You mentioned that James Alverson of the Alverson family of Mychunk-Beaver Dam creek area went early to Kentucky. I have what is called the 1795 Census of Kentucky by TLC Genealogy, Miami Beach. One James Alverson is listed as a taxable in 1795 in Madison Co., KY. Many Virginians from the Albemarle Co. and Orange Co. areas of Virginia (and of course from other parts) were in Eastern Kentucky at an early time. Many books of Madison Co. records have been published in the last few years. Perhaps you are familiar with them. Madison Co. encompassed what are about six KY counties at the present time. Also, LDS has the Madison Co. grantor and grantee deed indexes, all nicely typed, and you MAY want to check out those to see what Alversons and allied families are listed. Commissioners deeds also have to do with the division of property after the death of a land-holder. I have found few birth records for early Virginians. Occasionally a record will exist. Beverly Fleet (a man, now deceased) did some early baptismal records for Northern Neck Virginia, and in Goochland Co., there is what is called the Douglas Register kept by a Rev. Douglas. Also, there are few pre-Revolutionary marriage records. Where they exist, consider yourself extremely lucky. When I want to know what MAY exist in the way of records for a county, I access the LDS online catalog on their website: www.familysearch.org The link to the catalog is on the lower right. Just above it is a link to a list of over 3,000 family history centers around the world. If a record has been filmed, most of the time, for a small fee, you can borrow that film for a limited time from Salt Lake City. Many old books have been filmed by LDS. E.W.Wallace California Thanks for the info on Beaver Dam creek. I hope you saw some of the answers of our geographer friends.