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The First Homestead
Pompey Leggit and his wife Jenny Duvall Leggit, homesteaded at Rivesville in present-day Marion County in 1694. -
The Leggitt Family Moves Around
Leggit family moved on to Philippi in present-day Barbour County by 1704. -
The County Seat
Morgantown, the county seat, was originally settled by Thomas Decker, who led a group of settlers to Decker's Creek, in the present site of Morgantown, during the fall of 1758. -
Monongalia County's First Trading Post
The Leggit's sons, Thomas and George Leggit, established a trading post at Lowsville in 1766. -
Birth of Monongalia County
Monongalia County was created from the District of West Augusta of Augusta County, VA. -
How Morgantown Became the County Seat
1779 - The first county seat was located at Mifflintown, near Rubles Mill in Georges Township, Fayette County, PA. When border disputes were settled, it was moved to what is now Morgantown. -
Morgan Develops Morgantown
Colonel Zackquill Morgan, son of Morgan Morgan, received a legal certificate for 400 acres of land in the Morgantown area in 1781. -
The Birth of Western Pennsylvania
The area that was the northwest corner of Monongalia became Washington County, PA in 1781, and Greene County, PA in 1796. -
Morgantown
Morgantown was incorporated on February 3, 1858. -
West Virginia became a state.
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West Virginia University
West Virginia University, the state's land grant university, was established in Morgantown in 1867.