Role in Ravensworth: leaseholder in Parcel 1.1; Overseer (Payne’s several appointments to public office are compelling evidence that he had a written lease(s) rather than a mere tenant agreement, as having legal title to land was a qualification for voting … 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 →
In May 1758 William Payne, Sr. leased from Henry Fitzhugh (Colonel) “six acres more or less” on Accotink Run for a mill. The 99-year lease required “the yearly rent of one peppercorn on every feast of the Nativity of our … Continue reading →
The 2nd Partition divided two 11,000+-acre parcels into 19 new parcels. Four of these are examined in detail: how the land was used, the chain of ownership and the parcel’s eventual division into additional smaller units. Work continues to present … Continue reading →
Chain of Ownership and Division Nicholas Fitzhugh inherited this parcel and Parcel 1.1.2 following the death of his father, Henry Fitzhugh (Colonel), in 1783. It is Lot 6 of seven lots created by deed A2:186 in the division of parcel … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth: leaseholder in Parcel 1.1 – 205 acres The information presented here was developed primarily from research generously shared by Mari Gussin, a Hollis family descendant. John Hollis married Esther Canterbury whose parents, Samuel and Mary (Simpson) Canterbury, … Continue reading →
The 1792 survey plat in deed A2:186, which divided Parcel 1.1, shows the locations of nine Parcel 1.1 leaseholders. There are 10 house-like symbols, nine with name labels, and a circle marked “Mill.” The left side of the drawing is … Continue reading →
In 1773, David Price leased 179 acres in Parcel 1.1 from Henry Fitzhugh (Colonel). Here he established Price’s Ordinary, a place of lodging and refreshment, at the intersection of the Mountain Road (today’s Braddock Road) and Backlick Road. The establishment … Continue reading →
Chain of Ownership and Division Parcel 1.2 is the south half of Ravensworth (Parcel 1.0), which William Fitzhugh, Jr. inherited following the death of William Fitzhugh (the Immigrant) in 1701. His father’s will instructed that the landgrant be divided equally … Continue reading →
Chain of Ownership and Division This parcel is the north half of Ravensworth (Parcel 1.0), which Henry Fitzhugh (Captain) inherited following the death of William Fitzhugh (the Immigrant) in 1701. His father’s will instructed that the landgrant be divided equally … Continue reading →