Hi Libby.. In my family book, "Rust of Virginia" by Ellsworth Marshall Rust, there is mention of one family who lived in 4 or 5 counties. They NEVER moved at all. The jockeying of the county lines, caused them to live in several over the years. Shirley S > Libby Baker Wrote: > > I'm going back and refining some of my earlier research concerning the > children of John James and Dinah Allen and just where they were born. > The > parents > were born in Stafford County, no question. Many researchers say > Fauquier > County was the birthplace of their children from about 1742 to 1756. > However, > Fauquier wasn't formed till 1759, and then it was from Prince William > County, > not Stafford. > > Would anyone know when John and Dinah moved out of Stafford county? > They > lived at Elk Run, clearly in Fauquier, so why are the children said to be > born > in Stafford instead of Prince William Co.? > > Hope someone can straighten me out here. > > Libby Baker