An American Family History

Early Virginia and North Carolina Families

Fincastle County, Virginia was created in 1772 from Botetourt County and abolished in 1776. It was divided into Montgomery, Washington and Kentucky Counties.

Military Unit	place	date
Regulators	North Carolina	1771
Lewis' Company		1757
Militia	Fincastle County	1774
Looney's Company	Fincastle County	1774


Tithe List	Orange County	1734
Fincastle Safety Committee	Fincastle County	1775
Tax List	Dunmore County	1775
Tax List	Washington County, Virginia	1782
Capt. Carrigers list	Washington County, Virginia	1794

Church	Date	Place
Call to Reverend Cummings	1773	Fincastle County

North Carolina was one of the thirteen original Colonies. It was first settled by small farmers and grew quickly in the mid 18th century.

Name		from
Baker	Luray, Page County, Virginia	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania	German Lutheran
Baker	Washington County
Belcher	Henrico (now Chesterfield) County
Berry	Washington County
Berryman	Westmoreland County
Blankenship	Henrico County
Bledsoe	Virginia
Booher	Washington County
Carmack	Washington County
Carriger	Washington County
Catlett
Cave
Clay Charles 1638 Charles 1675 Henry 1672 Henry 1711 Mitchell 1736 Mitchell 1770 William 1709 William 1733	Chesterfield County (was Henrico), Virginia
Eaves	Rutherford County, North Carolina
Feathers
Fleenor	Washington County
Green
Head	Washington County
Hensley
Jones
Kessler	Rockingham County, Virginia	North Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania	German Lutheran
Kibler	Luray, Page County, Virginia		German Lutheran
Lewis
Livingston	Washington County
Moore
Pitts	Washington County
Ringley	Washington County
Slaughter Francis (1653) Robert (1675) Jacob (1757) William (1756)
Taliaferro Francis 1654 John 1654 Robert 1626 Robert 1652 Robert 1687
Terrell
Wood	Frederick County

In 1831 Page County, Virginia was created from Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties. Originally it was part of Frederick County.

Henrico County was established in 1634 as one Virginia's eight original shires. Its boundaries incorporated an area from which ten Virginia counties were later formed.

Chesterfield County, Virginia was organized in 1749 when the territory south of the James River was separated from Henrico County.

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