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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 Ball, Elizabeth  Abt 1842Fauquier Co, Virginia I42393
102 Allison, Lucy A.  1842Fauquier Co, Virginia I65025
103 Holder, Emma J. (or Emily?)  1841Fauquier Co, Virginia I81320
104 Hinson, George  1841Fauquier Co, Virginia I42380
105 Glasscock, James W. (twin)  1841Fauquier Co, Virginia I65072
106 Glasscock, Frances M. "Fannie" (twin)  1841Fauquier Co, Virginia I65071
107 Payne, Anne Elizabeth  03 Dec 1840Fauquier Co, Virginia I18165
108 Edwards, Marjulia "Julia"  3 Aug 1840Fauquier Co, Virginia I64733
109 Holder, Susan  1840Fauquier Co, Virginia I42400
110 Allison, John W.  1840Fauquier Co, Virginia I65024
111 Payne, Annie Elizabeth  8 Jan 1839Fauquier Co, Virginia I18109
112 Payne, Thomas  16 Sep 1838Fauquier Co, Virginia I18164
113 Hinson, Letty Rosser  1838Fauquier Co, Virginia I42379
114 Ball, Lettice  Abt 1838Fauquier Co, Virginia I42391
115 Thompson, Otho Woodford  Oct 1837Fauquier Co, Virginia I10399
116 Payne, Mary Roberta  26 Aug 1837Fauquier Co, Virginia I18108
117 Allison, Richard S.  1837Fauquier Co, Virginia I65023
118 Holder, Nancy "Lettie"  29 Nov 1836Fauquier Co, Virginia I42395
119 Payne, Benton  1836Fauquier Co, Virginia I18104
120 Hinson, Susan A.  1836Fauquier Co, Virginia I42378
121 Glasscock, Sarah M.  1836Fauquier Co, Virginia I65070
122 Ball, Ellen  Abt 1836Fauquier Co, Virginia I42390
123 Allison, Mary E.  1836Fauquier Co, Virginia I65022
124 Allison, Frances E.  1836Fauquier Co, Virginia I64971
125 Glasscock, Cleminia Ann  1835Fauquier Co, Virginia I65004
126 Payne, Mason Brown  17 Oct 1834Fauquier Co, Virginia I18117
127 Glasscock, Nimrod Jr.  Sep 1834Fauquier Co, Virginia I42927
128 Hinson, Mary J.  1834Fauquier Co, Virginia I42377
129 Ball, Lucinda  Abt 1834Fauquier Co, Virginia I42389
130 Allison, Elizabeth Catherine "Cath"  1834Fauquier Co, Virginia I64970
131 Allison, John Thomas  3 Jun 1833Fauquier Co, Virginia I64976
132 Hinson, Sarah  1833Fauquier Co, Virginia I42376
133 Glasscock, Emma  1832Fauquier Co, Virginia I65065
134 Holder, Matilda  1831Fauquier Co, Virginia I42401
135 Holder, Mary  1831Fauquier Co, Virginia I42402
136 Allison, Susan  1831Fauquier Co, Virginia I65021
137 Allison, (2 sons)  Between 1831 and 1835Fauquier Co, Virginia I64978
138 Taliaferro, Roberta Willis  Abt 1830Fauquier Co, Virginia I91451
139 Payne, Susan Ellen  Abt 1830Fauquier Co, Virginia I14678
140 Hinson, James  1830Fauquier Co, Virginia I42375
141 Allison, Bailey Alexander  Between 1830 and 1833Fauquier Co, Virginia I64969
142 Laws, Frances Melvilla  1828Fauquier Co, Virginia I42923
143 Corder, State Senator Aldridge  Jul 1827Fauquier Co, Virginia I50582
144 Payne, Mary Virginia  05 Jun 1826Fauquier Co, Virginia I18162
145 Wood, Pollard  16 Aug 1825Fauquier Co, Virginia I6072
146 Rust, Fleetwood G.  Abt 1825Fauquier Co, Virginia I42945
147 Allison, (3 sons)  Between 1825 and 1830Fauquier Co, Virginia I64994
148 Payne, Marshall  23 Feb 1824Fauquier Co, Virginia I18161
149 Allison, James J.  1824Fauquier Co, Virginia I64998
150 Payne, Lucy Mildred  31 May 1822Fauquier Co, Virginia I18160
151 Glasscock, Thomas J. (son?)  5 Apr 1822Fauquier Co, Virginia I42916
152 Corder, Elias  1822Fauquier Co, Virginia I40399
153 Payne, Berryman  1 Jan 1821Fauquier Co, Virginia I18077
154 Glasscock, (son)  Between 1821 and 1825Fauquier Co, Virginia I65063
155 Allison, (son)  Between 1821 and 1825Fauquier Co, Virginia I64995
156 Payne, Benjamin Franklin  25 Dec 1820Fauquier Co, Virginia I18159
157 Allison, Catherine "Kitty"  1820Fauquier Co, Virginia I64740
158 Payne, James  26 Dec 1818Fauquier Co, Virginia I18158
159 Wood, Edwin  Abt 1818Fauquier Co, Virginia I6068
160 Allison, J.  Abt 1818Fauquier Co, Virginia I64737
161 Smith, William Orlando  17 Apr 1817Fauquier Co, Virginia I36172
162 Payne, Martha  09 Apr 1817Fauquier Co, Virginia I18157
163 Rust, Hannah E.  18 Mar 1817Fauquier Co, Virginia I42946
164 Wood, Lewis  Abt 1816Fauquier Co, Virginia I6066
165 Allison, (daughter)  Between 1816 and 1820Fauquier Co, Virginia I64997
166 Payne, Alexander  12 Jul 1815Fauquier Co, Virginia I18156
167 Rowley, Elizabeth  1815Fauquier Co, Virginia I64974
168 Allison, Susan  Between 1815 and 1825Fauquier Co, Virginia I64741
169 Payne, John Wood  04 Jun 1814Fauquier Co, Virginia I18105
170 Rust, Richard H.  31 Jan 1814Fauquier Co, Virginia I42944
171 Bonham, William  6 Oct 1813Fauquier Co, Virginia I4516
172 Payne, Elizabeth  12 Jun 1813Fauquier Co, Virginia I18155
173 Wood, Wesley  3 Feb 1813Fauquier Co, Virginia I6063
174 Payne, Mary  1813Fauquier Co, Virginia I6059
175 Wood, Margaret  10 Aug 1812Fauquier Co, Virginia I18394
176 Payne, Louisa  1812Fauquier Co, Virginia I18153
177 Corder, James  1812Fauquier Co, Virginia I40398
178 Corder, Gilmore  1812Fauquier Co, Virginia I40397
179 Ball, Susan  1812Fauquier Co, Virginia I42373
180 Bonham, Alexander  20 Jul 1811Fauquier Co, Virginia I4513
181 Payne, Francis Withers  04 Jul 1811Fauquier Co, Virginia I6060
182 Allison, James  Between 1811 and 1820Fauquier Co, Virginia I65010
183 Allison, (son)  Between 1811 and 1815Fauquier Co, Virginia I64996
184 Payne, Catherine Withers  02 Feb 1810Fauquier Co, Virginia I18154
185 Wood, Absalom  1810Fauquier Co, Virginia I5846
186 Allison, Stephen (son?)  1810Fauquier Co, Virginia I65000
187 Chilton, Susan B.  8 Nov 1809Fauquier Co, Virginia I75962
188 Bonham, Maria  1809Fauquier Co, Virginia I4515
189 Wood, Malinda  30 Jun 1808Fauquier Co, Virginia I5842
190 Wood, Amelia*  30 Jun 1808Fauquier Co, Virginia I2739
191 Glasscock, Isabella "Peggy"  28 Jan 1808Fauquier Co, Virginia I65069
192 Wood, Gabriel  1808Fauquier Co, Virginia I5847
193 Hinson, George  1808Fauquier Co, Virginia I42374
194 Hinson, (11 more children)  Between 1808 and 1831Fauquier Co, Virginia I42676
195 Ball, Jane  1808Fauquier Co, Virginia I42385
196 Herndon, Presley Fisher  8 Oct 1807Fauquier Co, Virginia I66101
197 Ransdell, Mariah (dau of who?)  2 Oct 1807Fauquier Co, Virginia I75952
198 Wood, Harriet  6 Jun 1807Fauquier Co, Virginia I6044
199 Bonham, Smith  4 Apr 1807Fauquier Co, Virginia I4514
200 Payne, Joseph William  01 Feb 1807Fauquier Co, Virginia I6057

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Death

Matches 101 to 144 of 144

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
101 Heale (Hale), George  1808Fauquier Co, Virginia I42793
102 Barnett, Ambrose  1808Fauquier Co, Virginia I5989
103 Herndon, John  1805Fauquier Co, Virginia I66097
104 Wood, James  23 Jan 1803Fauquier Co, Virginia I2975
105 Wood, Dickerson* Sr  23 Jan 1803Fauquier Co, Virginia I5831
106 Corder, William Jr.  Bef 1803Fauquier Co, Virginia I37619
107 Metcalfe, William  Feb 1802Fauquier Co, Virginia I48479
108 Eskridge, Margaret  8 Oct 1801Fauquier Co, Virginia I40753
109 Rust, Samuel  Aft 1800Fauquier Co, Virginia I46356
110 Ball, Clemence  Between 1801 and 1806Fauquier Co, Virginia I42643
111 Brown, Anne  Abt 1800Fauquier Co, Virginia I21025
112 Smith, Sarah  Aug 1797Fauquier Co, Virginia I42794
113 Neavill, Mary*  1796Fauquier Co, Virginia I5871
114 Withers, Ursula  Bef 1793Fauquier Co, Virginia I6009
115 Gibson, Jonathan III  1791Fauquier Co, Virginia I91411
116 Gillison, Elizabeth  1790Fauquier Co, Virginia I31455
117 Chinn, Charles Downman  15 Feb 1788Fauquier Co, Virginia I36536
118 Smith, Hannah  Aft 1785Fauquier Co, Virginia I42388
119 Rosser, Mary  Aft 1784Fauquier Co, Virginia I5882
120 Mitchell, John  Bef 26 June, 1784Fauquier Co, Virginia I5886
121 Withers, James  20 Jan 1784Fauquier Co, Virginia I6019
122 Stone, Elizabeth  Abt 1784Fauquier Co, Virginia I37014
123 Hord, Elizabeth  17 Oct 1781Fauquier Co, Virginia I6029
124 Corder, Mrs. Ann (..)  Aft 1780Fauquier Co, Virginia I37625
125 Combs, John Jr.  6 Oct 1780Fauquier Co, Virginia I43449
126 Payne, William  1780Fauquier Co, Virginia I15811
127 Jett, Susanna  1780Fauquier Co, Virginia I54075
128 Catlett, Gent John III (son of wife2?)  3 Feb 1778Fauquier Co, Virginia I86811
129 Gibbs, Mary  Bef 1778Fauquier Co, Virginia I5962
130 Foote, George  15 Jul 1775Fauquier Co, Virginia I31415
131 Rector, Catherine Agnes  5 Nov 1772Fauquier Co, Virginia I36605
132 Wood, Elias  Aft 1769Fauquier Co, Virginia I5852
133 Standsbury, Sarah  1770Fauquier Co, Virginia I67428
134 Edrington, John  1769Fauquier Co, Virginia I46293
135 Rose, Elizabeth  1766Fauquier Co, Virginia I61713
136 Allen, John  26 Mar 1761Fauquier Co, Virginia I6010
137 Corder, John Sr. (END OF LINE)  25 Sep 1760Fauquier Co, Virginia I37084
138 Corder, William Sr.  1760Fauquier Co, Virginia I37613
139 Helm, Thomas Sr (immigrant)  Abt 1755Fauquier Co, Virginia I3426
140 Catlett, Mary  Abt 1755Fauquier Co, Virginia I91410
141 Muse, Margaret  1753Fauquier Co, Virginia I46294
142 Owens, Mary Ann  1748Fauquier Co, Virginia I67423
143 Glasscock, Thomas  8 Jan 1729Fauquier Co, Virginia I36349
144 Corder, (infant)  Abt 1729Fauquier Co, Virginia I37616

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Marriage

Matches 101 to 170 of 170

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   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
101 Ball / Rosser  22 Feb 1792Fauquier Co, Virginia F2509
102 Rosser / Mauzy  15 Feb 1792Fauquier Co, Virginia F2503
103 Chilton / Ball  24 Jan 1792Fauquier Co, Virginia F24679
104 Withers / Wood  5 Jan 1792Fauquier Co, Virginia F2514
105 Gibson / Winn  17 Dec 1791Fauquier Co, Virginia F31482
106 Jordan / Withers  26 Oct 1791Fauquier Co, Virginia F2530
107 Withers / Withers  21 Jul 1791Fauquier Co, Virginia F6789
108 Withers / Harris  10 Feb 1791Fauquier Co, Virginia F2513
109 Withers / Mauzy  24 Jan 1791Fauquier Co, Virginia F2525
110 Chinn / Moore  25 Dec 1789Fauquier Co, Virginia F31430
111 Withers / Porter  06 Aug 1789Fauquier Co, Virginia F6792
112 Chinn / Withers  9 Jun 1789Fauquier Co, Virginia F2526
113 Helm / Pickett  3 Mar 1789Fauquier Co, Virginia F12518
114 Barnett / James  13 Oct 1788Fauquier Co, Virginia F15703
115 Corder / Stone  17 Feb 1788Fauquier Co, Virginia F12726
116 Metcalfe / Barnett  Abt 1787Fauquier Co, Virginia F16015
117 Withers / Chinn  18 May 1786Fauquier Co, Virginia F2533
118 Withers / Ashby  28 Mar 1786Fauquier Co, Virginia F2532
119 Grigsby / Moffett  8 Nov 1785Fauquier Co, Virginia F28210
120 Day / Corder  24 Sep 1785Fauquier Co, Virginia F31136
121 West / Withers  10 Jun 1785Fauquier Co, Virginia F2535
122 Orear / Holton  20 Dec 1783Fauquier Co, Virginia F12571
123 Dulin / Glasscock  Aug 1783Fauquier Co, Virginia F14213
124 Withers / Robinson  24 Feb 1783Fauquier Co, Virginia F2534
125 Calmes / Hale (Heale)  18 Jan 1782Fauquier Co, Virginia F5323
126 Stone / Ellis  25 Dec 1781Fauquier Co, Virginia F12709
127 Rosser / Glendening  22 Feb 1781Fauquier Co, Virginia F2504
128 Payne / Rousseau  3 Jan 1781Fauquier Co, Virginia F19960
129 Carter / Wood  4 Dec 1780Fauquier Co, Virginia F2487
130 Rosser / Kemper  23 Sep 1779Fauquier Co, Virginia F2508
131 Combs / Rousseau  20 Feb 1779Fauquier Co, Virginia F19965
132 Fishback / Reed  6 Sep 1778Fauquier Co, Virginia F21566
133 Herndon / Chapman  23 Jun 1778Fauquier Co, Virginia F21389
134 Smoot / Hitch  11 Jun 1775Fauquier Co, Virginia F21689
135 Smoot / Hitch  11 Jun 1775Fauquier Co, Virginia F21690
136 Withers / Pickett  19 Nov 1773Fauquier Co, Virginia F29784
137 Neavill / Stewart  31 Jul 1772Fauquier Co, Virginia F12147
138 Mitchell / Rosser  21 Dec 1771Fauquier Co, Virginia F2507
139 Hathaway / Neavill  25 Mar 1771Fauquier Co, Virginia F2546
140 Pickett / Withers  24 Sep 1770Fauquier Co, Virginia F29777
141 Withers / Rosser  16 Mar 1769Fauquier Co, Virginia F2518
142 Barbee / Withers  2 Feb 1769Fauquier Co, Virginia F2529
143 Glasscock / Rector  Abt 1769Fauquier Co, Virginia F12587
144 Dulin / Stone  Abt 1768Fauquier Co, Virginia F12708
145 Winn / Withers  3 Mar 1767Fauquier Co, Virginia F2527
146 Stone / Asbury  Abt 1767Fauquier Co, Virginia F12707
147 Pope / Foote  11 Dec 1766Fauquier Co, Virginia F11057
148 Winn / Withers  17 Oct 1766Fauquier Co, Virginia F2528
149 Barnett / Neavill  18 Jul 1766Fauquier Co, Virginia F2553
150 Glasscock / Stephens  1766Fauquier Co, Virginia F14305
151 Glasscock / Rector  1766Fauquier Co, Virginia F12586
152 Coppedge / Catlett   F19007
153 Boyce / Helm  19 Jun 1765Fauquier Co, Virginia F11049
154 Withers / Potts  Abt 1765Fauquier Co, Virginia F6794
155 Helm / Neavill  29 Jul 1764Fauquier Co, Virginia F1684
156 Hampton / Neavill  29 Jul 1761Fauquier Co, Virginia F2552
157 Moffett / Stone  3 Feb 1761Fauquier Co, Virginia F12706
158 Wood / Wood  Abt 1760Fauquier Co, Virginia F2483
159 Smoot / Smoot  Abt 1760Fauquier Co, Virginia F5613
160 Ball / Smith  Abt 1759Fauquier Co, Virginia F14127
161 Fitzgerald / Neavill  Abt 1757Fauquier Co, Virginia F14230
162 Withers / Hord  15 Dec 1756Fauquier Co, Virginia F2567
163 Corder / Corder  1754Fauquier Co, Virginia F12727
164 Withers / Williams  Abt 1743Fauquier Co, Virginia F2485
165 Corder / Corder  1730Fauquier Co, Virginia F12869
166 Corder / Corder  1728Fauquier Co, Virginia F12730
167 Neavill / Neavill  Abt 1725Fauquier Co, Virginia F12540
168 Allen / Owens  Abt 1724Fauquier Co, Virginia F21809
169 Corder / Corder  Abt 1702Fauquier Co, Virginia F12867
170 Reno / Chinn  26 Jul 177Fauquier Co, Virginia F12560

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