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Greene County, with an area of 155 square miles, was formed in 1838 from Orange and was named for General Nathanael Greene, commander of the Army of the South in the Revolutionary War. Rockingham County, with an area of 876 square miles, was formed in 1778 from Augusta and was named for the Marquis of Rockingham, a British statesman. John Sevier, of Tennessee, was born in Rockingham County. The Battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic took place there in 1862.
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