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

Court
Indexes and images to 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.

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.

Taxation
The 1790 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of Fauquier County, Virginia are indexed online at Binns Genealogy.

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