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Welcome to
Culpeper County Virginia
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of Genealogy Trails Group
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Providing FREE Genealogy Data To Everyone
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Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails Website for Culpeper County,
Virginia. Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through
time by transcribing genealogical and historica data and placing it
online for the free use of all researchers. This is a
continuation of our original Illinois Trails History and Genealogy
Group and we are excited about this opportunity to expand into other
sites. We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course any
data contributions you might have.
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A LITTLE
INFORMATION ON CULPEPER COUNTY VIRGINIA
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<>Culpeper County was established in 1749 from Orange
County. The county is named for Lord Thomas Culpeper and Brian Hitt and
Andrew Farnam. During the Civil War
the Battle of Cedar Mountain took place on August 9, 1862 and the
Battle of Brandy Station on June 9, 1863, in Culpeper County. In May
1749, the first Culpeper Court convened in the home of Robert Coleman,
not far from where the Town of Culpeper is presently located. In July
1749, 17-year-old George Washington was commissioned as the first
County surveyor. One of his first duties was to lay out the County's
courthouse complex, which included the courthouse, jail, stocks,
gallows and accessory buildings. By 1752 the complex stood at what is
presently the northeast corner of Davis and Main Streets. The
courthouse village was named the Town of Fairfax after Thomas, Sixth
Baron Fairfax. <>At the Virginia convention held in May
1775,
the colony was divided into sixteen districts. Each district had
instructions to raise a battalion of men ``to march at a minute's
notice. Culpeper, Orange and Fauquier, forming one district, raised 350
men who came to be called the Culpeper Minute Men. The Minute Men,
marching under their flag depicting a rattlesnake and inscribed with
the words ``Liberty or Death and ``Don't Tread on Me, took part
in the Battle of Great Bridge, the first Revolutionary battle on
Virginia soil. The Culpeper Minute Men reorganized in 1860 in response
to the impending Civil War and became part of 13th Infantry's Company
B. Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1827
to 1834, was born in Culpeper County on Jan. 21, 1784.
<>Over the past 25 years, the rural nature of
Culpeper County has experienced increasing pressures from population
growth due to the County's central location within the Northern
Virginia region and the improved highway network that serves the area.
Culpeper, wishes to maintain its rural character and avoid becoming a
bedroom community to the nearby metropolitan area around Washington,
D.C. However, the County recognizes the need not only to maintain, but
to expand its economic base to support and address the needs of the
citizens of the County. Culpeper was home to baseball Hall of Famer
Eppa Rixey. Culpeper also produced pro basketball player Keith "Mister"
Jennings. Culpeper produced country music star Kenny Alphin of the
group "Big & Rich." Culpeper County is in the foothills of
the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are quickly accessed beginning with Old
Rag Mountain and the Skyline Drive just up Route 522. Culpeper
County is home to Commonwealth Park, site of many world class
equestrian events. It is here that actor Christopher Reeve
suffered his accident during a competition. Culpeper is home to
the famous battlefield at Brandy Station and the boyhood home to Civil
War General A.P. Hill.
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SURROUNDING COUNTIES
Fauquier Co VA - Madison Co VA - Orange Co VA - Rappahannock Co VA -
Spotsylvania Co VA - Stafford Co VA
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TOWN: Culpeper
UNINCORPORATED
COMMUNITIES
Alanthus - Boston - Brandy Station - Buena - Cardova - Catalpa -
Edwards Shop - Eggbornsville - Eldorada - Elkwood - Griffinsburg
Jeffersonton - Kellys Ford - Lignum - Mitchells - Rapidan - Reva -
Richardsville - Rixeyville - Stevensburg - Winston
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CULPEPER
COUNTY VIRGINIA - Official Site - Not a Genealogy Site
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Mortality
Indexes
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Census
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Obits
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Miscellaneous
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