In a message dated 1/9/02 8:34:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Does anyone have information on Jacob Duncan > living in the old Buckingham County Courthouse with > his family of eight and eleven slaves prior to the > burning of the Courthouse? I would like to learn why > he was living there and exactly when and how long > he made this his residence. Were there apartments > in the old building? > > I don't think he would have been living in the courthouse building. The village where the courthouse is located is called "Buckingham Courthouse". That is what it is called even today. In 1818 a town by the name of Maysville was established. Before it was called Maysville, the area was called Greensville. Three years later there was a decision to build a courthouse. The building was completed in 1833. In 1869 it burned. It was rebuilt similar in size and style to the old one. At some point the name of the village was changed from Maysville. If you have a record saying Jacob DUNCAN lived in Buckingham Courthouse, I think it means the village and not the building. Ruby Talley Smith