DURING THE

PROPRIETORSHIP

BY H. C. GROOME

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I THE INDIAN OCCUPATION

CHAPTER II EXPLORATIONS AND EARLY SETTLEMENTS

CHAPTER III NORTHERN NECK LAND TITLES

CHAPTER IV LORD FAIRFAX'S ESTATE

CHAPTER V THE SEATING OF FAUQUIER

CHAPTER VI GERMANTOWN

CHAPTER VII THE PARISHES AND THEIR CHURCHES

CHAPTER VIII ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY

CHAPTER IX ROADS AND TOWNS

CHAPTER X DISSOLUTION OF THE PROPRIETARY

This 256 page book about the proprietorship gives the history of the Northern Neck Grants as it pertains to the area of what is now Fauquier. It discusses the Fairfax land grant and the law suites involved as well as lists some of the original proprietors.

Index: Adams, Albrecht, Alexander, Allen, Amoroleck, Anburey, Anderson, Andros, Aretkin, Argall, Armistead, Ashby, Bagg, Bagnall, Bailey, Balch, Ball, Barber, Barker, Barnett, Barrow, Bartholomew, Bartlett, Barton, Baxter, Baylis, Beach, Belfield, Bell, Bennet, Bennett, Berkeley, Berry, Berryman, Beverley, Biven, Bivings, Blackburn, Blackwell, Blair, Bland, Blower, Blowers, Blue, Booth, Borden, Bourne, Boystone, Bradford, Braxton, Brent, Bristow, Bronaugh, Brooke, Brooks, Brown, Bruce, Brumback, Brunskill, Bullitt, Burditt, Burgess, Burke, Burnaby, Burton, Burwell, Butler, Byrd, Byrn, Byrum, Cage, Cameron, Campbell, Carter, Catlet, Catlett, Caton, Chalfee, Chamberlain, Chambers, Chandler, Chapman, Chevalle, Chilton, Chinn, Chriesman, Churchill, Clarke, Clement, Clements, Cobler, Coblers, Cocke, Colston, Combs, Connyers, Conrad, Conway, Cooke, Coons, Coppedge, Corbin, Cosby, Coventon, Craig, Crosby, Crump, Crumpe, Culpeper, Cunninghame, Dalrymple, Dalston, Dameron, Darnal, Darnall, Darnel, Darnell, Davis, Dawson, Dearing, Debutts, Digges, Dinwiddie, Diskin, Dodson, Downman, Duchiminia, Duff, Dunbar, Duncan, Dunk, Durham, Edmonds, Edmonston, Edwards, Edy, Elgan, Ellzey, Elzey, Eskridge, Eustace, Evans, Ewell, Fairfax, Farguson, Farrow, Faulkner, Fauquier, Fetherston, Filkins, Fischback, Fishback, Fisher, Fitzhugh, Fleming, Flitter, Floweree, Foley, Fontaine, Foote, Ford, Fowke, Frogg, Fry, Furr, Gaines, Gardner, Garner, Gaskins, Genn, Gent, George, Gibbs, Gibson, Gillison, Glascock, Glover, Gooch, Gordon, Gottschalk, Graffenried, Graham, Grant, Grayson, Green, Gregg, Grigsby, Groome, Grymes, Hackley, Hackney, Haeger, Hamilton, Hampton, Hancock, Handback, Hardin, Hardy, Harrison, Hayden, Hayward, Heath, Hedgman, Helm, Helme, Henderson, Henry, Herndon, Hewes, Higgins, Hite, Hitt, Hoffman, Hog, Holder, Hole, Holtzclaw, Holtzklo, Hooe, Hooke, Hooper, Hopper, Hopton, Horner, Hornet, Housely, Howard, Howe, Hudnall, Humphrey, Hunter, Hunton, Hutton, Ingram, Iredell, Isham, Jackman, Jackson, James, Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Jermyn, Johnson, Jones, Keale, Keith, Kemper, Kendall, Kennor, Kent, Kercheval, Kingsbury, Kirton, Knight, Knox, Lafayette, Lambert, Lamkin, Lawson, Leachman, Lederer, Lee, Lehew, Lewis, Lindsay, Lindsey, Lomax, Long, Lowry, Lucas, Ludwell, Lynn, MacGuire, Macky, Macquire, Macrae, Maddux, Madison, Maquire, Marr, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Masone, Mauzy, Mayo, McBee, McCarty, McClenahan, McKay, Meade, Meldrum, Mercer, Merdten, Michel, Miskell, Moffett, Momford, Mones, Monroe, Mooney, Moore, Morehead, Morgan, Morris, Morton, Mountjoy, Munford, Neavil, Neavill, Neil, Neill, Nelmes, Nelson, Nevill, Newport, Nichols, Nicholson, Norwood, Obanan, O'Bannon, Obanon, O'dell, Odor, Orear, Overall, Owsley, Page, Parkins, Parlow, Payne, Perry, Peyton, Pickett, Pising, Pope, Porter, Powel, Powell, Profit, Quarles, Randolph, Ransdall, Ransdell, Reading, Rechtor, Rector, Reichel, Renno, Reno, Richmond, Riedesel, Rieger, Rixey, Roane, Roberts, Robinson, Rogers, Rousau, Routt, Russell, Rust, Ryley, Sandys, Savage, Schlatter, Schoepf, Schoepf, Scott, Seale, Sherman, Shuemack, Sicklemore, Singleton, Skinker, Skrein, Smith, Snelling, Spangenberg, Spencer, Spillman, Spotswood, St. Leger, Stamp, Stone, Story, Stover, Strahan, Stribblin, Strother, Taliaferro, Tarpely, Tayloe, Taylor, Tebbs, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Thornton, Thwaites, Tibbit, Tibbs, Timothy, Todkill, Tomkins, Townshend, Trethewy, Triplett, Tripletts, Tucker, Tullos, Turberville, Turner, Twentymen, Tyler, Utterback, Van Meter, Villiers, Waite, Walker, Waller, Walter, Ward, Warner, Warren, Washington, Watkins, Watts, Waugh, Wave, Wayman, Wayne, Weathers, Weaver, Weems, Wheatley, White, Whiting, Whitledge, Wiatt, Wickliff, Wilkins, Williams, Willis, Willoughby, Winchester, Winn, Withers, Wood, Wright, Wyatt, Young, Zollicoffer,