Welcome!
I want to thank everyone for the support and submissions that I have recieved as your county coordinator. It's been almost 2 years, and the site has been thriving. I've moved to a new server, and I hope you will continue to follow me here. This new server will allow me to add interesting new features to the site that I couldn't use while on Rootsweb.
This website thrives based on input suggestions and submissions from readers like you! Please please please Email any comments, questions, or suggestions to me at EmbryProject@gmail.com (and because I do run more than one site, please specify it is for Frederick County). I am not able to come up with content for the site myself at this time, so the website is based entirely on submissions of readers like you!
As the site has indeed newly moved, I would like to remind you that in any large move of a website, there are occasional problems, so please-- if you find a broken link on one of my pages, or something that doesn't work, please email me and let me know! I've tried to double check the pages already, so if there's a broken link it is something I haven't caught already.
~Alice Warner
NEW SEARCH ENGINE -- Searches only the pages on this site; none of the offsite-links.
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HISTORY
Frederick County was named in honor of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales and eldest son of George II. The county seat is Winchester which is the oldest Virginia city west of the Blue Ridge, first named Fredericktown. Fort Loudoun was built here by Colonel George Washington in 1756-57. Nine square miles of Frederick County is annexed to the city of Winchester.
Within the confines of the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester is the Stonewall Cemetery which contains the graves of approximately 3,000 Confederate soldiers who died in battles in the Winchester area.
The Genealogy of Frederick County, with Shortcuts to Ancestor Counties: Charles River Co (Original Shire) --> Chickacoan Indian Reserve name changed to York Co (1642,) Northumberland Co (1648), Lancaster Co (1651), New Kent Co (1654), Rappahannock Co (1656-1692) (defunct), King and Queen Co(1691,) Essex Co (1692), King William Co (1702), Spotsylvania Co (1721), Orange Co (1734,) Frederick Co (1743).
Shortcuts to Neighboring Counties
OLD FREDERICK COUNTY
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