Were there in settlers in nouthern virginia in 1786?

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Were there in settlers in nouthern virginia in 1786?

i need to know what the land was like in northern virginia in what is now southern west virginia. its sorta personal and do any of you know any good sites where you could find maps of the land in 1786 ?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The recorded History of Virginia began with the settlement of the geographic region now known as the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States thousands of years ago by Native Americans. European settlement did not permanently occur until the establishment of Jamestown in 1607, by English colonists. Tobacco emerged as a profitable export crop, and the Virginia Colony became one of the wealthiest and most populated of the British colonies in North America.

As one of the original 13 United States which won their independence from Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War, Virginia produced more national leaders than any state, including four of the first five presidents (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe). During the first half of the 19th century, the Virginia Board of Public Works assisted in engineering and funding transportation improvements such as turnpikes, canals and railroads. There were regional disparities, as the power of the eastern counties was felt to cause neglect of western needs. Several attempts to improve this factionalism failed.