Editing Fauquier County, Virginia (section)

==History==
[[File:Fauquier.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Portrait of Francis Fauquier, for whom Fauquier County was named]]
In 1608, the first European to explore in the vicinity, [[Captain John Smith]], reported that the Whonkentia (a subgroup of the [[Siouan languages|Siouan]]-speaking [[Manahoac]] tribe) inhabited the area. The Manahoac were forced out around 1670 by the [[Iroquois]] ([[Seneca nation|Seneca]]), who did not resettle the area.<ref name=swanton>{{cite book |last=Swanton |first=John R. |title=The Indian Tribes of North America |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |year=1952 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtHI5pkJOGMC |isbn=0-8063-1730-2 |pages=61–62 |oclc=52230544 |hdl=2027/mdp.39015015025854 |hdl-access=free}}</ref> The [[Piscataway (tribe)|Conoy]] camped briefly near [[The Plains, Virginia|The Plains]], from 1697 to 1699.<ref>Harrison Williams, ''Legends of Loudoun'', pp. 20-21.</ref> The Six Nations ceded the entire region including modern Fauquier to [[Virginia Colony]] at the Treaty of Albany, in 1722.

Fauquier County was established on May 1, 1759, from [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William County]]. It is named for [[Francis Fauquier]],<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=Govt. Print. Off. |author=Gannett, Henry |year=1905 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n123 124]}}</ref> [[Lieutenant Governor of Virginia]] at the time, who won the land in a poker game, according to legend.


[[American Civil War]] battles in Fauquier County included (in order) the [[First Battle of Rappahannock Station]], the [[Battle of Thoroughfare Gap]], the [[Battle of Kelly's Ford]], the [[Battle of Aldie]], the [[Battle of Middleburg]], the [[Battle of Upperville]], the [[First Battle of Auburn|First]] and [[Second Battle of Auburn]], the [[Battle of Buckland Mills]], and the [[Second Battle of Rappahannock Station]].
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