COUNTY NAME DATE FORMED Charles City--(one of original shires)------->1634 Prince George----> from Charles City--------->1703 Brunswick ---------->from Charles City------->1732 Amelia--->from Prince George & Brunswick----->1735 Lunenburg---------->from Brunswick----------->1746 Halifax---------------->from Lunenburg------->1752 Dinwiddie----------->fromPrince George------->1752 Prince Edward---->from Amelia --------------->1754 Bedford--------------->from Lunenburg-------->1754 Charlotte------------->from Lunenburg------->1765 Mechlenburg------->from Lunenburg------------>1765 Nottoway------------>from Amelia------------->1789 Henrico --(one of the original shires)------->1634 Goochland---------->from Henrico------------->1744 Chesterfield---------> from Henrico---------->1749 Cumberland-------->from Goochland------------>1749 Chesterfield---------> from Henrico---------->1749 Powhatan----------> from Cumberland---------->1777 From the above table we see that a piece of land located in Mechlenburg county in 1770 would have been in Lunenburg county from 1746 to 1765, it would have been in Brunswick county from 1746 to 1732, and before that it would have in Charles City county which was formed in 1634.