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You most likely are refering to West Virgina. When Virgina succeeded from the Union at the start of the Cicil War the people in the region that is now WV who were prUnion proke away from Va and the North established the state of West Virginia.
west virginia, maryland, ohio,and some others. The way the british could claim ohio from the french in the 7 years war is because virginia had claims on the land.
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According to the 1609 Virginia Charter; Maryland, West Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The Virginia colony originally extended from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from North Carolina up to and including most of the Great Lakes Region. See map below. edit: I forgot Tennessee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Virginiacolony.png