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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.
Matches 101 to 200 of 451
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Birth | Person ID | ||
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101 | Ball, Elizabeth | Abt 1842 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42393 |
102 | Allison, Lucy A. | 1842 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65025 |
103 | Holder, Emma J. (or Emily?) | 1841 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I81320 |
104 | Hinson, George | 1841 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42380 |
105 | Glasscock, James W. (twin) | 1841 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65072 |
106 | Glasscock, Frances M. "Fannie" (twin) | 1841 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65071 |
107 | Payne, Anne Elizabeth | 03 Dec 1840 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18165 |
108 | Edwards, Marjulia "Julia" | 3 Aug 1840 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64733 |
109 | Holder, Susan | 1840 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42400 |
110 | Allison, John W. | 1840 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65024 |
111 | Payne, Annie Elizabeth | 8 Jan 1839 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18109 |
112 | Payne, Thomas | 16 Sep 1838 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18164 |
113 | Hinson, Letty Rosser | 1838 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42379 |
114 | Ball, Lettice | Abt 1838 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42391 |
115 | Thompson, Otho Woodford | Oct 1837 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I10399 |
116 | Payne, Mary Roberta | 26 Aug 1837 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18108 |
117 | Allison, Richard S. | 1837 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65023 |
118 | Holder, Nancy "Lettie" | 29 Nov 1836 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42395 |
119 | Payne, Benton | 1836 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18104 |
120 | Hinson, Susan A. | 1836 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42378 |
121 | Glasscock, Sarah M. | 1836 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65070 |
122 | Ball, Ellen | Abt 1836 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42390 |
123 | Allison, Mary E. | 1836 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65022 |
124 | Allison, Frances E. | 1836 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64971 |
125 | Glasscock, Cleminia Ann | 1835 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65004 |
126 | Payne, Mason Brown | 17 Oct 1834 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18117 |
127 | Glasscock, Nimrod Jr. | Sep 1834 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42927 |
128 | Hinson, Mary J. | 1834 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42377 |
129 | Ball, Lucinda | Abt 1834 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42389 |
130 | Allison, Elizabeth Catherine "Cath" | 1834 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64970 |
131 | Allison, John Thomas | 3 Jun 1833 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64976 |
132 | Hinson, Sarah | 1833 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42376 |
133 | Glasscock, Emma | 1832 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65065 |
134 | Holder, Matilda | 1831 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42401 |
135 | Holder, Mary | 1831 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42402 |
136 | Allison, Susan | 1831 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65021 |
137 | Allison, (2 sons) | Between 1831 and 1835 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64978 |
138 | Taliaferro, Roberta Willis | Abt 1830 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I91451 |
139 | Payne, Susan Ellen | Abt 1830 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I14678 |
140 | Hinson, James | 1830 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42375 |
141 | Allison, Bailey Alexander | Between 1830 and 1833 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64969 |
142 | Laws, Frances Melvilla | 1828 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42923 |
143 | Corder, State Senator Aldridge | Jul 1827 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I50582 |
144 | Payne, Mary Virginia | 05 Jun 1826 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18162 |
145 | Wood, Pollard | 16 Aug 1825 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6072 |
146 | Rust, Fleetwood G. | Abt 1825 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42945 |
147 | Allison, (3 sons) | Between 1825 and 1830 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64994 |
148 | Payne, Marshall | 23 Feb 1824 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18161 |
149 | Allison, James J. | 1824 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64998 |
150 | Payne, Lucy Mildred | 31 May 1822 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18160 |
151 | Glasscock, Thomas J. (son?) | 5 Apr 1822 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42916 |
152 | Corder, Elias | 1822 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40399 |
153 | Payne, Berryman | 1 Jan 1821 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18077 |
154 | Glasscock, (son) | Between 1821 and 1825 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65063 |
155 | Allison, (son) | Between 1821 and 1825 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64995 |
156 | Payne, Benjamin Franklin | 25 Dec 1820 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18159 |
157 | Allison, Catherine "Kitty" | 1820 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64740 |
158 | Payne, James | 26 Dec 1818 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18158 |
159 | Wood, Edwin | Abt 1818 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6068 |
160 | Allison, J. | Abt 1818 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64737 |
161 | Smith, William Orlando | 17 Apr 1817 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I36172 |
162 | Payne, Martha | 09 Apr 1817 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18157 |
163 | Rust, Hannah E. | 18 Mar 1817 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42946 |
164 | Wood, Lewis | Abt 1816 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6066 |
165 | Allison, (daughter) | Between 1816 and 1820 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64997 |
166 | Payne, Alexander | 12 Jul 1815 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18156 |
167 | Rowley, Elizabeth | 1815 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64974 |
168 | Allison, Susan | Between 1815 and 1825 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64741 |
169 | Payne, John Wood | 04 Jun 1814 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18105 |
170 | Rust, Richard H. | 31 Jan 1814 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42944 |
171 | Bonham, William | 6 Oct 1813 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I4516 |
172 | Payne, Elizabeth | 12 Jun 1813 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18155 |
173 | Wood, Wesley | 3 Feb 1813 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6063 |
174 | Payne, Mary | 1813 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6059 |
175 | Wood, Margaret | 10 Aug 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18394 |
176 | Payne, Louisa | 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18153 |
177 | Corder, James | 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40398 |
178 | Corder, Gilmore | 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40397 |
179 | Ball, Susan | 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42373 |
180 | Bonham, Alexander | 20 Jul 1811 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I4513 |
181 | Payne, Francis Withers | 04 Jul 1811 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6060 |
182 | Allison, James | Between 1811 and 1820 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65010 |
183 | Allison, (son) | Between 1811 and 1815 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64996 |
184 | Payne, Catherine Withers | 02 Feb 1810 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18154 |
185 | Wood, Absalom | 1810 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5846 |
186 | Allison, Stephen (son?) | 1810 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65000 |
187 | Chilton, Susan B. | 8 Nov 1809 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I75962 |
188 | Bonham, Maria | 1809 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I4515 |
189 | Wood, Malinda | 30 Jun 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5842 |
190 | Wood, Amelia* | 30 Jun 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I2739 |
191 | Glasscock, Isabella "Peggy" | 28 Jan 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65069 |
192 | Wood, Gabriel | 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5847 |
193 | Hinson, George | 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42374 |
194 | Hinson, (11 more children) | Between 1808 and 1831 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42676 |
195 | Ball, Jane | 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42385 |
196 | Herndon, Presley Fisher | 8 Oct 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I66101 |
197 | Ransdell, Mariah (dau of who?) | 2 Oct 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I75952 |
198 | Wood, Harriet | 6 Jun 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6044 |
199 | Bonham, Smith | 4 Apr 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I4514 |
200 | Payne, Joseph William | 01 Feb 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6057 |
Matches 101 to 144 of 144
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Death | Person ID | ||
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101 | Heale (Hale), George | 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42793 |
102 | Barnett, Ambrose | 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5989 |
103 | Herndon, John | 1805 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I66097 |
104 | Wood, James | 23 Jan 1803 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I2975 |
105 | Wood, Dickerson* Sr | 23 Jan 1803 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5831 |
106 | Corder, William Jr. | Bef 1803 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37619 |
107 | Metcalfe, William | Feb 1802 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48479 |
108 | Eskridge, Margaret | 8 Oct 1801 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40753 |
109 | Rust, Samuel | Aft 1800 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I46356 |
110 | Ball, Clemence | Between 1801 and 1806 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42643 |
111 | Brown, Anne | Abt 1800 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I21025 |
112 | Smith, Sarah | Aug 1797 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42794 |
113 | Neavill, Mary* | 1796 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5871 |
114 | Withers, Ursula | Bef 1793 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6009 |
115 | Gibson, Jonathan III | 1791 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I91411 |
116 | Gillison, Elizabeth | 1790 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I31455 |
117 | Chinn, Charles Downman | 15 Feb 1788 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I36536 |
118 | Smith, Hannah | Aft 1785 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42388 |
119 | Rosser, Mary | Aft 1784 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5882 |
120 | Mitchell, John | Bef 26 June, 1784 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5886 |
121 | Withers, James | 20 Jan 1784 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6019 |
122 | Stone, Elizabeth | Abt 1784 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37014 |
123 | Hord, Elizabeth | 17 Oct 1781 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6029 |
124 | Corder, Mrs. Ann (..) | Aft 1780 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37625 |
125 | Combs, John Jr. | 6 Oct 1780 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I43449 |
126 | Payne, William | 1780 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I15811 |
127 | Jett, Susanna | 1780 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I54075 |
128 | Catlett, Gent John III (son of wife2?) | 3 Feb 1778 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I86811 |
129 | Gibbs, Mary | Bef 1778 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5962 |
130 | Foote, George | 15 Jul 1775 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I31415 |
131 | Rector, Catherine Agnes | 5 Nov 1772 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I36605 |
132 | Wood, Elias | Aft 1769 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5852 |
133 | Standsbury, Sarah | 1770 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I67428 |
134 | Edrington, John | 1769 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I46293 |
135 | Rose, Elizabeth | 1766 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I61713 |
136 | Allen, John | 26 Mar 1761 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6010 |
137 | Corder, John Sr. (END OF LINE) | 25 Sep 1760 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37084 |
138 | Corder, William Sr. | 1760 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37613 |
139 | Helm, Thomas Sr (immigrant) | Abt 1755 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I3426 |
140 | Catlett, Mary | Abt 1755 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I91410 |
141 | Muse, Margaret | 1753 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I46294 |
142 | Owens, Mary Ann | 1748 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I67423 |
143 | Glasscock, Thomas | 8 Jan 1729 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I36349 |
144 | Corder, (infant) | Abt 1729 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37616 |
Matches 101 to 170 of 170
Family | Marriage | Family ID | ||
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101 | Ball / Rosser | 22 Feb 1792 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2509 |
102 | Rosser / Mauzy | 15 Feb 1792 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2503 |
103 | Chilton / Ball | 24 Jan 1792 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F24679 |
104 | Withers / Wood | 5 Jan 1792 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2514 |
105 | Gibson / Winn | 17 Dec 1791 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F31482 |
106 | Jordan / Withers | 26 Oct 1791 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2530 |
107 | Withers / Withers | 21 Jul 1791 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F6789 |
108 | Withers / Harris | 10 Feb 1791 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2513 |
109 | Withers / Mauzy | 24 Jan 1791 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2525 |
110 | Chinn / Moore | 25 Dec 1789 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F31430 |
111 | Withers / Porter | 06 Aug 1789 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F6792 |
112 | Chinn / Withers | 9 Jun 1789 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2526 |
113 | Helm / Pickett | 3 Mar 1789 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12518 |
114 | Barnett / James | 13 Oct 1788 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F15703 |
115 | Corder / Stone | 17 Feb 1788 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12726 |
116 | Metcalfe / Barnett | Abt 1787 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F16015 |
117 | Withers / Chinn | 18 May 1786 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2533 |
118 | Withers / Ashby | 28 Mar 1786 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2532 |
119 | Grigsby / Moffett | 8 Nov 1785 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F28210 |
120 | Day / Corder | 24 Sep 1785 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F31136 |
121 | West / Withers | 10 Jun 1785 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2535 |
122 | Orear / Holton | 20 Dec 1783 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12571 |
123 | Dulin / Glasscock | Aug 1783 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14213 |
124 | Withers / Robinson | 24 Feb 1783 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2534 |
125 | Calmes / Hale (Heale) | 18 Jan 1782 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F5323 |
126 | Stone / Ellis | 25 Dec 1781 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12709 |
127 | Rosser / Glendening | 22 Feb 1781 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2504 |
128 | Payne / Rousseau | 3 Jan 1781 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F19960 |
129 | Carter / Wood | 4 Dec 1780 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2487 |
130 | Rosser / Kemper | 23 Sep 1779 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2508 |
131 | Combs / Rousseau | 20 Feb 1779 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F19965 |
132 | Fishback / Reed | 6 Sep 1778 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21566 |
133 | Herndon / Chapman | 23 Jun 1778 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21389 |
134 | Smoot / Hitch | 11 Jun 1775 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21689 |
135 | Smoot / Hitch | 11 Jun 1775 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21690 |
136 | Withers / Pickett | 19 Nov 1773 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F29784 |
137 | Neavill / Stewart | 31 Jul 1772 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12147 |
138 | Mitchell / Rosser | 21 Dec 1771 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2507 |
139 | Hathaway / Neavill | 25 Mar 1771 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2546 |
140 | Pickett / Withers | 24 Sep 1770 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F29777 |
141 | Withers / Rosser | 16 Mar 1769 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2518 |
142 | Barbee / Withers | 2 Feb 1769 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2529 |
143 | Glasscock / Rector | Abt 1769 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12587 |
144 | Dulin / Stone | Abt 1768 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12708 |
145 | Winn / Withers | 3 Mar 1767 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2527 |
146 | Stone / Asbury | Abt 1767 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12707 |
147 | Pope / Foote | 11 Dec 1766 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F11057 |
148 | Winn / Withers | 17 Oct 1766 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2528 |
149 | Barnett / Neavill | 18 Jul 1766 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2553 |
150 | Glasscock / Stephens | 1766 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14305 |
151 | Glasscock / Rector | 1766 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12586 |
152 | Coppedge / Catlett | F19007 | ||
153 | Boyce / Helm | 19 Jun 1765 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F11049 |
154 | Withers / Potts | Abt 1765 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F6794 |
155 | Helm / Neavill | 29 Jul 1764 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F1684 |
156 | Hampton / Neavill | 29 Jul 1761 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2552 |
157 | Moffett / Stone | 3 Feb 1761 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12706 |
158 | Wood / Wood | Abt 1760 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2483 |
159 | Smoot / Smoot | Abt 1760 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F5613 |
160 | Ball / Smith | Abt 1759 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14127 |
161 | Fitzgerald / Neavill | Abt 1757 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14230 |
162 | Withers / Hord | 15 Dec 1756 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2567 |
163 | Corder / Corder | 1754 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12727 |
164 | Withers / Williams | Abt 1743 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2485 |
165 | Corder / Corder | 1730 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12869 |
166 | Corder / Corder | 1728 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12730 |
167 | Neavill / Neavill | Abt 1725 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12540 |
168 | Allen / Owens | Abt 1724 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21809 |
169 | Corder / Corder | Abt 1702 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12867 |
170 | Reno / Chinn | 26 Jul 177 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12560 |