Loudoun County was created on 1 July 1757 from the northwestern portion of Fairfax County lying above Difficult Run. Forty years later, in 1797, a small portion of Loudoun was returned to Fairfax's jurisdiction, and at that time the county reached its present boundaries. The county was named in honor of John Campbell, fourth earl of Loudoun, titular governor of Virginia (1756-1759), and head of the British forces in America, 1756-1758, during the first years of the French and Indian conflict.
The new county lay at the intersection of two major early Indian trails which later became the Leesburg Pike and the Carolina Road. On the western edge of the county, Harper's Ferry marked the beginning of the Virginia portion of the Great Valley Road. Consequently, Loudoun County became a waystation for many settlers who later moved south and west into the new lands opening in the eighteenth century.
LOUDOUN CO., VA 1810 CENSUS transcribed by John Vogt. 10 1/2 x 8 1/2, x, 80 pages. Maps, illustrations, full name index. This is the first surviving
census for Loudoun, since both the 1790 and 1800 censuses have been lost. The transcription is in the order of the original document as it was taken by Stephen Roszel, the enumerator. A full name index is procvided for easy reference.
Loudoun was an important and populous county (more than 21,000 in 1810) in the Northern Neck and was a gateway westward during the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
LOUDOUN COUNTY MILITIA REGISTERS, 1793-1829
by Don Blincoe, Sr. 1993, ix, 495 pages (8½x11), indices. A careful and exact transcription of
the militia registers for this most important county. Contains over 20,000 references to men who
served during this period. Extremely valuable, since every able-bodied male over sixteen years
was liable for service unless exempted by age or infirmity. Also important for families who
moved away, since often in the registers it notes their destinations. The Loudoun County militia
journals list the names of hundreds of men who lived there from 1793 until 1824. There are
company rosters naming the officers, sergeants, corporals, drummers and clerks. Officers of
higher rank and assignment are frequently mentioned. One can also find the names and
locations of home and tavern owners who provided space for companies to muster and rooms
for boards to convene in. Although there is little family information, some militiamen are further
identified by the listing of their fathers' or masters' names beside
their own. There are many rosters which include father and son or several brothers, all in the
same companies.
BACK IN PRINT!!! LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA TITHABLES, 1758-1786
by Marty Hiatt & Craig Roberts Scott. 1994,2011. 3 volumes, 1568 pages (8½x11), index. A full
and faithful transcription of the tithable records of this most important Northern Neck County. A must for
any eighteenth-century researcher in the
Northern Neck area.
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA CHANCERY SUITS, 1759-1915
by Marty Hiatt & Craig Roberts Scott. 1994, 206 pages (8½x11). An index of the chancery suits
arranged alphabetical both by plaintiff and defendant.
ABSTRACTS OF VIRGINIA's NORTHERN NECK (LAND) WARRANTS & SURVEYS, 1697-1784 (HAMPSHIRE, BERKELEY, LOUDOUN, FAIRFAX, KING GEORGE, WESTMORELAND, RICHMOND, NORTHUMBERLAND AND LANCASTER COUNTIES) by Peggy Shomo Joyner.
1987, xv, 225 pp. Published as the fourth and last volume in a series of Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys, this collection has become a standard reference work for researchers in the period of colonial Virginia history.
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Loudoun Co. 1815 Directory of Landowners
by Roger G. Ward. 2005. 47 pages, map, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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Loudoun Co. Revolutionary Public Claims
transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten.. 2005. 64 pages, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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