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Guide to Fauquier County, Virginia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, demography records, family unit history, and armed forces records.

County Data [edit | edit source]

Description [edit | edit source]

Fauquier County is located in the Northern portion of the Republic of Virginia and included in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The County was named for Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Virginia from 1758 to 1768[1].

County Courthouse [edit | edit source]

Clerk Circuit Court has nativity records from 1853-1896, Death records 1853-1896 and 1912-1917, spousal relationship, land and probate records from 1759, Divorce Records from 1975 and military belch records from 1944[2]

Fauquier County, Virginia Record Dates [edit | edit source]

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing alien dates. This data should exist taken as a guide and should be verified past contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Showtime Dates for Major County Records [3]
Nascency* Marriage Death* Courtroom Land Probate Census
1853 1759 1853 1975 1759 1759 1810
* Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1912.
General compliance year is unknown.

Tape Loss [edit | edit source]

  • Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890

Purlieus Changes [edit | edit source]

  • Parent Canton: Created from Prince William County, May 1, 1759[four]
  • County seat: Warrenton[5]
  • Interactive Map of Virginia Canton Formation History (1790-1897) - blithe maps illustrating Virginia county purlieus changes
  • Virginia Historical Boundary Changes - listing of all purlieus changes by county provided by Newberry Library

Populated Places [edit | edit source]

For a consummate list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The post-obit are the well-nigh historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]

Towns
  • Remington
  • The Plains
  • Warrenton
Unincorporated communities
  • Airlie
  • Atoka
  • Belle Meade
  • Belvoir
  • Bleak
  • Bristersburg
  • Broad Run
  • Casanova
  • Delaplane
  • Elk Run
  • Germantown
  • Goldvein
  • Halfway
  • Hume
  • Liberty
  • Linden
  • Markham
  • Morrisville
  • Old Tavern
  • Orlean
  • Paris
  • Rectortown
  • Somerville
  • Sumerduck
  • Upperville
Census-designated places
  • Bealeton
  • Calverton
  • Catlett
  • Marshall
  • Midland
  • New Baltimore
  • Opal

History Timeline [edit | edit source]

Lt. Gov. Francis Fauquier (1703-1768)

The county is named subsequently Virginia Lieutenant-Governor Francis Fauquier (1703-1768).

How to use this drove.

Resources [edit | edit source]

Bible Records [edit | edit source]

For databases and indexes, see Virginia Bible Records.

  • Keith - Family Bible [Records, 1802-1922] of William Jones and Mary Isham Keith. FHL.
  • 1607-2007 Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Apply this Collection; alphabetize & images
  • Kemper - Kemper: Bible Records, 1769-1945. Microfilmed in 1977: FHL.

Biographies [edit | edit source]

Business, Commerce, and Occupations [edit | edit source]

  • Directory of Fauquier Professional Men in 1851. (Attorneys, Physicians, and Hotel Keepers) The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Club, Vol. iii, No. one (Jul. 1984). Available at FHL. Taken from the Fauquier Democrat - Special section for the Bicentennial Thursday, Apr 30, 1959, page E-eight.
  • The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. 1952. Past George Barton Cutten. Richmond, Virginia : The Dietz Press, Incorporated. Online at: Hathitrust; At various libraries (WorldCat). Includes a department on Warrenton silversmiths.
  • Warrenton Directory, 1844-1847. (Attorneys, Physicians, Dentists, Druggists, and Merchants) The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Order, Vol. 3, No. i (Jul. 1984). Available at FHL. Taken from the Fauquier Democrat special section for the Bicentennial Thursday, April 30, 1959, folio E-8.
  • Water Powered Mills of Fauquier County, Virginia. 1972. Past Lee Moffett. Warrenton, Virginia: M.J. Moffett.

Cemeteries [edit | edit source]

  • Fauquier Family unit Cemetery Foundation
  • 1800-1986 Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Employ this Collection; index & images
  • Abstracts of Wills, Administrations, and Marriages of Fauquier County, Virginia, 1759-1800. 2001. By Junie Estelle Stewart King. Online at: Ancestry ($). Includes cemetery inscriptions.
  • Fauquier Canton, Virginia Tombstone Inscriptions. 1993. Past Nancy C. Baird, Carol Jordan. V1. hb. 307 pp. IP-47.
  • Inscriptions of 2,000 People in Warrenton, Virginia, Cemetery, 1811-1998.
  • Along with a chronological history of Warrenton, sections group people according to their interests and careers: horse owners and trainers, volunteers, town merchants, fire department, restaurants, government, educators, construction, and other occupations. 118 Pages, Bibliography, Index, Paper, 1999. Details at Warrenton Cemetery.

Census Records [edit | edit source]

For databases, indexes, and information online, see Virginia Census.

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1790 17,892 —
1800 21,329 19.2%
1810 22,689 half dozen.4%
1820 23,103 1.8%
1830 26,086 12.9%
1840 21,897 −sixteen.1%
1850 20,868 −4.7%
1860 21,706 4.0%
1870 19,690 −9.3%
1880 22,993 16.8%
1890 22,590 −1.8%
1900 23,374 three.v%
1910 22,526 −iii.6%
1920 21,869 −two.nine%
1930 21,071 −three.half-dozen%
1940 21,039 −0.2%
1950 21,248 1.0%
1960 24,066 13.iii%
1970 26,375 nine.6%
1980 35,889 36.1%
1990 48,741 35.8%
2000 55,139 thirteen.i%
2010 65,203 18.3%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1820 Manufacturers Census

  • 1820 Manufacturers Demography. Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. two, No. 3 (Jul. 1997):125-126. FHL. [Includes Fairfax, Fauquier, and Loudoun counties.]

1890 Veterans Census

  • Virginia's Marriage Veterans: Eleventh Census of the The states 1890. Prince William County Virginia, By Ronald Ray Turner. FHL Collection.

Church Records [edit | edit source]

  • Elk Run Anglican Church building

Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

  1. Back Lick (1782).
  2. Brent Town (1773).
  3. Broad Run (1762). Church minutes (1762-1872) have been published: FHL Book 975.5275 K2m[vii]; come across also Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Nov. 1988) available at Ancestry ($). See Morgan Edwards' 1772 digitized working manuscript, Materials Towards a History of the Baptists wherein he identifies a few early members and states some members of this congregation migrated to Pittsylvania Canton.
  4. Carter'south Run (1768).[8] The female parent church. See M. Edwards' pp 89-90: Materials Towards a History of the Baptists A history was published: Virginia Baptist Annals, Effect 2 (1963).
  5. Goose Creek (1775), about Upperville, Va.[ix] Records from 1775 to 1842 accept been published: Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. nine (2004): FHL Book 975.52 D25n v. 8-nine (2003-2004).
  6. Goose Creek (1799), Farrowsville, Va.
  7. Long Branch (1786), virtually Halfway, Va. A history, which includes church minutes and membership lists (1807-1868) has been published: FHL Book 975.5275 K2g.[10]
  8. Manor (by 1771).[11] Run across Thou. Edwards pp 39 : Materials Towards a History of the Baptists
  9. Manufacturing plant Creek (1772).
  10. Pollex Run (1772), near Orlean, Va. Notes (1810) have been published: Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 5 (2000): FHL Book 975.52 D25n v. 5-7 (2000-2002).
  11. Upper Carter's Run (1784). A history has been published: Virginia Baptist Annals, Issue 29 (1990).
  • 1776 Petition of Baptists (10,000 names!) and sympathizers from all over Virginia, dated 16 Oct 1776, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists by the established church. Later locating your ancestor, view the digital copies.
    – Digital copies at Library of Congress; too at Library of Virginia using the lawmaking give-and-take "000606093"
    – Hall, Jean Pickett. "Legislative Petitions: the 10,000 name petition" transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39, (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Genealogical Club, 1983-) online at Ancestry ($) and in book course at various libraries.
    Fauquier County fell inside the bounds of the Culpeper Association and the Ketocton Association.
  • The Baptists of Fauquier County. By C. A. Hoppin. Tyler'south Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. ii, No. one (Jul. 1920):329-330. FHL Book 973 B2t 1967 v. 2 (1920-1921). Religious petition (perhaps dated 1775).
  • The Baptists in Fauquier County, 1770-1771: Extracts from Peter Hitt'south Account Volume. By Charles Eastward. Kemper. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 35, No. four (Oct. 1927):390-392. Available at JSTOR ($).

Church of England

Lutheran

  • History of the Hebron Lutheran Church, Madison County, Virginia, 1717 to 1907. 1908. By W. P. Huddle, Margaret G. Davis, Hebron Lutheran Church, and Mt. Nebo Lutheran Church. New Market, VA : Henkel & Visitor. Available at FHL. Germantown settlers belonged to this congregation.
  • 1742-1775 Gray, Gertrude Eastward. Virginia Northern Neck State Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. Ii. Baltimore, MD, The states: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Presbyterian

  • Abstracts of the Second Session Book of the Marshall Presbyterian Church building, Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia. 1957. Past John K. Gott, Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington-Lewis Chapter (Virginia), and Marshall Presbyterian Church (Marshall, Virginia). MSS. Bachelor at FHL. This church building was organized in 1849 under the name Salem Presbyterian Church.

Court Records [edit | edit source]

Online Courtroom Indexes and Records
Minute Books Fauquier County, Virginia - Abstracts of Minute Books FQ. MB 01-93 1759-1761 FQ. MB 02-93 1761-1762 FQ. MB 03-93 1762-1763 FQ.MB 04-95 1763-1766 FQ.MB 05-95 1764-1766 The Antient Printing
Chancery Court

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

Canton Court
Fauquier County, Virginia Courtroom of Records 1776-1782. 1993\. By John One thousand. Gott. Copies of the Minute Books are bachelor on microfilm at the Fauquier County Public Library, Warrenton, or the Virginia State Library, Richmond. The original books are in various stages of deterioration and not available for public apply. 180 pp. surname index, paper. Publisher'southward bookstore: Heritage Books ($).

Dumfries District Courtroom and Superior Court of Law

  • Dumfries District Courtroom Order Books, 1793-1817. Original records, Prince William County Courthouse, Manassas, Va.; bachelor on microfilm at FHL. Dumfries District Court encompassed Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William counties.

Loose Papers

  • Researching the Fauquier County Clerk's Loose Papers. By Joan Westward. Peters. The Virginia Genealogical Guild Newsletter, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Aug. 2001):i-4. Available at FHL; online at Virginia Genealogical Society.

Superior Courtroom of Chancery
The Superior Court of Chancery of Fredericksburg (1802-1831) had jurisdiction over certain Fauquier County courtroom cases. An index has been compiled:

  • Indexes of Court Records in the Clerk'due south Office, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1782-1904.
  • Original records, Fredericksburg Metropolis Courthouse, Fredericksburg, Va., microfilmed reproduction available at FHL. Indexes the post-obit records:
    • District Courtroom law book v. 8, 1782-1792;
    • Commune Court law books 1790-1793, five. A-F 1789-1811;
    • Superior Court of Law - law order books v. G-H 1812-1831;
    • Superior Court of Chancery chancery order books 1814-1831;
    • Hustings Court orders five. A-O 1782-1871;
    • Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery law society books v. A-E 1831-1875;
    • Circuit Superior Court of Police force and Chancery chancery order books five. A-D 1831-1872;
    • Circuit Court chancery order books v. A2, B-C 1875-1904;
    • Fredericksburg Commune Court (1789-1808) had jurisdiction over the post-obit counties: Spotsylvania (including Fredericksburg), Caroline, King George, Stafford, Orange, and Culpeper;
    • Superior Court of Chancery (1802-1831) had jurisdiction over the following localities: urban center of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fairfax, Lancaster, Northumberland, Madison, King George, Orangish, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Essex, and Westmoreland.

Directories [edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration [edit | edit source]

For databases and immigrant groups, see Virginia Emigration and Clearing

  • Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750. 1964. Past B. C. Holtzclaw and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Harrisonburg, Virginia : Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Available at FHL.
  • North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. By Peter Wilson Coldham. 2007. Baltimore, Md : Genealogical Pub. Co. At various libraries (WorldCat). Includes wills of residents of Albemarle Canton proved in London. These records often help institute an immigrant's place of origin.
  • List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe who served labor terms in Colonial Virginia are online at: Immigrant Servants Database.
  • During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 6 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Fauquier Canton.[12]

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups [edit | edit source]

African American
In 1860, Fauquier Canton had the largest enslaved populations in the state (10,455 slaves).[13]

  • 1865-1872 Virginia, Freedmen's Bureau Field Role Records, 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Employ this Collection; index & images
  • 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; index & images
  • 1850 Fauquier County, Virginia, Slave Schedule. 2003. By Patricia B. Duncan. Westminster, Maryland : Willow Bend Books, Heritage Books. Available at FHL.
  • Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County Newsletter. 1992-2000. Midland, Virginia : Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier Canton, Virginia. Bachelor at FHL.
  • Fauquier County, Virginia, Register of Free Negroes 1817-1865. 1993. By Karen King Ibrahim, Karen Hughes White, Courtney Gaskins, and Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County. Virginia : Thou.K. Ibrahim, Chiliad.H. White, C. Gaskins. Available at FHL.
  • Fauquier Canton Personal Property Tax List 1786-1819. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans.
  • Fauquier Register of Free Negroes, 1817-1865. By Paul Heinegg. Gratuitous African Americans.
  • Local Sources for African-American Family Historians: Using Canton Court Records and Census Returns. 1993. By Joan W. Peters. Broad Run, Virginia : J.W. Peters. Available at FHL.
  • Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold drove for digitized images of African Americans of Fauquier County.

Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]

  • 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Apply this Collection; alphabetize & images

Funeral Homes in Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, Virginia
Joynes Funeral Abode
phone 540-347-3331
29 N. Third St.
Warrenton, VA 20188
established since 1938

Moser Funeral Dwelling, Inc.
phone 540-347-3431
233 Broadview Ave.
Warrenton, VA 20188
established since 1836

Colonial Funeral Dwelling of Leesburg Inc.
(formerly Muse & Reed)
phone 703-777-1414
201 Edwards Ferry Rd., North.E.
Leesburg, VA 20176
established since 1877

Loudoun Funeral Chapel
telephone 703-777-6000 or 1-800-761-5057
158 Catoctin Circle, South.E.
Leesburg, VA

Royston Funeral Homes, Inc.
telephone 540-687-5400 Middleburg, VA
telephone 540-364-1731 Marshall, VA

Genealogies [edit | edit source]

Compiled Genealogies by Surname

  • See Fauquier Canton, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of published books and articles, or jump to surnames by using the alphabet bar.

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families

  • Alcock, John P. Fauquier Families, 1759-1799 (Abstruse of the 19th century Records of Fauquier County, Virginia. 1994. 445pp.
  • Holtzclaw, B.C. Beginnings and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750. Germanna Record No. v. Harrisonburg, Va.: The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1964. Includes Back, Brumback, Coons, Crim, Fishback, Haeger, Hanback, Hitt, Holtzclaw, Kemper, Martin, Miller, Nay, Rector, Spilman, Utterback, Wayman, Weaver, Young, Whitescarver, and Huffman (2) families. Available at FHL.
  • Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. http://www.germanna.org/
  • Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Germanna Heritage Book. Culpeper, Virginia: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 2000. Available at FHL.
  • Peters, Joan. Local Records and Genealogy: A Primer for Family unit Historians. Albemarle Press, 1990. Available at FHL. ["In her book, Joan uses case studies from Fauquier County to evidence how to rails a family through several generations."[14]]
  • United States. Work Projects Assistants (Virginia). Old Homes and Families of Fauquier Canton, Virginia: (The W.P.A. Records). Compiled in 1930s. Berryville, Virginia: Virginia Book Co., 1978. Bachelor at FHL.

Guardianship [edit | edit source]

Land and Holding Records [edit | edit source]

For land indexes, records, and databases, see Virginia Land and Property, including Colonial and State State Grants.

Online Land Indexes and Records
Early settlers maps are available for Fauquier County. Cartographer plots the locations of pioneer tracts. The Family History Library has copies: FHL Map 975.52 E7p and FHL Map 975.5275 E7s. Fairfax Grant

Grants and Patents

  • Davey. 253 patents dated 1651-1911 in what is now Fairfax, Fauquier, Northumberland, Prince William, Stafford, and Westmoreland Counties, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper. Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may be viewed free of accuse (click "Index" next to the county listing, which is "Nova" in this instance); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Directly Line Software'southward DeedMapper production.
  • 1742-1775 Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Country Causes

  • Abstracts of Land Causes, Prince William County, Virginia. 1992. By Ruth Trickey Sparacio, Sam Sparacio, and Dumfries, Va. District Court. (1789-1793) 2 vols. McLean, VA : Antient Press. Available at FHL.
  • Deeds
  • Fauquier Canton, Virginia Deed Abstracts 1778-1785. 1992. By John Chiliad. Gott. Abstracts of all the documents found in the first six human action books. It includes a wide variety of records such as leases, bonds, contracts of sale such equally leases, bonds, contracts of sale, mortgages, agreements and deeds. Each abstract gives the names of all grantors and grantees, and any other individuals mentioned. Index, paper, G578
  • Fauquier Canton, Virginia Human activity Book No. nine 1785-1787
  • Fauquier Canton, Virginia Human activity Book No. x 1788-1792"
  • Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys Dunmore, Shenandoah, Culpeper, Prince William, FAUQUIER Stafford Counties 1710-1780. Volume III. By Peggy Shomo Joyner. 197 pages.
  • Prince William County State Causes. By Donald L. Wilson. (1789-1793) The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Social club, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Aug. 1984):five-7; Vol. 3, No. vii (Jan. 1985):iii-6; Vol. 3, No. 10 (Apr. 1985):6-7; Vol. 3, No. 12 (Jun. 1985):6-7; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1985):four-half-dozen; Vol. 4, No. 2 (Aug. 1985):3-4; Vol. iv, No. 3 (Sep. 1985):five-7; Vol. four, No. 7 (Jan. 1986):4-6; Vol. iv, No. nine (Mar. 1986):3-4; Vol. 4, No. 10 (Apr. 1986):5-7; Vol. 4, No. 12 (Jun. 1986):5-seven; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1986):5-vii; Vol. v, No. 3 (Sep. 1986):6-9; Vol. 5, No. 6 (December. 1986):five-6; Vol. 5, No. 10 (Apr. 1987):5-vii. Available at FHL.
  • TLC Genealogy

Local Histories [edit | edit source]

  • A History of Marshall (formerly Salem) Fauquier, Virginia. 1959. By John Thou. Gott. Middleburg,VA : Middleburg Press. Online at: Hathitrust.
  • An Former Timer in Warrenton and Fauquier County, Virginia. 1955. By M. Louise Evans and Charles F. Knox. Warrenton, Virginia : Virginia Pub. Available at FHL.
  • Boyhood Memories of Fauquier. c1979, 1980. By P.A.Fifty. Smith and A. Saying Coppage. Owensboro, Kentucky : McDowell Publications. Bachelor at FHL.
  • Fairfax, Fauquier, and Prince William Canton, VA Records. By George W. Drinking glass. north.p. : n.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Fauquier County: Postcard History Series. c2010. By Matthew C. Benson. Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing. Online at: Google Books.
  • Fauquier County, Virginia, 1759-1959. c1959. By Fauquier County American Bicentennial Committee. Warrenton, Virginia : Fauquier Canton Bicentennial Committee. Includes two lists of early marriage bonds and soldiers in the Revolution.
  • Fauquier County, Virginia: Historical Notes. 1914. By Fauquier County (VA) Board of Merchandise and Harry Connelly Groome. Warrenton, VA : Lath of Merchandise. Online at: Google Books, Internet Archive, FHL.
  • Fauquier Canton, Virginia, Historical Notes: Published as a Supplement to the Map of Fauquier County. 1914. By Harry Connelly Groome. Warrenton, Virginia : Board of Trade. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Google Books.
  • 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — index ($)
  • Fauquier County, Virginia, Records. By George W. Drinking glass. n.p. : n.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Fauquier Heritage and Preservation News: A Publication of the Fauquier Heritage and Preservation Foundation Inc. Marshall, Virginia : Fauquier Heritage and Preservation Foundation, Inc., 2002-present. Available at FHL.
  • Flint Hill Farm A History: George Washington's Tract on Chattins Run, Rectortown, Fauquier Canton, Virginia. 2004. By John M. Gott. n.p. : New Papyrus Publishing.
  • Germanna, Outpost of Adventure, 1714-1956. 1989. By John W. Wayland, Charles Herbert Huffman, and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Culpeper, Virginia : Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies. Available at FHL.
  • Germantown Revived. 1962. By Woodford B. Hackley, B.C. Holtzclaw, and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Harrisonburg, Virginia : Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Available at FHL.
  • Loftier In Sometime Virginia'southward Piedmont: A History of Marshall. 1987. By John 1000. Gott. Marshall National Depository financial institution & Trust Company : (formerly Salem), Fauquier Canton, Virginia. pp.216.
  • Historical Collections of Virginia : Containing a Drove of the Most Interesting Facts, Tradition, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc. Relating to its History and Antiquities, Together with Geographical and Statistical Description, to which is Appended an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the District of Columbia. 1847. By Henry Howe. Charleston, South Caroline : Westward.R. Babcock. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books.
  • Old Homes and Families of Fauquier County, Virginia. 1978. By Cheryl Hepner. n.p. : Berryville, Virginia. (the West.P.A. records)
  • The Foothills of the Blueish Ridge in Fauquier County, Virginia. 1974. By Clara South. McCarty. Warrenton, Va : Fauquier Democrat. WLU Rare F232.F3.
  • The Diary of Court House Square: Warrenton, Virginia U.S.A. From Early Times Through 1986, with 1987-1995 Reflections. By Lee Moffett. Revised Edition - The history fix forth in this valuable text begins in the 1600s with the region's native inhabitants and European settlers, and chronicles events through the recents years - a gold mine of data about Court Business firm Square in Warrenton, Virginia.
  • The Dixon Valley Its Outset 250 Years. By John G. Russell Gott, T. Triplett.
  • The Story of Germanna Descendants in Reunion at Siegen Forest, Virginia. 1957- 1972? By Charles Herbert Huffman and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Harrisonburg, Virginia : Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Bachelor at FHL.
  • The Women of the Debatable Land. c1912. By Alexander Hunter. Washington, DC : Cobden Publishing Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Google Books, Internet Annal.
  • The Twelvemonth of Anguish Fauquier County, Virginia 1861-1865. c1965. By John Grand. Ramey Gott, Emily G.
  • Train Whistles and Hunting Horns: The History of the Plains, Virginia. 1994. pp 106. By John K. Gott and Anne Evans.
  • Virginia's First German Colony. 1961. By Elizabeth Chapman Denny Vann, Margaret Collins Denny Dixon. Richmond, VA : n.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, FHL.
  • Water Powered Mills of Fauquier Canton, Virginia. By Lee Moffett. due north.p. : due north.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Virginia Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the canton.

Historic Residences [edit | edit source]

  • Flint Hill Farm: A History, George Washington'south Tract on Chattins Run. 2004. Past John Thousand. Gott. Rectortown, Fauquier Canton, Virginia. Athens, Georgia : New Papyrus Pub. Co. Available at FHL.
  • Former Homes and Families of Fauquier County, Virginia: (The West.P.A. Records). Compiled in 1930s. 1978. By Usa. Work Projects Administration (Virginia). Berryville, Virginia : Virginia Book Co. Available at FHL.
John Marshall Chief Justice
John Marshall born in Fauquier County, Virginia
John Marshall - Who Served Here?

Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]

County and state maps, historical and more current, are valuable enquiry tools. For map collections, online and in libraries, meet Virginia Maps.

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for more resources

  • A New and Accurate Map of the County of Fauquier, Virginia 1776. Past Eugene M. Scheel. Falls Church building, Virginia : Fauquier Historical Gild, due north.d. Available at FHL.
  • Bertrand Ewell's Survey of the Fauquier-Prince William Purlieus Line Apr 14, 1759. Available at online. Includes names of residents.
  • Fauquier County, Commonwealth of Virginia. 1985. Past Eugene M. Scheel. n.p.: Fauquier National Bank and Eastward.Thousand. Scheel. Available at FHL. Features include "former roads, mills, stores, plantations, churches, ruins, cemeteries, battles, historic sites, early stream names and boundaries."[15]
  • Fauquier County, Virginia, Historical Notes: Published as a Supplement to the Map of Fauquier County. 1914. By Harry Connelly Groome. Warrenton, Virginia : north.p. Available at FHL, Hathitrust.
  • Historical Map of the Northern Portion of Fauquier Canton and a Office of Loudoun County, Virginia. 1953; reprint, 198-?. By Meade Palmer and B. Curtis Chappelear. Original edition available at FHL; 1980s reprint at FHL.
  • Maps and Notes Of Upper Fauquier Canton, Virginia. 1954. By B. Curtis Chappelear, Esq. Warrenton, Virginia : The Warrenton Antique Guild.
  • Virginia, Old Stafford County, Established 1664. Concord, California : Tackitt Photographic, n.d. Available at FHL. Erstwhile Stafford County originally covered the area of the counties of Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford.
  • Garden, H. D. Map of Fauquier County, Virginia. [Northward.P, 1876] Map. https://www.loc.gov/particular/73696164/. Available online at the Library of Congress.

Migration [edit | edit source]

  • Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Dirt. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. iii (Jul.-Sep. 1975):190-194. FHL 975.5 B2vg; CD available at: New England Ancestors ($). These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Fauquier County'southward 1787 Delinquent Listing appears on pp. 124-126.

Military Records [edit | edit source]

General

  • Military machine Records, Certificates of Service, Discharge, Heirs, Pensions, Declarations and Schedules: From the Fauquier County, Virginia Court Minute Books, 1784-1840. 1999. By Joan W. Peters. Westminster, Maryland : Willow Bend Books. Available at FHL.
  • Military Records, Patriotic Service, Public Service Claims: From the Fauquier Canton, Virginia Courtroom Minute Books 1759-1784. 1999. By Joan Westward. Peters. Westminster, Maryland : Willow Bend Books. Available at FHL.
  • Military Records, Pensions Applications, Heirs, At Law and Civil State of war Military Records: From Fauquier County, Virginia Court Minute Books 1840-1904. 1999. By Joan West. Peters. Westminster, Maryland : Willow Curve Books. Available at FHL.
  • Neglected & Forgotten: Fauquier County, Virginia, French & Indiana War, Revolutionary War, & War of 1812 Veterans; Muster Rolls, Alimony Lists, Declarations & Certificates, Land Warrants, Heirs at Constabulary, Court Martials, from the War machine Record Series of the Fauquier County, Virginia, Clerks Loose Papers, 1759-1825. 2004. By Joan Westward. Peters. Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books. Available at FHL.


French and Indian War

  • Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. 2007. By William F. Boogher. Baltimore MD : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at: Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat). Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch (French and Indian State of war, Lord Dunmore's War) with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the listing of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Fauquier County, come across p. 108.
  • 1651-1776 Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Bachelor at FHL United states/CAN Book 975.five M2c; digital book at Beginnings ($). Identifies some County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.
  • Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. 1988. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. FHL United states of america/CAN Book 975.5 M2bL.


Revolutionary War

  • A Demography of Pensioners for Revolutionary or War machine Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, every bit Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the 6th Census. 1841. Washington : Blair and Rives. Online at: Internet Archive, Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat). See Virginia, Eastern District, Fauquier Canton on page 130.
  • Fauquier County, Virginia, 1759-1959. 1959. By Fauquier Canton Bicentennial Committee. Warrenton, Virginia : Fauquier County Bicentennial Committee. Available at FHL. Includes ii lists of early on wedlock bonds and soldiers in the Revolution.
  • Fauquier Canton in the Revolution. 1997. Past Thomas Triplett Russell and John M. Gott. Westminster, Maryland : Heritage Books. Available at FHL.
  • Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted past Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." FHL Book 973 M24ur; digital version at Beginnings ($). Includes veterans. Virginia department begins on folio 238.
  • Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary State of war. 1913. Past J.T. McAllister. Hot Springs, VA : McAllister Pub. Co. Online at: Net Annal
  • Virginia Publick Claims Past Janice L. Abercrombie. Athens, GA : Iberian
  • Wringing Northern Virginians Out of Last Pension Payment Vouchers, 1818-1864. By Alycon Trubey Pierce. Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr. 1997):73-77. Available at FHL. Identifies married daughters and granddaughters of Revolutionary State of war Pensioners, and other persons mentioned in these records. Pierce abstracted entries for residents of Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William counties.

Regiments. Service men in Fauquier Canton served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their canton. Fauquier County supplied soldiers for the:

- 3rd Virginia Regiment
- 10th Virginia Regiment


War of 1812
War of 1812 in Virginia Fort Meigs Ohio War of 1812 Battleground - Fauquier Men Fought and Died here Library of Virginia resource, War of 1812 Fauquier County men served in the 44th and 85th Regiments.[16]

  • List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Mail service-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... 1883. Washington, D.C : Government Printing Role. Online at: Internet Archive, Google Books. See Vol. 5, Virginia, Fauquier County, p. 79. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this canton in 1883.


Civil War

  • 1861-1865 Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize & images
  • 1861-1865 Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Marriage Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
  • 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
  • 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
  • Neat Pictures of the Civil War
  • Journals of Amanda Virginia Edmonds: Lass of the Mosby Confederacy. 1859-1867. By Nancy Baird Chappelear. Stephens City, Virginia : Commercial Printing.
  • Northern Virginia's Own. By William Chiliad. Glasgow Jr. Alexandria, Virginia : Globill Press.
  • The Brooke, Fauquier, Loudoun and Alexandria Artillery.By Michael J. Andrus. Lynchburg, VA : H.E.Howard, Inc.
  • The Civil War in Fauquier Canton, Virginia. 1985. By Eugene M. Scheel. n.p. : The Fauquier National Bank.
  • The Years of Anguish, Fauquier County, Virginia, 1861-1865. 1987. Past John K. Gott, Emily Thousand. Ramey, and Fauquier County Civil War Centennial Commission. Annandale, Virginia : Bacon Race Books. Available at FHL.

Regiments. Civil State of war service men in Fauquier County served in various regiments. Men oft joined a company (inside a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed here:

- 4th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate)
- 6th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Visitor H (The Wise Dragoons).[17]
- 7th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Ashby'due south) (Confederate). Visitor A (Fauquier Mountain Rangers) was presumably from Fauquier County.[18]
- 8th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company B (Piedmont Rifles) and Visitor K (Scott'due south Company).[19]
- 11th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate).[20]
- 49th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company A (Flint Loma Rifles) (Markham Guards) and Visitor H (Fauquier Guards).[21]
- 60th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (3rd Regiment, Wise Legion) (Amalgamated). Company F (The James River Rifles).[22]

Ceremonious War Battles
The following Ceremonious State of war battles were fought in Fauquier Canton.

  • Baronial 22-25, 1862 Rappahannock Station I, also known as Waterloo Bridge, White Sulphur Springs, Lee Springs or Freeman's Ford[23]
  • August 28, 1862 Thoroughfare Gap, besides known every bit Chapman's Factory[24]
  • October thirteen, 1863 Auburn, also known every bit Catlett's Station and St. Stephen's Church[25]
  • Oct fourteen, 1863 Auburn, too known every bit Coffee Hill[26]
  • October xix, 1863 Buckland Mills, too known as Buckland Races or Chestnut Hill[27]
  • November 7, 1863 Rappahannock Station II[28]
Maps of Ceremonious War battles in Virginia: 1861 and 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865

Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

  • 1906-1929 Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Apply this Collection; alphabetize & images

Newspapers [edit | edit source]

For online newspaper resources, see the Virginia Newspapers folio.

Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website. In add-on, 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 send deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), meet: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

  • 1817-1820 Palladium of Liberty (Warrenton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
  • 1907-present Fauquier Democrat (now Fauquier Times) Newspaper Index, 1907 to present, is available online.

Current issues of the Fauquier Times-Democrat are online.

  • 2001-present The Fredericksburg Free Lance Star carries many articles about people from Fauquier: 2001 to nowadays, see: Fredericksburg site.

Historical issues of the Fredricksburg newspapers tin be searched online.

Obituaries [edit | edit source]

Other Records [edit | edit source]

Private Papers

  • Edmonds Journals of Amanda Virginia Edmonds: Lass of the Mosby Confederacy, 1859-1867. 1984. By Amanda Virginia Edmonds Chappelear and Nancy Chappelear Baird. Delaplane, Virginia : Due north.C. Baird. Available at FHL.
  • Ficklin - Collection of Papers from Culpeper Co., VA: Dealing with the Payne, Tull, Stewart, Ficklin and Related Families, 1848-1859. Original documents, includes papers from Fauquier County, available at FHL.
  • Howison - Periodical of Mary Jackson Howison, 1858-1870. 1985. By Mary Jackson Howison Laws. Lamesa, Texas : M.G. Beckham. Bachelor at FHL.

Periodicals [edit | edit source]

Probate Records [edit | edit source]

For probate records, indexes, and databases, meet Virginia Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

Local Courtroom

  • 1759-83 Abstracts of Wills bachelor at Virginia Pioneers ($)
  • Abstracts of Fauquier Canton Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800. 1999. By John K. Gott. Baltimore, Maryland : Clearfield. Online at: Ancestry ($).
  • Abstracts of Wills, Administrations, and Marriages of Fauquier County, Virginia, 1759-1800. 2001. Past Junie Estelle Stewart Male monarch. Available at FHL. Online at: Beginnings($).
  • Fauquier Canton, Virginia Guardian Bonds, 1759-1871. 1989. Past John G. Gott. Bathetic from the Original Bonds, Where Extant and from the Minute Books Otherwise. The abstracts include names of guardinas, orphans deceased parents of orphans, value of the estates of the wards, securities, witnesses, etc.
  • Local Records and Genealogy A Primer for Family Historians. Past Joan Peters. Broad Run, Virginia : Albemarle Press.
  • Oklahoma Genealogical Records. By Eunice Byram Roberts. D.A.R. Library : Washington, D.C. Bachelor at FHL. Includes a few Maddux wills from Fauquier County, Virginia.

London Courts

  • North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. 2007. By Peter Wilson Coldham. Baltimore, Physician : Genealogical Publishing Co. FHL BRITISH Volume 942 P27c 2007. Includes will of a resident of Fauquier County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant'south identify of origin.
  • 1639-1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Beginnings — index, incomplete ($)
  • 1783-1796 Digital Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Volume 2 Virginia Pioneers ($)
  • 1796-1804 Images of Will Book 3 Virginia Pioneers ($)
  • 1804-1808 Images of Volition Volume 4 Virginia Pioneers ($)
  • An Index to Fauquier County, Virginia Will and Administration, 1744-1920/five. 1986. Past Mildred Ames. Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Office of The O'Bannon Genealogist. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

School Records [edit | edit source]

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  • 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more than information.
  • 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Tax Records [edit | edit source]

For additional online collections and the value and use of Virginia's revenue enhancement lists in your research, run into Virginia Taxation.

Online Tax Indexes and Records

  • 1751 A List of Taxpayers for Hamilton Parish, 1751. The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. ten, No. vi (December. 1991):43-45. Available at FHL. Taken from the Account Book of Captain John Crump, Sheriff of Prince William County. "The original volume was presented to the Fauquier Historical Guild in 1922, by Col. Malcolm H. Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky," simply has since been misplaced.
  • 1759 - Fauquier County, Virginia, Taxation List of 1759. 1998? By TLC Genealogy. Miami, Florida : TLC Genealogy. Available at FHL.
  • 1759 Tithables List, 1759. Northern Virginia Genealogy. Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr. 1997). Bachelor at FHL.
  • 1759-1782 The Revenue enhancement Man Cometh: Land and Property in Colonial Fauquier County, Virginia: Tax List from the Fauquier County Court Clerk'southward Loose Papers, 1759-1782. 1999. Past Joan W. Peters. Westminster, Maryland : Willow Bend Books. Bachelor at FHL.
  • 1759-1783 Fauquier Families, 1759-1799. 1994, 2001. By John P. Alcock. 2 vols. Athens, Georgia : Iberian Pub. Co. Available at FHL. Vol. 1. Comprehensive indexed abstracts of revenue enhancement and tithable lists. Vol. 2 contains tithable and personal property tax lists 1759-1783.
  • 1759-1842 The Francis Surname Extracted from the Fauquier Canton, Virginia Infinitesimal (Order) Books, 1759-1842. north.p. : n.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • 1759-1800 Abstracts of Wills, Administrations, and Marriages of Fauquier County, Virginia, 1759-1800. 2001. Digital book available at Ancestry($).
  • 1777 Tenants of the Manor of Leeds, Fauquier Canton - 1777. By Junie Estelle Stewart Male monarch.
  • 1782-1796 Images of the Fauquier County Personal Property Taxation Lists 1782-1796 - Binns Genealogy ($)
  • 1782-1850 Fauquier County, Virginia Personal Holding Tax Lists, 1782-1850. Available at FHL.
  • 1782 Virginia Revenue enhancement Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published past the United states Census Bureau. 1940; 1978. By Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; FHL.
  • 1782 Tax List, 1782,Genealogical Reference Builders Newsletter. Vol. 12, No. i (1982). Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • 1783 Personal Belongings (or Land) Taxation List, 1783. Online at: Revolutionary War Service.
  • 1783-1791 Fauquier Canton, Virginia Land Tax Books - 1783-1791. 1997. By Ruth Trickey Sparacio and Sam Sparacio. two vols. McLean, Virginia : Antient Press. Available at FHL.
  • 1785-1786 Interust Warrants, 1785-86. Genealogical Tips, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Aug. 1967). Available at FHL.
  • 1786-1819 Fauquier County Personal Belongings Tax List 1786-1819. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: [Complimentary African Americans.]]
  • 1787 The 1787 Demography of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between xvi & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over sixteen & Those Nether 16 Years, Together with a List of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Likewise the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. c1987. By Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Beloved. Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print. FHL; At various libraries (WorldCat). Fauquier County is included in Vol. 1.
  • 1787 Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Clay. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. nineteen, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1975):190-194. FHL 975.5 B2vg; CD available at: New England Ancestors ($). These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Fauquier County's 1787 Delinquent Listing appears on pp. 124-126.
  • 1790, 1799 Images of the 1790 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of Fauquier County, Virginia - Binns Genealogy.
  • 1800 Fauquier Canton, Virginia, 1800 Tax List. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul. 1976); Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct. 1976); Vol. 21, No. i (Jan. 1977); Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr. 1977); Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jul. 1977); Vol. 21, No. iv (Oct. 1977). FHL 975.five B2vg; CD available at: New England Ancestors ($).
  • 1815 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). c1997. By Roger D. Ward. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. FHL 975 E4w. At diverse libraries (WorldCat).
  • 1853 Fauquier County, Virginia Tax List, 1853. Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County. Vol. i, No. 2 (Jan. 1993). Available at FHL.
  • Tithes and Personal Property Taxes of Free Negroes. 1996. Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County - Annual Publication. Upshot 1. Available at FHL.
  • Deed Book nine, Taxables. 1963. Genealogical Tips. Vol. 1, No. 1. Available at FHL.

Vital Records [edit | edit source]

For additional indexes, databases, and details, see Virginia Vital Records.

Nascency [edit | edit source]

The nativity registers of Fauquier County, Virginia have been published multiple times:

  • 1853-1896 Fauquier County, Virginia, Birth Registry, 1853-1896. 1996. By Dee Ann Shipp Cadet. Fairfax, Virginia : D.A. Buck. Available at FHL.
  • 1853-1896 Fauquier County, Virginia Birth Register, 1853-1896. 2008. By Patricia B. Duncan. 2 vols. Westminster, Maryland : Heritage Books. Available at FHL.
  • 1853-1866 Virginia, Slave Birth Alphabetize, 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Employ this Collection; index & images
  • 1853-1896 Abstracts of Fauquier County, Virginia Birth Records 1853 - 1896. 1989. Past Joan Due west. Peters. Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books. Bachelor at FHL.
  • 1912-1913 Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Microfilmed reproductions of the original records are also available at the Family History Library:

  • 1584-1917 Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Apply this Drove; index & images
  • Fauquier Canton, Virginia Birth and Expiry Registers, 1853-1896. Original records. Available at FHL.

Marriage [edit | edit source]

  • 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Beginnings — index ($)
  • 1660-1959 Virginia, United States Marriages at at FindMyPast — index, ($) — index $
  • 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Ancestry — alphabetize ($)
  • 1759-1790s Early Virginia Marriages. 1953. By William Armstrong Crozier. Baltimore, MD : Southern Book Co. Online at: Digital Library. Includes Fauquier County marriages 1759-1790s.
  • 1759-1786 Early Fauquier County Marriage Bonds (The USGenWeb Athenaeum).
  • 1759-1790 Marriage Bonds in Fauquier County. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1904):256-258. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
  • 1759-1854 Early Fauquier County, Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1759-1854. 1965. By Nancy Chappelear and John 1000. Gott. Washington, DC : N. Chappelear and J.K. Gott. FHL.
  • 1759-1854 Fauquier Canton, Virginia Wedlock Bonds (1759-1854) and Marriage Returns (1785-1848). 1989. Past John K. Gott. FHL.
  • 1759-1800 Abstracts of Wills, Administrations, and Marriages of Fauquier Canton, Virginia, 1759-1800. 2001. By Junie Estelle Stewart King. FHL. Online at: Beginnings ($).
  • 1759-1854 Fauquier County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds 1759 to 1854. 1939. By Joel Ricks. FHL.
  • 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Beginnings — index ($)
  • 1785-1940 Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Employ this Collection; Alphabetize ; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
  • 1853-1935 Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Canton Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; index
  • 1854-1896 Fauquier County, Virginia, Marriages. 1996. By Dee Ann Shipp Cadet. (1854-1896). 2 vols. Fairfax, VA : D.A. Buck. FHL.
  • 1936-1988 Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Apply this Drove; index & images
  • Fauquier Canton, Virginia Spousal relationship Returns (not Bonds). 1965. By Mildred S. Ames. Brigham City, UT : n.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
  • Fauquier County Bicentennial Committee. Fauquier Canton, Virginia, 1759-1959. Warrenton, Virginia: Fauquier Canton Bicentennial Committee, 1959. FHL. Includes two lists of early spousal relationship bonds and soldiers in the Revolution.
  • An Index to Fauquier County, Virginia Will and Assistants, 1744-1920/5. 1986. By Mildred Ames. Salt Lake Urban center, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Role of The O'Bannon Genealogist. Transcript of union records from Fauquier County covering November 1759 to 8 March 1766. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Expiry [edit | edit source]

  • Deaths are online in the Library of Virginia's Death Index of Virginia, 1853-1896, sponsored by Virginia Genealogical Society.The expiry registers of Fauquier County, Virginia have also been published:
  • 1853-1896 Fauquier Canton, Virginia, Expiry Register, 1853-1896. 1998. By Patricia B. Duncan. Westminster, Maryland : Willow Bend Books. Available at FHL.
  • 1853-1896 Fauquier County, Virginia, Expiry Registry, 1853-1896. 2001. Past Dee Ann Shipp Buck. Fairfax, Virginia : D.A. Cadet. Available at FHL.
  • 1912-1987 Virginia, Decease Certificates, 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize & images

Microfilmed reproductions of the original records are also available at the Family unit History Library:

  • 1853-1912 Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 at FamilySearch — How to Apply this Drove; alphabetize & images
  • Fauquier County, Virginia Nascency and Expiry Registers, 1853-1896. Original records. Available at FHL Film 31637.

Divorce [edit | edit source]

  • 1918-1988 - Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — alphabetize & images

Clerk Circuit Courtroom has divorce records from 1831.

Enquiry Facilities [edit | edit source]

Archives [edit | edit source]

Listed below are athenaeum in Fauquier Canton. For country-broad facilities, see Virginia Athenaeum and Libraries.

Family History Centers [edit | edit source]

Family History Centre and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

  • Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, complimentary access to eye-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
  • FamilySearch Chapter Libraries have access to about heart-just databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history centre.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

  • Centreville Virginia Family History Center
  • Culpeper Virginia Family unit History Center
  • Front end Royal Virginia Family History Center
  • Warrenton Virginia Family History Middle
  • Woodbridge Virginia Family History Center
  • Bull Run Regional Library
  • Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier Canton - an chapter library

Libraries [edit | edit source]

Listed below are libraries in Fauquier Canton. For state-wide library facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.

Virginia Room, Fauquier County Public Library, has many local resources and some online indexes.Website

Fauquier Historical SocietyWebsite

John Grand. Gott Library, operated by the Fauquier Heritage and Preservation Foundation, has many local and regional resources.Website

Prince William Canton, Virginia Public LibraryWebsite

Museums [edit | edit source]

Societies [edit | edit source]

Listed below are societies in Fauquier County. For state-wide genealogical and historical societies, see Virginia Societies.

Websites [edit | edit source]

  • Cyndi's List
  • Fauquier County, Virginia USGENWEB Archives Look for Fauquier County Wills
  • Fauquier Historical Society
  • Va Gen Spider web Photo Album
  • Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area
  • Germanna Foundation
  • The Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society
  • FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch itemize contains descriptions and admission information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides [edit | edit source]

Compiled genealogies are a good identify to commencement research for this surface area, see Fauquier County, Virginia Genealogy. If you are researching families who lived in Fauquier Canton, Virginia between the 1750s and 1780s, the Sparacios' volume indexes are a great time saver. The indexes are available for gratis online.

  • Local Sources for African-American Family Historians: Using County Court Records and Census Returns. 1993. By Joan W. Peters. Broad Run, VA : J.Due west. Peters. FHL Discover in other libraries via Worldcat

References [edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ http://world wide web.fauquiertourism.com/nigh-fauquier
  2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: The states of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  4. ↑ VA Historical Purlieus Changes- list of all boundary changes past county provided past Newberry Library; accessed on 11 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s.a. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Fauquier_ Canton,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauquier_County,_Virginia#Communities accessed eight January 2020.
  7. ↑ Broad Run Baptist Church (Fauquier County, Virginia). "Minutes of the Wide Run Baptist Church near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia 1762 - 1872," Genealogical Record, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Sep. 1965) to Vol. ix, No. 4 (Dec. 1967). Houston, Texas: Houston Genealogical Forum, 1965-1967. Bachelor at FHL Book 975.5275 K2m.
  8. ↑ Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rising and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 229-230, 386-387. Digital version at Google Books.
  9. ↑ Fauquier County, Virginia, 1759-1959 (Warrenton, Va.: Fauquier County Bicentennial Commission, 1959), 87-88. FHL Volume 975.5275 H2f.
  10. ↑ John K. Gott, Wayland F. Dunaway, C. Wirt Trainham and Long Branch Baptist Church, History of Long Co-operative Baptist Church building, Fauquier Canton, Virginia: from Centennial History by Rev. Wayland F Dunaway and Sesquicentennial History by Rev. C. Wirt Trainham (Richmond, Va.: Williams Printing Co., 1967). FHL Volume 975.5275 K2g.
  11. ↑ Morgan Edwards, Materials Towards a History of the Baptists in the Provinces of Maryland Virginia Due north Carolina Due south Carolina Georgia (1772). Digitized by SCDL Collections - costless.
  12. ↑ British Aliens in the Us During the State of war of 1812. 1979. By Kenneth Scott. [1] Baltimore, Md : Genealogical Publishing Co. 320-333. FHL Volume 973 W4s; online at: Ancestry ($).
  13. ↑ 9th Census of the United States: Statistics of Population, Tables I to Viii Inclusive (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1872), 70. Digital version at Cyberspace Archive; FHL Book 973 X2pcu.
  14. ↑ "Fauquier County Genealogist Joan Peters to Speak on Utilize of Local Records, 17 Apr," The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. nine, No. 10 (April. 1991):73.
  15. ↑ "Celebrated Prince William Sponsors New Historic Map by Eugene Scheel," The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 10, No. ii (Aug. 1991):ten.
  16. ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812. (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 82. FHL Book 975.5 M2bs.
  17. ↑ Michael P. Musick, 6th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1990). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr five. 66.
  18. ↑ Richard L. Armstrong, 7th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1992). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 88.
  19. ↑ John E. Divine, 8th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1983). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 6.
  20. ↑ Robert T. Bong, 11th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1985). FHL Volume 975.5 M2vr five. 20.
  21. ↑ Richard B. Kleese, 49th Virginia Infantry (Appomattox, Va.: H.Due east. Howard, 2002). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 138.
  22. ↑ J.Fifty. Scott, 60th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.Eastward. Howard, 1997). FHL volume 975.v M2vr v. 130.
  23. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Boxing Summaries past Land, (accessed ii August 2012).
  24. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Boxing Summaries past State, (accessed 7 August 2012).
  25. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services,Civil State of war Battle Summaries by State, (accessed ii August 2012)
  26. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services,Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 2 August 2012)
  27. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by Country, (accessed 16 August 2012).
  28. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 2 August 2012).

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