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Hace 4 días · Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, and Lady Annabella will help celebrate the founding of our county from when the area was part of lands owned by his ancestor, the 6th Lord Fairfax ...
Hace 2 días · Fairfax County was formed in 1742 from the northern part of Prince William County, and was named after Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, proprietor of the Northern Neck. The Fairfax family name is derived from the Old English phrase for "blond hair", Fæger-feax. The county's initial settlements were along the Potomac River.
Hace 5 días · Likewise, Lord Fairfax Community College was renamed Laurel Ridge because Lord Fairfax was a slaveholder — yet we still have our most populous county, as well as a city, named after that same slaveholder. Granted, it’s easier to change the name of a single institution than a place name for a county that’s home to more than 1.1 million people.
Hace 6 días · A map of the Northern Neck Proprietary land grant, c. 1737 The gravesite of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron in Winchester. The Colony of Virginia was settled at Jamestown in 1607.
Hace 5 días · By 1990 the Fairfax County Archeologist had identified 100 sites, believed to be early American, in Great Falls. The oldest of these is considered to be about 9,000 years old, others about 3,000 ...
Hace 5 días · Archives Reference Services Library of Virginia 800 E. Broad St. Richmond, VA 23219 804-692-3888 archdesk@lva.virginia.gov
Hace 5 días · Fairfax County’s laudable initiative to save Huntley in 1989 contrasts sharply with loss of Mount Eagle, Spring Bank, Mount Zephyr, and Engleside during the unbridled building splurge of the ...
