Carved out of Brunswick and Prince George counties in 1734 was Amelia County. Lunenburg County was organized 14 yrs. later from a region west of Amelia and Brunswick counties. Augusta county was created in 1738 and extended from the Blue Ridge to the Mississippi River and from the present day states of Wisconsin and Michigan to the borders of North Carolina. The general assembly claimed that the banks of the Mississippi were a part of Va.and formed the western boundary of Agusta county in 1752. Botetourt County was formed from Agusta in 1770. Fincastle County was cut out of Botetourt in 1772. The huge county of Fincastle covered a large portion of S.W. Va. and all of Kentucky, Four years later Fincastle was divided into 3 parts that formed Montgomery, Washington, and Ky. counties. Out of the 1st 2 formed before 1800 , the counties of Wythe, Grayson, Russell, and Tazewell. In 1792 formed from the 3rd came the state of Ky. In 1748 the Ohio Company granted 200,000 acres west of the Alleghenies on condition it would make settlements south of the Ohio River. This company was made up largely of Va. and Maryland planters. Christopher Gist surveyed the Ohio Valley and reported the land full of buffalo, fertile land, full streams, and grassy plains. A trading post was established at Wills Creek, later known as Cumberland, Maryland. Try to do more another time, hope it was helpful. The book goes into the french and Indian war and gets lengthy. I have to work on reading and shorting up the info and rewrite in my own words so as not to cause a copywrite problem. I may result to sending notes next.