Can anyone tell me what county Richmond, VA was in in 1782? When I went to the site that RootsWeb provides for us when we type in a city and state: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi it gave me Chesterfield, Goochland and Henrico Counties. I'm still trying to track down where Benjamin Bowles came from before he arrived in KY, just before 1800. Many thanks, Linne Bowles Gravestock -- Always looking for Boles/Bowles, Jeffries, Adair and Trott

Best I can tell, all three counties existed at the time Richmond was incorporated in 1782. It seems that the center of Richmond and the state capitol is in Henrico county but is also right near the intersection of the three counties. So the rootsweb information seems to be correct. It was in all three counties. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linne Gravestock" <linne@gravestock.name> To: <SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:30 AM Subject: [SCKY] Richmond, VA census (Bowles family) Can anyone tell me what county Richmond, VA was in in 1782? When I went to the site that RootsWeb provides for us when we type in a city and state: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi it gave me Chesterfield, Goochland and Henrico Counties. I'm still trying to track down where Benjamin Bowles came from before he arrived in KY, just before 1800. Many thanks, Linne Bowles Gravestock -- Always looking for Boles/Bowles, Jeffries, Adair and Trott ==== SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY Mailing List ====

Linn, VA has a system of independent cities. The incorporated cities are not in a county. I don't know if it is true of all the cities in VA, but it is with most of them. Richmond is an independent city, not in any county. When the city grows and incorporates its suburbs into the city by annexation, the land is transferred from the county to the city. Colonial Heights and Petersburg south of Richmond are also independent cities. I think the system existed in 1782 since it is in the VA constitution. Years ago, as a college student I worked in Chesterifeld Co. in the summer and observed that Righmond is an independent city. This is not true of towns. BTW, it does not work the opposite way, land from a city never goes back to a county by annexation... Hope this helps, Woody Hammond >From: Linne Gravestock <linne@gravestock.name> >To: SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [SCKY] Richmond, VA census (Bowles family) >Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:30:13 -0800 > > Can anyone tell me what county Richmond, VA was in in 1782? When I went to >the site that RootsWeb provides for us when we type in a city and state: > >http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi > >it gave me Chesterfield, Goochland and Henrico Counties. > > I'm still trying to track down where Benjamin Bowles came from before he >arrived in KY, just before 1800. > Many thanks, > Linne Bowles Gravestock >-- > >Always looking for Boles/Bowles, Jeffries, Adair and Trott > > >==== SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY Mailing List ==== > >