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in 1708 in Gloucester County, England. He died in Virginia in 1770. By 1764 Norborne was given the title of Baron de Botetourt. He became a very popular governor of Virginia. Upon his death he was buried beneath the floor of the chapel at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and a statue was erected in his memory. The town of Fincastle was established in 1770 for the purpose of locating a courthouse for Botetourt County. This was the county seat for recording deeds, marriages and other legal and judicial proceedings. The earliest records at Fincastle contain no birth records.

Charles River 1634-1643

York 1643

New Kent 1654

Essex 1692

King & Queen 1691

King William 1702

Spotsylvania 1721

Orange 1734

Augusta 1738

Botetourt 1770

Fincastle 1772-1777

Greenbrier 1777

Kentucky 1776-1777

Montgomery 1776-1777

Washington 1776-1777

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