Hi Listers,

We get many emails pertaining to many different subjects. The assumption is that, because of our tax list website, we are experts in many fields of Virginian history. We are the very first to admit we are not. Below is a question about maps. We hope someone on this list can answer it. We also have an interest in this same subject for the time of the 1790 and 1800 censuses: What did Virginian counties look like for these two census years?

Please forgive the cross posting to 3 lists but we believe if an answer can be found it can be given from someone on one of these three lists !!

Steve and Bunny
"1790" / "1800" County Tax Lists of Virginia
Alternative 1790 and 1800 Virginia Censuses
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In a message dated 5/20/02 2:37:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

Hello,
 
Can you tell me where I can find online maps showing the pre-Civil War counties of Virginia? 
I imagine that when West Virginia broke away, some of the existing counties were altered in the process. 
For example I had ancestors who were living in Mercer and Summer Counties, West Virginia in 1870-1880. Were these Virginia counties of the same name in 1850? Are the present-day boundaries those of 1850?
Thank you very much for any help that you might be able to give me on this.
 
Yours gratefully,
 
Trace Dunn
 
Clussais la Pommeraie, France

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