This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Valentine Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBB.2ACI/3002.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Now that certainly is an interesting biography. I hadn't seen that before. The mention of Germany is particularly intriguing. When I was digging in the info on the www.familysearch.org site I saw some Germany to MD info for a Georg Valentine , Joh., (Valentin). Georg Valentine , Joh., (Valentin) Spouse: Anna Margaretha Mathias Birth: 1715 Place: Mutterstadt über Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Pfalz, Germany Death: Dec 1783 Place: Frederick County, Maryland Burial: Dec 1783 Place: Valentine Family Cemetery, near Miller's Bridge, Frederick County, Maryland Henry Valentine's father was supposed to be George - though I'm not sure what document references that. So this is extremely interesting. I'm making wild guesses, but theoretically - Henry could have married Elizabeth Frey/Frei in 1779 and then his father died just 4 years later. So Henry could have taken his portion of the inheritance money and moved to Mason County where there was more land available. I'm sure he could've bought more land at a less expensive price in what was becoming KY. On 18 December 1789 Virginia's General Assembly passed an act allowing Kentucky to apply for statehood and on 1 June 1792, there were nine counties that became the new state, with the full consent of Virginia.