Although few records of colonial Hanover Co. still exist, Louisa Co., VA was formed 1742 from Hanover Co. (Goochland Co. adjoined Hanover co. on the South.) At the same time the General Assembly passed an act to form Fredericksville Parish from St. Martin's Parish of Hanover Co. Both acts concerning the formation of these two entities were to be effective 1 December 1742. Later part of Louisa Co. became Albemarle Co. Fredericksville Parish boundaries changed several times in ensuing years. Therefore, in the records of Louisa Co. and of the records of Fredericksville Parish, one may find the names of persons formerly of Hanover Co. or persons who later appear in Albemarle Co. records. (Remember, our ancestors may not have moved but the boundaries changed. Other times, they indeed were on the move.) Mrs. Rosalie Edith Davis of Manchester, MO. has compiled two books [soft cover and relatively inexpensive] of Fredericksville Parish--Vol. I and Vol. 2 and several books of records of Louisa Co. She has also compiled one small book about the remaining colonial Hanover Co. records, but not including the land patents, which one can locate on the Library of Virginia website--under Land Records. One of her books--Vol II of Fredericksville Parish, has to do with processioning. Even if one has no relatives in any of the above-named counties, reading parts of these books helps one understand the importance of the vestry in determining the governance of the area. Mrs. Davis writes, partly, in her preface of Vol. 2 Processioning was a system of marking and renewing property boundary lines, ordered by the court every four years and conducted by the vestry, the governing body of the church. The vestry divided the county into precincts and appointed processioners, men who were freeholders, and, for convenience, whose land lay within the precinct. The processioners's duty was to meet with each land owner, or his representative, and go around the bounds of his land, noting any disputes over the lines between the land owners. The processioners made their return to the vestry in writing, which was certified to the county court. Precinct boundares are usually not given in the returns, but can be found in Volume I of the vestry book." I can furnish the webpage address of Mrs. Davis if you are interested in acquiring any of her well-designed books--indexed and generally with maps, some with creeks and rivers, most important in land records of colonial Virginia. And the indexes are very good. E.W.Wallace