Where more than one county contributed to the formation of a descendant county, the parent is not necessarily shown as the one which contributed the most territory, but usually/always the one with the "nearest" link to Botetourt County.
SOURCE: Atlas of County Boundary Changes in Virginia 1634-1895, Michael F. Doran, 1987, Iberian Publishing Co, 548 Cedar Creek Dr., Athens, GA 30605
Botetourt Co (1770)
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|--Fincastle Co (1772)
| | extinguished as a county in 1777
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| |--Kentucky Co (1777) - now the State of Kentucky
| | | extinguished as a county in 1780,
| | | territory ceded by VA to Federal Govt. in 1789
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| | |--Fayette Co (1780) - before KY separated from VA
| | | | NOT the present WV county
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| | | |--Bourbon Co (1786) - before KY separated from VA
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| | | | |--Mason Co (1789) - before KY separated from VA
| | | | NOT the present WV county
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| | | |--Woodford Co (1789 - before KY separated from VA
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| | |--Jefferson Co (1780) - before KY separated from VA
| | | | NOT the present WV county
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| | | |--Nelson Co (1785) - before KY separated from VA
| | | NOT the present VA county
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| | |--Lincoln Co (1780) - before KY separated from VA
| | | | NOT the present WV county
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| | | |--Madison Co (1786) - before KY separated from VA
| | | | NOT the present VA county
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| | | |--Mercer Co (1786) - before KY separated from VA
| | | NOT the present WV county
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| |--Montgomery Co (1777)
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| | |--Wythe Co (1790)
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| | | |--Grayson Co (1793)
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| | | | |--Carroll Co (1842)
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| | | |--Tazewell Co (1800)
| | | | in part, with Russell County
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| | | |--McDowell Co (1858)
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| | |--Giles Co (1806)
| | | | in part, with Monroe and Tazewell Counties
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| | | |--Mercer Co (1837) - now in WV
| | | | in part, with Tazewell County
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| | | |--Bland Co (1861)
| | | in part, with Wythe and Tazewell Counties
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| | |--Floyd Co (1831)
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| | |--Pulaski Co (1839)
| | in part, with Wythe County
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| |--Washington Co (1777)
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| | |--Russell Co (1786)
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| | | |--Lee Co (1793
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| | | |--Wise Co (1856)
| | | | in part, wih Lee and Scott Counties
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| | | |--Buchanan Co (1858)
| | | | in part, with Tazewell County
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| | | |--Dickenson Co (1880)
| | | in part, with Wise and Buchanan Counties
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| | |--Scott Co (1814)
| | in part, with Lee and Russell Counties
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| |--Smyth Co (1832)
| in part, with Wythe Co
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|--Greenbrier Co (1778) - now in WV
| | in part, with Montgomery and Augusta Counties
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| |--Kanawha Co (1789) - now in WV
| | | in part, with Montgomery County
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| | |--Cabell Co (1809) - now in WV
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| | | |--Wayne Co (1842) - now in WV.
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| | |--Logan Co (1824) - now in WV
| | | | in part, with Giles, Cabell and Tazewell Counties
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| | | |--Wyoming Co (1850) - now in WV
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| | | |--Mingo Co (1895) - then in WV
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| | |--Jackson Co (1831) - now in WV
| | | | in part, with Mason and Wood Counties
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| | | |--Wirt Co (1848) - now in WV
| | | in part, with Wood County
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| | |--Braxton Co (1836) - now in WV
| | | in part, with Lewis and Nicholas Counties
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| | |--Gilmer Co (1845) - now in WV
| | | in part, with Lewis County
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| | |--Boone Co (1847) - now in WV
| | | in part, with Cabell and Logan Counties
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| | |--Putnam Co (1848) - now in WV
| | | in part, with Cabell and Mason Counties
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| | |--Roane Co (1856) - now in WV
| | | in part, with Jackson and Gilmer Counties
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| | |--Lincoln Co (1867) - then in WV
| | in part, with Boone, Cabell, and Putnam Counties
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| |--Monroe Co (1799) - now in WV
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| |--Mason Co (1804) - now in WV
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| |--Nicholas Co (1818) - now in WV
| | | in part, with Kanawha and Randolph Counties
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| | |--Clay Co (1858) - now in WV
| | | in part, with Braxton County
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| | |--Webster Co (1860) - now in WV
| | in part, with Braxton and Randolph Counties
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| |--Fayette Co (1831)) - now in WV
| | | in part, with Logan, Nicholas, and Kanawha Counties
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| | |--Raleigh Co (1850) - now in WV
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| |--Summers Co (1871) - then in WV
| in part, with Mercer, Monroe, Fayette, and Counties
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|--Bath Co (1791)
| | in part, with Augusta and Greenbrier Counties
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| |--Pocahontas Co (1821) - now in WV
| in part, with Pendleton and Randolph Counties
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|--Alleghany Co (1822)
| in part, with Bath and Monroe Counties
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|--Roanoke Co (1838)
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|--Craig Co (1851)
in part, with Roanoke, Giles and Monroe Counties
Updated April 7, 1999