Chapter 2 Notes

[Footnote 16: Deed Book B., No. 4, p. 448, November 7, 1859 Fairfax County, Virginia. T.F. Mason's first name is spelled "Thomason," "Thompson" and "Thomson."]

[Footnote 17: Helen Hill Miller, =George Mason Constitutionalist= (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938), p. 18.]

[Footnote 18: Stevens Thompson Mason, =Mason Family Chart=.]

[Footnote 19: Ann was not Mason's grandmother, but the first wife of his grandfather. Thomson was a favorite of Grandfather Chichester and he would have known of Ann Gordon. Mr. Chichester had, as a matter of fact, spent his first married years with the Gordon family.]

[Footnote 20: C.A. Gordon, =History of the House of Gordon= (Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & Son, 1890), p. 11.]

[Footnote 21: Will Book M, No. 1, p. 130, November 21, 1820, Fairfax County, Virginia.]

[Footnote 22: Deed Book W, No. 2, p. 199, October 1, 1823, Fairfax County, Virginia.]

[Footnote 23: January 29, 1818, Letter to Alexandria Baggett from Thomson F. Mason, Alexandria, William Francis Smith Collection, Thomson F. Mason Papers.]

[Footnote 24: =Ibid.=, A.P. Glover [?] to T.F. Mason, October 18, 1819.]

[Footnote 25: =Ibid.=, P. Taylor "sent T.F. Mason, esq...." February 5, 1823. Mason either was not at Huntley at the time, or the items were for his tenant. The bill notes specifically that the delivery was for "W.T.R.".]

[Footnote 26: Lee vs. Chichester, #60, Fairfax County Court House. From a deposition of Bernard Hooe.]

[Footnote 27: Letter, William Francis Smith Collection.]

[Footnote 28: =Ibid.=, Price Skinner to T.F. Mason, December 7, 1832.]

[Footnote 29: At least 10 documents concerning the work which Mason did at Colross are in the William Francis Smith Collection.]

[Footnote 30: Will Book T, No. 1, p. 3, Fairfax County, Virginia.]

[Footnote 31: Will Book T, No. 1, pps. 1-4, Fairfax County, Virginia.]

[Footnote 32: Deed Book B, No. 4, p. 448, November 7, 1859, Fairfax County, Virginia.]

[Footnote 33: Deed Book B, No. 4, pps. 449-50, November 7, 1859, Fairfax County, Virginia.]

[Footnote 34: Deed Book B, No. 4, p. 451, December 7, 1859, Fairfax County, Virginia.]

[Footnote 35: United States, National Archives, Record Group 77, Map of Eastern Virginia and Vicinity of Washington, Arlington, January 1, 1862, Bureau of Topographical Engineers.]

[Footnote 36: Deed Book E, No. 4, p. 195, June 12, 1862, Fairfax County, Virginia.]

[Footnote 37: =Alexandria Gazette=, June 12, 1862.]

[Footnote 38: =Alexandria Gazette=, May 13, 1868. King, then in the U.S. Army, married on May 18, 1827, according to the Christ Church Register. On May 14, 1879, when he sold Lloyd's Lot, which is adjacent to the Huntley property, to Pierson and Harrison, he is listed as "Benjamin King of Anne Arundel County." King, John Mason, and T.F. Mason, all married girls named Price and may have been relatives. It is possible therefore that King was the brother-in-law of T.F.]

[Footnote 39: Deed Book I, No. 4, p. 236, November 21, 1868, Fairfax County, Virginia.]

[Footnote 40: =Alexandria Gazette=, May 16, 1870.]

[Footnote 41: 1870 Census, Reel 108, Frame Number 197, National Archives. In earlier censuses neither Mason nor King appeared. The actual occupant at Huntley prior to this time was usually an overseer or tenant. Not knowing who most of these were and having no maps coded to the census, the author was unable to gather any earlier information from the census.]

[Footnote 42: Deed Book O, No. 4, p. 338, March 11, 1871, Fairfax County, Virginia.]

[Footnote 43: G.M. Hopkins, =Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington=. (Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, 1879), p. 71.]

[Footnote 44: =Alexandria Gazette=, May 14, 1892. A Pierson property is shown adjacent to "Huntley" on the 1879 Hopkins map.]

[Footnote 45: =Alexandria Gazette=, March 3, 1911. The =Fairfax Herald=, March 10, 1911, also carried an obituary. The March 4, 1911, =Alexandria Gazette=, noted that the funeral took place "from the residence this afternoon ... conducted by Rev. J.M. Nourse. The remains were interred in Presbyterian Cemetery in this City." The Harrison plot is in the third section to the left from the entrance. Stones bear no epitaphs, only names and dates of birth and death.]

[Footnote 46: Deed Book J, No. 7, p. 22, April 5, 1911, Fairfax County, Virginia.]

[Footnote 47: =Alexandria Gazette=, "Northern Virginia Industrial Edition," January 1, 1930, Section C, p. 8.]

[Footnote 48: Deed Book 515, p. 60, September 1, 1946, Fairfax County, Virginia. See also Deed Book 515, p. 64, August 21, 1953. A survey of the area is shown on pps. 62-63. The plat is marked "Farm and Mansion House Area," and shows the "House," "Tenant House," and "Barn."]

[Footnote 49: According to the records of the American Institute of Architects, Mr. Pitt died January 18, 1969.]

[Footnote 50: Deed Book 694, p. 400, June 11, 1949, Fairfax County, Virginia. Col. Amlong is a retired U.S. Army officer.]