I know we have a county in WV that is Hampshire....whick, like all of the state, was at one time part of Augusta. Diana Kinzer Heath ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ USGenWeb County Coordinator for: Roanoke Co., Roanoke City & Salem City, VA at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~varoanok/index.html Wood Co., WV at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/indexa.htm Mason Co., WV at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmason/ Rootsweb Mail List Owner/Admin for: VAROANOK-L@Rootsweb.com WVWOOD-L@Rootsweb.com KINZER-L@Rootsweb.com GRALEY-L@Rootsweb.com MILLER-L@Rootsweb.com GenConnect Surname Boards Admin. for: KINZER, CORNS & MILLER. MY HOME PAGE: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/e/a/Diana-K-Heath/ ***Proud Rootsweb Sponsor*** -----Original Message----- From: BaggyGenes <bagygenz@napanet.net> To: VAAUGUST-L@rootsweb.com <VAAUGUST-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 11:02 PM Subject: [VAAUGUST-L] Hampshire County/Augusta County????? >Was Augusta at any time called Hampshire County? Here's my problem. >The will of William Kimsey (who, along with wife Elizabeth and brother >Benjamin appear in Chalkley Abstracts) was made in 1778 in "Hampshire >County\, in the colony of Virginia". > >It was also filed there. Problem is, I can't find any Hampshire >County. I suspect it may be an old county that was renamed, but I can >find no trace of it. Can anyone help?? > >Regards -- Judy Kimsey > > >==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== >**************************************************************** > Visit the Augusta County VAGenWeb Site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/ >**************************************************************** >