Botetourt County, Virginia

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Botetourt County

History

Named after Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron de Botetourt and formed from Augusta County on November 7, 1769.

Portions of the county were subsequently broken out into Fincastle County, Greenbrier County, Rockbridge County, and Bath County.

Sources

See also:

• Botetourt County on Family Search
• The Virginia Genealogist. Washington, DC: J. F. Dorman, 1957 - 2006. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Record: 1966; Volume Name: 10; Page: 51–56. Quote: Botetourt County, Virginia, Tithables; 1770–1771; Contributed by Miss Pollyanna Creekmore, Knoxville, Tennessee;

  The tithable lists returned during the first two years after the creation of Botetourt County are among the most important records extant for southwestern Virginia and West Virginia.

  These lists were copied from the originals at the Court House at Fincastle. The originals were subsequently transferred to the Virginia State Library, but two of the lists for 1771 are not now among their holdings and apparently still remain at Fincastle.

  The location of the various districts is shown in the Botetourt County minutes:

  At a Court held for Botetourt County on the 10^th of May, 1770.

  Ordered that ...

  Part 1 beginning with Robert Doack

  Part 2 beginning with James Robertson

• The Virginia Genealogist. Washington, DC: J. F. Dorman, 1957 - 2006. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Record: Oct-Dec 1965; Volume Name: 9; Number: 4; Page: 154–58: Quote: (Continued from V. 9, p. 110) District of John Holloway, Commissioner: In the following entries, the first number after each name is that of the white males over age twenty-one, the second number the number of horses owned, and the third and fourth, if given, the number of tithable slaves under age sixteen and the number aged over sixteen. Page: 155. Quote: Botetourt County 1800 Tax List: ...

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  Part 3 Continued from Volume 9, Page 158.