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Fauquier County was split off from its parent county, Prince William, in 1759. It's boundaries have remained unchanged ever since.
Prince William lies to the east and Loudoun to the north. The top of the Blue Ridge Mountains forms the western boundary and the upper reaches of the Rappahannock River the southwestern one. Stafford is southeast across Deep Run, a tributary of the Rappahannock.
The first settlers in the frontier area that became Fauquier arrived in the second decade of the eighteenth century (i.e., 1720). At that time it was part of the Proprietorship of the Northern Neck, in Stafford and Richmond counties. The Richmond share along the Rappahannock became part of King George in 1721, and the whole became part of Prince William in 1732.
Settlement began from the south and east into the southern part of Fauquier county along the Rappahannock and its tributaries and a bit later along tributaries of the Occoquan. Almost all of the land had been granted by the Proprietors through their agents by 1750. Those patents included one for the Manor of Leeds giving Thomas Lord Fairfax, the last of the Proprietors, direct title to 120,000 acres, most of which lay in the foothills of the Blue Ridge in northwest Fauquier. Lord Fairfax began leases-for-lives in his Manor in 1753.
By the time of the Revolutionary War the population of the half of the county north of the Courthouse village (now Warrenton, Virginia) exceeded that below it, and the frontier had crossed the Blue Ridge into the Shenandoah Valley and beyond.
Many of the inhabitants of Fauquier after the Revolution had “itchy feet” or at least their younger children did. Before 1781 there had already been migration from Fauquier to the Valley and to the interior of the Carolinas. A “Carolina Road” ran across the middle of Fauquier.
After Yorktown both western and southern tides swelled. Many people left for South Carolina and Tennessee. Still more headed west for Kentucky spurred in part by land grants to soldiers of the French and Indian War and the Revolution. Huge tracts of Kentucky land were originally surveyed, subdivided, and sold by real estate agents based in Northern Virginia.
In spite of these moves the population of the county grew rapidly from its founding to the end of the century and beyond.
In 1760, based on the count of 1693 tithes, there were an estimated 3,500 residents.
By 1775 the total had more than doubled to 8,000-8,500. In the decade to 1785, due to the war and the consequent drying up of immigration from Europe, there was little net increase. Then a burst of growth in the last fifteen years of the century took the total to around 15,000 residents in 1800.
In spite of continuing massive outflow to the West and South, growth kept on, reaching a peak of over 30,000 in the 1830’s, a number not to be surpassed for more than a century.
So the 18th century Fauquier Families have their descendants spread across the continent.
Latitude: 38.713842, Longitude: -77.795561Matches 201 to 300 of 451
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 |  German, James | 1790 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65028 |
| 202 | Ball, George Lewis Capt | 17 Mar 1790 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18630 |
| 203 | Smoot, Elizabeth "Betsy" | 7 Jun 1791 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37907 |
| 204 | Cowgill, Tacy | 1792 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37892 |
| 205 | Withers, Oliver | 15 Apr 1792 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18510 |
| 206 | Chilton, John Ball | 1 Nov 1792 | Fauquier Co, VIrginia | I75959 |
| 207 | Barnett, Henry | Abt 1793 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48487 |
| 208 | Helm, Erasmus | 1793 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42431 |
| 209 | Withers, Samuel | Abt 1793 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18529 |
| 210 | Jones, Solomon | 8 Sep 1793 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I35014 |
| 211 | Bailey, Henry E. | 1794 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42384 |
| 212 | Ball, William | 1794 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42370 |
| 213 | Allison, (daughter) | Between 1795 and 1800 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65013 |
| 214 | Allison, John | Abt 1795 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65007 |
| 215 | Jones, Samuel | 29 Nov 1795 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I35015 |
| 216 | Ransdell, Thomas Jefferson | 25 Dec 1795 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I75944 |
| 217 | Ball, Nancy Alice | 1796 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42371 |
| 218 | Barnett, Ambrose N. | 1796 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48427 |
| 219 | Crim, Emily | Abt 1796 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48428 |
| 220 | Ellis, Nancy | Abt 1796 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37900 |
| 221 | Payne, Elizabeth | 1796 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I60995 |
| 222 | Allison, Elsey A. | 14 Feb 1796 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65009 |
| 223 | Digges, Ludwell | 14 Apr 1796 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65036 |
| 224 | Gordon, Sarah Lee | 14 Apr 1796 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65037 |
| 225 | Wood, Elizabeth | 15 Aug 1796 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18321 |
| 226 | Ball, Martha S. | 4 May 1797 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18632 |
| 227 | Payne, Jane | 1798 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I60996 |
| 228 | Jones, John R. | 13 Jul 1798 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I35016 |
| 229 | Kerfoot, John Bradford | 27 Jul 1798 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I46345 |
| 230 | Chilton, James S. | 20 Aug 1799 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I75965 |
| 231 | Ball, Judith M. | 6 Nov 1799 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18633 |
| 232 | Withers, Benjamin Lewis | 05 Dec 1799 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18676 |
| 233 | Kerfoot, George Louthan | 22 Apr 1800 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I46346 |
| 234 | Ball, James Rosser | 1 Sep 1800 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42369 |
| 235 | Glasscock, George | Between 1801 and 1810 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65062 |
| 236 | Glasscock, Margaret | Between 1801 and 1810 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65061 |
| 237 | Jones, Daniel | 15 Feb 1801 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I35017 |
| 238 | Ball, Mary H | 28 Mar 1801 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18603 |
| 239 | Glasscock, William Dunlin | 1802 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65066 |
| 240 | Allison, Elizabeth | 1803 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65018 |
| 241 | Ball, Joseph | 1804 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42372 |
| 242 | Corder, Simeon (Simyon) | 1804 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40321 |
| 243 | Glasscock, Nimrod Sr. | Between 1804 and 1806 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42924 |
| 244 | Poe, Lucinda | 17 Aug 1804 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65029 |
| 245 | Chilton, George | 15 Nov 1804 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I75951 |
| 246 | Lee, Frances | 1805 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65020 |
| 247 | Bonham, Evan | 17 Apr 1805 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I4512 |
| 248 | Ball, Joseph Brumfield | 23 Jul 1805 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18635 |
| 249 | Payne, James Wood | 1806 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6053 |
| 250 | Payne, William Wood | 1806 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6055 |
| 251 | Wood, Dickerson | 10 Mar 1806 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18536 |
| 252 | Payne, Joseph William | 01 Feb 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6057 |
| 253 | Bonham, Smith | 4 Apr 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I4514 |
| 254 | Wood, Harriet | 6 Jun 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6044 |
| 255 | Ransdell, Mariah (dau of who?) | 2 Oct 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I75952 |
| 256 | Herndon, Presley Fisher | 8 Oct 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I66101 |
| 257 | Ball, Jane | 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42385 |
| 258 | Hinson, (11 more children) | Between 1808 and 1831 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42676 |
| 259 | Hinson, George | 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42374 |
| 260 | Wood, Gabriel | 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5847 |
| 261 | Glasscock, Isabella "Peggy" | 28 Jan 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65069 |
| 262 | Wood, Amelia* | 30 Jun 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I2739 |
| 263 | Wood, Malinda | 30 Jun 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5842 |
| 264 | Bonham, Maria | 1809 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I4515 |
| 265 | Chilton, Susan B. | 8 Nov 1809 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I75962 |
| 266 | Allison, Stephen (son?) | 1810 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65000 |
| 267 | Wood, Absalom | 1810 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5846 |
| 268 | Payne, Catherine Withers | 02 Feb 1810 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18154 |
| 269 | Allison, (son) | Between 1811 and 1815 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64996 |
| 270 | Allison, James | Between 1811 and 1820 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65010 |
| 271 | Payne, Francis Withers | 04 Jul 1811 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6060 |
| 272 | Bonham, Alexander | 20 Jul 1811 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I4513 |
| 273 | Ball, Susan | 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42373 |
| 274 | Corder, Gilmore | 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40397 |
| 275 | Corder, James | 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40398 |
| 276 | Payne, Louisa | 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18153 |
| 277 | Wood, Margaret | 10 Aug 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18394 |
| 278 | Payne, Mary | 1813 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6059 |
| 279 | Wood, Wesley | 3 Feb 1813 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6063 |
| 280 | Payne, Elizabeth | 12 Jun 1813 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18155 |
| 281 | Bonham, William | 6 Oct 1813 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I4516 |
| 282 | Rust, Richard H. | 31 Jan 1814 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42944 |
| 283 | Payne, John Wood | 04 Jun 1814 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18105 |
| 284 | Allison, Susan | Between 1815 and 1825 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64741 |
| 285 | Rowley, Elizabeth | 1815 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64974 |
| 286 | Payne, Alexander | 12 Jul 1815 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18156 |
| 287 | Allison, (daughter) | Between 1816 and 1820 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64997 |
| 288 | Wood, Lewis | Abt 1816 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6066 |
| 289 | Rust, Hannah E. | 18 Mar 1817 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42946 |
| 290 | Payne, Martha | 09 Apr 1817 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18157 |
| 291 | Smith, William Orlando | 17 Apr 1817 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I36172 |
| 292 | Allison, J. | Abt 1818 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64737 |
| 293 | Wood, Edwin | Abt 1818 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6068 |
| 294 | Payne, James | 26 Dec 1818 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18158 |
| 295 | Allison, Catherine "Kitty" | 1820 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64740 |
| 296 | Payne, Benjamin Franklin | 25 Dec 1820 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18159 |
| 297 | Allison, (son) | Between 1821 and 1825 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64995 |
| 298 | Glasscock, (son) | Between 1821 and 1825 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65063 |
| 299 | Payne, Berryman | 1 Jan 1821 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18077 |
| 300 | Corder, Elias | 1822 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40399 |
