At the November session, 1753, the Assembly passed an act forming Bedford from Lunenburg County, to take effect May 10, 1754. At the October session, 1754, they passed an act to take effect from January 1, 1755, adding all that part of Albemarle on the south side of James River lying above a line drawn from the mouth of Stonewall Creek to the head of Falling River to the new county of Bedford. The previous line between the counties was (approximately the watershed line between the waters of the James and Staunton rivers) " inconvenient," and this act made James River the line. This is from "Cabell's and Kin." Probably the best of the old publications from a century ago. The entire book is here-- http://books.google.com/books?id=BAo7AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Cabells+and+Kin I believe we discussed earlier, much about the fluid changes in the evolving county lines. Note the above. Much of the northern half of what was to become Bedford/Campbell was originally part of old Goochland/Albemarle/Amherst. The boundary was not the James, but much further south. This book contains many references to folks in Bedford/Campbell. Dr. William Cabell and Parson Rose and others owned grants of many thousands of acres on both sides of the James River. They sold much of this land very early (1740's-50's) to hundreds of early settlers. Charles Lynch had an earlier ferry on the Rivanna before he came down to the James and Lynchburg. The counties changed even further with the addition of Nelson, Buckingham, Amelie, and Appomattox. So, if you are looking for old patents or court records, don't just confine your search to Bedford or Campbell. Has anyone ever seen the surveys of William Cabell? The author refers to such a list. I would love to see it, if it still exists. Edwin