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Gen 201 County Boundary Line Changes
Buy the Books for the State You Are Researching - You Will Refer to These Often
Georgia |
Pat Bryant, Ingrid Shields, Georgia Counties, Their Changing Boundaries |
South Carolina |
Brent Howard Holcomb, A Guide to South Carolina Genealogical Research and Records. |
North Carolina |
David Leroy Corbitt, The Formation of the North Carolina Counties 1663-1943. |
Virginia |
Virginia State Library, Parish Lines Diocese of Southern Virginia. [Covers roughly the area around the James River, South to the NC Border, West to Pittsylvania County] |
Virginia State Library, Parish Lines Diocese of Virginia. [Covers roughly the area around the James River, North to the MD Border, West to West Virginia] |
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Virginia State Library, Parish Lines Diocese of Southwestern Virginia. [Covers roughly the area West to Pittsylvania County, Appomattox, Albemarle, Counties] |
Examples from Brunswick County, Virginia
Here is an abstract of a patent from Surry County
C&P Bk.Pg |
Date |
Vaughan |
County at Issue Present Day County |
Description |
Patent Bk.Pg |
3.216 |
1719.0711 |
James Vawhon, of Surry Co. |
Surry (Brunswick) |
250 Little Creek |
10.448 |
Here are abstracts of a later deed and a will for the same property:
County Book.Page |
Date |
Grantor |
Grantee |
Acres |
Location |
VA Surry DB 07.380 |
11 Oct 1721 |
James Vaune |
Robt Wynne |
50 |
South side of Three Creeks |
Being part of patent for 250 acres granted sd James Vaune in 1719. Witnesses: John Scott Jr, Wm Short Jr., as abstracted in William Lindsay Hopkins, Surry County, Virginia, Deeds 1684-1733] Note: This left 200 acres remaining in the tract. When Brunswick Co was formed, the Three Creeks land fell into the new county. James Voughn's son George Vaughan was left 200 acres where he now lives. Joshua Wynne named in the will of James Voughn d 1735 was the son of Robert Wynne who had been deeded the other 50 acres from this tract. |
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12 May 1735 James Voughn made his will naming his wife Anne (plantation) and son James Voughn (378 acres where he now lives), son Georg Voughn (200 acres where he now lives), Tabither Voughn, Winne Curcks, Mary Mackdanill, Joshua Winn. Executors: James Voughn, George Voughn. Witnessed: William Maclin, James Mize, William Walters. Recorded 3 Jul, 1735. Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Book 1, Page 216. Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr., Brunswick County Deed Books, Volume 1, 1732-1745, Page 21, #175. |
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Another Example: Here two Patents dealing with the same land:
The first grant is in one county, the second grant is in a second county, and the land is now in a third county.
C&P Bk.Pg |
Date |
Vaughan |
County at Issue Present Day County |
Description |
Patent Bk.Pg |
4.040 |
1734.0525 |
William |
Surry [Then Brunswick] (Greensville) |
400 acres ns Three Creeks of ss Nottoway River adj. Adam Tapley, Charles Kimball, William Moore, Thomas Wilson, James Wooly, William Macklin |
15.0233 |
6.008 |
1750.0601 |
William |
Brunswick (Greensville) |
602 acres ns Three Creeks adj. Adam Tapley, Charles Kimball, William Moore, Loftin, Wilson, James Wolley, John Macklin. 400 acres prev. gr. said Vaughan [15.0233] |
29.0136 |
This land is in present day Greensville Co., VA |
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Another example: Madison County, Georgia was formed from pieces of Elbert, Oglethorpe, Clarke, Jackson and Franklin Counties. Elbert and Oglethorpe were once part of Wilkes Co. If you do not study the county lines, you will likely miss a lot of valuable data.
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