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Book Title: Historical Collections Of Virginia By Henry Howe, 1845

Grayson p. 284

Grayson was formed in 1793, from Wythe, and named after a distinguished member
of the Virginia convention that ratified the federal constitution. This is a
wild and thinly-settled mountainous tract, lying on the North Carolina line, at
the southeastern corner of western Virginia. It is drained by the New River and
its branches. Its limits were reduced in 1842 by the formation of Carrol county.
Pop. in 1840, whites 8,542, slaves 492, free colored 53; total 9,087.

Grayson C.H. lies 261 miles SW of Richmond and contains a few dwellings only.

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