I was the one who worked on that database. "The Handybook for Genealogists" was the primary source for the county information along with Kane's "American Counties" and numerous state and county websites. Animap was consulted if there were still questions about counties.
If the Handybook indicated that a county was previously in another state or indicated which county the new one was created from, that's indicated at the bottom of the county information in the USA County Verifier. I skimmed through the KY counties listed in the USA County Verifier and see three counties with a start year prior to 1792 (Fayette, Jefferson, Lincoln) and it's indicated that the parent county for all three was Kentucky County in Virginia, which was created in 1777 and ended in 1780. >From the link that Randy sent, in 1780 these counties were created by Virginia and in 1782 they were included in the Kentucky District in VA "a special judicial district, which was created to serve Virginians living west of the Allegheny Mountains." The state of KY was formed in 1792, I'll research this further. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:09 AM, Brian/Support <br...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote: > The county verifier seems to use the dates given by Animap for counties > in Kentucky. Animap shows several counties for Kentucky in existence > before statehood in 1792. It starts with the creation of Kentucky County > VA in 1780 and records the division of that county into several others > in the years between 1780 and 1792. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > Thanks. > > On 12/05/2011 11:58 PM, Roxanne wrote: >> I've been away from the list, and my genealogy files, for awhile. In the >> midst of research tonight, I entered some information regarding an >> ancestor's marriage place. To make a long story short, the county >> verifier did not seem to "be aware" of the fact that Kentucky did not >> achieve statehood until 1792, but lists counties formed prior to that, >> when Kentucky was part of Virginia. Is this a known problem? Something I >> just need to work around? >> >> Roxanne Wolfe Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
