Existing pages recently updated with new information:

• William Marbury Fitzhugh – details of his return from Kentucky and a federal job
• Orange and Alexandria Railroad – added Ravensworth Station, a private depot serving the Ravensworth plantation (from research prompted by a site visitor question)
• Northern Neck Grant – new map of the grant in relation to today’s Virginia and West Virginia counties (developed for Jenee Lindner for her presentation at the Fairfax County History Conference, November 2015)
• Colonel William Payne – source of his military promotions above Captain identified to Fairfax County Militia

New pages added:

• Little River Turnpike – a short history of the 34-mile road with map of affected Ravensworth landowners
• Map Interpreted: Jefferson Visit – an interpretation of the map Nicholas Fitzhugh sent President Jefferson to guide him through Ravensworth and avoid the main roads in April 1804 (prepared for a presentation at the Oak Hill Open House, September 26, 2015)
• Slaves at Oak Hill 1821 – 1856 – names of 47 slaves from Richard Fitzhugh’s will, estate account and estate inventory
• Ann Battaile and Meade Battaile – biographies of Richard Fitzhugh’s daughter and her son, who inherited shares of Oak Hill land
• Parcel 1.1.4.3.6 – Meade Battaile’s 148 acres, which he subdivided and sold in 23 parcels ranging from 0.3 to 23 acres
• Early Diverse Oak Hill Neighborhood – the diverse community that arose on Braddock Rd. from Meade Battaile’s sales to both Caucasians and African Americans, which lasted at least into the 1920s
• John H. Newman, Oscar Newman and Richard P. Newman – biographies of three former Oak Hill slaves who bought land from Meade Battaile

Thanks to Maddy McCoy, developer and curator of the Fairfax County Slavery Inventory Database, for sharing her research, which is the basis for the presentations on Meade Battaile’s land sales, the buyers and the diverse community that resulted. Thanks to Jenee Lindner and others who have asked questions that prompted new or deeper research.

Merry Christmas and thanks for your visits,
John Browne