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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