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 The following important events affected political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements.
-'''1607:'''  The Virginia Company of London founded the first permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown.
+'''1607:'''&nbsp; The Virginia Company of London founded the first permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown.
-'''1624'''<nowiki>:  The King dissolved the Virginia Company and established Virginia as a crown colony with an elected General Assembly.  </nowiki>
+'''1624'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; The King dissolved the Virginia Company and established Virginia as a crown colony with an elected General Assembly.&nbsp;&nbsp;</nowiki>
-'''1710-1740s'''<nowiki>:  Passes across the Blue Ridge mountains leading from eastern Virginia into the Shenandoah Valley were discovered. Emigrants from Pennsylvania and New Jersey began to enter the valley.  </nowiki>
+'''1710-1740s'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; Passes across the Blue Ridge mountains leading from eastern Virginia into the Shenandoah Valley were discovered. Emigrants from Pennsylvania and New Jersey began to enter the valley.&nbsp;&nbsp;</nowiki>
-'''1750-1784'''<nowiki>:  Land grants made to the Ohio Company encouraged exploration beyond the Alleghenies. The new area southeast of the Ohio River was organized by Virginia in 1775 as the District of West Augusta, although much of this was ceded to Pennsylvania in 1786.  </nowiki>
+'''1750-1784'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; Land grants made to the Ohio Company encouraged exploration beyond the Alleghenies. The new area southeast of the Ohio River was organized by Virginia in 1775 as the District of West Augusta, although much of this was ceded to Pennsylvania in 1786.&nbsp;&nbsp;</nowiki>
-'''1770s'''<nowiki>:  The Wilderness Road opened access across the Cumberland Gap from Virginia into Kentucky. The area that was to become Kentucky was organized as Kentucky County, Virginia, in 1776.  </nowiki>
+'''1770s'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; The Wilderness Road opened access across the Cumberland Gap from Virginia into Kentucky. The area that was to become Kentucky was organized as Kentucky County, Virginia, in 1776.&nbsp;&nbsp;</nowiki>
-'''1780s'''<nowiki>:  In 1784, Virginia formally ceded its claims north of the Ohio River to the United States. In 1788 Virginia ratified the United States constitution to become a state.  </nowiki>
+'''1780s'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; In 1784, Virginia formally ceded its claims north of the Ohio River to the United States. In 1788 Virginia ratified the United States constitution to become a state.&nbsp;&nbsp;</nowiki>
-'''1792'''<nowiki>:  Kentucky became a separate state.  </nowiki>
+'''1792'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; Kentucky became a separate state.&nbsp;&nbsp;</nowiki>
-'''1861-1870'''<nowiki>:  Most of Virginia joined the Confederacy, although fifty western counties broke off and were admitted to the Union as the state of West Virginia in 1863. Virginia was readmitted to the Union in 1870.  </nowiki>
+'''1861-1870'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; Most of Virginia joined the Confederacy, although fifty western counties broke off and were admitted to the Union as the state of West Virginia in 1863. Virginia was readmitted to the Union in 1870.&nbsp;&nbsp;</nowiki>
 Throughout most of its history, parts of the territory that old Virginia once claimed were carved off to form parts of other states:
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 ''Virginia Local History: A Bibliography''. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1971. (FHL book 975.5 A1 Number 87; film 928084 item 8.) The Family History Library has many local histories for Virginia. These often have biographical sketches and genealogical information about local families.
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