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suing all that part of said District lying within the following lines, to 

 wit : Beginning at the mouth of Cross Creek, thence up the same 

 to the head thereof, thence southeastwardly to the nearest part of the 

 ridge \\ hi( h (li\ ides the waters of the ( )hio from those of the Mononga- 

 hela, thence along the said ridge to the line which divides the county 

 of Augusta from the said District, thence with the said Boundary to 

 the Ohio, thence up the same to the beginning, shall be one distinct 

 county and be called and known by the name of Oliio County. 



"And all that part of the said District lying to the northward of 

 the following lines, viz : Beginning at the mouth of Cross Creek, and 

 running up its several courses to the head thereof, thence southeast- 

 wardly to the nearest part of the aforesaid dividing ridge between the 

 waters of the Monongahela and Ohio, thence along the said ridge to 

 the head of Ten Mile Creek, thence east to the road leading from Cat- 

 fish-Camp to Redstone Old Fort, thence along the said road to the 

 Monongahela River to the said Fort, thence along Dunlap's old road to 

 Braddock's road and with the same to the meridian of the head foun- 

 tain of the Potowmack, shall be one other distinct county and shall be 

 called and known by the name of Yohogania County. 



" And all that part of the said District lying to the northward of the 

 county of Augusta, to the westward of the meridian of the head foun- 

 tain of the Potowmack, to the southward of the county of Yohogania, 

 and to the eastward of the county of Ohio shall be one other distinct 

 county, and shall be called and known by the name of the County of 

 Monoui^^alia. 



" And for the administration of justice in the said counties of Ohio, 

 Yohogania and Monongalia, after the same shall take place, Be it en- 

 acted, <!v:c., That after the said 8th day of November, courts shall be 

 constantly held every month by the Justices of the respective Counties, 

 upon the days hereafter specified for each county respectively, that is 

 to say : For the County of ( )hio, on the first Monday, for the County 

 of Monongalia on the second Monday, and for the County of Yoho- 

 gania on the fourth Monday in every month, and in such manner as 

 by the laws of this Commonwealth is pro\ ided for other Counties, and 

 as shall be by their Commission directed." ' 



A subsecjuent section of this Yirginia statute provided that the court 

 of \'ohogania County should have jurisdiction to hear and determine 

 all actions and suits, both at law and in equity, which should be 



' See Crumrine's " History of Washington County," p. 183 and notes. 



