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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 | Corder, Bailis Bailey (Bell) (Bayless) | 1767 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37071 |
102 | Stone, Elias (Elum) | Abt 1767 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I36757 |
103 | Helm, Major Benjamin | 8 May 1767 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I31405 |
104 | Withers, Susannah "Sukey" | 20 Aug 1767 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5918 |
105 | Helm, Mildred Milla | 11 Sep 1767 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I36421 |
106 | Barnett, Achilles Gibbs | Abt 1768 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I47548 |
107 | Corder, John | Abt 1768 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37642 |
108 | Morgan, Alice | 1768 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I60592 |
109 | Pickett, Elizabeth | 1768 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I89425 |
110 | Withers, Thomas | 1768 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5891 |
111 | Pickett, John | 4 Dec 1768 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I36551 |
112 | Barnett, John | Abt 1769 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48430 |
113 | Payne, Presley | 1769 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5898 |
114 | Spinny, Mary | Abt 1769 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48447 |
115 | Stone, Lewis | Abt 1769 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I36758 |
116 | Withers, Joseph | 22 Jun 1769 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5917 |
117 | Rosser, Lettice Glending "Lettie" | 1770 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5884 |
118 | Stone, Parazade | Abt 1770 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37070 |
119 | Withers, Elizabeth | 1770 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5893 |
120 | Ball, Mary Ellen | 10 Oct 1770 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18625 |
121 | Barnett, James | Abt 1771 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48425 |
122 | Corder, William | 1771 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37078 |
123 | Mitchell, Frances | Abt 1771 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48426 |
124 | Payne, James | 1771 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I6049 |
125 | Rosser, George | Abt 1771 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5876 |
126 | Stone, Nancy | Abt 1771 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I36759 |
127 | Withers, Hannah* | Abt 1771 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5828 |
128 | Chinn, Chichesler Thornton | 17 Oct 1771 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5937 |
129 | Ball, Benjamin | 1772 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42631 |
130 | Chinn, Joseph | 1772 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I66716 |
131 | Pope, Worden | Abt 1772 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I31421 |
132 | Barnett, Joanna | Abt 1773 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48483 |
133 | Withers, Alice (Ailsey) | 1773 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18521 |
134 | Withers, Matthew Keene "Cain" | Abt 1773 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5911 |
135 | Wood, Dickerson* Jr | 1773 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5827 |
136 | Helm, George | 2 Apr 1773 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I31406 |
137 | Rosser, Nancy | Abt 1774 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5874 |
138 | Barnett, Mildred | Abt 1775 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48429 |
139 | Bradford, Joseph | Abt 1775 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48419 |
140 | Herndon, James White | 1775 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I66091 |
141 | Redman, James | Abt 1775 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37630 |
142 | Steel, Henry | Abt 1775 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48446 |
143 | Wood, Elijah Thornton | Abt 1775 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18535 |
144 | Withers, Elijah (Keene?) Sr | 02 Oct 1775 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18505 |
145 | Corley, Richard | 1776 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48112 |
146 | Barnett, Nancy | Abt 1777 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48482 |
147 | Rosser, James Neavill | 1777 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I89002 |
148 | Withers, Lucinda "Lucy" | Abt 1777 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5889 |
149 | Withers, William | 02 Jun 1777 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18506 |
150 | Corder, Susannah W. | 1778 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37631 |
151 | Gaskins, Ann Eustace | 1778 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65033 |
152 | Handsucker, Jacob | Abt 1778 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37910 |
153 | Withers, Ailsey | Abt 1778 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18507 |
154 | Wood, Isabella | Abt 1778 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5836 |
155 | Wood, William III | 1778 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18390 |
156 | Barnett, Ann | Abt 1779 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48480 |
157 | Neavill, Elizabeth | 1779 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I79216 |
158 | Rosser, Susanna "Sukey" | Abt 1779 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5879 |
159 | Shreave, William | Abt 1779 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48481 |
160 | Cole, Mahala Alice "Alcy" | 16 Mar 1779 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I81158 |
161 | Withers, Cynthia Ann "Cindy" | 24 Apr 1779 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5894 |
162 | Glasscock, Stephen | 30 Oct 1779 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42930 |
163 | Corder, Susannah | 1780 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37908 |
164 | Dodd, Hannah | 1780 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I89003 |
165 | Wood, Nancy | 1780 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I66092 |
166 | Barnett, Sarah | Abt 1781 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48423 |
167 | McCormick, Stephen | Abt 1781 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48424 |
168 | Withers, Susannah | Abt 1781 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18508 |
169 | Rust, James | 3 Apr 1781 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42942 |
170 | Payne, Henry Rousseau | 22 May 1781 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I60989 |
171 | Payne, Francis | 06 Jul 1781 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5916 |
172 | Wood, James | 31 Aug 1781 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5838 |
173 | Ball, Joseph Brumfield | Abt 1782 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18629 |
174 | Corder, Sarah | 1782 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37909 |
175 | Withers, Enoch | 1782 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5895 |
176 | Corder, Charity | 1783 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37079 |
177 | Stone, Rosanna "Rosey" | 1783 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I55439 |
178 | Settle, Willis | 12 Jan 1783 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I89432 |
179 | Ball, Martha | 12 Jul 1783 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18628 |
180 | Pickett, Nancy | 1784 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I89429 |
181 | Withers, William | 1784 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5896 |
182 | Barnett, Judith | 1785 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48418 |
183 | Hinson, James (Madison?) "Madi" | Abt 1785 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42675 |
184 | Neavill, Mary "Polly" | 1785 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I35031 |
185 | Rust, Benjamin | 1785 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40819 |
186 | Withers, Scythia "Sithy" | Abt 1785 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5890 |
187 | Rust, Elizabeth | 22 Jun 1785 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42950 |
188 | Corder, Vincent | 15 Aug 1785 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37906 |
189 | Dulin, George | 1786 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42673 |
190 | Withers, Sally | Abt 1786 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5913 |
191 | Holtzclaw, Susan | 25 Jan 1786 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I66100 |
192 | Barnett, Emily | Abt 1787 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48485 |
193 | Corder, Elizabeth | 1788 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37911 |
194 | Cowgill, John | Abt 1788 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37912 |
195 | Dulin, Mary "Polly" | 1788 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42674 |
196 | Barnett, Charles | Abt 1789 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I48486 |
197 | Bramblett, Nathaniel | 1789 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I104805 |
198 | Jones, William | 7 Jan 1789 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I35012 |
199 | Helm, Lyna | 2 May 1789 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I31456 |
200 | Corder, Nancy | 1790 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40396 |
Matches 101 to 144 of 144
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Death | Person ID | ||
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101 | Ball, Jane | Bef 1856 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42385 |
102 | Gaskins, Ann Eustace | Mar 1856 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65033 |
103 | Cowgill, Tacy | 1857 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I37892 |
104 | Rosser, Lettice Glending "Lettie" | Bef 6 Jun 1858 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I5884 |
105 | Rust, James | 17 Sep 1858 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42942 |
106 | Glasscock, Margaret | 1 Oct 1858 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65061 |
107 | Payne, Richard | Bef 1860 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18116 |
108 | Rowley, Elizabeth | 18 Jul 1860 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64974 |
109 | Helm, Lyna | Aug 1860 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I31456 |
110 | Forman, Malvina | Aft 1860 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I56782 |
111 | Thornton, Martha Stuart | Dec 1861 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I86861 |
112 | Allison, Richard | Abt 1862 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64738 |
113 | Rust, Elizabeth | 28 Oct 1862 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42950 |
114 | German, James | May 1864 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65028 |
115 | Dulin, Clemmance | Abt 1865 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65060 |
116 | Rowley, Catherine (Ketty or Kitty) | 1868 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64739 |
117 | Glasscock, Cleminia Ann | Feb 1870 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65004 |
118 | Bowie, Flora V. | 15 Jul 1870 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18119 |
119 | Butler, James | Aft 1870 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I81314 |
120 | Payne, Edward C. | 29 Sep 1873 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18081 |
121 | Payne, Annie Barton | 18 Oct 1873 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18082 |
122 | Payne, Thomas Brown | 1 Dec 1873 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18113 |
123 | Shield, Sarah | 16 Jan 1875 | Fauquier co, Virginia | I68439 |
124 | Glasscock, George | 10 May 1875 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65062 |
125 | Payne, Catherine Ernestine | 1 Jun 1877 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18085 |
126 | Digges, Porcia Lucella (occupant 1850) | 13 May 1879 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64972 |
127 | Payne, Amos E. | 13 Nov 1884 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18094 |
128 | Cockrill, Thomas | 1 Jan 1885 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65087 |
129 | Allison, Roberta Catherine | 1887 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64988 |
130 | Payne, Leslie W. | 16 Jul 1887 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18095 |
131 | Allison, George Bailey | Oct 1888 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64989 |
132 | Edwards, Marjulia "Julia" | 15 Nov 1890 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64733 |
133 | Allison, Henry | Jun 1891 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64732 |
134 | Allison, William | 29 Dec 1891 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64977 |
135 | Hinson, George | 3 Sep 1894 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42374 |
136 | Bailey, Letitia | 20 Dec 1895 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65086 |
137 | Rust, Sarah Ann | 29 Jun 1898 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42952 |
138 | Herndon, Joseph Thaddeus "Joel" | Abt 26 Oct 1906 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42396 |
139 | Glasscock, Thomas J. (son?) | 4 Mar 1908 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I42916 |
140 | Payne, John Rice | 21 Oct 1914 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I18111 |
141 | Allison, John Thomas | 2 Feb 1919 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I64976 |
142 | Godfrey, Beaureguard Davis | 14 Apr 1933 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40368 |
143 | Utterback, Joseph Neville | 14 Sep 1940 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I65088 |
144 | Robinson, Somerville Virginia | 6 Oct 1944 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | I40365 |
Matches 101 to 170 of 170
Family | Marriage | Family ID | ||
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101 | Turner / Maddox | Bef 1805 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F15893 |
102 | Wood / Corley | 8 Nov 1805 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F6775 |
103 | Glasscock / Glasscock | 23 Dec 1805 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14306 |
104 | German / Allison | 17 May 1806 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21076 |
105 | Bradford / Barnett | 4 Jun 1806 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F15996 |
106 | Wood / Smoot | 8 Aug 1806 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2489 |
107 | Herndon / Holtzclaw | 15 Dec 1806 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21390 |
108 | Hinson / Dulin | 30 Dec 1806 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14222 |
109 | Washburn / Jett | 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F24632 |
110 | McCormick / Barnett | Feb 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F15997 |
111 | Corder / Smoot | 5 Mar 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12950 |
112 | Payne / Withers | 10 Nov 1807 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2524 |
113 | Pope / Thruston | Abt 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F11059 |
114 | Shreave / Barnett | Bef 1808 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F16016 |
115 | Rosser / Dodd | 6 Jan 1809 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F29598 |
116 | Corder / Cowgill | 25 Dec 1809 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12941 |
117 | Oder / Wigfield | 27 Jan 1810 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F9202 |
118 | Cowgill / Corder | 12 Dec 1810 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12952 |
119 | Rust / Rust | 3 May 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14308 |
120 | Corder / Ellis | 17 Aug 1812 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12946 |
121 | Browne / Glasscock | 2 Apr 1813 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F12510 |
122 | Harvie / Marshall | 15 Sep 1813 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F36406 |
123 | Digges / Gordon | 14 Feb 1817 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21081 |
124 | Allison / Skinner | 17 Dec 1817 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21063 |
125 | Gladstone / Allison | 23 Dec 1817 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21075 |
126 | Bryant / Payne | 21 Dec 1819 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F19962 |
127 | Bailey / Ball | Abt 1820 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14125 |
128 | Ball / Robinson | 1821 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14130 |
129 | Lee / Allison | 1 Jan 1821 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F20981 |
130 | Allison / Poe | 31 Dec 1823 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21071 |
131 | Allison / Lee | 3 Jun 1824 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21074 |
132 | Tapp / Wood | 27 Aug 1825 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2572 |
133 | Hinson / Ball | 28 Nov 1825 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14124 |
134 | Wood / Rogers | 28 Dec 1825 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2493 |
135 | Thornberry / Payne | 3 Mar 1827 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F19963 |
136 | Payne / Foley | 28 Dec 1827 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2580 |
137 | Tucker / Compton | 08 Jan 1828 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F4017 |
138 | Holder / Ball | 29 Nov 1828 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14126 |
139 | Orear / Thornton | 6 Mar 1829 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14307 |
140 | Allison / Allison | Abt 1830 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F20979 |
141 | Ball / Ball | Abt 1830 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14128 |
142 | Compton / Wood | 4 Jan 1830 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F1309 |
143 | Payne / Dulaney | 16 Sep 1830 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2578 |
144 | Glasscock / Glasscock | Abt 1831 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21090 |
145 | Payne / Payne | 12 Dec 1831 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F2581 |
146 | Allison / Downs | 26 Jan 1832 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21072 |
147 | Compton / Duke | 12 Mar 1833 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F1437 |
148 | Carter / Rust | 5 Jun 1838 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14309 |
149 | Allison / Caldwell | 10 Jan 1840 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21069 |
150 | Rust / Ashby | 5 Mar 1840 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14311 |
151 | Allison / Edwards | Abt 1843 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F20978 |
152 | Finnell / Powell | 16 Mar 1843 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F32361 |
153 | Thompson / Saunders (Sanders) | 17 Jan 1844 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F13592 |
154 | Allison / Minter | 18 Dec 1844 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21068 |
155 | Thompson / Thompson | Abt 1845 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F13593 |
156 | Glasscock / Duncan | Abt 1849 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21092 |
157 | Cockrill / Bailey | Abt 1853 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21095 |
158 | Allison / Glasscock | 26 Dec 1853 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21067 |
159 | Payne / Payne | 28 Dec 1858 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F6670 |
160 | Payne / Payne | 20 Dec 1866 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F6665 |
161 | Russell / Payne | 3 Jun 1867 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F6674 |
162 | Hector / Payne | 28 Oct 1867 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F6671 |
163 | Oliver / Holder | 17 Dec 1868 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14132 |
164 | Payne / Bowie | 20 Jul 1869 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F6672 |
165 | Payne / Hinson | 21 Dec 1876 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21052 |
166 | Godfrey / Robinson | 19 May 1880 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F13582 |
167 | Utterback / Cockrill | Abt 1884 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21096 |
168 | Glasscock / Cockrill | Abt 1885 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F21093 |
169 | Maddox / Herndon | 27 Apr 1887 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F14131 |
170 | Butler / Holder | Abt 1953 | Fauquier Co, Virginia | F26581 |