By: Lela C. Adams, Pub. 1973, Reprinted 2021, 34 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-361-5. In 1776, Patrick County was cut off of Pittsylvania County and was named for Patrick Henry. When first formed, Henry County embraced the whole of what is now Patrick County and the greater portion of present Franklin County, VA. Some of the least know records for the state of Virginia are the Land Tax Lists. Within these land tax lists, you will...