A History of the Town of Fairfax
Chapter 5
Mr. Ollie Atkins The Honorable Paul E. Brown Mr. W. Lindsay Carne Mrs. Thomas Casey Mr. Thomas P. Chapman, Jr. Mrs. H. N. Clark Mr. Courtland H. Davis The Rev. Raymond W. Davis Miss Barbara Duras Mrs. H. John Elliott, Jr. Mrs. Earl W. Emerson Mr. Wilson M. Farr (deceased) Mr. W. Franklin Gooding Mr. Alex Haight Mr. Charles Patton Henry History Committee of the Fairfax Methodist Church Mr. F. Wilmer Holbrook Mr. J. Kenneth Klinge Mrs. Doreen H. LaFalce Mrs. Thomas B. Love Mrs. F. S. McCandlish, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. McCandlish, Jr. Mrs. Douglas Murray Mrs. Charles H. Pozer Mrs. Barbara Ritchie Mr. John W. Rust (deceased) Mr. Glenn W. Saunders Mr. Roy A. Swayze Mr. Byron E. Wales
INDEX
by
John H. Gano
A
Adams, Francy, 34
Alabama, 47
Alexandria, 4, 21, 27, 28, 30, 64
_Alexandria Times_, 64
Alexandria-Winchester Stage Coach Line, 23
Allison, Gordon, 31
Allison, Robert, 23
Alrich, Rev. W. A., 61
Annandale, 30, 51, 64
Aquia, 10
"Artillery Hill", 48
Ashby's Gap, 18
"Ash Grove", 41
Associated Press, 63
Ayers, John, 19
B
Bacon, Nathaniel, 11
Baker family, 62
Baker, Dr. & Mrs., 36
Ball family, 62
Ball, S. M., 35
Ball, WM. W., 34, 41
Ballard family, 62
Ballard, Capt., 64, 65
Baptists, 20, 39, 67
Jerusalem Baptist Church, 20
Barbour, Mrs. John, 37
Baxter family, 9
Beak, Rev. O. C., 62
Beattie, Capt. V., 50
Beauregard, Gen., 47, 48
Belvoir, 14
Berkeley, Sir Wm., 11
Berkley, Col., 65
Berry, Capt. J. O., 65
Beverly, Maj. Robt., 11, 16
Bill of Rights, 27
Bland, Richard, 27
Bleight family, 62
Blenheim, 4, 24
Blenkers Dutch, 57
Blue Ridge, 18
Bolling, Girard, 31
Bolling, Lucian, 31
Boston Port Act, 27
Bowman family, 62
Bowman, Gen., 21
Braddock, Gen., 21
Braddock Road, 21
Brecon Ridge, 19
Brent family, 9
Bristoe, John, 31
Bristow Station, 43
Broadwater, Chas., 29, 37
Brooks, Henry T., 35, 42
Brown, Judge Paul E., 65
Brown, Rev. R. J., 38
Bull Run, 18, 54
Burke, 62
Burke, Levi, 41
Burke, Minnan, 34
Burke, Silas, 34
C
Camp Beverly, 54
Canfield, Bleeker, 39
Carlyle, John, 29
Carper, Thos. E., 34
Carter, Robert, 15, 17, 18
Carys, Misses Constance, Hetty, Jennie, 48
Catholic Church, 67
Centennial, 60
Centreville, 21, 43, 48, 64
Chain Bridge, 28
Chain Bridge Road, 23
Chantilly, 17
Chapman, Mrs. Thos. P., 45
Chapman, William, 38
Charles County, MD, 31
Chichester family, 62
Chichester, Judge D. M., 65
Christian Scientist Church, 67
Circuit Court of Fairfax, 65
Civil War, 22, 24, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43-54
Clark, Thos., 31
Coates, Alice M., 54
Coffer, Thos. W., 19
Colchester, 11, 29
Coleman, James, 34
Coleman, Richard, 31, 34
Coomb's Cottage, 4, 36, 37, 38
Confederate Monument, 4, 64
Conrad, Thos. Nelson, 34, 38
Continental Army, 28
Cooper family 37, 62
Cooper Carriage House, 4, 37, 45
Corcoran, W. W., 60
Cornwall, England, 19
Corse, Gen. M. D., 65
Country Club Hills, 24
Courthouse Road, 30
Cross, John D., 34
Culpeper, 13, 41, 49
Culpeper, Thomas Lord, 11, 12
D
Daniel, Sen. John W., 65
Daniel, Stephen, 31
D'Astre Place, 4, 37
Davis, Jefferson, 48
de la Warr, Lord, 6
Deneale, Wm., 34
Dennis, Gordon, 41
Doeg Indians, 10
Dogue Neck, 14
Donohue, Capt., S. R., 64
Doyne Manor, MD, 31
Draper, S., 38
Drayton family, 9
Dudley family, 9
Dulaney, D. F., 35
Dumfries, 43
Duncan's Chapel, 4, 43, 44, 61, 62
"Dunleith", 37
E
Earp, Caleb, 23
Earp's Corner, 23, 24
"Earp's Ordinary", 4, 24, 45
East Street, 24
Ellzey, Lewis, 21
Ellzey, Thomazen, 19
England/English, 10, 16, 25, 28, 36, 55
Episcopal Church, 66, 67
Ewell, LCol/Gen. Richard S., 43-45
F
Fairfax family, 62 Agricultural Society, 41 Cemetery, 62 Col. George Wm., 19 County, 7-11, 17, 18, 27, 28, 30, 34, 42, 44, 50, 65, 67 Court House, 4, 17, 28, 29, 32, 33, 38, 39, 41, 44, 57, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67 Herald, 64 Lord, 13, Thos., 29 Post Office, 38 Resolves, 27, 29 Station, 22, 45, 65 "Store", 4, 25, 31 Town, 6, 17, 18, 19, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 40-42, 44, 46, 51, 55-57, 61, 64 William, 14
Fairview Subdivision, 32
Falls Church, 19
"Farmer's Intelligencer", 34
Farr, 14-year-old son, 22 Home, 4, 22, 41 Richard Ratcliffe, 50 Roger, M., 31
Fauquier Springs, 43
Ferguson family, 62
Fifth N. Y. Cavalry, 49
Fitzhugh family, 9, 62 David, 34 Harry, 38 Wm. M., 11, 17, 35
Flint Hill School, 24
Fontainebleau, 30
Ford family, 62 Antonia, 52-56 Building, 4, 25 C. Vernon, 66 Thomas, 19 T. M., 34
Fort Duquesne, 21
Franklin, Benjamin, 14
"Freedom Hill", 29, 30
French-Indian War, 26
G
Gainesville, 64
Gallow's Road, 30
Gardner, Wm., 19
Gentlemen Justices, 34
George II, 18
George Mason College, 21
"Glebe Land", 19
Gooding, W. B., 35
Gordon, James L., 65
Greenway Hills, 24
Gunnell Family, 25, 62 George, 31 Henry, 29 Joshua, 44 Dr. Wm. P., 34, 36, 41, 48
Gunston Hall, 14
H
Hall, Rev. J. Cleveland, 65
Halley, James, 21 John, 32
Hamilton, James, 21 Parish, 18
Hatcher, W., 40
Haymarket, 64
Henderson, Alexander, 19
Henry, Patrick, 26-28
Herbert, Col. Arthur, 65
Hill family, 9
Hitt, J. D., 34
Hooe, Robert, 34
Howard, Lord of Effingham, 13
Howsing family, 9
Huguenots, 15
Hunter family, 62 Gen., 46, 47 James, 34 John, 34
Hunting Creek, 10
Hunton, Gen. Eppa, 65
Huntt, O. W., 60
I
Indians, 7-9, 11, 12, 30 Manahoac, 8 Occannechi, 11 Susquehannock, 10, 11
Irish, 15
J
Jackson, Andrew, 60 Family, 38 Spencer, 31
Jamestown Colony, 5-7, 9, 12, 31
Jefferson, Thos., 35
"Jessie Scouts", 50
Johnston, Gen. J. E., 48 George, 27
Johnstone, LCol., 49
Jones, Cadwallader, 17 Elcon, 34
K
Keith family, 62
Kelsey, Ruben, 41
Kemper Battery, 47
Kilbourne, Chas. & Fay, 66
King's Highway, 28
Kirby, Chas., 41
L
Ladies' Memorial Assn., 65
Lafayette, Gen., 28
Layton Hall, 36, 55
Lee Boulevard, 4 Fitz, 49 Hancock, 34 Richard Bland, 34 Richard Henry, 27, 34 R. E. Confederate Camp, 64 Gov. Wm. Fitzhugh, 65
Leighton, Rev. John, 41
Lewis, Mr., 60
Lincoln, Pres., 49
Linton, Wm., 19
Little, Chas., 30, 34
Little Hunting Creek, 14
Littlejohn, Samuel, 19
Little River Turnpike, 4, 17, 23, 24, 28, 30, 32, 37, 65
Logan, Henry, 23
Lomax, L. L., 54
London, 12
Loudoun County, 28, 30
Love family, 62 Judge, 36 Thos. R., 25, 36
Lutheran Church, 67
M
Machen, James P., 41
Magner Tract, 19
Main Street, 23, 38, 44
Malone, Dr. W. P., 66
Manassas, 46, 47 First Battlefield, 48 Railroad, 40, 46
Manor, "Doyne", 31
Marr, Camp (Vets), 64 Capt. John Q., 43, 44 Monument, 66
Marshall, John, 35
Maryland Colonists, 8, 31, 50
Mason family, 9
Mason, George, 14, 23, 27, 29, 30
Maxwell, 8
Mayhugh, J. F., 34
McCandlish, Mrs. Fairfax Shields, 38
McCarty, Capt. Daniel, 19
McWhorter family, 62 Dr. W. D., 65
Meade, Rt. Rev. Wm., 39
Merriweather family, 9
Methodist Church, 39, 43, 56, 62, 66, 67
Middlesex County, 55
Millan, John, 34
Miller, Col. Francis P., 24
Minor, George, 30
Moncure family, 62
Moore family, 62 Helen, 66 Street, 32 Thos., 38 Wm., 17
Morgan, J. P., 57, 59
Morris, Mrs. Hannah, 38
Mosby, John S., 48-50
Moss family, 38, 39, 62 Alfred, 35 Thos., 31, 35 Wm., 35
Mount Vernon, 14, 27
Mount Vineyard, 32, 39
Murray, Mrs. Douglas, 37 Thos., 38
"My Maryland", 48
N
National Register of Historical Places, 23
Negro Slaves, 15
Nelson, Jos., 49
Non-Importing Resolutions, 27
Northern Neck, 15
O
Occoquan, 11, 17, 18
Old Capitol Prison, 54
"Old Field Schools", 15
"Old Oaken Buckets", 34
Oliver House, 4, 25, 44
Ordinance of Succession, 42
Oswego County, N. Y., 38
Ox Road, 17, 19, 21, 22
P
Palfrey, John, 56
Palmyra, 41
Payne's Church, 4, 17, 19, 21, 39, 43 Edward, 19, 20 Street, 64, 67 Wm., 30, 34
Peake, Humphrey, 34
Pendleton, Edmund, 27
Pennsylvania, 57
"Phantom Ball", 66
Pictorial War Record, 46, 51
Poeh, Richard W., 34
Pohick, 14
Port Tobacco, MD, 31
Potomac, 28
"Poynton" Manor, 31
Presbyterian Church, 41, 67
Prince William County, 18, 43
Privy Council, 12
Providence, 23, 33, 41
R
Randall, J. R., 48
Randolph, Peyton, 27
"Rangers", 12
Rappahannock County, 43 River, 14
Ratcliffe family, 62 Chas., 31 Division, 38 Graveyard, 4, 32 Home, 4, 32 Jane, 31 John, 31 John of Poynton, 31 Laura, 52, 53 Lucian, 31 Mildred, 41 Nancy, 31 Patsy, 31 Penelope, 31 Racetrack, 4, 32 Richard, 22, 24, 30, 31, 33, 34 Robert, 31, 32, 35 Samuel, 31 Tavern, 24
Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison House, 23
Ravensworth, 30
Rebel Scout, 38
Revolutionary War, 20, 26-28
Richardson, Mrs. E. V., 41 F. D., 35, 41 F. W., 35, 38, 60 House, 4 John R., 41
Richmond, 42, 43, 46, 48, 60, 65
"Ripley's Believe It Or Not", 35
Rochambeau, Gen., 28
Rocky Run Chappell, 21
Rolfe, Thos., 31
Roosevelt, F. D., 55 Belle Wyatt, 55
Rose Bower, 4, 38
Rumsey family, 62 Mrs. Daniel, 39 Place, 32 Wm. T., 39, 41
Ryer family, 62
Ryland Chapel, 39
S
Sager Avenue, 38, 64
Saunders, Lewis, Jr., 17
Schroeder's Band, 65
Scott, Richard M., 34
Second US Cavalry, 44, 45
Selecman, M. R., 34
Simpson, Benjamin, 65
Smith, Augustine I., 34 "Extra Billy", 44, 45 Gen. Gustavus W., 48 Capt. John, 8, 10
Sons of Confederate Vets, 64
Spain, Ambassador To, 55
Stamp Act, 27
Stanhope, Wm., 34
Stars and Bars, 47
Steadman, Rev. Melvin, 39
Stoughton, Brig. Gen. E. H., 48, 49
Stuart family, 62 David, 30, 34 J. E. B., 49, 53, 54 S. T., 34, 41
Sugar Act, 27
Sutton, Chas., 41
Swink, Wm., 41
T
Taylor, J. R., 34
Tea Act, 27
Terrett family, 62
Thomas, Judge Henry W., 4, 37
Thompson, LCol. (USA), 57
Thornton family, 62
Thoroughfare, 64
Throckmorton, Lord of Ellington, 31 Richard, 41 Robert, 31
Tidewater, 7
Tobacco, 11, 19, 29
Tompkins, Lt. Chas. H., 44, 45
Towner family, 62
"Truro", 19 Episcopal Church, 4, 20, 21, 25, 36, 38, 56, 61 Parish, 18, 19 Rectory, 4, 25, 48
Turner, Robert, 31
U
United Daughters of the Confederacy, 56
University Drive, 38, 55
V
Van Dorn, Gen., 38
Vienna, 4, 29
Vincent family, 9
Virginia, 26, 42, 43
Va. Historic Landmark Register, 23
VMI, 43
Va. National Guard, 19
Va. State Legislature, 23, 40
W
Warren, Henry, 31
Warrenton, 4, 38, 43 Rifles, 43
Washington, D. C., 4, 54, 60, 64 Capt. Augustine, 14 George, 19, 20, 27, 29 Laurence, 14 Martha, 57 Wills, 58, 59, 60
Waugh, James, 34
West, Hugh Jr., 21
West Point, 49
Whittle, Bishop, 61
Wiley, James, 34
Willard Estate, 55 Hotel, 55 Joseph, 56, 66 Major, 54, 55 Belle Willard School, 55 Joseph Willard Health Center, 55
Willcoxon, Capt. Rizin, 24 Tavern, 4, 32, 48, 61, 64
William & Mary, 16
Williamsburg, 15, 18
Williams, Franklin, 50 H. C., 41 Ira, 34 Joseph, 41
Wilson, Woodrow, 55
Wines, Niagara, Delawares, Concords, 37
Wren, James, 30
Wyatt, Belle Layton, 55
Wythe, George, 27
Y
Yeardley, Gov., 29, 34
Yorkshire, 48
Z
Zion Church, 38, 39, 61, 62