County Formation and Boundary History Bedford County was formed in 1754 from the northwest part of Lunenburg and a small part of Albemarle. In 1755 the Act creating Bedford County specifies that "Lunenburg be divided, from the mouth of Falling River up the said river to the fork, thence up the fork running by John Beard's to the head...and all that part of said Lunenburg shall be called by the name of Bedford..." [The Old Free State pg 142]. The border between Lunenburg and Albemarle was the divide between the James and Roanoke River watersheds. After Bedford was formed, this border was found to be impractical, and a line was drawn in 1756 from Flood's Mountain (one of the "Appomattox River Mountains") to the mouth of Stonewall Creek on the James River and all former Albemarle land southwest of that line and south of the James was added to Bedford. New London, previously the county seat of Lunenburg, was Bedford's first county seat. Later, Amherst was formed from the northern section of Bedford, lying between Bedford on the south, and Albemarle on the north. Then, in 1781, Campbell Co. was formed from the remaining eastern part of Bedford, including the town of New London, and the county seat was moved to Liberty, later named Bedford City. In 1786, a southwestern part of Bedford County, and northern part of Henry County, were divided to form Franklin County. Some Bedford related records before its 1754 formation may be found in earlier Brunswick, Lunenburg, Albemarle and later in Amherst, Campbell and Franklin Counties, after the dates each of those were created from Bedford This is the general drift. It was a little more complicated than the above. Much of modern Appomattox county was included in Bedford, especially the area due east of Lynchburg, near Wreck Island Creek, David Creek, etc. Earlier, some of this area was part of old Goochland/Albemarle. Don't assume anything. The line changes defy description here. Edwin