Civil War era map showing Pigeon Top Mountain in Albemarle County, Virginia, from the Library of Congress collection. Revolutionary War soldier William VIA and his wife, Mary (Craig) VIA are buried here at their homestead in graves marked only with fieldstones. They are my ancestors.
The image, Pigeon Top Mountain, was originally uploaded by barneykin. It is posted here from Neddy's 
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“It is a Revered thing to see an ancient castle not in decay,
But how much more it is to behold an ancient family
Which has stood against the waves and weathers of time”- Francis Bacon
If your genealogical research leads you back to one of the original counties of Virginia - Henrico - you may just be wondering how it is pronounced by the natives of today. One lifelong resident writes that “Henrico County” is pronounced as “hen-rye’-co”, with a slight accent on the second syllable. So there you have it.
Henrico County, established in 1634 as an original shire of Virginia, was named for Henricus (also known as Henricopolis and Henrico Town) which had been founded in 1611, by Sir Thomas Dale. Henricus and Henrico County were named for Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of King James I of England. Its original boundaries include what are now ten Virginia counties as well as the independent cities of Richmond, Charlottesville and Colonial Heights. The original county seat was Varina, at the Varina Farms plantation estate where John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas had lived.
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