Lynne, Kanawha is the largest county in West Virgionia and was carved out of Greenbrier and Montgomery Counties, VA, in 1787. Lillian Dodd On Sun, 6 May 2001 18:08:17 -0400 "plynne" <plynne@visi.net> writes: > I need a geography "expert." > > I found a reference to my (I think) Thomas Henning in Augusta Co. > records. > > "1798 -- insolvents and delinquents [tax] list: > Thos. Henning removed to Kenowha." > > My question: would "removed to Kenowha" be a reasonable notation if > he'd > actually moved to Greenbrier Co.? Does anyone know if Kenowha was a > general > area or just the specific county? > > Of course, he could have gone west to Greenbrier and the grapevine > rumor > could have said Kenowha, which was beyond Greenbrier. > > Lynne Hundley > PS -- Now, why didn't they teach this kind of geography in > school???? That > would have been useful (grin). >