250 Years in Fauquier County

250 Years in Fauquier County
Author: Kathi Ann Brown
Publisher: George Mason University Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN:

Beginning with the early interactions between Native Americans and European explorers and settlers, this history traces three and a half centuries of change in Fauquier County, Virginia. Commissioned by the Fauquier Historical Society to commemorate the county's 250th anniversary, this engrossing narrative tells the story of the men and women, black and white, who built the region's farms, plantations, schools, and churches. Individual biographies are interwoven with a social, political, and military history of the American Revolution and Civil War, allowing crucial events in the county's history to come alive. This book also explores Fauquier's depressed economy after the Civil War and shows how the area's location and natural beauty drew wealthy outsiders to purchase estates in the early part of the twentieth century. After midcentury, the enormous expansion of the Washington suburbs ignited a heated and ongoing debate over the county's position on growth and development. Related here is the fascinating story of a historically significant county. The volume has more than two hundred illustrations, some displaying the county's stunning beauty, which enhance the book throughout.

A Pride of Place

A Pride of Place
Author: Kimberly Prothro Williams
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780813919973

A Pride of Place, the result of a quarter-century’s worth of painstaking research and collection, presents the first comprehensive architectural and historic inventory of the widely diverse and irreplaceable rural residences of Fauquier County, Virginia. Hundreds of photographs and illustrations, each accompanied by informative text, provide a fascinating and helpful overview of the county’s rich architectural heritage.

African Americans of Fauquier County

African Americans of Fauquier County
Author: Donna Tyler Hollie
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738567570

Fauquier County, in Northern Virginia, was established in 1759. It was formed from Prince William County and was named for Virginia lieutenant governor Francis Fauquier. In 1790, there were 6,642 slaves in Fauquier County. By the eve of the Civil War, there were 10,455. From 1817 to 1865, the county was home to 845 free black people. The African American population declined at the end of Reconstruction, and by 1910, the white population was double that of blacks. The population imbalance continues today. Through centuries of slavery and segregation, Fauquier County's African American population survived, excelled, and prospered. This minority community established and supported numerous churches, schools, and businesses, as well as literary, political, and fraternal organizations that enhanced the quality of life for the entire county.

Fauquier County, Virginia Deeds, 1759-1778

Fauquier County, Virginia Deeds, 1759-1778
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN:

Covers the first six deed books, including deeds, leases, bonds, sale contracts, commissions, mortgages, agreements, etc. Each abstract gives the grantor(s) and grantee(s) as well as other individuals mentioned, including slaves and spouses.

Art of Murder

Art of Murder
Author: Joe DiPietro
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2007
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822221975

THE STORY: In a remote estate in the countryside of Connecticut, Jack Brooks, one of the most accomplished and eccentric painters of his generation, awaits the imminent arrival of his art dealer. But the visit is not a standard one, for Jack feels

Fauquier County in the Revolution

Fauquier County in the Revolution
Author: Thomas Triplett Russell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781888265606

The Revolution as seen through the eyes of individual soldiers, with essential biographical information. R0060HB - $37.00

In the Shadow of the Enemy

In the Shadow of the Enemy
Author: Ida Powell Dulany
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1572336587

The Piedmont area of Loudoun and Fauquier Counties, Virginia, near the Maryland border, was hotly contested throughout the Civil War. The mistress of a slave-holding estate, Ida Powell Dulany took over control of the extensive family lands once her husband left to fight for the Confederacy. She struggled to manage slaves, maintain contact with her neighbors, and keep up her morale after her region was abandoned by the Confederate government soon after the beginning of hostilities.

A Little Child Shall Lead Them

A Little Child Shall Lead Them
Author: Brian J. Daugherity
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2019-05-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 081394273X

In the twentieth-century struggle for racial equality, there was perhaps no setting more fraught and contentious than the public schools of the American south. In Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1951, a student strike for better school facilities became part of the NAACP legal campaign for school desegregation. That step ultimately brought this rural, agricultural county to the Supreme Court of the United States as one of five consolidated cases in the historic 1954 ruling, Brown v. Board of Education. Unique among those cases, Prince Edward County took the extreme stance of closing its public school system entirely rather than comply with the desegregation ruling of the Court. The schools were closed for five years, from 1959 to 1964, until the Supreme Court ruling in Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County ordered the restoration of public education in the county. This historical anthology brings together court cases, government documents, personal and scholarly writings, speeches, and journalism to represent the diverse voices and viewpoints of the battle in Prince Edward County for—and against—educational equality. Providing historical context and contemporary analysis, this book offers a new perspective of a largely overlooked episode and seeks to help place the struggle for public education in Prince Edward County into its proper place in the civil rights era.