Stafford County – The UncommonWealth

Stafford County Chancery Goes Digital

2014 has been a special year filled with special events for Stafford County. Celebrating its 350th anniversary, the county held numerous community-based historical celebrations to mark the…

Callie FreedNovember 26, 2014

Reason to Believe: Quantico and the Evacuation of Stafford County

On 5 October 1942, the United States District Court in Norfolk, at the request of the Navy, condemned 50,000 acres of land in Fauquier, Prince…

Roger ChristmanApril 25, 2012

Spoils of War Return Home to Virginia

Editor's Note: A "Welcome Home" ceremony was held at the Stafford County Courthouse on December 1, 2011, to celebrate the order book's return and to…

Bari HelmsNovember 4, 2011

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

150 years later, nearly 400 letters reveal one couple’s Civil War story

The CW 150 Legacy Project was recently in Fairfax for a scanning event at the City of Fairfax Regional Library. The event was a great…

Renee SavitsJuly 6, 2011