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Fairfax County (Va.) Commissioner's Report, 1867. Consists of a report on Francis L. Smith's administration of the estate of Aaron Leggett, deceased.

Fairfax County (Va.) County Court Fee Book, 1788, contains the date of the charge for clerk's services, the person to whom charged, the reason, the style of suit, and the cost of the service to be paid to the clerk of court. Most of it is in abbreviated form rather than written out longhand. There is an alphabetical index by surname at the beginning of the volume.

Fairfax County (Va.) County Court Minute Book, 1749-1751, along with closely related court records such as order books, records all matters brought before the court when it was in session and may contain important information not found anywhere else. Generally minute books contain brief entries as they were the clerk of court's rough draft that would later be transcribed into an order book. A locality's loose papers are the raw materials from which this type of book was created. Like order books, a wide variety of information is found in its pages including: appointments of county officers, appointments of guardians and administrators, records of legal disputes heard before the court, recordation of deeds and wills, estate settlements, wolf bounties, licenses for ordinary keepers, road surveys, and matters related to the fiscal management of the court.

Fairfax County (Va.) Fiduciary Records, 1773-1787, include an Executors' Bond Book.

Fairfax County (Va.) Records related to the Registration of Free Persons, 1822-1861, consist of two “Free Negro” registers, 1822-1861.