Source: Handy Book for Genealogists Edited by George B. Everton Sr. Sixth Edition The Everton Publishers, Inc. Co. Name Created Parent County Accomack 1634 Northampton Albemarle 1744 Goochland, Louisa Amelia 1734 Brunswick, Prince George Amherst 1758 Albemarle Augusta 1738-45 Orange Bath 1790-91 Augusta, Botetourt,Greenbrier Bedford 1753 Albemarle, Lunenburg Berkeley (W.V.) 1772 Botetourt 1769 Augusta Brooke (W.V.) 1796 Brunswick 1720 Prince George, Isle of Wight Buckingham 1758 Albemarle, Appomattox Campbell 1781-82 Bedford Caroline 1727028 Essex, King & Queen,King William Charles City 1634 Original Shire Charles River (See York) Charlotte 1764-65 Lunenburg Chesterfield 1749 Henrico Culpeper 1748 Orange Cumberland 1748-49 Goochland Dinwiddie 1752 Prince George Elizabeth City 1634 Original Shire Essex 1692 Old Rappahannock Fairfax 1742 Prince William, Loudoun Fauquier 1758 Prince William Fincastle 1772 Botetourt (discontinued 1777) Fluvanna 1777 Albemarle Franklin 1785 Bedford, Henry, Patrick Frederick 1738-43 Orange, Augusta Gloucester 1651 York Goochland 1727 Henrico Grayson 1792-93 Wythe, Patrick Greensville 1780 Brunswick, Sussex Halifax 1752 Lunenburg Hanover 1720 New Kent Henrico 1634 Original Shire Henry 1776-77 Pittsylvania, Patrick Illinois 1778 Augusta (discontinued 1784) Isle of Wight 1634 Original Shire James City 1634 Original Shire Kentucky 1777 Fincastle (discontinued 1780) King and Queen 1691 New Kent King George 1720-21 Richmond, Westmoreland King William 1701-02 King and Queen Lancaster 1651 Northumberland, York Lee 1792-93 Russell, Scott Loudoun 1757 Fairfax Louisa 1742 Hanover Lower Norfolk 1637 New Norfolk Lunenburg 1746 Brunswick Madison 1792-93 Culpeper Mathews 1790-91 Gloucester Mecklenburg 1764-65 Lunenburg Middlesex 1673 Lancaster Montgomery 1776-77 Fincastle, Botetourt, Pulaski Nansemond 1637 Upper Norfolk Nelson 1807-08 Amherst New Kent 1654 York (Pt. James City) New Norfolk 1636 Elizabeth City Norfolk 1636 Lower Norfolk Northampton 1634 Original Shire prior to 1642 called Accawmack) Northumberland 1648 Indian Dist. of Chickacoan Nottoway 1788-89 Amelia Orange 1734 Spotsylvania Patrick 1790-91 Henry Pittsylvania 1766-67 Halifax Powhatan 1777 Cumberland, Chesterfield Prince Edward 1753-54 Amelia Prince George 1702-03 Charles City Prince William 1730-31 King George, Stafford Princess Anne 1691 Lower Norfolk Rappahannock 1833 Culpeper Old Rappahannock Abolished 1692 Richmond 1692 Old Rappahannock Rockbridge 1778 Augusta, Botetourt Rockingham 1778 Augusta Russell 1785 Washington Shenandoah 1772 Frederick (Dunmore until 1778) Southampton 1749 Isle of Wight, Nansemond Spotsylvania 1720-21 Essex, King and Queen, King William Stafford 1664 Westmoreland Surry 1652 James City Sussex 1753-54 Surry Tazewell 1799 Russell, Wythe Upper Norfolk 1637 New Norfolk Warrosquoyacke 1634 Changed to Isle of Wight 1637 Warwick 1634 Discontinued 1953 Washington 1776-77 Fincastle, Montgomery Westmoreland 1653 Northumberland Wythe 1789 Montgomery (Pt. Grayson) Yohogania 1776 Augusta (discontinued 1786) York 1634 Original Shire I was working on my Virginia Notebooks and decided that I needed the above information at hand. So I worked it out, and decided to send it to help those using the Cavaliers and Pioneers information. Hope this helps someone, Ira L. Harris III Evv., In.