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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 Rosser, Mary  Abt 1754Fauquier Co, Virginia I5882
102 Rosser, Lettice Glending "Lettie"  1770Fauquier Co, Virginia I5884
103 Rosser, John  Abt 1760Fauquier Co, Virginia I5877
104 Rosser, James Neavill  1777Fauquier Co, Virginia I89002
105 Rosser, George  Abt 1771Fauquier Co, Virginia I5876
106 Rosser, Elizabeth*  Abt 1749Fauquier Co, Virginia I5830
107 Redman, James  Abt 1775Fauquier Co, Virginia I37630
108 Rector, Hannah  1750Fauquier Co, Virginia I36607
109 Ransdell, Thomas Jefferson  25 Dec 1795Fauquier Co, Virginia I75944
110 Ransdell, Mariah (dau of who?)  2 Oct 1807Fauquier Co, Virginia I75952
111 Quisenberry, Mary Jane  1735Fauquier Co, Virginia I64213
112 Quisenberry, Mary Jane  1735Fauquier Co, Virginia I85669
113 Porter, Martin  21 Mar 1762Fauquier Co, Virginia I18532
114 Pope, Worden  Abt 1772Fauquier Co, Virginia I31421
115 Pope, Thomas  Abt 1758Fauquier Co, Virginia I31419
116 Poe, Lucinda  17 Aug 1804Fauquier Co, Virginia I65029
117 Pickett, Sarah  Abt 1750Fauquier Co, Virginia I89438
118 Pickett, Nancy  1784Fauquier Co, Virginia I89429
119 Pickett, John  4 Dec 1768Fauquier Co, Virginia I36551
120 Pickett, Elizabeth  1768Fauquier Co, Virginia I89425
121 Payne, Woodward "Wood"  1850Fauquier Co, Virginia I18114
122 Payne, William Wood  1806Fauquier Co, Virginia I6055
123 Payne, Thomas Brown  13 Oct 1850Fauquier Co, Virginia I18113
124 Payne, Thomas  16 Sep 1838Fauquier Co, Virginia I18164
125 Payne, Susan Ellen  Abt 1830Fauquier Co, Virginia I14678
126 Payne, Susan Adelia  22 Jul 1843Fauquier Co, Virginia I18110
127 Payne, Richard  Abt 1857Fauquier Co, Virginia I18116
128 Payne, Presley  1769Fauquier Co, Virginia I5898
129 Payne, Mason Brown  17 Oct 1834Fauquier Co, Virginia I18117
130 Payne, Mary Virginia  05 Jun 1826Fauquier Co, Virginia I18162
131 Payne, Mary Roberta  26 Aug 1837Fauquier Co, Virginia I18108
132 Payne, Mrs. Mary Catherine (..)  7 Mar 1845Fauquier Co, Virginia I18079
133 Payne, Mary Barton  20 Apr 1881Fauquier Co, Virginia I18093
134 Payne, Mary  1813Fauquier Co, Virginia I6059
135 Payne, Martha Alice  12 Dec 1848Fauquier Co, Virginia I18097
136 Payne, Martha  09 Apr 1817Fauquier Co, Virginia I18157
137 Payne, Marshall  23 Feb 1824Fauquier Co, Virginia I18161
138 Payne, Lucy Mildred  31 May 1822Fauquier Co, Virginia I18160
139 Payne, Louisa  1812Fauquier Co, Virginia I18153
140 Payne, Leslie W.  1 Jan 1887Fauquier Co, Virginia I18095
141 Payne, Judson  1849Fauquier Co, Virginia I18098
142 Payne, Joseph William  01 Feb 1807Fauquier Co, Virginia I6057
143 Payne, John Wood  04 Jun 1814Fauquier Co, Virginia I18105
144 Payne, John Rice  31 Aug 1845Fauquier Co, Virginia I18111
145 Payne, John Ball  08 Dec 1849Fauquier Co, Virginia I18168
146 Payne, Jane  1798Fauquier Co, Virginia I60996
147 Payne, James Wood  1806Fauquier Co, Virginia I6053
148 Payne, James Edmund  3 May 1846Fauquier Co, Virginia I18096
149 Payne, James  26 Dec 1818Fauquier Co, Virginia I18158
150 Payne, James  1771Fauquier Co, Virginia I6049
151 Payne, Irene Susan  12 Dec 1847Fauquier Co, Virginia I18167
152 Payne, Henry Rousseau  22 May 1781Fauquier Co, Virginia I60989
153 Payne, Francis Withers  04 Jul 1811Fauquier Co, Virginia I6060
154 Payne, Francis  06 Jul 1781Fauquier Co, Virginia I5916
155 Payne, Emma Ellen  02 Jan 1843Fauquier Co, Virginia I18166
156 Payne, Emily Jane  22 Mar 1848Fauquier Co, Virginia I18112
157 Payne, Elizabeth  12 Jun 1813Fauquier Co, Virginia I18155
158 Payne, Elizabeth  1796Fauquier Co, Virginia I60995
159 Payne, Eliza M.  16 Sep 1852Fauquier Co, Virginia I18100
160 Payne, Edward C.  24 Feb 1868Fauquier Co, Virginia I18081
161 Payne, Cumberland George  16 Jan 1856Fauquier Co, Virginia I18102
162 Payne, Catherine Withers  02 Feb 1810Fauquier Co, Virginia I18154
163 Payne, Catherine Ernestine  17 May 1877Fauquier Co, Virginia I18085
164 Payne, Carrie Lee  15 Jul 1870Fauquier Co, Virginia I18131
165 Payne, Berryman Franklin  10 Mar 1850Fauquier Co, Virginia I18099
166 Payne, Berryman  1 Jan 1821Fauquier Co, Virginia I18077
167 Payne, Benton  1836Fauquier Co, Virginia I18104
168 Payne, Benjamin Franklin  25 Dec 1820Fauquier Co, Virginia I18159
169 Payne, Annie Elizabeth  8 Jan 1839Fauquier Co, Virginia I18109
170 Payne, Annie Barton  12 Apr 1870Fauquier Co, Virginia I18082
171 Payne, Anne Elizabeth  03 Dec 1840Fauquier Co, Virginia I18165
172 Payne, Amos E.  29 Mar 1884Fauquier Co, Virginia I18094
173 Payne, Alexander  12 Jul 1815Fauquier Co, Virginia I18156
174 Payne, Albena  25 Jul 1855Fauquier Co, Virginia I18115
175 Oliver, Wilson Herbert  17 Mar 1883Fauquier Co, Virginia I42418
176 Oliver, Minneapolis "Minnie"  1872Fauquier Co, Virginia I42412
177 Oliver, James G.  1874Fauquier Co, Virginia I42414
178 Oliver, Georgianna  1869Fauquier Co, Virginia I42411
179 Oliver, Cornelius  12 Sep 1882Fauquier Co, Virginia I42417
180 Oliver, Claude Washington  22 Feb 1876Fauquier Co, Virginia I42415
181 Oliver, Alfred Herbert  3 Jun 1873Fauquier Co, Virginia I42413
182 Neavill, Sarah  Abt 1743Fauquier Co, Virginia I42697
183 Neavill, Robert  Abt 1731Fauquier Co, Virginia I42703
184 Neavill, Mary "Polly"  1785Fauquier Co, Virginia I35031
185 Neavill, Mary "Mollie"  7 Nov 1760Fauquier Co, Virginia I86733
186 Neavill, Mary  Abt 1745Fauquier Co, Virginia I42696
187 Neavill, Kitty  Abt 1737Fauquier Co, Virginia I42700
188 Neavill, John  Abt 1729Fauquier Co, Virginia I42704
189 Neavill, Henry  Abt 1735Fauquier Co, Virginia I42701
190 Neavill, Gabriel  Abt 1733Fauquier Co, Virginia I42702
191 Neavill, Elizabeth  1779Fauquier Co, Virginia I79216
192 Neavill, Elizabeth  Abt 1741Fauquier Co, Virginia I42698
193 Neavill, Ann  Abt 1739Fauquier Co, Virginia I42699
194 Morgan, Alice  1768Fauquier Co, Virginia I60592
195 Mitchell, Frances  Abt 1771Fauquier Co, Virginia I48426
196 McCormick, Stephen  Abt 1781Fauquier Co, Virginia I48424
197 Lee, Frances  1805Fauquier Co, Virginia I65020
198 Laws, Frances Melvilla  1828Fauquier Co, Virginia I42923
199 Kerfoot, John Bradford  27 Jul 1798Fauquier Co, Virginia I46345
200 Kerfoot, George Louthan  22 Apr 1800Fauquier Co, Virginia I46346

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Death

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
101 Corder, William Sr.  1760Fauquier Co, Virginia I37613
102 Corder, John  1850Fauquier Co, Virginia I37642
103 Corder, John Sr. (END OF LINE)  25 Sep 1760Fauquier Co, Virginia I37084
104 Corder, James  Bef 31 Jul 1835Fauquier Co, Virginia I37615
105 Corder, James  Bef 31 Jul 1835Fauquier Co, Virginia I92654
106 Corder, Mrs. Ann (..)  Aft 1780Fauquier Co, Virginia I37625
107 Corder, (infant)  Abt 1729Fauquier Co, Virginia I37616
108 Compton, Lawson  Aft 1825Fauquier Co, Virginia I3020
109 Combs, John Jr.  6 Oct 1780Fauquier Co, Virginia I43449
110 Combs, Helen Luttrell  1825Fauquier Co, Virginia I60980
111 Combs, Ennis  Bef 25 Aug 1828Fauquier Co, Virginia I43452
112 Cockrill, Thomas  1 Jan 1885Fauquier Co, Virginia I65087
113 Chinn, Thomas  Aft 1821Fauquier Co, Virginia I93361
114 Chinn, Jennett May  26 Jan 1827Fauquier Co, Virginia I5932
115 Chinn, Charles Downman  15 Feb 1788Fauquier Co, Virginia I36536
116 Chapman, Sarah  1815Fauquier Co, Virginia I66098
117 Catlett, Mary  Abt 1755Fauquier Co, Virginia I91410
118 Catlett, John  1816Fauquier Co, Virginia I36387
119 Catlett, Gent John III (son of wife2?)  3 Feb 1778Fauquier Co, Virginia I86811
120 Carter, Richard R.  Bef 1850Fauquier Co, Virginia I42947
121 Butler, James  Aft 1870Fauquier Co, Virginia I81314
122 Brown, Anne  Abt 1800Fauquier Co, Virginia I21025
123 Bowie, Flora V.  15 Jul 1870Fauquier Co, Virginia I18119
124 Bonham, Maria  1818Fauquier Co, Virginia I4515
125 Barnett, Sarah  1814Fauquier Co, Virginia I48423
126 Barnett, John  Bef 1825Fauquier Co, Virginia I48430
127 Barnett, Elizabeth "Betsy"  Aft 1830Fauquier Co, Virginia I48478
128 Barnett, Ambrose  1808Fauquier Co, Virginia I5989
129 Ball, Nancy Alice  1850Fauquier Co, Virginia I42371
130 Ball, Mary Margery  1837Fauquier Co, Virginia I42632
131 Ball, John Blackwell  7 Nov 1821Fauquier Co, Virginia I42629
132 Ball, Jane  Bef 1856Fauquier Co, Virginia I42385
133 Ball, Enoch  1831Fauquier Co, Virginia I42637
134 Ball, Clemence  Between 1801 and 1806Fauquier Co, Virginia I42643
135 Ball, (Mrs. Joseph)  Aft 1850Fauquier Co, Virginia I43383
136 Bailey, Letitia  20 Dec 1895Fauquier Co, Virginia I65086
137 Allison, William  29 Dec 1891Fauquier Co, Virginia I64977
138 Allison, Roberta Catherine  1887Fauquier Co, Virginia I64988
139 Allison, Richard  Abt 1862Fauquier Co, Virginia I64738
140 Allison, John Thomas  2 Feb 1919Fauquier Co, Virginia I64976
141 Allison, J.  1852Fauquier Co, Virginia I64737
142 Allison, Henry  Jun 1891Fauquier Co, Virginia I64732
143 Allison, George Bailey  Oct 1888Fauquier Co, Virginia I64989
144 Allen, John  26 Mar 1761Fauquier Co, Virginia I6010

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Marriage

Matches 101 to 170 of 170

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   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
101 Glasscock / Rector  1766Fauquier Co, Virginia F12586
102 Glasscock / Glasscock  Abt 1831Fauquier Co, Virginia F21090
103 Glasscock / Glasscock  23 Dec 1805Fauquier Co, Virginia F14306
104 Glasscock / Duncan  Abt 1849Fauquier Co, Virginia F21092
105 Glasscock / Dulin  15 Jan 1793Fauquier Co, Virginia F21089
106 Glasscock / Cockrill  Abt 1885Fauquier Co, Virginia F21093
107 Gladstone / Allison  23 Dec 1817Fauquier Co, Virginia F21075
108 Gibson / Winn  17 Dec 1791Fauquier Co, Virginia F31482
109 German / Allison  17 May 1806Fauquier Co, Virginia F21076
110 Garrard / Moffett  13 Mar 1797Fauquier Co, Virginia F28209
111 Fitzgerald / Neavill  Abt 1757Fauquier Co, Virginia F14230
112 Fishback / Reed  6 Sep 1778Fauquier Co, Virginia F21566
113 Finnell / Powell  16 Mar 1843Fauquier Co, Virginia F32361
114 Edmonds / Foote  Abt 1803Fauquier Co, Virginia F14341
115 Dulin / Stone  Abt 1768Fauquier Co, Virginia F12708
116 Dulin / Glasscock  Aug 1783Fauquier Co, Virginia F14213
117 Digges / Gordon  14 Feb 1817Fauquier Co, Virginia F21081
118 Day / Corder  24 Sep 1785Fauquier Co, Virginia F31136
119 Davis / Withers  23 Sep 1795Fauquier Co, Virginia F2511
120 Cunnagy / Wood  28 Dec 1795Fauquier Co, Virginia F6663
121 Cowgill / Corder  12 Dec 1810Fauquier Co, Virginia F12952
122 Corder / Utterback  30 Aug 1800Fauquier Co, Virginia F12878
123 Corder / Stone  17 Feb 1788Fauquier Co, Virginia F12726
124 Corder / Smoot  5 Mar 1807Fauquier Co, Virginia F12950
125 Corder / Felkins  27 May 1797Fauquier Co, Virginia F31138
126 Corder / Ellis  17 Aug 1812Fauquier Co, Virginia F12946
127 Corder / Cowgill  25 Dec 1809Fauquier Co, Virginia F12941
128 Corder / Corder  1754Fauquier Co, Virginia F12727
129 Corder / Corder  1730Fauquier Co, Virginia F12869
130 Corder / Corder  1728Fauquier Co, Virginia F12730
131 Corder / Corder  Abt 1702Fauquier Co, Virginia F12867
132 Coppedge / Catlett   F19007
133 Compton / Wood  4 Jan 1830Fauquier Co, Virginia F1309
134 Compton / Duke  12 Mar 1833Fauquier Co, Virginia F1437
135 Combs / Rousseau  20 Feb 1779Fauquier Co, Virginia F19965
136 Cockrill / Bailey  Abt 1853Fauquier Co, Virginia F21095
137 Chinn / Withers  9 Jun 1789Fauquier Co, Virginia F2526
138 Chinn / Moore  25 Dec 1789Fauquier Co, Virginia F31430
139 Chilton / Ball  24 Jan 1792Fauquier Co, Virginia F24679
140 Carter / Wood  4 Dec 1780Fauquier Co, Virginia F2487
141 Carter / Rust  5 Jun 1838Fauquier Co, Virginia F14309
142 Calmes / Hale (Heale)  18 Jan 1782Fauquier Co, Virginia F5323
143 Butler / Holder  Abt 1953Fauquier Co, Virginia F26581
144 Bryant / Payne  21 Dec 1819Fauquier Co, Virginia F19962
145 Browne / Glasscock  2 Apr 1813Fauquier Co, Virginia F12510
146 Bradford / Barnett  4 Jun 1806Fauquier Co, Virginia F15996
147 Boyce / Helm  19 Jun 1765Fauquier Co, Virginia F11049
148 Bonham / Phillips  May 1804Fauquier Co, Virginia F2057
149 Barnett / Spinny  28 Nov 1796Fauquier Co, Virginia F16010
150 Barnett / Neavill  18 Jul 1766Fauquier Co, Virginia F2553
151 Barnett / Mitchell  20 Jan 1801Fauquier Co, Virginia F15998
152 Barnett / James  13 Oct 1788Fauquier Co, Virginia F15703
153 Barbee / Withers  2 Feb 1769Fauquier Co, Virginia F2529
154 Ball / Smith  Abt 1759Fauquier Co, Virginia F14127
155 Ball / Rosser  22 Feb 1792Fauquier Co, Virginia F2509
156 Ball / Robinson  1821Fauquier Co, Virginia F14130
157 Ball / Ball  Abt 1830Fauquier Co, Virginia F14128
158 Bailey / Ball  Abt 1820Fauquier Co, Virginia F14125
159 Allison / Skinner  17 Dec 1817Fauquier Co, Virginia F21063
160 Allison / Rowley  Abt 1803Fauquier Co, Virginia F20980
161 Allison / Poe  31 Dec 1823Fauquier Co, Virginia F21071
162 Allison / Minter  18 Dec 1844Fauquier Co, Virginia F21068
163 Allison / Lee  3 Jun 1824Fauquier Co, Virginia F21074
164 Allison / Glasscock  26 Dec 1853Fauquier Co, Virginia F21067
165 Allison / Edwards  Abt 1843Fauquier Co, Virginia F20978
166 Allison / Downs  26 Jan 1832Fauquier Co, Virginia F21072
167 Allison / Caldwell  10 Jan 1840Fauquier Co, Virginia F21069
168 Allison / Allison  Abt 1830Fauquier Co, Virginia F20979
169 Allison / Allison  Abt 1793Fauquier Co, Virginia F21070
170 Allen / Owens  Abt 1724Fauquier Co, Virginia F21809

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