Chain of Ownership and Division Richard Fitzhugh inherited this parcel following the death of his father, Henry Fitzhugh (Colonel), in 1783. It is Lot 4 of seven lots created by deed A2:186 in the division of parcel 1.1 (Ravensworth North) … Continue reading →
In the January 1850 Fairfax County Court session, the first of 61 formerly enslaved African Americans registered as free Blacks, who were manumitted under the provisions of William Henry Fitzhugh’s will. It had been 20 years since William Henry Fitzhugh … Continue reading →
William Henry Fitzhugh died in 1830. The inventory of his estate recorded 208 enslaved people by name, age and value. They were listed in two groups by location: Ravensworth and Arkendale. As used here, Ravensworth refers to Parcel 1.2. Arkendale … Continue reading →
The earliest known count of enslaved people in Fairfax County is Charles Green’s 1749 list of tithables (taxpayers). Using this information, it is estimated that the Fitzhugh family employed 76 enslaved people on Ravensworth at that time, with 38 working … Continue reading →
Six Fitzhugh Family biographical sketches have been added for fourth and fifth generation inheritors of Ravensworth land. The time period was the transition into the 19th century, when the new American government under the new constitution was building and moving … Continue reading →
The 78-acre Annandale Campus of Northern Virginia Community College is land that changed ownership many times between 1649 and its purchase by the state of Virginia in 1966 and 1971. Forty-one transactions are accounted for, thanks to title research by … Continue reading →
Will Q1:57 (1830) – William Henry Fitzhugh Indecipherable and questionable words are in brackets [ ]. I William H. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth do hereby make my Last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say. I … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth – owner Parcel 1.2 William Henry was the only son and principal heir of William Fitzhugh (of Chatham) and Ann Bolling Randolph Fitzhugh. Born at Chatham Plantation, he was an infant when the family moved to new … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth – owner Parcel 1.2.1 Ann was the third of six children born to William (of Chatham) and Ann Fitzhugh, and the oldest of just three who survived to adulthood. She married William Craik in 1800 and died … Continue reading →
These excerpts are a mixture of summaries, quotations and near verbatim lifts from several depositions in the Mordecai C Fitzhugh, Etc. V. Berkeley Ward And Wife, Etc. case file in the Library of Virginia’s Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.1 Giles … Continue reading →