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Fauquier County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1759-1919, consists of cases concerning issues of equity brought largely by residents of the county and filed in the circuit court. These cases often involve the following actions: divisions of estates or land, disputes over wills, disputes regarding contracts, debt, divorce, and business disputes. Other less prevalent issues include freedom suits, permissions to sell property, and disputes concerning trespass. Predominant documents found in these chancery causes include bills (documents the plaintiff's complaint), answers (defendant's response to the plaintiff's complaint), decrees (court's decision), depositions, affidavits, correspondence, lists of heirs, deeds, plats, wills, records involving enslaved individuals, business records or vital statistics.

Fauquier County (Va.) Estray Records, 1800-1831, bound records giving public notice of valuable, tame animals, either lost or found wandering and presumed escaped from their owners, allowing the owners to reclaim the animals. Enteries generally indicate by whom the animal was taken up, before what justice the person went and when, and the description and appraisement (value) of the animal.

Fauquier County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1833-1940, include miscellaneous records filed in a local court by trustees, administrators, executors, guardians, and committees that related to the performance of their duties managing a person's estate. These records typically include the following; bonds, appraisements, audits, inventories, accounts, estate divisions, settlements, dowery records, etc. Information related to enslaved people are commonly found in these records.

Fauquier County (Va.) Judgments and Office Judgments, 1829-1904 (bulk 1833-1904), contain civil cases in which justice was administered on the strictly formulated rules of common law. The majority of cases in this record series relate to matters of debt. These records were also referred to as Ended Causes.

Fauquier County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1759, 1766-1768, 1775, 1777-1778, 1781, 1783, 1787, 1800, and undated. Consists of a photostat images and photocopies of the list of tithable heads of household and taxable property in the county for the years 1759, 1766-1768, 1775, 1777-1778, 1781, 1783, 1787, 1800, and undated.

Fauquier County (Va.) Records, circa 1810-1904, undated, consist of the following series: Fiduciary Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Road and Bridge Records, Court Records (subfield series include Chancery Records, Clerk's Records, Criminal Records, Jury Records and Court Finance Records), Tax and Fiscal Records, Business Records, Miscellaneous Records, Health and Medical Records, Justice of the Peace Records, Military and Pension Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Overseers of the Poor Records and Board of Supervisors Records: Road and Bridge Records), Wills, Land Records and Marriage Records.

Fauquier County (Va.) Records related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1817-1865, consist of the Fauquier County (Va.) Register of "Free Negroes," 1817-1865. The register records the registration of free Black and Multiracial people of Black descent in Fauquier County and covers the years 1817 to 1865. The clerk recorded name, age, height, complexion, marks and scars, and in what court the person was emancipated or if the person was born free. An index is included at the end of the volume. It includes page numbers. In some instances, the clerk recorded information not required by law such as the names of the former enslaver, previous place of registration, or place of birth.

Fauquier County (Va.) Township Records, 1870-1875, consist of six volumes of minutes, accounts, and tax records relating to township activities and duties.