Alexandria (Independent City), Virginia Genealogy

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History

 * First settlement established in 1695. Named for Capt. Philip Alexander. Alexandria was not incorporated until 1779.
 * In 1755, General Edward Braddock organized his fatal expediation against Fort Duquesne (near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) at Carlyle House.
 * April 1755, the governors of Virginia, and the Provinces of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York met to determine concerted action against the French in America.
 * 1791, Alexandria was included in an area chosen by George Washington to become the District of Columbia. Alexandria along with Arlington County were retroceded back to Virginia in 1846.
 * City of Alexandria was re-chartered in 1852.
 * 1828-1836, Alexandria was home to the Franklin and Armfield slave market.
 * During the Civil War, the slave pen owned by Price, Birch &amp; Co. became a jail under Union occupation.
 * Alexandria was occupied by the Federal troops at the start of the Civil War and remained occupied until the end of the war.
 * 1863 (when West Virginia was divided from Virginia) until end of the Civil War, Alexandria was the seat of the Restored Government of Virginia.
 * 1870, the City of Alexandria became independent of Alexandria County. The rest of Alexandria County became Arlington County in 1920, ending years of confusion.

Populated Places
Arlandria. Del Rey. Hume. The Landmark. Mount Ida. North Ridge. Old Town. Saint Elmo. Seminary Hill. Seminary West. Town of Potomac (1930). The Berg. West End. West of Quaker

Neighboring Counties
Arlington | Fairfax | District of Columbia

Web Sites

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