Following the death of Richard Fitzhugh of Oak Hill in 1821, six slaves were identified by name in his will and estate account report. In his will: “I give to my beloved wife Susannah Fitzhugh … my negro Abraham”1 In … Continue reading →
Chain of Ownership and Division Meade Battaile inherited this parcel following the death of his mother, Ann Fitzhugh Battaile in 1880. It is one of six lots in the division of Parcel 1.1.4.3 among Meade and five siblings. Between 1882 … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth – owner in parcels 1.1.1 and 1.1.7 Augustine Jaquelin Smith was born on May 28, 1774 to Augustine and Margaret (Boyd) Smith. The father died ten days later, and within seven years his mother and grandparents had … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth – owner in parcels 1.1.1 and 1.1.7 Henry Rose was the son of John and Catherine (Rose) Rose, probably cousins, of Westmoreland County, VA.1 After his mother died, his father married Margaret (Williamson) Robinson, the widow of … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth: Owner Parcel 1.1.2 Dickins family papers. Three University library collections of family papers are accessible online: “Francis Asbury Dickins Papers,” #218, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill., http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/d/Dickins,Francis_Asbury.html. “Additional Papers of … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth – owner parcels 1.1.3.3, 1.1.3.5, 1.1.6.6 and 1.1.6.8.1 William Gooding, Jr. was born in Fairfax county into a family of six brothers and one sister. The son of William Gooding, his mother is unknown. In 1782 his … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth – owner parcels 1.1.3.6, 1.1.3.7, 1.1.6.7 and 1.1.6.10 William H. Gooding was the second of two sons among the six children born to William and Jane (Davis) Gooding, Jr. He married twice to (1) Margaret R. Howard … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth – owner parcels 1.1.6.3, 1.1.6.4, 1.1.6.8 and 1.1.6.9 Peter Gooding was the oldest of six children born to William and Jane (Davis) Gooding, Jr. He married three times and fathered five children.1 His brief marriage circa 1819 … Continue reading →
The Gooding family’s combined property holdings in 1860 present a picture of a successful, well-to-do family on the eve of the Civil War.1 Although listed as a hotel keeper rather than a farmer, William, Jr.’s holdings represent an active farming … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth – owner Parcel 1.2.3 Mary Caroline Goldsborough was the fifth of ten children born to Robert Henry and Henrietta Maria (Nichols) Goldsborough of Myrtle Grove in Easton, Maryland.1 She was adopted by Anna Maria (Goldsborough) Fitzhugh and … Continue reading →