[ ][40] ] Acts of Assembly, November 1796, Chapter 32. Shepherd, Vol. ii, p. 41.
[ ][41] ] Acts of Assembly, December 1797, Chapter 60. Shepherd, Vol. ii, p. 122.
[ ][42] ] U.S. Stat. at Large, Vol. 2, p. 255.
[ ][43] ] Acts of Assembly, 1852, Chapter 358, p. 241.
[ ][44] ] Acts of Assembly, 1853, Chapter 484. Adopted February 18, 1853.
[ ][45] ] Acts of Assembly, 1858, Chapter 270. Enacted April 2, 1858.
[ ][46] ] Acts of Assembly 1865/66, Chapter IX.
[ ][47] ] Acts of Assembly 1866/67, Chapter 152.
[ ][48] ] Acts of Assembly 1871, Chapter 73. The frequent and rapid changes in this boundary appear to have been related to the complexion of the electorate in the affected area and the varying political sentiments of the immediate post Civil War and Reconstruction periods.