Virginia Genealogy Trails
welcomes you to
Stafford County
Genealogy and History
Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy




Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers.

We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this website become a useful research tool.

If you would like to join our group and become the host of this county, please visit our Volunteer Page and contact Kim.
(A desire to transcribe data and basic webpage skills are necessary)



We regret that we have no time to perform personal research for anybody.
All data we come across will be added to this site, so please keep checking back here.



If you would like to be notified of when our Virginia sites are updated,
Subscribe to our Mailing Lists.
Virginia is covered on the Northeast States List



County History
Established by the British Colonial Government of Virginia, Stafford County was created in 1663 from an area that was previously part of Alexandria (City), Arlington Co, Fairfax Co, Prince William Co and Westmoreland County.  It was named after Staffordshire England.  Marlborough Point was where Pocahontas the Indian Princess was kidnapped.  She was taken to Henricus (Henrico Town).  She married an English Settler named John Rolfe in April of 1614 and converted to Christianity.  Ferry Farm is where George Washington spent much of his childhood.  Stafford Iron Works furnished arms for the American Soldiers during the Revolutionary War.  Stafford County is today considered part of the Metropolitan area of Washington D.C.

INTERESTING ATTRACTIONS
Aquia Church, Aquia Park - Belmont - Brent Family Cemetery - Chatham Manor - Ferry Farm

Surrounding Counties

| Fauquier | Prince William | Charles Co., MD | King George | Caroline | Spotsylvania | Culpeper |