Fauquier County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1758--Fauquier County was created 14 September 1758 from Prince William County. County seat: Warrenton

Neighboring Counties

 * Clarke
 * Culpeper
 * Loudoun
 * Prince William
 * Rappahannock
 * Stafford
 * Warren

Church
Baptist


 * Kemper, Charles E. "The Baptists in Fauquier County, 1770-1771: Extracts from Peter Hitt's Account Book," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct. 1927):390-392. Available at JSTOR.

Court
Chancery Court

Indexed images of Fauquier County, Virginia Chancery Records 1759-1919 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, which were often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Family Histories
Bibliography


 * [Adams] "Records of the Adams Family of Fauquier County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Oct. 1910):108-109. Available at JSTOR.
 * [Edmonds] Edmons, Albert Sydney. "Edmonium, 1741--Oak Spring, 1759: Elias, William and John Edmonds, Pioneers in Fauquier County, Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr. 1937):293-300. Available at JSTOR.
 * [Francis] Felchlia, Albert Oscar. Francis Family of Fauquier Co., Va. 1994.
 * [Grant] Heller, Dick D. Grant Family of Fauquier County, Va: Fleming Co., Ky., Rush, Wabash, and Jasper Counties, Indiana in the 18th, 19th, and 20th Century. Decatur Daily Democrat, 1974.
 * [Herndon] Herndon, Dudley L. and John Goodwin Herndon. The Herndons of the American Revolution: #84, John Herndon, b. ca. 1741-d. ca. 1805 of Fauquier County, Va., and His Known Descendants of the Family in America. Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996.
 * [McPherson] McPherson, Judy. A Guide to McPhersons and Related Families in Loudoun and Fauquier County, VA. J. McPherson, 1989.
 * [Priest] Priest Genealogy: Descendants of Peter and Sarah Priest of Fauquier County, Va. 1908.
 * [Taylor] Kemper, Charles E. "The Taylor Family, of Fauquier County, Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct. 1926):331-333. Available at JSTOR.
 * [Withers] "The Withers Family, of Stafford, Fauquier, &amp;c.," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):309-313; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1899):425-427. Available at JSTOR.

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette(1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburgwebsite. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Occupations

 * Moffett, Lee. Water Powered Mills of Fauquier County, Virginia. Warrenton, Virginia: M.J. Moffett, 1972.

Taxation
Indexed images of the 1790 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of Fauquier County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

Vital Records
Marriage


 * "Marriage Bonds in Fauquier County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1904):256-258. Available at JSTOR.

Websites
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 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog