101:
36:
364:—itself a creation of the border settlement—was deemed too small at the time to form a county, and was annexed to Ohio County. (Similarly, part of Ohio County's claim is now in Washington and Greene Counties in Pennsylvania, and part of what had been considered Monongalia County are in Washington, Greene, and Fayette counties, Pennsylvania.) In 1797, Virginia created
131:. The county ceased to exist after the border dispute between the two states was resolved in the 1780s. Thus, it is sometimes referred to as a "lost county," although 1.5 million people live within the territory it once claimed, which encompasses two entire counties and parts of four others in two states.
359:
The survey determined that parts of Ohio and
Monongalia counties and nearly all of Yohogania County were within the Pennsylvania boundaries. The areas of Yohogania County ceded to Pennsylvania included all of present-day Westmoreland County and parts of the present counties of Allegheny, Beaver,
303:
recommended to the two now-states of
Virginia and Pennsylvania that, rather than continue to quarrel with each other as well as fighting the British, they should reach an agreement on the border situation. This was done in theory by an agreement reached by commissioners from both states in
194:. The disputes over which colony had authority over the area led to overlapping land grants to settlers and battles between Virginians and Pennsylvanians in the period 1774–1775. In 1774, a Virginian militia group even attacked and captured the Westmoreland County seat at
562:
Crumrine's collection of "Virginia Court
Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania," including records of the District of West Augusta, Yohogania, Ohio, and Monongalia counties as they refer to lands currently in Pennsylvania, which was originally published in the
567:(Pittsburgh, 1902) does not seem to be online, but is in several libraries and has been reprinted or released on CD-ROM from various publishers specializing in genealogical materials. However, Virginia Land Office Grant records are available online at
340:, a Marylander representing Virginia. The corner was marked late in 1784—the report to the commissioners of both states being dated November 18, 1784—and on August 23, 1785, the boundary as far north as the Ohio River (near present-day
280:, and Yohogania County. All three included, or at least claimed, land in what is now Pennsylvania as well as in Virginia, now West Virginia. The new counties were named after rivers in the region, the Ohio, the Monongahela, and the
492:
Rootsweb article and map concerning the boundary dispute, with official descriptions of the boundaries of the three counties formed from the
District of West Augusta in 1776, with a map of the three counties overlaid upon a modern
571:'s website. Note that, like the county, some of these grants were found to be partly in Pennsylvania once the boundary was finally drawn; the geographic subject fields in the records themselves refer to "Yohogania County (Pa.)"
518:, by Boyd Crumrine (Washington, PA, 1905) (in PDF format) Pages 29 and 30 (pages 6 and 7 of the PDF of part 2) explain the location of the house where the county court meetings were held, though some were also held at "
530:
323:
counties out of
Westmoreland in 1781 and 1783, respectively. These counties contained land claimed by Yohogania and Ohio or (in Fayette's case) Monongalia counties. But confusion over jurisdictions continued.
545:. Chapters IX through XVI deal with the boundary dispute and pages 189 through 203 with the final agreement and surveying of the boundary. The capture of Hannastown and its justices is on pages 173-175.
312:... and from the western termination thereof to run and mark a meridian line to the Ohio River," which was the northern boundary of Virginia's claim. That would be the boundary between the two states.
138:
period. The North
American continent was not surveyed until long after various land grants were made to individual colonies, and such land grants and even governmental entities frequently overlapped.
621:
391:
was formed in 1788 from
Westmoreland and Washington counties. Most of the present territory of Allegheny County, including most of Pittsburgh (with the notable exception of what is now the
403:
was created in 1800 from parts of
Allegheny and Washington. The southern part, known locally as "South Side Beaver" because it is south of the Ohio River, was once claimed by Yohogania. (
285:
443:
240:
or Mason and Dixon's Line. However, their authority extended west only as far as western
Maryland, and did not resolve border conflicts between Virginia and Pennsylvania.
65:
577:
430:. On June 20, 1863, both Brooke and Hancock, as well as Ohio and Monongalia (and the counties since formed from Ohio and Monongalia) became part of the new state of
636:
162:, because settlers were moving into the area from both directions. Both claims included the entire southwestern corner of what is now Pennsylvania, west of the
308:
in 1779, and ratified by the legislatures of both states in 1780, "to extend the line commonly called Mason and Dixon's line five degrees of longitude from
508:
The County Court for the
District of West Augusta, Virginia held at Augusta Town, near Washington, Pennsylvania, 1776-1777 : an historical sketch
407:, formed in 1796 from Washington, does not include any territory once claimed by Yohogania but was once claimed by Ohio and Monongalia counties.)
336:, representing Virginia, and Alexander McClean of Pennsylvania marked a temporary line. A final, permanent survey was performed by Neville and
616:
206:
361:
372:
was created from the northern portion of Brooke County in 1848, with the county line being drawn through the middle of the village of
159:
87:
626:
273:
105:
410:
The part of Yohogania that remained in Virginia was from Cross Creek north. This creek is just south of the present-day town of
540:
316:
515:
158:. By the 1770s it was obvious that the two claims overlapped, in the area that in 1773 had been designated by Pennsylvania as
641:
388:
568:
511:
427:
369:
289:
552:
483:
631:
426:, had been part of Ohio County. In 1848, the northern half of Brooke—roughly two-thirds of the Yohogania remnant—became
419:
396:
365:
320:
100:
48:
533:
History of Washington County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men
404:
400:
300:
134:
The problem arose through the complex and conflicting manner of granting territory and defining boundaries during the
205:
and Pennsylvania had been resolved earlier, by 1767, through the work of two men chosen by Cecil Calvert, brother of
58:
52:
44:
277:
249:
163:
411:
253:
69:
523:
423:
261:
257:
195:
187:
504:. On the Pennsylvania map, the overlapping Virginia claim is shown in a lighter blue from 1773 through 1785.
293:
392:
377:
198:
and arrested three Westmoreland County justices who refused to acknowledge the jurisdiction of Virginia.
237:
415:
341:
230:
368:
from the northern portion of Ohio County. Later, as the population of the region continued to grow,
349:
167:
465:
281:
171:
226:
183:
135:
214:
337:
175:
373:
333:
309:
233:
155:
489:
610:
431:
265:
236:
came from England to do this work. The line they located has since been known as the
222:
147:
109:
356:. (Virginia's claim to the Northwest Territory had been ceded to Congress in 1784.)
519:
269:
218:
151:
128:
497:
501:
360:
Washington, and Fayette. The portion of Yohogania remaining in (West) Virginia's
535:/ edited by Boyd Crumrine. Illustrated. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Co., 1882.
210:
17:
191:
179:
592:
579:
345:
305:
146:
Virginia's claim was for a wedge from their coastal area all the way to the
202:
182:
rivers. The major prize location was the confluence of the Allegheny and
124:
113:
522:", a courthouse built for the District of West Augusta near present-day
469:
457:
384:
Reorganization of local government after resolution of boundary dispute
348:, marking the boundary between Pennsylvania and the portion of the
502:
Pennsylvania counties, 1617–1995/ Pennsylvania counties, 1673-1878
99:
422:, though the southern part of Brooke, including the county seat,
284:, the latter two being Latinized to create the county names. The
418:. In 1791, this remnant area was made part of the newly created
353:
288:
was near the Monongahela River, within the present borough of
29:
549:
reports other conflicts between the overlapping governments.
557:
The County Court for the District of West Augusta, Virginia
315:
The conflict apparently being over, Pennsylvania carved
127:
in 1776, in an area long disputed between Virginia and
444:
List of former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia
458:"The Pennsylvania and Virginia Boundary Controversy"
344:) was completed. In 1786 the line was continued to
186:rivers, forming the Ohio River, at the location of
622:Internal territorial disputes of the United States
547:The County Court for the District of West Augusta
264:, which encompassed much of what is now northern
154:'s was for five degrees of longitude west of the
57:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks
464:. Vol. 38, no. 4. pp. 407–426.
462:Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
8:
221:and proprietors of Pennsylvania. Astronomer
553:Outline Map of the District of West Augusta
299:On December 27, 1779, a resolution by the
88:Learn how and when to remove this message
637:Pre-statehood history of West Virginia
414:, entering the Ohio River across from
7:
207:Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
116:; Yohogania County is in light blue.
112:and Yohogania County in present-day
500:(which includes West Virginia) and
256:formed three new counties from the
496:Animated maps of the formation of
399:), was once claimed by Yohogania.
25:
352:that in 1803 became the state of
395:, formerly its own municipality
123:was created by the new state of
34:
529:Map of border controversy from
286:county seat of Yohogania County
209:, proprietor of Maryland, and
1:
565:Annals of the Carnegie Museum
490:this link 404s VA/PA Boundary
332:On November 4, 1782, Colonel
542:History of Washington County
498:Virginia counties, 1617–1995
244:Creation of Yohogania County
617:Former counties of Virginia
301:Second Continental Congress
248:In 1776, shortly after the
658:
484:Yohogania County, Virginia
250:American Revolutionary War
201:Similar conflicts between
412:Follansbee, West Virginia
254:Virginia General Assembly
27:Former county in Virginia
524:Washington, Pennsylvania
456:Potter, John E. (1914).
428:Hancock County, Virginia
262:Augusta County, Virginia
258:District of West Augusta
43:This article includes a
627:History of Pennsylvania
569:The Library of Virginia
420:Brooke County, Virginia
72:more precise citations.
393:northside (Pittsburgh)
117:
642:History of Pittsburgh
225:, an acquaintance of
103:
416:Mingo Junction, Ohio
342:East Liverpool, Ohio
632:History of Virginia
589: /
350:Northwest Territory
168:Allegheny Mountains
160:Westmoreland County
362:Northern Panhandle
190:, now the city of
142:Conflicting claims
118:
45:list of references
593:40.262°N 79.387°W
539:Full text of the
274:Monongalia County
268:and southwestern
227:Benjamin Franklin
170:and south of the
106:Monongalia County
98:
97:
90:
16:(Redirected from
649:
604:
603:
601:
600:
599:
594:
590:
587:
586:
585:
582:
555:from Crumrine's
473:
389:Allegheny County
238:Mason–Dixon line
213:and his brother
121:Yohogania County
93:
86:
82:
79:
73:
68:this article by
59:inline citations
38:
37:
30:
21:
18:Yohogania County
657:
656:
652:
651:
650:
648:
647:
646:
607:
606:
598:40.262; -79.387
597:
595:
591:
588:
583:
580:
578:
576:
575:
480:
455:
452:
450:Further reading
440:
386:
338:Andrew Ellicott
330:
328:Boundary survey
290:Jefferson Hills
246:
144:
108:in present-day
94:
83:
77:
74:
63:
49:related reading
39:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
655:
653:
645:
644:
639:
634:
629:
624:
619:
609:
608:
573:
572:
560:
550:
537:
527:
505:
494:
487:
479:
478:External links
476:
475:
474:
451:
448:
447:
446:
439:
436:
397:Allegheny City
385:
382:
374:Hollidays Cove
370:Hancock County
334:Joseph Neville
329:
326:
310:Delaware River
245:
242:
234:Jeremiah Dixon
156:Delaware River
143:
140:
96:
95:
53:external links
42:
40:
33:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
654:
643:
640:
638:
635:
633:
630:
628:
625:
623:
620:
618:
615:
614:
612:
605:
602:
570:
566:
561:
558:
554:
551:
548:
544:
543:
538:
536:
534:
528:
525:
521:
517:
513:
509:
506:
503:
499:
495:
491:
488:
486:Rootsweb page
485:
482:
481:
477:
471:
467:
463:
459:
454:
453:
449:
445:
442:
441:
437:
435:
433:
432:West Virginia
429:
425:
421:
417:
413:
408:
406:
405:Greene County
402:
401:Beaver County
398:
394:
390:
383:
381:
379:
375:
371:
367:
366:Brooke County
363:
357:
355:
351:
347:
343:
339:
335:
327:
325:
322:
318:
313:
311:
307:
302:
297:
295:
291:
287:
283:
279:
275:
272:. These were
271:
267:
266:West Virginia
263:
260:, an area of
259:
255:
251:
243:
241:
239:
235:
232:
228:
224:
223:Charles Mason
220:
216:
212:
208:
204:
199:
197:
193:
189:
185:
181:
177:
173:
169:
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
148:Pacific Ocean
141:
139:
137:
132:
130:
126:
122:
115:
111:
110:West Virginia
107:
102:
92:
89:
81:
71:
67:
61:
60:
54:
50:
46:
41:
32:
31:
19:
574:
564:
559:(PDF format)
556:
546:
541:
532:
520:Augusta Town
507:
461:
409:
387:
358:
331:
314:
298:
292:across from
282:Youghiogheny
270:Pennsylvania
247:
219:William Penn
200:
172:Kiskiminetas
164:Laurel Ridge
152:Pennsylvania
145:
133:
129:Pennsylvania
120:
119:
84:
75:
64:Please help
56:
596: /
531:Crumrine's
278:Ohio County
252:began, the
211:Thomas Penn
184:Monongahela
78:August 2010
70:introducing
611:Categories
584:79°23′13″W
581:40°15′43″N
317:Washington
217:, sons of
196:Hannastown
192:Pittsburgh
424:Wellsburg
346:Lake Erie
306:Baltimore
294:Elizabeth
188:Fort Pitt
176:Allegheny
470:20086188
438:See also
231:surveyor
203:Maryland
136:Colonial
125:Virginia
114:Virginia
378:Weirton
321:Fayette
215:Richard
166:in the
104:Map of
66:improve
512:part 1
468:
376:, now
229:, and
178:, and
466:JSTOR
51:, or
514:and
493:map.
354:Ohio
319:and
180:Ohio
613::
510:,
460:.
434:.
380:.
296:.
276:,
174:,
150:.
55:,
47:,
526:.
516:2
472:.
91:)
85:(
80:)
76:(
62:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
