Court minute books contain minutes of all matters brought before the court when it was in session and may contain important information not found anywhere else. A wide variety of information is found in court minute books including appointments of county and militia officers, records of legal disputes heard before the county court, appointments of guardians, apprenticeship of children by the overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and registrations of free Negroes. This volume contains entries from Fauquier County Minute Book 1759-1762 beginning on page 1 and ending on page 180 for Courts held May 24, 1759 through June 27, 1761. Originally published in 1993. Reprinted 2016.