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George Washington acquired 2,000 acres of this land through a patent dated April 12, 1784, issued by Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia. He obtained the tract upon a survey made by John Floyd on April 18, 1784, with a land warrant issued to Charles Mynn Thurston, a Lieutenant in the French and Indian War. The tract bordered the Great Kanawha and Coal Rivers for five miles and eighty eight poles.
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St. Albans, West Virginia · United States
