Fairfax County was established in 1742 from the northeastern lands of Prince William County. Its name was taken from Thomas Fairfax, sixth baron Fairfax of Cameron, proprietor of the Northern Neck. At that time it also included all of Loudoun County (taken from Fairfax in 1757). An adjustment in the Loudoun-Fairfax line was made in 1798, and a portion of Loudoun County was returned to Fairfax's jurisdiction. in 1801 the area of present Arlington County was ceded by the state of Virginia from Fairfax County lands to become part of the federal government's District of Columbia.
Settlers were moving into the Fairfax area as early as the middle of the seventeenth century. the first land patent in the region dates from 1651. when the county was established officially in 1742, the population base already numbered 4,125, with fuilly one-third of these as black slaves.
The county suffered heavily from destruction and theft and a considerable portion of its records were lost during the Civil War.
FAIRFAX CO., VA 1749 COURT ORDER BOOK
by Charles & Virginia Hamrick. 2003, iv, 64 pp., index of names. The authors have provided a faithful and accurate transcription of this early court order book.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA IMPLIED MARRIAGES
by Marty Hiatt & Craig R. Scott, 1994, xiv, 345 pp. The authors
have duplicated the extensive court card file of marriages based on a wide variety of will, deed and other
records in order to put this information in the hands of genealogists. More than 5,000 marriages are
represented here. Full name index of all parties, including parents and other relatives whenever cited.
BROTHERS AND COUSINS: CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS & SAILORS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
by William Page Johnson II. xviii, 249 pages, photos, index. This book attempts to record all the Confederate
Soldiers and Sailors of Fairfax County. Included herein are men who were born in Fairfax County and resided
there (before and/or after the war). Also included are those who died there (during and after the war) and
those who are buried there. The material is presented in alphabetical order by soldier/sailor name. For more records pertaining to FAIRFAX
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VIRGINIA MERCHANTS: ALEXANDER HENDERSON, FACTOR FOR JOHN GLASSFORD AT HIS COLCHESTER STORE, FAIRFAX CO., VA, HIS LETTER BOOK OF 1758-1765
by Charles & Virginia Hamrick. 1999, x, 313 pp., index of names. The authors have provided a transcription as
well as facsimile reproduction of a letter book for John Henderson, who operated the store at Colchester, Virginia,
one of a group ultimately spoken of as the "South Potomac Stores." The owner, John Glassford was opne of the most
prominent and prospersous of the Scottish "tobacco lords." This work elucidates the workings of the merchant and
business class in virginia during the period of the enormous growth of the colony prior to the Revolution.
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Fairfax Co. 1815 Directory of Landowners
by Roger G. Ward. 2005. 21 pages, map, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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Individual County Booklets, 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners
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Fairfax Co. Revolutionary Public Claims
transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten.. 2005. 23 pages, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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Revolutionary "Publick" Claims series
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