Family name information is gathered from historic research on the Colonial-era Elk Run Anglican Church, its surrounding community, and the first Rector, the Rev. James Keith.

Family name information obtained on adjacent Anglican Parishes or from other Prince William County public documents is also listed.

• “Correcting and Expanding the Record of the Rev. James Keith of Hamilton Parish,” Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Volume 55, November 2017, Number 4, pp. 257-276, by Gail Raney Fleischaker, E-mail: gailflei1@gmail.com

• Elk Run Valley – Soldiers

• Taxes in Colonial Virginia

• A List of Taxpayers for Hamilton Parish, 1751

• The Tax Man Cometh (1759 Fauquier County Tax List)

• 1860 Slave Schedule (Extract) Including transcription from 107 year old “Aunt” Lucy Humpstead, slave

• “Some Slaves of Fauquier County, Virginia,” Volume I: Will Books 1-10, 1759-1829, Compiled by Sandra Barlau, published 2014 by Heritage Books, Inc., Berwyn Heights, MD, 20740, Paperback – August 23, 2019.

The author was inspired to create this helpful resource book while researching her second great-grandmother Mildred Timbers.  It is not known how Mildred became a slave.  Was Mildred willed to someone?  Was she purchased at a sale?  Was her mother already property when she was born?  Without a helpful aid, like the books in this series, the author was faced with the daunting task of reading every page of every Will Book to find the answers. 

This series provides researchers with easy access to information that could otherwise require several months of reading through microfilm.  Each chapter contains one Will Book.  Documents include administrators, estate, executors and guardian accounts, wills, inventory and appraisals.  Entries list each slave owner, followed by the page number, date and type of document.  The list of slaves follows and the new owner is listed if known.  Surnames of the owner’s children are indexed only if noted in the document.  First names have been standardized in order to make it easier to search for a name.  A full-name index adds to the value of this work.  This series is a MUST for researchers of slaves and/or owners of Fauquier County. 

• Additional information can be obtained from the Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County

• For more resources on Fauquier County please visit Heritage Books

• The Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center of the Prince William County Library (Bull Run Branch) has greatly assisted the Committee in their research efforts. See External Links for more information.

Please provide any additional or amplifying information that you may have on the Elk Run Church Site Project that would contribute to these holdings.

This information can be sent via email to monroepark@fauquiercounty.gov. If the information does not lend itself to forwarding by email, then it can be mailed to: Monroe Park, 14421 Gold Dust Parkway, Goldvein, VA 22407.