 The resolutions then proceeded to authorize the Virginia delegates in 

 Congress to propose to Pennsylvania that a line be drawn from the 

 Maryland corner on Mason and Dixon's line due north to parallel of 

 latitude 40°, and thence the southern boundary of Pennsylvania was to 

 be run full five degrees of longitude west from the Delaware River, and 

 from the end of that line the western boundary should be run corre- 

 sponding with the meanderings of the Delaware River on the eastern 

 boundary. This line would have given to Virginia a large part of 

 what is now Fayette county, all of Creene county, and (juite a portion 



