Citizens of the Western Part of Fincastle County: Petition
Legislative Petitions of the General Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession No. 36121, Box 77, Folder 1
Abstract: Ask for either a division of the county or a separate district.
Date Issued: 1776.06.10
Spatial: Fincastle County
Bibliographic Citation: [title], [locality], [date], Legislative Petitions Digital Collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.
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This source described what Fincastle County encompassed in the 1776 time frame:
Fincastle County Road Orders 1773-1776 covers early transportation records for this now-extinct Virginia county, which contained nearly all of present-day southwestern Virginia. At its creation from Botetourt County in 1772, Fincastle County included within its territory a portion of modern Craig County and the counties of Giles, Montgomery, Floyd, Pulaski, Carroll, Wythe, Bland, Tazewell, Smyth, Grayson, Buchanan, Russell, Washington, Dickenson, Wise, Scott, and Lee. In addition, the territory of the present-day state of Kentucky and the southern portion of what is now West Virginia were within the boundaries of Fincastle County. In 1777, the entire territory of Fincastle County was divided into the counties of Montgomery, Washington, and Kentucky, and Fincastle County ceased to exist.
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