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To: wrhssaxensemble
If I recall correctly, Kentucky also split off from Virginia...

Kentucky was ceded willingly, just as Tennessee was by North Carolina, in 1785 and 1792 respectively. NC once reached the Pacific, by the way the colonial charter was written.

63 posted on 07/01/2011 4:42:49 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

“NC once reached the Pacific, by the way the colonial charter was written.”

even though we had to buy it from Napoleon, to whom it did
not even belong...


67 posted on 07/01/2011 5:26:02 PM PDT by RitchieAprile
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