Official Web Site

This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to this County of Virginia. Please feel free to add profiles of anyone who was born, lived or died in this county.

County formation

• Augusta County formed from Orange County in 1738
• Botetourt County was formed from Augusta in 1769;
• Fincastle County created in 1772 from Botetourt abolished in 1776 later divided into Montgomery, Washington and Kentucky Counties. Kentucky became a state in 1792.
• Greenbrier County was formed from Montgomery and Botetourt Counties. Montgomery was formed from Fincastle in 1777.
• Rockbridge and Rockingham Counties were formed from Augusta in 1778.

  ---

Maps of counties in Virginia

Associated Projects

Cemeteries of Augusta County

Cemeteries of Virginia

References

1. Augusta County Genealogical Society < link >

   ---