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Susan Cummings (born July 21, 1962, in Monte Carlo, Monaco) is an American heiress, best known for killing her boyfriend in 1997. She had been charged with homicide, but subsequently convicted of voluntary manslaughter only. She was released after serving 57 days. Biography Cummings and her fraternal twin sister, Diana, are the only children of billionaire arms dealer Samuel Cummings. After ...
The Six Nations ceded the entire region including modern Fauquier to Virginia Colony at the Treaty of Albany, in 1722. Fauquier County was established on May 1, 1759, from Prince William County. It is named for Francis Fauquier, [5] Lieutenant Governor of Virginia at the time, who won the land in a poker game, according to legend.
Warrenton Historic District is a national historic district located at Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. When originally listed, it encompassed 288 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of the county seat of Warrenton.
Robert Eden Scott (April 23, 1808 – May 3, 1862) was a Virginia planter, lawyer and politician who served many terms in the Virginia General Assembly.He also represented Fauquier County at the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 and the surrounding district in the Provisional Confederate Congress, until his death at the hands of Union Army deserters while defending his farm.
Belle Grove is a historic home and farm located near Delaplane, Fauquier County, Virginia. The manor house was built about 1812, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay, brick and stuccoed stone house in the Federal style. It has a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, three-bay summer kitchen, built about 1850, and connected to the main house by a hyphen.
Rectortown Historic District is a national historic district located at Rectortown, Fauquier County, Virginia.It encompasses 76 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the rural village of Rectortown.
Delaplane Historic District is a national historic district located at Delaplane, Fauquier County, Virginia.. The rural village of Delaplane was founded in 1852 around the Piedmont Station of the newly chartered Manassas Gap Railroad (originally to link the Alexandria and Orange Railroad with the line running into the Shenandoah Valley at Manassas; still operated by the Norfolk Southern Railroad).
Paris Historic District is a national historic district located at Paris, Fauquier County, Virginia.It encompasses 53 contributing resources in the rural village of Paris. The district includes primarily residences, although the district also includes some commercial buildings, churches, a former school, and a cemete