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Fauquier Co, Virginia



 


Notes:
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: -77.795561


Birth

Matches 101 to 200 of 451

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
101 Butler, Lavania  1856Fauquier Co, Virginia I81316
102 Butler, Mofley  1863Fauquier Co, Virginia I81317
103 Butler, Roberta  1854Fauquier Co, Virginia I81315
104 Carter, Frances Rutledge  1843Fauquier Co, Virginia I42949
105 Carter, James A.  1843Fauquier Co, Virginia I42948
106 Catlett, John  Abt 1718Fauquier Co, Virginia I36387
107 Catlett, Mary  Abt 1757Fauquier Co, Virginia I36397
108 Chilton, George  15 Nov 1804Fauquier Co, Virginia I75951
109 Chilton, James S.  20 Aug 1799Fauquier Co, Virginia I75965
110 Chilton, John Ball  1 Nov 1792Fauquier Co, VIrginia I75959
111 Chilton, Susan B.  8 Nov 1809Fauquier Co, Virginia I75962
112 Chinn, Chichesler Thornton  17 Oct 1771Fauquier Co, Virginia I5937
113 Chinn, Joseph  1772Fauquier Co, Virginia I66716
114 Chinn, Mary Lila  3 May 1754Fauquier Co, Virginia I36532
115 Chinn, Penelope  Abt 1766Fauquier Co, Virginia I42466
116 Cockrill, Ida Letitia  Sep 1866Fauquier Co, Virginia I65089
117 Cole, Mahala Alice "Alcy"  16 Mar 1779Fauquier Co, Virginia I81158
118 Combs, John Sr.  1725Fauquier Co, Virginia I14063
119 Combs, John Jr.  Bef 1745Fauquier Co, Virginia I43449
120 Combs (Coombs), Captain Benjamin "Benny"  1749Fauquier Co, Virginia I36416
121 Coppedge (or Coppage), Frances  07 Aug 1761Fauquier Co, Virginia I3916
122 Corder, (infant)  Abt 1729Fauquier Co, Virginia I37616
123 Corder, State Senator Aldridge  Jul 1827Fauquier Co, Virginia I50582
124 Corder, Bailis Bailey (Bell) (Bayless)  1767Fauquier Co, Virginia I37071
125 Corder, Benjamin D.  4 Apr 1765Fauquier Co, Virginia I40392
126 Corder, Charity  1783Fauquier Co, Virginia I37079
127 Corder, Elias  1822Fauquier Co, Virginia I40399
128 Corder, Elizabeth  1750Fauquier Co, Virginia I40393
129 Corder, Elizabeth  1759Fauquier Co, Virginia I37075
130 Corder, Elizabeth  1788Fauquier Co, Virginia I37911
131 Corder, Eva  Abt 1738Fauquier Co, Virginia I37623
132 Corder, Gilmore  1812Fauquier Co, Virginia I40397
133 Corder, Mrs. Gracy (..)  1735Fauquier Co, Virginia I37074
134 Corder, James  Abt 1736Fauquier Co, Virginia I37622
135 Corder, James  Abt 1737Fauquier Co, Virginia I37615
136 Corder, James  1812Fauquier Co, Virginia I40398
137 Corder, Joel  1758Fauquier Co, Virginia I37563
138 Corder, John Sr. (END OF LINE)  1700Fauquier Co, Virginia I37084
139 Corder, John  Abt 1734Fauquier Co, Virginia I37621
140 Corder, John Jr.  1735Fauquier Co, Virginia I37073
141 Corder, John III (not son)  1761Fauquier Co, Virginia I37076
142 Corder, John  Abt 1768Fauquier Co, Virginia I37642
143 Corder, Joseph  1730Fauquier Co, Virginia I37086
144 Corder, Lewis  1763Fauquier Co, Virginia I37077
145 Corder, Nancy  1790Fauquier Co, Virginia I40396
146 Corder, Mrs. Patience (..)  1712Fauquier Co, Virginia I37085
147 Corder, Sarah  1782Fauquier Co, Virginia I37909
148 Corder, Simeon (Simyon)  1804Fauquier Co, Virginia I40321
149 Corder, Susannah  1780Fauquier Co, Virginia I37908
150 Corder, Susannah W.  1778Fauquier Co, Virginia I37631
151 Corder, Vincent  15 Aug 1785Fauquier Co, Virginia I37906
152 Corder, William Jr.  1703Fauquier Co, Virginia I37619
153 Corder, William  1732Fauquier Co, Virginia I37083
154 Corder, William  1771Fauquier Co, Virginia I37078
155 Corley, Richard  1776Fauquier Co, Virginia I48112
156 Cowgill, John  Abt 1788Fauquier Co, Virginia I37912
157 Cowgill, Tacy  1792Fauquier Co, Virginia I37892
158 Crim, Emily  Abt 1796Fauquier Co, Virginia I48428
159 Digges, Henrietta  15 Jun 1850Fauquier Co, Virginia I65043
160 Digges, Leila Virginia  1 Jul 1848Fauquier Co, Virginia I65042
161 Digges, Ludwell  14 Apr 1796Fauquier Co, Virginia I65036
162 Digges, Ludwell Lee  2 Jul 1846Fauquier Co, Virginia I65041
163 Digges, Octavia Spark  10 Jul 1844Fauquier Co, Virginia I65040
164 Digges, Sallie  21 Aug 1852Fauquier Co, Virginia I65044
165 Dodd, Hannah  1780Fauquier Co, Virginia I89003
166 Dodson, Purthena Eleanor  1750Fauquier Co, Virginia I73075
167 Dulin, Charles  Abt 1762Fauquier Co, Virginia I42665
168 Dulin, Clemmance  1766Fauquier Co, Virginia I65060
169 Dulin, George  4 Feb 1764Fauquier Co, Virginia I42666
170 Dulin, George  1786Fauquier Co, Virginia I42673
171 Dulin, Mary "Polly"  1788Fauquier Co, Virginia I42674
172 Edwards, Marjulia "Julia"  3 Aug 1840Fauquier Co, Virginia I64733
173 Ellis, Nancy  Abt 1796Fauquier Co, Virginia I37900
174 Ferguson, Lewis  18 Mar 1760Fauquier Co, Virginia I85674
175 Fitzgerald, William  1733Fauquier Co, Virginia I42706
176 Floyd, Henry Sr.  Abt 1717Fauquier Co, Virginia I3416
177 Foote, Beheathland  1748Fauquier Co, Virginia I31418
178 Gaskins, Ann Eustace  1778Fauquier Co, Virginia I65033
179 German, James  1790Fauquier Co, Virginia I65028
180 Gillison, Elizabeth  1755Fauquier Co, Virginia I31455
181 Glasscock, (son)  Between 1821 and 1825Fauquier Co, Virginia I65063
182 Glasscock, Abner L.  16 Oct 1853Fauquier Co, Virginia I42915
183 Glasscock, Adonis  1858Fauquier Co, Virginia I42921
184 Glasscock, Charles  1765Fauquier Co, Virginia I65059
185 Glasscock, Cleminia Ann  1835Fauquier Co, Virginia I65004
186 Glasscock, Delilah J.  1843Fauquier Co, Virginia I65073
187 Glasscock, Emma  1832Fauquier Co, Virginia I65065
188 Glasscock, Frances M. "Fannie" (twin)  1841Fauquier Co, Virginia I65071
189 Glasscock, George  Between 1801 and 1810Fauquier Co, Virginia I65062
190 Glasscock, Isabella  1860Fauquier Co, Virginia I42922
191 Glasscock, Isabella "Peggy"  28 Jan 1808Fauquier Co, Virginia I65069
192 Glasscock, James W. (twin)  1841Fauquier Co, Virginia I65072
193 Glasscock, John F.  1845Fauquier Co, Virginia I42929
194 Glasscock, Levoy B.  1842Fauquier Co, Virginia I42928
195 Glasscock, Luther D.  1856Fauquier Co, Virginia I42920
196 Glasscock, Margaret  Between 1801 and 1810Fauquier Co, Virginia I65061
197 Glasscock, Mary M.  1847Fauquier Co, Virginia I65074
198 Glasscock, Nathalie (Nattilary) H.  1850Fauquier Co, Virginia I42919
199 Glasscock, Nimrod Sr.  Between 1804 and 1806Fauquier Co, Virginia I42924
200 Glasscock, Nimrod Jr.  Sep 1834Fauquier Co, Virginia I42927

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Death

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
101 Payne, Amos E.  13 Nov 1884Fauquier Co, Virginia I18094
102 Payne, Annie Barton  18 Oct 1873Fauquier Co, Virginia I18082
103 Payne, Catherine Ernestine  1 Jun 1877Fauquier Co, Virginia I18085
104 Payne, Edward C.  29 Sep 1873Fauquier Co, Virginia I18081
105 Payne, Jane  Dec 1819Fauquier Co, Virginia I60996
106 Payne, John Rice  21 Oct 1914Fauquier Co, Virginia I18111
107 Payne, Leslie W.  16 Jul 1887Fauquier Co, Virginia I18095
108 Payne, Richard  Bef 1860Fauquier Co, Virginia I18116
109 Payne, Susan Adelia  30 Jan 1851Fauquier Co, Virginia I18110
110 Payne, Thomas Brown  1 Dec 1873Fauquier Co, Virginia I18113
111 Payne, William  1780Fauquier Co, Virginia I15811
112 Poe, William B.  1846Fauquier Co, Virginia I65030
113 Porter, Catherine  20 Jan 1821Fauquier Co, Virginia I18526
114 Rector, Catherine Agnes  5 Nov 1772Fauquier Co, Virginia I36605
115 Robinson, Somerville Virginia  6 Oct 1944Fauquier Co, Virginia I40365
116 Rose, Elizabeth  1766Fauquier Co, Virginia I61713
117 Rosser, Lettice Glending "Lettie"  Bef 6 Jun 1858Fauquier Co, Virginia I5884
118 Rosser, Mary  Aft 1784Fauquier Co, Virginia I5882
119 Rowley, Catherine (Ketty or Kitty)  1868Fauquier Co, Virginia  I64739
120 Rowley, Elizabeth  18 Jul 1860Fauquier Co, Virginia I64974
121 Rust, Elizabeth  28 Oct 1862Fauquier Co, Virginia I42950
122 Rust, James  17 Sep 1858Fauquier Co, Virginia I42942
123 Rust, John  24 Jul 1811Fauquier Co, Virginia I40823
124 Rust, Martha Elizabeth  29 Sep 1825Fauquier Co, Virginia I40739
125 Rust, Samuel  Aft 1800Fauquier Co, Virginia I46356
126 Rust, Sarah Ann  29 Jun 1898Fauquier Co, Virginia I42952
127 Shield, Sarah  16 Jan 1875Fauquier co, Virginia I68439
128 Smith, Hannah  Aft 1785Fauquier Co, Virginia I42388
129 Smith, Sarah  Aug 1797Fauquier Co, Virginia I42794
130 Standsbury, Sarah  1770Fauquier Co, Virginia I67428
131 Stone, Elizabeth  Abt 1784Fauquier Co, Virginia I37014
132 Thornton, Martha Stuart  Dec 1861Fauquier Co, Virginia I86861
133 Utterback, Joseph Neville  14 Sep 1940Fauquier Co, Virginia I65088
134 Warren, Eleanor  Aft 1831Fauquier Co, Virginia I21862
135 Withers, Enoch Keene  26 Jul 1813Fauquier Co, Virginia I5931
136 Withers, James  20 Jan 1784Fauquier Co, Virginia I6019
137 Withers, Jesse  07 Jan 1834Fauquier Co, Virginia I18500
138 Withers, Ursula  Bef 1793Fauquier Co, Virginia I6009
139 Withers, William Hamlin Capt  24 Aug 1834Fauquier Co, Virginia I5929
140 Wood, Dickerson* Sr  23 Jan 1803Fauquier Co, Virginia I5831
141 Wood, Elias  Aft 1769Fauquier Co, Virginia I5852
142 Wood, James  23 Jan 1803Fauquier Co, Virginia I2975
143 Wood, Mary* (..)  Aft 1815Fauquier Co, Virginia I5832
144 Wood, Nancy  Aft 1820Fauquier Co, Virginia I66092

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Marriage

Matches 101 to 170 of 170

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   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
101 Nelson / Withers  14 Sep 1796Fauquier Co, Virginia F2516
102 Oder / Wigfield  27 Jan 1810Fauquier Co, Virginia F9202
103 Oliver / Holder  17 Dec 1868Fauquier Co, Virginia F14132
104 Orear / Holton  20 Dec 1783Fauquier Co, Virginia F12571
105 Orear / Thornton  6 Mar 1829Fauquier Co, Virginia F14307
106 Payne / Bowie  20 Jul 1869Fauquier Co, Virginia F6672
107 Payne / Combs  Abt 1793Fauquier Co, Virginia F19961
108 Payne / Dulaney  16 Sep 1830Fauquier Co, Virginia F2578
109 Payne / Foley  28 Dec 1827Fauquier Co, Virginia F2580
110 Payne / Hinson  21 Dec 1876Fauquier Co, Virginia F21052
111 Payne / Payne  12 Dec 1831Fauquier Co, Virginia F2581
112 Payne / Payne  28 Dec 1858Fauquier Co, Virginia F6670
113 Payne / Payne  20 Dec 1866Fauquier Co, Virginia F6665
114 Payne / Rousseau  3 Jan 1781Fauquier Co, Virginia F19960
115 Payne / Withers  22 Jun 1801Fauquier Co, Virginia F2512
116 Payne / Withers  10 Nov 1807Fauquier Co, Virginia F2524
117 Payne / Wood  10 Dec 1795Fauquier Co, Virginia F2574
118 Pickett / Withers  24 Sep 1770Fauquier Co, Virginia F29777
119 Pope / Foote  11 Dec 1766Fauquier Co, Virginia F11057
120 Pope / Thruston  Abt 1808Fauquier Co, Virginia F11059
121 Reno / Chinn  26 Jul 177Fauquier Co, Virginia F12560
122 Rosser / Dodd  6 Jan 1809Fauquier Co, Virginia F29598
123 Rosser / Glendening  22 Feb 1781Fauquier Co, Virginia F2504
124 Rosser / Kemper  23 Sep 1779Fauquier Co, Virginia F2508
125 Rosser / Mauzy  15 Feb 1792Fauquier Co, Virginia F2503
126 Russell / Payne  3 Jun 1867Fauquier Co, Virginia F6674
127 Rust / Ashby  5 Mar 1840Fauquier Co, Virginia F14311
128 Rust / Rust  3 May 1812Fauquier Co, Virginia F14308
129 Shreave / Barnett  Bef 1808Fauquier Co, Virginia F16016
130 Smoot / Hitch  11 Jun 1775Fauquier Co, Virginia F21689
131 Smoot / Hitch  11 Jun 1775Fauquier Co, Virginia F21690
132 Smoot / Smoot  Abt 1760Fauquier Co, Virginia F5613
133 Steel / Barnett  10 Sep 1800Fauquier Co, Virginia F16009
134 Stewart / Barnett  Abt 1798Fauquier Co, Virginia F16017
135 Stone / Asbury  Abt 1767Fauquier Co, Virginia F12707
136 Stone / Ellis  25 Dec 1781Fauquier Co, Virginia F12709
137 Stringfellow / Jennings  Abt 1793Fauquier Co, Virginia F15441
138 Tapp / Wood  27 Aug 1825Fauquier Co, Virginia F2572
139 Thompson / Saunders (Sanders)  17 Jan 1844Fauquier Co, Virginia F13592
140 Thompson / Thompson  Abt 1845Fauquier Co, Virginia F13593
141 Thornberry / Payne  3 Mar 1827Fauquier Co, Virginia F19963
142 Tucker / Compton  08 Jan 1828Fauquier Co, Virginia F4017
143 Turner / Maddox  Bef 1805Fauquier Co, Virginia F15893
144 Utterback / Cockrill  Abt 1884Fauquier Co, Virginia F21096
145 Washburn / Jett  1807Fauquier Co, Virginia F24632
146 West / Withers  10 Jun 1785Fauquier Co, Virginia F2535
147 Winn / Withers  17 Oct 1766Fauquier Co, Virginia F2528
148 Winn / Withers  3 Mar 1767Fauquier Co, Virginia F2527
149 Withers / Ashby  28 Mar 1786Fauquier Co, Virginia F2532
150 Withers / Chinn  18 May 1786Fauquier Co, Virginia F2533
151 Withers / Harris  10 Feb 1791Fauquier Co, Virginia F2513
152 Withers / Hord  15 Dec 1756Fauquier Co, Virginia F2567
153 Withers / Mauzy  24 Jan 1791Fauquier Co, Virginia F2525
154 Withers / Nelson  4 Oct 1803Fauquier Co, Virginia F2517
155 Withers / Pickett  19 Nov 1773Fauquier Co, Virginia F29784
156 Withers / Porter  06 Aug 1789Fauquier Co, Virginia F6792
157 Withers / Potts  Abt 1765Fauquier Co, Virginia F6794
158 Withers / Robinson  24 Feb 1783Fauquier Co, Virginia F2534
159 Withers / Rosser  16 Mar 1769Fauquier Co, Virginia F2518
160 Withers / Rosser  1 Sep 1796Fauquier Co, Virginia F2505
161 Withers / Williams  Abt 1743Fauquier Co, Virginia F2485
162 Withers / Withers  21 Jul 1791Fauquier Co, Virginia F6789
163 Withers / Wood  5 Jan 1792Fauquier Co, Virginia F2514
164 Wood / Corley  8 Nov 1805Fauquier Co, Virginia F6775
165 Wood / Crimm  22 Oct 1803Fauquier Co, Virginia F6797
166 Wood / Rogers  28 Dec 1825Fauquier Co, Virginia F2493
167 Wood / Smoot  8 Aug 1806Fauquier Co, Virginia F2489
168 Wood / Withers  24 Dec 1793Fauquier Co, Virginia F1311
169 Wood / Wood  Abt 1760Fauquier Co, Virginia F2483
170 Wood / Wood  19 Feb 1799Fauquier Co, Virginia F2488

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