Since many of our early North Carolina ancestors (some going on to Tennessee or even Kentucky) came from Virginia, this information may be helpful to you: You may want to explore this website, which was given recently on one of Dick Eastman's newsletters. _http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/ie/index.html_ (http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/ie/index.html) There are county formation maps of Virginia, West Virginia, and California. Unfortunately for me, however, it seems that the maps for Virginia begin in late 1776--kinda late for some of us who read colonial abstracts/records!! Nonetheless, it is handy to know that this is online, and I don't have to run downstairs to find my BIG atlas by Michael L. Doran or the more recent one by DeLorme. There is a chart on another screen which gives the history of the formation of the counties. I was interested in Richmond Co., which was formed from Old Rappahannock. I learned I need to look at records of the progeny counties also!!! Always something new to learn! E.W.Wallace