Maryann, Harrison Co., Ohio, according to the Ancestry Redbook was never part of Virginia. It was formed in 1813 from Jefferson and Tuscarawas Counties Ohio. Jefferson County was formed in 1797 from Washington County. Washington County was formed in 1788 from unorganized land. Tuscarawas County was formed in 1808 from Muskingum County which was formed in 1804 from Washington and Fairfield Counties. Fairfield County was formed in 1800 from Washington and Ross Counties. Ross County was formed in 1798 from Adams, Hamilton and Washington Counties. Adams County was formed in 1797 from Hamilton and Washington Counties. Hamilton County was formed in 1790. Therefore, if the census lists your ancestor as being born in Virginia, then he was not born in Harrison County Ohio. I found the following information also in the Ancestry Redbook on Ohio. This might be of interest to you in your search. Rene' Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, the French explorer, traveled through Ohio land in 1667 and is thought to have been the first white person to see the Ohio River. Eighty years later, in 1747, the Ohio Company of Virginia was organized to colonize the Ohio River Valley, leading to the creation of the Ohio Land Company two years later. Great Britain gained control of the region following the French and Indian War in 1763 but lost it again in 1779. The establishment of the Northwest Territory in 1787 marked the beginning of a steady stream of migration. Scots-Irish from Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania settled mainly in Marietta in Washington County. New Englanders and Revolutionary War Soldiers, most of them from Massachusetts and Connecticut arrived in that same area followed by Essex County, New Jersey, people, who settled in Cincinnati in an area called the Symmes Purchase. French immigrants settled in Gallipolis, Gallia County from 1790 though 1791. Additional Connecticut migrations occurred in 1796-97, settling in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Others from Connecticut and Vermont settled in what became Geauga County three years later. Clermont County was the new home of those from Maine in 1796, the same year that emigrants from Scotland arrived in Montgomery County. In 1796 the Refugee Tract was established in Columbus for Canadians who sympathized with the American Revolution. Three years later Ohio Territory was created, followed in 1800 by the first Ohio Territorial census, and the opening of the first land offices at Marietta, Steubenville, Chillicothe and Cincinnati. The territory became a state in 1803. The influx of new settlers continued, with Germans and Welsh from Pennsylvania, plus additional migrations from Ky and Va. Statehood was rapidly achieved in 1803. Three years later the United Society of Believers of Christ's Second Appearing (Shakers) migrated to Warren County. Germans settled in Brown and Tuscarawas counties from 1814 - 1824. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was an opportunity for those in the northeastern United States to migrate to Ohio. The Mormons arrived in Ohio in 1831. English and Irish emigrated to Ohio for railroad construction employment in the 1840's. By 1860, Ohio's extensive railroad construction provided more miles of track than any other state. Also, according to Ann Fenley in The Ohio Open Records Law and Genealogy (Dayton, Ohio: Ohio Connection, 1989) the two types of death records known to be in existence before 1867 are records of cholera deaths, registered during some epidemics and veterans deaths. Hope this information will be helpful for you in your search. Good Luck. Pat in Va.