Editing Jefferson County, West Virginia (section)

===Joining West Virginia===
[[File:MD-VA-WV tripoint in Potomac River.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Tripoint]] of [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]], and [[Maryland]] in the [[Potomac River]] region of [[Harper's Ferry, West Virginia|Harper's Ferry]], the lowest point in West Virginia]]
Jefferson County had voted for secession in the vote taken on May 23, 1861. However, Jefferson County, along with Berkeley County, both counties lying on the [[Potomac River]] in the [[Shenandoah Valley]], with the consent of the [[Reorganized Government of Virginia]] voted in favor of annexation to West Virginia in 1863.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Virginia tried to nullify this after the [[American Civil War]], but the counties remained part of West Virginia.

The question of the constitutionality of the formation of the new state was brought before the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in the following manner: [[Berkeley County, West Virginia|Berkeley]] and Jefferson County, West Virginia, counties lying on the Potomac east of the mountains, in 1863, with the consent of the Reorganized Government of Virginia, had supposedly voted in favor of annexation to West Virginia. However, many voters were absent in the Confederate Army when the vote was taken and they refused to accept the transfer upon their return. The [[Virginia General Assembly]] repealed the Act of Secession and in 1866 brought suit against West Virginia, asking the Supreme Court to declare the counties still part of Virginia. Congress, on March 10, 1866, passed a joint resolution recognizing the transfer. In 1871, the U.S. Supreme Court decided ''[[Virginia v. West Virginia]]'',<ref>{{cite court |litigants=Virginia v. West Virginia |vol=78 |reporter=U.S. |opinion=39 |date=1871 |url=http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/78/39/case.html |access-date=March 7, 2012}}</ref> upholding the "secession" of West Virginia, including Berkeley and Jefferson counties, from Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsgroups-index.com/group/soc_-answers_l51.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201080955/http://www.newsgroups-index.com/group/soc_-answers_l51.html |url-status=dead |title=东京一本一道一二三区_高清在线不卡一区二区|archive-date=December 1, 2008|website=www.newsgroups-index.com}}</ref> In 2011, West Virginia state delegate [[Larry Kump]] sponsored legislation to allow Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties to rejoin Virginia by popular vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/554934/Secession-bill-planned-to--stir-pot-.html|title=Secession bill planned to 'stir pot'|date=January 25, 2011|access-date=July 27, 2013|work=[[The Journal (West Virginia newspaper)|The Journal]]|first=Jenni|last=Vincent|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211064713/http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/554934/Secession-bill-planned-to--stir-pot-.html|archive-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>