Candee, Thanks so much for sharing this explanation. Janice Mauldin Castleman > The poor lists were people who applied to the county in order to petition the > government for land. They needed to show that they had not owned land and that > they couldn't afford the state price-- whatever that was. They received up to > 400 acres and the land was prime!! The county and deputy surveyor would go out > and survey tracts of land and put them in a book. the Books are located in > Lincoln County, KY even though at the time the land was in Virginia. > > I think what we need to do is to start to see what county References are > available out there. If there is already a site that has this posted--- please > let me know and I will stop posting info. Candee