Place:Fauquier, Virginia, United States

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Fauquier is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,972. The county seat is Warrenton.

Fauquier County is in Northern Virginia and is a part of the Washington metropolitan area. The county is one of the fastest-growing and highest-income counties in the United States.

History

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In 1608, the first European to explore in the vicinity, Captain John Smith, reported that the Whonkentia (a subgroup of the Siouan-speaking Manahoac tribe) inhabited the area. The Manahoac were forced out around 1670 by the Iroquois (Seneca), who did not resettle the area. The Conoy camped briefly near The Plains, from 1697 to 1699. The Six Nations ceded the entire region including modern Fauquier to Virginia Colony at the Treaty of Albany, in 1722.

Fauquier County was established on May 1, 1759, from Prince William County. It is named for Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia at the time, who won the land in a poker game, according to legend.

American Civil War battles in Fauquier County included (in order) the First Battle of Rappahannock Station, the Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, the Battle of Kelly's Ford, the Battle of Aldie, the Battle of Middleburg, the Battle of Upperville, the First and Second Battle of Auburn, the Battle of Buckland Mills, and the Second Battle of Rappahannock Station.

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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Research Tips

• Fauquier County, Virginia family history and genealogy research guide (FamilySearch Research Wiki).

Online Records

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/land/index.htm

Statutes at Large, Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature in the Year 1619 by W. W. Hening - online!

Abstracts of wills, administrations, and marriages of Fauquier County, Virginia, 1759-1800
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Fauquier County Books

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Fauquier County, Virginia Deeds 1759 - 1778 compiled by John K. Gott

Abstracts of Fauquier County, Virginia Wills, Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800 by John K. Gott

Abstracts of Fauquier County, Virginia Wills, Inventories & Accounts 1800-1865 Dee Ann Buck

Fauquier County, Virginia 1759-1854 Marriages by John K. Gott

Fauquier County Virginia Court Records John K Gott

Fauquier County, Virginia Deeds 1778-1785 Compiled by John K. Gott

Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys Dunmore, Shenandoah, Culpeper, Prince William, Fauquier & Stafford Counties 1710 - 1780 Volume III compiled by Peggy Shomo Joyner.

Military Records, Certificates of Service, Discharge, Heirs, & Pension Declarations and Schedules From The Fauquier County, Virginia Court Minute Books 1784 - 1840 compiled by Joan W. PETERS.

Fauquier County, Virginia Clerks Loose Papers - A Guide to the Records 1759 - 1919 by Joan W. Peters. C.G.R. S.

Fauquier County, Virginia Guardian Bonds 1759-1871 by Dee Ann Buck

Fauquier County, Virginia Guardian Bonds 1759-1871 by John K. Gott, Heritage Books.