Any knowledge of when Fairfax ceased to be called Fairfax and was renamed Culpeper...the town? I have a Suddeth in the late 1700s "from Fairfax" and this bit of info didn't seem to fit as I thought it was near/in Fairfax County. Mitzie ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 00:10:05 +0000 >From: "Carolyn Green" <gengreen17@msn.com> >Subject: [VACULPEP] Culpeper courthouse >To: VACULPEP-L@rootsweb.com > >the town of Culpeper started out named Fairfax, but is not near the county >of Fairfax. Fauquier and Prince William counties lie between the two. >Madison county was formed out of Culpeper county in 1792. Culpeper was >formed in 1749 from Orange county, which was formed from Spotsylvania in >1734, which came out of Essex, King William and King and Queen counties in >1720. There are more parent counties from which these were created. In doing >Virginia genealogy, we must be aware of the changes in county boundaries. As >the population grew, courts were established where the people were, as they >demanded easier trips . The journey from my home in Rappahannock county to >Spotsylvania courthouse takes about 1 and 1/2 hours by car today. It's over >60 miles. So a trip there on horseback in the 1700s would not have been an >easy undertaking. > >Carolyn > >____________________________________________________________ _____ >Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > >==== VACULPEP Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: The posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp? targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > Madaline H. Preston