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130 Names of Two Counties Changed. On the third of September 1849, the Territorial Legislature changed the name of Twality County to Washington County, in honor of George Washington. Also on the same day Champooick County, (which had come to be spelled Champoeg) was changed to Marion County in honor of General Francis Marion, of the American Revolutionary War.