LJ  
 
Yes Bourbon Co., Fayette Co., Jefferson Co., Kentucky Co., Lincoln Co.,  
Madison Co., Mason Co., Mercer Co.,  Nelson Co. and Woodford Co. now  Kentucky 
Counties were formerly part of Virginia.
 
Bernie
 
 
In a message dated 7/19/2011 12:24:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
[log in to unmask] writes:

Wasn't  Kentucky part of Virginia Territory before it became a state??    
I think we were told that at one of the distilleries in Kentucky.  

L. J. 


Quoting Janice <[log in to unmask]>:
>  Letcher Co. KY is right across the state line from SW Virginia. 
>  Kentucky became a commonwealth in 1792. Anyone can make a mistake when
>  writing down a geographic location, whether from a mental lapse or
>  misinformation. Unfortunately finding a primary source a couple of
>  hundred years old doesn't guarantee the legitimacy of information, as
>  much as we'd like to believe it does :)
>
>  Janice
>
>
>   Charlie Weaver  wrote:
>
> > Val:  Good many ADAMS, CAUDILL, etc, in Old  Rowan Co,
> > including parts that became Wilkes and Ashe Co.  Floyd
> > County is in sw VA. Don't know where Lechter Co is  but
> > it's not NC or VA. 
>
> >>
> >>  Adams, Caudill, Estep, or Taylor families of
> >>  Rowan/Wilkes/Floyd/Letcher County, N. C.?
> >>
>  >>
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