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Botetourt
County Virginia in 1770
Map of Virginia's Western Counties, 1776
Map of Virginia's Western Counties, 1780
Virginia's Colonial Soldiers from
Ancestry
Virginia Research Outline - LDS Family
History Library
Virginia Center for Digital History
Children
ordered sent to VA 1618-1642
Hening's Statutes at Large
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A
Little Background
In
1772,
Fincastle
County Virginia was organized from Botetourt County Virginia, which had extended
to the Mississippi River. The
new county of Fincastle
included all of present-day Kentucky.
Hening's "Statutes at Large" - act to create Fincastle County, Virginia
Published
Fincastle County Virginia Records
31 December 1776, Kentucky County Virginia was formed from
Fincastle County
Hening's "Statutes at Large" - act to create Kentucky County, Virginia
May 1780, Kentucky County, Virginia was divided into Fayette,
Jefferson and Lincoln Counties
In 1782, Kentucky was established as a judicial district
In 1792, Kentucky achieved statehood
See
Botetourt Descendant Counties
1790 Map of Virginia
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