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County Information Botetourt County was established in 1770 from Augusta County. The county is named for Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, more commonly know as Lord Botetourt, (1718-1770), who was a popular governor of the Virginia Colony from 1768 to 1770, when he died suddenly while in office. In the 1770s and 1780s, when Virginia claimed most of the Northwest Territory which would later form all or part of six states, the land was divided between Botetourt and Augusta Counties. Botetourt County is a part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the southern parts of the county have become increasingly suburban in recent decades. Much of the area's former farmland and orchards have been developed into residential subdivisions and businesses.   CITIES Blue Ridge - Buchanan - Cloverdale - Daleville - Eagle Rock - Fincastle - Hollins - Oriskany - Springwood - Troutville Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Land Records Family Bibles County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Data Obituaries School Records Wills/Probate Records Website updates: Feb 2013 Douglass Family Marriages Jan 2013 Tucker/Nugen Marriage Nov 2012 Started New Section - County Records Order Book Entries George Alburtus Anderson Biography? John Boyle Biography George Whitfield Crabb Biography Oct 2012 Caldwell/Robertson Marriage Crush/Waggoner Marriage Holcombe/Watts Marriage Landon/Woltx Marriage Miner/Stoner Marriage Moore/Alexander Marriage Rowsey/Liucas Marriage Thompson/Woltz Marriage Watts/Allen Marriage 1786 Tax List - Captain James Arnett's Militia 1786 Tax List - Captain Henry Walker's Militia World War II Honor List Sep 2012 1890 Veteran's Census - Amsterdam Mrs. Matilda Switzer Obituary May 2012 Will of William Taurman John Loup Obituary Apr 2012 1784 Personal Property Tax List ounties and Parishes of Botetourt, RockCounties ingham, Rockbridge, Greenbrier and Montgomery    Search our Sites Surrounding Counties Alleghany Co VA - Bedford Co VA Craig Co VA - Roanoke Co VA - Rockbridge Co VA

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