1856–1857
Kingwood constructs a larger courthouse after a county-seat crisis
Morton describes a 1856 effort to move the county seat to Albright or Burchinal Town; James C. McGrew then organized construction of a new Kingwood courthouse, with building underway the following spring.
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Morton, vol. I, ch. XXIV, p. 222 (printed page)
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