TO my MANY Cousins, DE, in family research: these 4 words are the foundation for the Greatest genealogical brick wall ever encountered/ <IT JUST CAN'T BE> <ASK & ANSWER QUESTIONS SOME ONE KNOWS> FROM: RETRACING OUR FAMILY LEGACY> Evolution of Virginia Counties/ FOR the period 1750 -1770, twenty-six new Counties were formed. The Continuous Westward trek of Settlers demanded the Government provide Courts in their Areas. as the westward expansion continued, VIRGINIA creates Kentucky County & Illinois County. Kentucky County was eventually Split into three Counties, Jefferson, Fayette & Lincoln. Illinois County <the Northwest Territory> was ceded to to the Nation & became a territory. This Voluntary gift became to the Nation included all of the OHIO Valley & parts of Wisconsin & Michigan . WEST VA. was Also part of Va until 1863. So many people RUN into that, <IT JUST CAN'T BE < BRICK WALL. Because What is now the Geographic Boundry OG. County Ohio, Could have very well have been in Montgomery County Va when %TH grt Grand PA lived there, Some of Today's Ohio was still Va. UP INTO the mid to late 17----,s. SOMETHING; this is a mater of fact, it is just as many miles from To days Nelson County, Va Where My Grand Parents Settled to the Area in what to day is Ohio that your Grand father settled in as it was o those many YEARS ago. <NOW COUSINS When our Ancestors settled in What To day is Ohio & Nelson County Va, THAT Land was in NEW KENT County until 1721 THATS right, your area became OHIO in late 1700,s mine became Nelson County Va in 1808. NOW to Satisfy your Disbelief: PLEASE TYPE; <Formation of Virginia Counties> into your search, the only COST is 13 sheets of paper for the Print out. I just printed my self Two sets of Copies. With this Information you can know when your Ancestors were WHERE. Because it shows when & FROM where so many of these Counties were formed. GOOD HUNTING. CUZ A T & Leona <atpowelljr@aol.com> OH YES, I see that Cousin Lilly Martin, DEE & Richard c. Mick Think like I have for Years, In searching for some one Mentaly become That person & one will find the answers Come Easier, A T