Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . arted from Fredericksburg to surveyand define the boundaries of The Korthern Neck of Vir-ginia. This expedition laid the Fairfax Stone at thehead spring of the Potomac. Lord Fairfax opened an officein the county—Fairfax—which was named in his he granted out his lands until a few years thereafterwhen he removed to Fre
Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . arted from Fredericksburg to surveyand define the boundaries of The Korthern Neck of Vir-ginia. This expedition laid the Fairfax Stone at thehead spring of the Potomac. Lord Fairfax opened an officein the county—Fairfax—which was named in his he granted out his lands until a few years thereafterwhen he removed to Frederick County, and settled at a placehe called Greenway Court, twelve or fourteen miles south-east of Winchester, where he led a sort of hermit life, andkept his office during the remainder of his life. He diedDecember 12, 1781, soon after hearing of the surrender ofCornwallis at Yorktown. It is said that as soon as he learnedof the capture of Cornwallis and his army, he called his ser-vant to assist him to bed, observing: It is time for me todie, and he never again left his bed until he was consignedto his tomb. His body was deposited under the Communiontable in the then Episcopal church in Winchester. The lands were granted by Fairfax in fee simple to his. Locust Tree III lawn where stood the house in whichPresident Monroe was born, Westmore-land County, Va. The iield in whichthis tree now stands is owned by Stuart, a negro Baptist is tradition that this tree stood in thelawn in front of the house. It is very(.Id and much decayed. This site over-looks Monroe creek and Potomac river.
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