No, not ‘contigous’ - ‘contigUous’.
I didn’t have any ancestors in Maryland, at the time. They were all in Ole Virginny - or Europe.
(And I’m glad they dumped ‘Ole Virginny’ and made the state song ‘Shenandoah’, instead. It’s pretty much the most beautiful American folk song that we have):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GtwNJf3EK4
‘Shenandoah’ has nothing to do with Virginia !
It’s not the Virginia State song
Current Virginia state song
https://www.50states.com/songs/virginia.htm
Yes its lame !
Can’t have “Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny” since it’s a minstrel tune. They’re all woke now in Virginia.
Shenandoah depicts a voyageur and his Native American wife and children. - “Oh Shenandoah” (also called simply “Shenandoah” or “Across the Wide Missouri”) heading west past the Mississippi.
Shenandoah lyrics
https://genius.com/Peter-hollens-shenandoah-lyrics