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  Spotsylvania County, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spotsylvania County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Spotsylvania County was established in 1721 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties.
In the county, the population was spread out with 30.00% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 32.20% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 8.30% who were 65 years of age or older.
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 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Spotsylvania County, Virginia
The Eastern Shore of Virginia is on the Atlantic Coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
James City County, Virginia as shown on 1895 map James City County (formally, the County of James City) is a county located on the Virginia Peninsula, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
He was made a vestryman of St. George Parish, Spotsylvania County, in 1745, and a Trustee of the new City of Fredericksburg in 1747.
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 Spotsylvania County Virginia Records
Spotsylvania County was established on 1 May 1721 from the upper portions of King & Queen, King William, and Essex counties.
Spotsylvania county reached its present boundary configuration after Orange County was cut from its western territory in 1734.
The records for the county are intact, although a number of records are held by the Fredericksburg circuit court (early sessions of the courts of the Spotsylvania judicial district were held at the Fredericksburg courthouse).
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 Spotsylvania County, Virginia: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Its county seat (county seat: The town or city that is the seat of government for a county) is Spotsylvania (Spotsylvania: A battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign)
This county is a part of the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area (Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area: the baltimore-washington metropolitan area is the metropolitan area consisting of washington,...
Spotsylvania Courthouse (Spotsylvania Courthouse: spotsylvania courthouse is an unincorporated community and the county seat of spotsylvania...
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 Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spotsylvania Courthouse is an unincorporated community and the county seat of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, located ten miles southwest of Fredericksburg.
During the American Civil War, the crossroads community became a Union objective during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, fought May 8-21, 1864.
The site of the Bloody Angle and other portions of the battlefield are preserved as part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park and administered by the National Park Service.
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 Spotsylvania County, Virginia (U.S.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Spotsylvania County is in the eastern portion of the commonwealth, just south of the city of Fredericksburg.
For those who don't know, Spotsylvania is one of the two counties that surround the city of Fredericksburg (the other being Stafford County) on the Rappahannock River.
The county is located in eastern central Virginia, and is roughly halfway between Washington, DC, and the state capital in Richmond.
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 Spotsylvania Real Estate of houses and Homes For Sale in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
The area today is preserved under the auspices of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Military Park, which also includes miles of preserved ground that marks the huge Chancellorsville battlefield.
Spotsylvania is located among the rolling hills and serene rural countryside typical of the state.
The county's schools are excellent, offering a wide range of accelerated, alternative and adult education programs as well as traditional academics and special services.
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 Spotsylvania County Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Worner, director of planning for Spotsylvania County schools, made...
Manster's bugle belted the long, solemn notes of "Taps" yesterday morning outside the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy in Spotsylvania County.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,068 km² (412 mi²).
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 Carmichael Letters :: Master List of Places Mentioned
Falmouth, a town in Stafford County, Virginia, is directly north of Fredericksburg on the opposite side of the Rappahanock River.
Germanna, a town in Orange County, Virginia, near the Rapidan River, was settled by the first German settlers in Virginia under the patronage of Alexander Spotswood.
Richmond is in Henrico county and the capital of Virginia.
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 Spotsylvania County, Northern Virginia. South of Fredericksburg and Stafford Virginia by SimplyFredericksburg
Spotsylvania county is closely linked to the City of Fredericksburg which is actually part of the county, but politically independent.
Spotsylvania is policed by the Spotsylvania County Sheriffs Dept.  The fire department for the county is mostly made up of volunteers, but a small staff of paid firefighters are maintained.
The population of Spotsylvania County is approximately 90,395. 
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 Godfrey and Thomas Ridge of Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Thomas Ridge of Rowan County, North Carolina had a wife named Elizabeth, however, it is not clear that she was the same Elizabeth imported by Thomas Jones in 1730.
Godfrey was in Court as early as 1724 in Spotsylvania County.
Sarah Ridge was the administratrix of Thomas Ridge in Brunswick County, Virginia, and later where she lived was referred to as Widow Ridge's Creek.
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 Spotsylvania County Virginia Genealogy
Spotsylvania County was formed from Essex, King and Queen and King William Counties in 1721.
In the original Spotsylvania County, there were many German families who are studied today as a part of the Germanna Colonies.
Even more lived in the area from which Spotsylvania was formed but they had moved on to Stafford (in a part which became Prince William and then Fauquier County) before Spotsylvania was formed.
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 Spotsylvania County Virginia personals service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Spotsylvania County Virginia Personals dating service for singles looking for love and romance.
Spotsylvania County Virginia Social groups, dating spots, single parents, places to meet, where to find personals ads.
Spotsylvania County Virginia Free personals, advice on writing personal ads, chat rooms, and singles dating services.
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 Appraiser Spotsylvania County Virginia - Home Appraiser Spotsylvania County Virginia Real Estate Appraisers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Return to our state of Virginia Real Estate Home Appraiser County Map to locate a professional home appraiser and real estate appraiser in a neighboring Virginia county in close proximity to Spotsylvania County.
Click on any county in Virginia and find the leading real estate home appraiser professionals available in each county of the state of Virginia.
It helps anyone whether it is a consumer looking to drop off his or her PMI insurance, or a loan officer looking for value in a home to quickly GET an appraiser.
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 Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Virginia County Records Spotsylvania County 1721-1800 Being Transcriptions, from the Original Files at the County Court House, of Wills, Deeds, Administrator' and Guardians' Bonds, Marriage Licenses and Lists of Revolutionary Pensioners.
At the motion of John Sutton of Caroline County, he is allowed for two days attendance and for twenty two miles coming and going as an evidence summoned by Dorothy Roy agst Allan, It is ordered that the sd.
At the motion of John Sutton of Caroline County, he is allowed for one days attendance and eight miles coming and going as an evidence summoned by Mary True agst.
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 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Genealogical Records Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Spotsylvania's many historic places include the following sites: a skirmish near the Rappahannock River between American Indians and a group led by Capt. John Smith; the first commercially successful ironworks in North America; a slave revolt attempted in the 1810s; and one of the nation's most productive pre-1849 gold mines.
The county is probably best-known for the battles fought on its soil during the Civil War.
Spotsylvania Court House, one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
www.myvirginiagenealogy.com /va_county/sp.htm   (992 words)

  
 Virginia Spotsylvania County Records
is the elected Clerk of the Spotsylvania County Circuit Court in Virginia,...
Spotsylvania County records were buried during the Civil War to protect them.
Spotsylvania County Clerk of Circuit Court PO Box 96 Courthouse Rd. Spotsylvania VA 22553...
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 Latest news on Civil War battle site preservation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Spotsylvania County was at the epicenter of the Civil War in the east.
As a result, four of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War were fought in and around Spotsylvania County.
With a growth rate that has made the county one of the fastest-developing counties in the nation for the past two years, its historic battlefields are under constant threat.
www.civilwar.org /news/topten2005/spotsylvania2005.htm   (212 words)

  
 1864 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April 22 - The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
May 5 - American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
May 15 - American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia - Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
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 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Genealogy including census, county, probate and vital records. (AncestorSpy.com)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia Genealogy including census, county, probate and vital records.
Virginia Counties Towns and Cities in Virginia Virginia Census
Spotsylvania County was created Nov. 2, 1720 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties.
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 Musick Family Geneology
Ephraim was born about 1724, in Sportsylvania County, Virginia, moved to Albemarle County, on the Mechum River thirteen miles West of Charlottesville, in 1776, and died there about 1806.
George Jr., was born about 1726 in Spotsylvania County, left there in 1775-76 and moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina, where he died.
Daniel was born in 1734 at Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and probably moved to Georgia or the Carolinas, or maybe to Pennsylvania or north of Virginia.
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 Limelight Shines On Lewd Tactics
Spotsylvania County's practice of allowing detectives to receive sexual services in prostitution cases has exploded across the nation, fueled by snickering bloggers and talk radio shows, and the county's top official has asked the sheriff to stop using the investigative technique.
In their news release, Smith and Neely said that undercover officers often purchase illegal drugs to build cases against dealers and that the "same lawful investigative technique" was used in the prostitution cases.
A Virginia law banning drug possession exempts law-enforcement officers who possess narcotics as part of their job duties.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021502398.html   (807 words)

  
 NEW HOMES IN SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY VIRGINIA
Major new home builders in Spotsylvania County are offering new home construction in and around Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg, Mineral, Bumpass, Partlow, Orange, Locust Grove and Woodford.
Homes in Spotsylvania County were once considered too far for most commuters.
Today, with the expansion of high-tech job opportunities in Northern Virginia, new homes in Spotsylvania County are always very convenient.
www.new-homefinders.com /spotsylvania.shtml   (229 words)

  
 Descendants of Peter Lucas (ABT 1729 - 16 November 1781)
Note: In the United States Census of 1880 for Fayette County, Texas, the name of "Sarah/Sadie" BROWN is given as "Sada." Lily Emma BROWN was born in 1872, Harry BROWN was born in 1875, and Sada BROWN was born in 1878.
In 1870, the United States Census for Fayette County, Texas shows that Mary ("Polly") Webster ALLEN was living with her daughter, Letitia, and her two granddaughters.
This was Sarah ("Sally") Edrington JENNINGS (ABT 1767, Fauquier County, Virginia - AFT 1850, Tennessee).
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