Role in Ravensworth: Owner Parcels 1.1.4.3.6.0, 1.1.4.3.6.2 and 1.1.4.3.6.10 Oscar Newman was born about May 1850 into slavery. He was listed on the 1856 Estate Inventory of Richard Fitzhugh. He was listed as Oscar, value $300. Oscar married Mary (last … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth: Owner Parcel 1.1.4.3.6.9 John H. Newman was born about 1850 in Fairfax County into slavery. He was listed on the 1856 Estate Inventory of Richard Fitzhugh. He was listed as John, value $700. He Married Lillie Gatewood, … Continue reading →
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 →
Role in Ravensworth: Owner Parcel 1.1.4.3.6 Meade Battaile was born in Culpeper County, Virginia in May 1841 to Ann (Fitzhugh) and Charles R. Battaile. The 1850 federal census recorded Ann, age 45, as head of household living in Culpeper County … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth: Owner Parcels 1.1.4.3 and 1.1.4.4 Ann Fitzhugh Battaile was born about 1805, the daughter of Richard and Susannah (Meade) Fitzhugh. She grew up at Oak Hill, the family home, which she would later inherit. On July 29, … Continue reading →
President Thomas Jefferson’s visit to Ravensworth on April 1-2, 1804 was arranged in three letters between President Jefferson and Nicholas Fitzhugh. Fitzhugh’s letter enclosed a map outlining a route leading into and part way through Ravensworth. An interpretation of that … Continue reading →
For 112 years Ravensworth ownership stayed exclusively within the Fitzhugh family. Then in September 1797, Henry Rose and Augustine Smith bought 3009 acres in a joint business venture, seeking quick profits by subdividing and reselling the land. In selling Parcel … Continue reading →
Chain of Ownership and Division Giles Fitzhugh inherited this parcel following the death of his father, Henry Fitzhugh (Colonel), in 1783. In 1796, he and his brother Battaile Fitzhugh sold/exchanged their Ravensworth lands with Battaile receiving this parcel and giving … Continue reading →
Chain of Ownership and Division Battaile Fitzhugh inherited this parcel following the death of his father, Henry Fitzhugh (Colonel), in 1783. It is Lot 1 of seven lots created by deed A2:186 in the division of parcel 1.1 (Ravensworth North) … Continue reading →
Henry Fitzhugh (Colonel) recorded in his ledger for 1764 the following list of 43 tenants and rents. “1764 Ravensworth Rents The above is a list of my Tennants without any (?)”1 Although he labeled this a list of his tenants, … Continue reading →