Hi Glenna: Go here-- http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/va_maps/va_cf.htm This website is loaded with genealogical goodies. If you scroll down and click on a certain year, you can see how the Virginia counties evolved. Keep clicking each successive year, and they will change for you. But like I said. The lines sometimes overlapped and are a bit fuzzy, especially if your kin lived near a boundary that shifted back and forth. Watch old Brunswick, from 1720? and how it was divided many times. Lunenburg, Halifax, Bedford, Campbell, Pittslyvania, etc. Old Brunswick and Lunenburg eventually got smaller and shifted to the east, after the new counties were formed. Edwin UsTwo <race2folks@embarqmail.com> wrote: Edwin, This information was terrific! I have a question. You always listed Bedford as Bedford/Campbell. Does your book have anything on when, and from which county/counties that Campbell was made from? I have an ancestor who lived in Campbell, but was buying land in Bedford in 1803. I can't find him in the census prior to 1810 Bedford. Prior to 1810, I found him in a Tithe list in 1785 Pittsylvania County with "8 white souls". I appreciate your effort in putting that list out to everybody, and whatever you find on this question. Glenna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edwin "Tex" Irvin" To: Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 9:09 AM Subject: [VABEDFOR] old County lines I'm sure this is old news to most of you, but I will post it anyway. 4-5 Formation of Counties of VA from Charles City County, est. 1634 to Franklin County, est. 1785