On May 23, 1861 a vote was held in all Fairfax County precincts deciding if the citizens would join the rest of Virginia in seceding from the Union. The Ordinance of Secession shows how the voters cast their ballots. Separated by precinct it helps not only to identify the residents of the county in 1861, but shows the way different areas of the county felt about seceding. Ordinance 1 Ordinance 2 Ordinance 3 Ordinance 4 Ordinance 5 Ordinance 10 Ordinance 11 Ordinance 12 Ordinance 13 Ordinance 14 Ordinance 15 Ordinance 16 Ordinance 17 Ordinance 18 Ordinance 19 Ordinance 20 Ordinance 21 Ordinance 22 Ordinance 23 Ordinance 24 Ordinance 25 Ordinance 26 Ordinance 27a Ordinance 27b Ordinance 28a Ordinance 28b Ordinance 29a Ordinance 29b Ordinance 29c Ordinance 29d Ordinance 30a Ordinance 30b Ordinance 30c Ordinance 31 Ordinance 32a Ordinance 32b Ordinance 33a Ordinance 33b Ordinance 34 Ordinance 35 Ordinance 36a Ordinance 36b Ordinance 37a Ordinance 37b Ordinance 38a Ordinance 38b Ordinance 39a Ordinance 39b
