On 5/28/02 (5:19:45 PM EDT), an eMail from Lester Hendrix ([log in to unmask]) was posted, as: "New York also had Tryon and Charlotte counties, from 1772 to 1784. The last counties formed by the colonial government, they were named for then-governor Tryon and Charlotte, queen consort to George. After the revolution they were renamed for patriot generals Mongtomery (Tryon) and Washington (Charlotte) and were chopped up into smaller counties. Tryon, seated at Johnstown, encompassed all of western New York excepting the Indian lands and Charlotte all of north eastern New York, some of which was transferred to Vermont. So the count is 68 for the time span given." Thank you. However, I don't think a change in names truly represents a new or different county. Hence, my count was (and remains) that New York State since November 1, 1683, has had 66 counties. (I show the name changes in the footnotes to the table I included in my previous eMail oif May 21 on this subject.) Walter Greenspan