This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rlwynne_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.winn/1661.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: With respect to the records of Virginia that remained after the Revolutionary War to the American Civil War; it is also noteworthy that prior to the hostilities of the Civil War all Virginia counties were instructed to move thier county records to the Confederate Capitol of Richmond. The thinking was that the Union forces would or could not ever reach Richmond under any forseeable contigincy and that county records would be secure in Richmond. Richmond all but burned to the ground and most county records were lost. In the case of York Co. one Bolivar Sheild was responsible for the re location of the York Co. record to Richmond. Sheild realized that there was not enough time to relocate the entire Yord Co. record dating to the early 1630's to Richmond in advance of the Union attack on the Peninsula. With some foresight he buried the entire record in a ice house under various levels of materials and it is through his foresight that many original colonial York Co., Virginia records survive. I'm not sure why this subject heading is still used - the subject material has drifted far from the subject heading and it continues the error that George Winn (should be Wynne or Winne) was alive in 1634 and that he was active as a draper when he died in 1610. The only reason to include a date of 1634 is that his son Edmund is recorded with George in the London Visitations of 1634 but he is certainly deceased by that time proven by his will. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.