E.W. Wallace, I will consult CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS. Will also examine the possible John VEST connection. Thank you for taking the time to respond. Carole Jackson Dilley -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 7:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] VEST FAMILY of Hanover County/Louisa Co. Concerning the Vest family in Louisa Co., VA. Louisa Co. VA was formed 1742 from the western part of Hanover Co. Hanover Co. is a burned county, and therefore few official records prior to the Civil War survive. Church records MAY be of assistance. Also the land patents as abstracted in the seven volumes of CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS are good people-finders. You may find these volumes in larger genealogical libraries, and I understand they are on the VA St ate Library website. This is an abstact of Louisa Co. DB. F (1784-1790) p. 285-286 10 Dec 1787 Richard Paulett & Caty his wife of Louisa Co. 162 pds. paid by JOHN VEST: 352 a. on Goldmine Cr... Henry Pauletts line... on sd. Road east side of the Office Road... to Goldmine Cr., up sd. cr. to Lipscombs line. Wit: none Richard Paulett Caty Paulett (Rosalie Edith Davis, Louisa County, Virginia Deed Books E & F, 1774-1790 [Manchester, MO: Published by author, 1983], p. 76) This is the only document which is indexed for Vest in this publication. A possible predecessor: Fredericksville Parish [Louisa Co.] This is a tithable list taken in 1781 by Robt. Anderson; Ret. 13 Aug 1781 Vest, Silas 1 [tithable] (Davis, LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA TITHABLES AND CENSUS 1743-1785 [Manchester, MO: Published by author, 1988], p. 86) This is the only Vest listed in the index of this publication. (I understand that men were tithable when they were age 16. If aged, sometimes they were exempted from paying tithes.) Hope this helps. E.W.Wallace