So often as researchers Starting with them selves, Working Back in to
Their Ancestry,. They get Back to Ill,IND, OHIO & Ky YOU hit that Brick
wall because the Geographyical are that you trace your pe ople to Was in the
Jurisdiction of Virginia When Your Ancestors Located there. The records of the
arival of your Ancestor is in the Records of the Va County that Had
Jurisdiction at the time of the arival of your Ancestor. IT may seem odd but is is a
FACT
CUZ A T
Prior to 1863, West Virginia was part of Virginia. Most relevant Virginia
records are arranged by county. The jurisdictional landscape of the western
counties of Virginia, by the Revolutionary War era, limits the number of
counties it is necessary to search for evidence of residence. Because counties were
created from older, larger counties, Augusta County as well as other Virginia
counties originally had jurisdiction over what is now West Virginia. The
County of Kentucky was formed during the war, only to be broken into smaller
units three years later, and finally achieved statehood in 1792. Illinois
included all the land within Augusta County's jurisdiction north of the Ohio River.
This was ceded to the Federal government in 1784. The order of formation was
as follows:1743 Frederick County, VA from Orange County
1745 Augusta County, VA from Orange County
1754 Hampshire County from Augusta and Frederick Counties
1770 Botetourt County, VA from Augusta County
1772 Berkeley County from Frederick County
1772 Fincastle County, VA from Botetourt County
1772 Monongalia County from Augusta County
1772 Ohio County from Augusta County
1772 Yohogania County from Augusta County
1777 Kentucky County from Fincastle County
1777 Montgomery County, VA from Fincastle County
1778 Greenbrier County from Botetourt and Montgomery Counties
1778 Illinois County from Augusta County
1780 Fayette County from Kentucky County
1780 Jefferson County from Kentucky County
1780 Lincoln County from Kentucky County