This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBB.2ACI/2959.1 Message Board Post: Kentucky wasn't a state in 1777. It became one on June 1, 1792. It also wasn't ever a territory, it was part of Virginia until statehood. You'd need to check VA archives for any births as far back as 1777.