This abstract pertains to some male Dabneys of Hanover Co., VA ca 1797 [soon after Kentucky won statehood.] They have a Kentucky connection. Dabneys are found all over the South--and sometimes this surname is a given name. As Hanover Co., VA records prior to the Civil War are largely destroyed, this abstract may help Dabney researchers fill in the blanks. Please forward this to interested parties, including other rootsweb sites. Incidentally some of the books compiled by these authors -- especially the KY Court of Appeals Books -- pertain to residents of various other states--North Carolina, Virginia, of course; Maryland; Pennsylvania. If you have *lost* an ancestor--or a collateral--these works may provide a resource for you. Most of the material pertains to LAND. >From Michael L. Cook, C.G. and Bettie A. Cook, C.G., Kentucky Court of Appeals Deed Books, A-G, Volume 1 [Evansville, IN: Cook Publications, 1985], p. 101 p. 307 [of original document] George Dabney and Charles Dabney of Hanover County, Virginia, appoint William Dabney, Jr. of Kentucky as their true and lawful attorney in fact for the purpose of establishing their right and title to all of the lands patented in their names or the name of either of them in Kentucky, to defend them against any claim to which any persons may have or make to said lands, and to prosecute in any suit for the attainment of that end, to lease out such lands as he may think expedient, and to perform whatever he may think necessary for their interest in said lands. November 13, 1797. Recorded November 15, 1797, Hanover County, and January 1, 1798 by the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Submitted by E.W.Wallace **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)