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An act in 1872 allowed for artificial legs to be provided to veterans, and an amendment to this act also allowed African American veterans and 'employees' to receive legs. Beginning in 1873, the State offered commutations (one- time payments) to veterans whose artificial limbs were badly-fitting or unusable. Officially called Artificial Limb Commutations, these payments were eventually offered to veterans whose wounds completely disabled or paralyzed their limbs but did not result in amputations. Further acts in 1876 and 1882 provided aid for veterans who couldn't perform manual labor owing to wounds wholly or partly disabling their limbs, and finally, for wounds disabling any part of their body. These qualifying wounds included loss of eyesight. A final act passed in 1884 superseded the Artificial Limb Commutations with Aid to Citizens of Virginia Wounded and Maimed during the Late War. This act provided $60 to veterans with generally disabling wounds, and $60 to veterans for each limb or eye lost.\n","Realizing that a one-time payment would not provide permanent relief for the many disabled veterans who couldn't support themselves or their dependents, the General Assembly passed the first Confederate pension act in 1888. This act allowed a wounded veteran to apply for an annual pension if his total annual income was less than $300 and his personal and real property was valued at less than $1000. Widows whose husbands had died during the war, who remained unmarried and whose income and property values met the same requirements as those of veterans, were also entitled to apply.\n","The pension act of 1900 allowed veterans disabled owing to old age to apply. Widows whose husbands died after the war, and whose annual income was less than $100, were also eligible for application. This act dramatically increased the number of Confederate pensioners and, therefore, added to the strain on Virginia's economy; as a result of this, the General Assembly passed a further act in 1902 which placed more severe restrictions on income limits. Veterans and war-bereaved widows could not earn more than $150 per year or have more than $500 worth of real and personal property. In addition to this, widows whose husbands had died since the war had to have been married before May 1866. \n","Each subsequent act enlarged the eligibility quota. In 1908, former Confederate nurses, known as matrons, were included. Unlike the widows, the matrons had to be married to receive their pension. A further addition was the introduction of one-time disbursements of funeral expenses ($25). The 1912 act allowed women who had been widowed, remarried to another Confederate veteran and widowed again to apply. The 1924 and 1926 acts opened up pensions for former slaves and freemen who had acted for the Confederate Army as body servants, cooks, guards, hostlers, teamsters, blacksmiths, hospital and railroad workers, and who had buried the dead. Former Virginia residents who had moved to D.C. were also eligible under the 1924 act.","The required dates of marriage for widows also changed as time progressed. The 1912 act changed the date to before May 1868, the 1918 act to before May 1870, the 1922 act to before May 1877, the 1924 act to before December 31st 1882, the 1926 act to before 1886, and the 1927 act to before 1890. In response to inflation, the General Assembly gradually increased the maximum salary and property values allowed for eligibility. By 1926, the salary limit was $400, and the total property limit was $2000.\n","The Confederate commutation, aid and pension processes in Virginia relied on county circuit courts to collect, vet, accept or deny applications. The circuit court clerk collected applications and made a certified list of applicants, one of which was sent to the judge, one sent to the local pension board and one displayed on the courthouse door. The clerk also handed the applications to the court. From 1888 to 1900, county judges decided pension eligibility. In 1900, the pension act required counties to elect a five-person pension board to determine eligibility and send applications to the State Pension Board for further examination. In 1902, judges became the deciding authorities again, and the county pension board's purpose was relegated to assessing each applicant's eligibility and passing their recommendations to the deciding judge. Judges examined applications, determined eligibility and made an Order to certify or disallow a claim. The clerk then sent a list of allowed and certified pension claims to the State Pension Board, and, later, to the Auditor of Public Accounts. \n","The local pension board's commissioners other duties were to report the deaths of pensioners and discover and report pensioners who no longer met eligibility criteria, so that their names were removed from the State Pension Rolls, and their pensions not overpaid.\n","In 1958, the Federal Government also began issuing pensions to Confederate veterans and widows. The last Virginia Confederate veteran died in 1959; Virginia and the Federal Government continued to pay pensions to widows and unmarried children into the 21st century. In 2009, Virginia Code Section 51.1-900 (governing Confederate pensions) was repealed and Confederate pensions ceased to be. \n","Sources:  The collection, Google Books, Encyclopedia of Virginia, Library of Virginia\n","Series 1:  Applications, 1876 - 1943, contains one Union pension application, applications for Artificial Limb Commutation (Confederate), applications for aid (Confederate), Confederate pension applications and supporting paperwork\n","Series 2:  Confederate Pension Board of Fairfax Co., 1900 - 1933, contains oaths and appointment statements, reports and correspondence\n","Series 3:  Circuit Court and Pensions, 1902 - 1933, contains judges' orders, Confederate pensions rolls, correspondence with the State Pension Clerk and State Auditor of Public Accounts \n","Series 4:  Miscellaneous, 1902 - 1930, contains lists of applicants, correspondence and notices\n","Series 5:  Publications by State Auditor of Public Accounts, 1922, 1924, 1926\n","Series 6:  Roster of Confederate Pensioners of Virginia, 1909, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1925\n","Click here to view Apendixes I through II (See pages 4-8).","There are no restrictions.\n","Unit 38, Drawer 2; Unit 52, Row 6\n","Confederate Pension Board of Fairfax Co., State Auditor of Public Accounts, State Pension Clerk, Fairfax County Circuit Court","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Fairfax County Civil War Pensions, \n1876-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Fairfax County Civil War Pensions, \n1876-1943"],"repository_ssm":["Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"repository_ssim":["Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"geogname_ssm":["Primarily Fairfax County "],"geogname_ssim":["Primarily Fairfax County "],"creator_ssm":["Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\n"],"creator_ssim":["Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\n"],"places_ssim":["Primarily Fairfax County "],"acqinfo_ssim":["Permanent Record of the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center.\n"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Confederate and Union civil war pensions, disabilities","Pension applications, blank forms, letters, pension rolls, judges' orders, reports","Paper, cardstock, ink, graphite"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Confederate and Union civil war pensions, disabilities","Pension applications, blank forms, letters, pension rolls, judges' orders, reports","Paper, cardstock, ink, graphite"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["."],"extent_ssm":["1 linear foot"],"extent_tesim":["1 linear foot"],"genreform_ssim":["Paper, cardstock, ink, graphite"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Collection is open for research.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The Collection is open for research.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 1867, the State of Virginia began its first Confederate veteran aid program by offering artificial limbs to disabled veterans who had lost a limb as a result of war-time injuries. 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Officially called Artificial Limb Commutations, these payments were eventually offered to veterans whose wounds completely disabled or paralyzed their limbs but did not result in amputations. Further acts in 1876 and 1882 provided aid for veterans who couldn't perform manual labor owing to wounds wholly or partly disabling their limbs, and finally, for wounds disabling any part of their body. These qualifying wounds included loss of eyesight. A final act passed in 1884 superseded the Artificial Limb Commutations with Aid to Citizens of Virginia Wounded and Maimed during the Late War. This act provided $60 to veterans with generally disabling wounds, and $60 to veterans for each limb or eye lost.\n","Realizing that a one-time payment would not provide permanent relief for the many disabled veterans who couldn't support themselves or their dependents, the General Assembly passed the first Confederate pension act in 1888. 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In addition to this, widows whose husbands had died since the war had to have been married before May 1866. \n","Each subsequent act enlarged the eligibility quota. In 1908, former Confederate nurses, known as matrons, were included. Unlike the widows, the matrons had to be married to receive their pension. A further addition was the introduction of one-time disbursements of funeral expenses ($25). The 1912 act allowed women who had been widowed, remarried to another Confederate veteran and widowed again to apply. The 1924 and 1926 acts opened up pensions for former slaves and freemen who had acted for the Confederate Army as body servants, cooks, guards, hostlers, teamsters, blacksmiths, hospital and railroad workers, and who had buried the dead. Former Virginia residents who had moved to D.C. were also eligible under the 1924 act.","The required dates of marriage for widows also changed as time progressed. The 1912 act changed the date to before May 1868, the 1918 act to before May 1870, the 1922 act to before May 1877, the 1924 act to before December 31st 1882, the 1926 act to before 1886, and the 1927 act to before 1890. In response to inflation, the General Assembly gradually increased the maximum salary and property values allowed for eligibility. By 1926, the salary limit was $400, and the total property limit was $2000.\n","The Confederate commutation, aid and pension processes in Virginia relied on county circuit courts to collect, vet, accept or deny applications. The circuit court clerk collected applications and made a certified list of applicants, one of which was sent to the judge, one sent to the local pension board and one displayed on the courthouse door. The clerk also handed the applications to the court. From 1888 to 1900, county judges decided pension eligibility. In 1900, the pension act required counties to elect a five-person pension board to determine eligibility and send applications to the State Pension Board for further examination. In 1902, judges became the deciding authorities again, and the county pension board's purpose was relegated to assessing each applicant's eligibility and passing their recommendations to the deciding judge. Judges examined applications, determined eligibility and made an Order to certify or disallow a claim. The clerk then sent a list of allowed and certified pension claims to the State Pension Board, and, later, to the Auditor of Public Accounts. \n","The local pension board's commissioners other duties were to report the deaths of pensioners and discover and report pensioners who no longer met eligibility criteria, so that their names were removed from the State Pension Rolls, and their pensions not overpaid.\n","In 1958, the Federal Government also began issuing pensions to Confederate veterans and widows. 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An act in 1872 allowed for artificial legs to be provided to veterans, and an amendment to this act also allowed African American veterans and 'employees' to receive legs. Beginning in 1873, the State offered commutations (one- time payments) to veterans whose artificial limbs were badly-fitting or unusable. Officially called Artificial Limb Commutations, these payments were eventually offered to veterans whose wounds completely disabled or paralyzed their limbs but did not result in amputations. Further acts in 1876 and 1882 provided aid for veterans who couldn't perform manual labor owing to wounds wholly or partly disabling their limbs, and finally, for wounds disabling any part of their body. These qualifying wounds included loss of eyesight. A final act passed in 1884 superseded the Artificial Limb Commutations with Aid to Citizens of Virginia Wounded and Maimed during the Late War. This act provided $60 to veterans with generally disabling wounds, and $60 to veterans for each limb or eye lost.\n","Realizing that a one-time payment would not provide permanent relief for the many disabled veterans who couldn't support themselves or their dependents, the General Assembly passed the first Confederate pension act in 1888. This act allowed a wounded veteran to apply for an annual pension if his total annual income was less than $300 and his personal and real property was valued at less than $1000. Widows whose husbands had died during the war, who remained unmarried and whose income and property values met the same requirements as those of veterans, were also entitled to apply.\n","The pension act of 1900 allowed veterans disabled owing to old age to apply. Widows whose husbands died after the war, and whose annual income was less than $100, were also eligible for application. This act dramatically increased the number of Confederate pensioners and, therefore, added to the strain on Virginia's economy; as a result of this, the General Assembly passed a further act in 1902 which placed more severe restrictions on income limits. Veterans and war-bereaved widows could not earn more than $150 per year or have more than $500 worth of real and personal property. In addition to this, widows whose husbands had died since the war had to have been married before May 1866. \n","Each subsequent act enlarged the eligibility quota. In 1908, former Confederate nurses, known as matrons, were included. Unlike the widows, the matrons had to be married to receive their pension. A further addition was the introduction of one-time disbursements of funeral expenses ($25). The 1912 act allowed women who had been widowed, remarried to another Confederate veteran and widowed again to apply. The 1924 and 1926 acts opened up pensions for former slaves and freemen who had acted for the Confederate Army as body servants, cooks, guards, hostlers, teamsters, blacksmiths, hospital and railroad workers, and who had buried the dead. Former Virginia residents who had moved to D.C. were also eligible under the 1924 act.","The required dates of marriage for widows also changed as time progressed. The 1912 act changed the date to before May 1868, the 1918 act to before May 1870, the 1922 act to before May 1877, the 1924 act to before December 31st 1882, the 1926 act to before 1886, and the 1927 act to before 1890. In response to inflation, the General Assembly gradually increased the maximum salary and property values allowed for eligibility. By 1926, the salary limit was $400, and the total property limit was $2000.\n","The Confederate commutation, aid and pension processes in Virginia relied on county circuit courts to collect, vet, accept or deny applications. The circuit court clerk collected applications and made a certified list of applicants, one of which was sent to the judge, one sent to the local pension board and one displayed on the courthouse door. The clerk also handed the applications to the court. From 1888 to 1900, county judges decided pension eligibility. In 1900, the pension act required counties to elect a five-person pension board to determine eligibility and send applications to the State Pension Board for further examination. In 1902, judges became the deciding authorities again, and the county pension board's purpose was relegated to assessing each applicant's eligibility and passing their recommendations to the deciding judge. Judges examined applications, determined eligibility and made an Order to certify or disallow a claim. The clerk then sent a list of allowed and certified pension claims to the State Pension Board, and, later, to the Auditor of Public Accounts. \n","The local pension board's commissioners other duties were to report the deaths of pensioners and discover and report pensioners who no longer met eligibility criteria, so that their names were removed from the State Pension Rolls, and their pensions not overpaid.\n","In 1958, the Federal Government also began issuing pensions to Confederate veterans and widows. The last Virginia Confederate veteran died in 1959; Virginia and the Federal Government continued to pay pensions to widows and unmarried children into the 21st century. In 2009, Virginia Code Section 51.1-900 (governing Confederate pensions) was repealed and Confederate pensions ceased to be. \n","Sources:  The collection, Google Books, Encyclopedia of Virginia, Library of Virginia\n","Series 1:  Applications, 1876 - 1943, contains one Union pension application, applications for Artificial Limb Commutation (Confederate), applications for aid (Confederate), Confederate pension applications and supporting paperwork\n","Series 2:  Confederate Pension Board of Fairfax Co., 1900 - 1933, contains oaths and appointment statements, reports and correspondence\n","Series 3:  Circuit Court and Pensions, 1902 - 1933, contains judges' orders, Confederate pensions rolls, correspondence with the State Pension Clerk and State Auditor of Public Accounts \n","Series 4:  Miscellaneous, 1902 - 1930, contains lists of applicants, correspondence and notices\n","Series 5:  Publications by State Auditor of Public Accounts, 1922, 1924, 1926\n","Series 6:  Roster of Confederate Pensioners of Virginia, 1909, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1925\n","Click here to view Apendixes I through II (See pages 4-8).","There are no restrictions.\n","Unit 38, Drawer 2; Unit 52, Row 6\n","Confederate Pension Board of Fairfax Co., State Auditor of Public Accounts, State Pension Clerk, Fairfax County Circuit Court","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Fairfax County Civil War Pensions, \n1876-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Fairfax County Civil War Pensions, \n1876-1943"],"repository_ssm":["Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"repository_ssim":["Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"geogname_ssm":["Primarily Fairfax County "],"geogname_ssim":["Primarily Fairfax County "],"creator_ssm":["Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\n"],"creator_ssim":["Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\n"],"places_ssim":["Primarily Fairfax County "],"acqinfo_ssim":["Permanent Record of the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center.\n"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Confederate and Union civil war pensions, disabilities","Pension applications, blank forms, letters, pension rolls, judges' orders, reports","Paper, cardstock, ink, graphite"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Confederate and Union civil war pensions, disabilities","Pension applications, blank forms, letters, pension rolls, judges' orders, reports","Paper, cardstock, ink, graphite"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["."],"extent_ssm":["1 linear foot"],"extent_tesim":["1 linear foot"],"genreform_ssim":["Paper, cardstock, ink, graphite"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Collection is open for research.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The Collection is open for research.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 1867, the State of Virginia began its first Confederate veteran aid program by offering artificial limbs to disabled veterans who had lost a limb as a result of war-time injuries. An act in 1872 allowed for artificial legs to be provided to veterans, and an amendment to this act also allowed African American veterans and 'employees' to receive legs. Beginning in 1873, the State offered commutations (one- time payments) to veterans whose artificial limbs were badly-fitting or unusable. Officially called Artificial Limb Commutations, these payments were eventually offered to veterans whose wounds completely disabled or paralyzed their limbs but did not result in amputations. Further acts in 1876 and 1882 provided aid for veterans who couldn't perform manual labor owing to wounds wholly or partly disabling their limbs, and finally, for wounds disabling any part of their body. These qualifying wounds included loss of eyesight. A final act passed in 1884 superseded the Artificial Limb Commutations with Aid to Citizens of Virginia Wounded and Maimed during the Late War. This act provided $60 to veterans with generally disabling wounds, and $60 to veterans for each limb or eye lost.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRealizing that a one-time payment would not provide permanent relief for the many disabled veterans who couldn't support themselves or their dependents, the General Assembly passed the first Confederate pension act in 1888. This act allowed a wounded veteran to apply for an annual pension if his total annual income was less than $300 and his personal and real property was valued at less than $1000. Widows whose husbands had died during the war, who remained unmarried and whose income and property values met the same requirements as those of veterans, were also entitled to apply.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe pension act of 1900 allowed veterans disabled owing to old age to apply. Widows whose husbands died after the war, and whose annual income was less than $100, were also eligible for application. This act dramatically increased the number of Confederate pensioners and, therefore, added to the strain on Virginia's economy; as a result of this, the General Assembly passed a further act in 1902 which placed more severe restrictions on income limits. Veterans and war-bereaved widows could not earn more than $150 per year or have more than $500 worth of real and personal property. In addition to this, widows whose husbands had died since the war had to have been married before May 1866. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEach subsequent act enlarged the eligibility quota. In 1908, former Confederate nurses, known as matrons, were included. Unlike the widows, the matrons had to be married to receive their pension. A further addition was the introduction of one-time disbursements of funeral expenses ($25). The 1912 act allowed women who had been widowed, remarried to another Confederate veteran and widowed again to apply. The 1924 and 1926 acts opened up pensions for former slaves and freemen who had acted for the Confederate Army as body servants, cooks, guards, hostlers, teamsters, blacksmiths, hospital and railroad workers, and who had buried the dead. Former Virginia residents who had moved to D.C. were also eligible under the 1924 act.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe required dates of marriage for widows also changed as time progressed. The 1912 act changed the date to before May 1868, the 1918 act to before May 1870, the 1922 act to before May 1877, the 1924 act to before December 31st 1882, the 1926 act to before 1886, and the 1927 act to before 1890. In response to inflation, the General Assembly gradually increased the maximum salary and property values allowed for eligibility. By 1926, the salary limit was $400, and the total property limit was $2000.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Confederate commutation, aid and pension processes in Virginia relied on county circuit courts to collect, vet, accept or deny applications. The circuit court clerk collected applications and made a certified list of applicants, one of which was sent to the judge, one sent to the local pension board and one displayed on the courthouse door. The clerk also handed the applications to the court. From 1888 to 1900, county judges decided pension eligibility. In 1900, the pension act required counties to elect a five-person pension board to determine eligibility and send applications to the State Pension Board for further examination. In 1902, judges became the deciding authorities again, and the county pension board's purpose was relegated to assessing each applicant's eligibility and passing their recommendations to the deciding judge. Judges examined applications, determined eligibility and made an Order to certify or disallow a claim. The clerk then sent a list of allowed and certified pension claims to the State Pension Board, and, later, to the Auditor of Public Accounts. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe local pension board's commissioners other duties were to report the deaths of pensioners and discover and report pensioners who no longer met eligibility criteria, so that their names were removed from the State Pension Rolls, and their pensions not overpaid.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1958, the Federal Government also began issuing pensions to Confederate veterans and widows. The last Virginia Confederate veteran died in 1959; Virginia and the Federal Government continued to pay pensions to widows and unmarried children into the 21st century. 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Officially called Artificial Limb Commutations, these payments were eventually offered to veterans whose wounds completely disabled or paralyzed their limbs but did not result in amputations. Further acts in 1876 and 1882 provided aid for veterans who couldn't perform manual labor owing to wounds wholly or partly disabling their limbs, and finally, for wounds disabling any part of their body. These qualifying wounds included loss of eyesight. A final act passed in 1884 superseded the Artificial Limb Commutations with Aid to Citizens of Virginia Wounded and Maimed during the Late War. This act provided $60 to veterans with generally disabling wounds, and $60 to veterans for each limb or eye lost.\n","Realizing that a one-time payment would not provide permanent relief for the many disabled veterans who couldn't support themselves or their dependents, the General Assembly passed the first Confederate pension act in 1888. This act allowed a wounded veteran to apply for an annual pension if his total annual income was less than $300 and his personal and real property was valued at less than $1000. Widows whose husbands had died during the war, who remained unmarried and whose income and property values met the same requirements as those of veterans, were also entitled to apply.\n","The pension act of 1900 allowed veterans disabled owing to old age to apply. Widows whose husbands died after the war, and whose annual income was less than $100, were also eligible for application. This act dramatically increased the number of Confederate pensioners and, therefore, added to the strain on Virginia's economy; as a result of this, the General Assembly passed a further act in 1902 which placed more severe restrictions on income limits. Veterans and war-bereaved widows could not earn more than $150 per year or have more than $500 worth of real and personal property. In addition to this, widows whose husbands had died since the war had to have been married before May 1866. \n","Each subsequent act enlarged the eligibility quota. In 1908, former Confederate nurses, known as matrons, were included. Unlike the widows, the matrons had to be married to receive their pension. A further addition was the introduction of one-time disbursements of funeral expenses ($25). The 1912 act allowed women who had been widowed, remarried to another Confederate veteran and widowed again to apply. The 1924 and 1926 acts opened up pensions for former slaves and freemen who had acted for the Confederate Army as body servants, cooks, guards, hostlers, teamsters, blacksmiths, hospital and railroad workers, and who had buried the dead. Former Virginia residents who had moved to D.C. were also eligible under the 1924 act.","The required dates of marriage for widows also changed as time progressed. The 1912 act changed the date to before May 1868, the 1918 act to before May 1870, the 1922 act to before May 1877, the 1924 act to before December 31st 1882, the 1926 act to before 1886, and the 1927 act to before 1890. In response to inflation, the General Assembly gradually increased the maximum salary and property values allowed for eligibility. By 1926, the salary limit was $400, and the total property limit was $2000.\n","The Confederate commutation, aid and pension processes in Virginia relied on county circuit courts to collect, vet, accept or deny applications. The circuit court clerk collected applications and made a certified list of applicants, one of which was sent to the judge, one sent to the local pension board and one displayed on the courthouse door. The clerk also handed the applications to the court. From 1888 to 1900, county judges decided pension eligibility. In 1900, the pension act required counties to elect a five-person pension board to determine eligibility and send applications to the State Pension Board for further examination. In 1902, judges became the deciding authorities again, and the county pension board's purpose was relegated to assessing each applicant's eligibility and passing their recommendations to the deciding judge. Judges examined applications, determined eligibility and made an Order to certify or disallow a claim. The clerk then sent a list of allowed and certified pension claims to the State Pension Board, and, later, to the Auditor of Public Accounts. \n","The local pension board's commissioners other duties were to report the deaths of pensioners and discover and report pensioners who no longer met eligibility criteria, so that their names were removed from the State Pension Rolls, and their pensions not overpaid.\n","In 1958, the Federal Government also began issuing pensions to Confederate veterans and widows. The last Virginia Confederate veteran died in 1959; Virginia and the Federal Government continued to pay pensions to widows and unmarried children into the 21st century. In 2009, Virginia Code Section 51.1-900 (governing Confederate pensions) was repealed and Confederate pensions ceased to be. \n","Sources:  The collection, Google Books, Encyclopedia of Virginia, Library of Virginia\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Fairfax County Civil War Pensions, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Fairfax County Civil War Pensions, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1:\u003c/title\u003e Applications, 1876 - 1943, contains one Union pension application, applications for Artificial Limb Commutation (Confederate), applications for aid (Confederate), Confederate pension applications and supporting paperwork\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2: \u003c/title\u003eConfederate Pension Board of Fairfax Co., 1900 - 1933, contains oaths and appointment statements, reports and correspondence\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3: \u003c/title\u003eCircuit Court and Pensions, 1902 - 1933, contains judges' orders, Confederate pensions rolls, correspondence with the State Pension Clerk and State Auditor of Public Accounts \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4:\u003c/title\u003e Miscellaneous, 1902 - 1930, contains lists of applicants, correspondence and notices\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5: \u003c/title\u003ePublications by State Auditor of Public Accounts, 1922, 1924, 1926\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 6: \u003c/title\u003eRoster of Confederate Pensioners of Virginia, 1909, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1925\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/circuit/sites/circuit/files/assets/documents/pdf/hrc/fairfax-county-civil-war-pensions-1876-1943.pdf\"\u003eClick here to view Apendixes I through II (See pages 4-8).\u003c/extref\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Series 1:  Applications, 1876 - 1943, contains one Union pension application, applications for Artificial Limb Commutation (Confederate), applications for aid (Confederate), Confederate pension applications and supporting paperwork\n","Series 2:  Confederate Pension Board of Fairfax Co., 1900 - 1933, contains oaths and appointment statements, reports and correspondence\n","Series 3:  Circuit Court and Pensions, 1902 - 1933, contains judges' orders, Confederate pensions rolls, correspondence with the State Pension Clerk and State Auditor of Public Accounts \n","Series 4:  Miscellaneous, 1902 - 1930, contains lists of applicants, correspondence and notices\n","Series 5:  Publications by State Auditor of Public Accounts, 1922, 1924, 1926\n","Series 6:  Roster of Confederate Pensioners of Virginia, 1909, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1925\n","Click here to view Apendixes I through II (See pages 4-8)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Shelf Location\"\u003eUnit 38, Drawer 2; Unit 52, Row 6\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Unit 38, Drawer 2; Unit 52, Row 6\n"],"names_coll_ssim":["Confederate Pension Board of Fairfax Co., State Auditor of Public Accounts, State Pension Clerk, Fairfax County Circuit Court"],"names_ssim":["Confederate Pension Board of Fairfax Co., State Auditor of Public Accounts, State Pension Clerk, Fairfax County Circuit Court"],"corpname_ssim":["Confederate Pension Board of Fairfax Co., State Auditor of Public Accounts, State Pension Clerk, Fairfax County Circuit Court"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":34,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T16:14:48.958Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaffcr_vaffcr00002"}},{"id":"vaffcr_vaffcr00001","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Fairfax County Road Petitions, 1844-1908\t, \n1844-1854, 1856-1858, 1866-1908, non-inclusive","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaffcr_vaffcr00001#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Fairfax Circuit Court\n","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaffcr_vaffcr00001#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection starts in 1844 and ends in 1908. The bulk of the collection is concentrated from 1867 through 1890, with a particularly prominent concentration from 1886 through 1890. No records from 1859 through 1865 exist. Likewise, no road petition records exist prior to 1844 - both gaps in chronology are likely due to military activity during the Civil War. The Library of Virginia identifies Fairfax County as a \"Lost Records Locality,\" meaning this locality suffered significant losses of early records due to military action. 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Public transportation was, and continues to be, vital to Fairfax County's economy. Using the Code of Virginia, one can better understand how roads were authorized and developed.","Prior to the Byrd Road Act of 1932, roads were authorized by the court, and in the early 20th century, the Board of Supervisors.  According to Chapter LII of the 1860 Virginia Code, once a person applied for a county road to be opened or changed, the court proceeded by appointing road commissioners and otherwise ascertaining the practicality and usefulness of the proposed road, the benefit to the community and individual, and any damages to surrounding property. To establish any one road, no more than one acre could be taken from a single individual.  The road proposed is usually identified as being the road from \"Point A\" to \"Point B,\" the points being known areas of interest, i.e. mills, churches, stores, dams, turnpikes, and so on.","First, the circuit court received an application for a county road, usually from an individual with anywhere between one and upwards of 30 fellow petitioners. The court then directed one or more of the county's road commissioners to view the proposed land for the road and its surroundings and then report on the conveniences and inconveniences to both individuals and the public - especially if any yard, garden, or orchard needed to be taken for the proposed road. The commissioner's job was to report facts and circumstances that would help the court determine the expediency of establishing or altering the county road. The commissioner(s) could also offer their opinion either in favor of or against the proposed road and suggest alternate routes. A map, plat, or diagram had to accompany the road commissioner(s) report, and if the commissioner was not a surveyor, one had to be procured.","Citizens could also apply to discontinue a road, though it was far rarer. To do so, the person had to publish a notice of the intended application on the first day of the county court's term at the county courthouse door and in two public places in the neighborhood.","After it received all the reports and other evidence, the court then determined whether the road would be established or altered as proposed and who would maintain it.","Once the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate.","Once the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate.","This collection starts in 1844 and ends in 1908.  The bulk of the collection is concentrated from 1867 through 1890, with a particularly prominent concentration from 1886 through 1890. No records from 1859 through 1865 exist.  Likewise, no road petition records exist prior to 1844 - both gaps in chronology are likely due to military activity during the Civil War. The Library of Virginia identifies Fairfax County as a \"Lost Records Locality,\" meaning this locality suffered significant losses of early records due to military action. Our records end in 1908 because the law changed in 1909, shifting responsibility for road petitions to the county's Board of Supervisors.","Most road petition folders include court summons and/or the original petition. These petitions usually include original signatures. Many also include reports from district road commissioners, plats, and letters of correspondence to the court. The reports from the road commissioners and the court summons are the most common documents, while the plats and letters are slightly rarer.","In addition to the main petitioner, month and year of the petition, and the road in question, each folder notes any additional petitioners if applicable and neighbors around the proposed road. The neighbors are particularly useful to see who lived near who, and how that changed over time. Some neighbor listings note someone's heirs, which indicates the property owner is deceased and their heirs owned the property. If a plat is included, it is noted on the folder and in the index.","One person of note from this collection is Margaret Hetzel. Her name appears in eight road petitions either as a main petitioner, an additional petitioner, or a neighbor. She appears to have been very active in the Fairfax community, even into her old age as her health declined and kept her from appearing in court. Her main concern in these road petitions was road safety. In several of the cases, she wrote directly to the judge urging him to grant the road petition because the existing road or route was unsafe.  She expressed concern over a very high hill, decaying bridges, and deeply rutted roads. And in road cases in 1892, 1893 and 1897, she freely gave her land and did not claim any damages. She seems to have been a woman committed to improving her community and far more involved in doing so than we might expect for the average 19th century woman.","Road leading from Old Pohick Church to the Stage Road at Occoquan . \n","Change: Road leading by Gunston House (Tea Table) to Hallowing Point. .\n","Change: Hunter's Mill Road beginning at Old Courthouse Road .\n","Change: Middle Turnpike to the Falls Church . \n","Road from Fairfax Court House to McIlhaney's Toll Gate","Road from Fox's Upper Mill to German Town","From Hunter's Mill Road to the Little River Turnpike Road","Change: road leading to Fairfax County Courthouse near N. Cornell's blacksmith shop","Road beginning at Ellzey's Church Road...to the road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to the Old Courthouse","Between difficult bridge on the Middle Turnpike Road and Mateers Tavern","Road beginning at a point on the Falls Church Road to the Falls Bridge Turnpike Road","Change: road from Middle Turnpike to the Union Meeting House","Road leading from Ball's Neighborhood to Middle Turnpike","Road from lands of Devaughn to the Rolling Road","Change: the Falls Road","Change: to the Wolf Run Shoals Road","Road from Newman on Horsepan Run...to road at Frying Pan Church","Change: part of Hunter's Mill Road","Change: Backlick Road to the Rolling Road","Change: Conn's Ferry Road","Change: Pohick Church to Mason's Neck","Road from intersection of road leading from Accotink Mills...to the Backlit Road","Survey of boundary line between Brook and Williams","Road from Frying Pan Church to Liberty Church","Road from Backlick Road to the Middle Turnpike Road","Road from Dranesville to Potomac at/or near where J.R.M. Lowe's sawmill formerly stood (Lowe's Island)","Change: Road leading to Shirley Gate","Road from Stage Road near foot of Potter's Hill...to Backlick Road","Road from Little River Turnpike to intersect the road leading from the Frying Pan Road","Road from point on Frying Pan Road at Gunnells School House to Liberty Church at Dranesville","Road from Falls Church Road...to the old Backlit Road","Change: Road leading from Alexandria County Line to the Middle Turnpike","Road at the new cut road near house of John Fox...to Fox's Mill Road","Road from land of J. Edward Chase...to the Telegraph Road","Road through lands of F.F. Triplett...to Rolling Road; Referred in Appeal of Bond vs. Green et. al. Supreme Court of Virginia Appeals - 7 March 1949 (189 va. 23)","Change: road leading from Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike","Road from F.F. Triplett's to the Rolling Road","Road from Stryker's Land...to road leading to Fairfax Courthouse","Town of Colchester from lot #15 to lot #8 - following a street as laid down","Road from the Ox Road to Fairfax Court House\n","Change: road from Follin's Corner to the Old Court House","Change: County Road near Union Mills","Road from the Friends Meeting House to the Telegraph Road through Warrington Gillingham's farm","Close road leading from the Little River Turnpike to the Old Church","Road from Harrison's Crossing on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to some point near Fairfax Station","Road from Nancy Kidwell's farm on Guinea Road to the Railroad at London's Mill","Petition to assess condition of First and Second section of Middle Turnpike Road","Road from Centreville to Orange and Alexandria Railroad at Union Mills","Change: The Telegraph Road where it crosses Accotink Run","Change: \"Windsor Road\" - leading from Alexandria Road to the Telegraph Road","Road leading from New Cut Road to west side of Fox's Mill Dam","Road from Springfield Road to the Little River Turnpike","Change: \"Lawyer's Road\" near Hawxhurst Mill","Road leading from Neck County Road to the Alexandria, Accotink, and Mount Vernon Turnpike","Change: Route leading from Centreville and Frying Pan Road to the Little River Turnpike","The point on Falls Bridge Road...to New Cut Road","Road from John Pierson's Corner to Hunter's Mill Road","The Corner of Woodlawn Road to point near Mount Vernon Gate ","Change: Road leading from Old Braddock Road to Payne's Church","Road through William Hunter's Property","Discontinue use of section of road leading from Guinea Road to Keene's Mill Road","Change: road leading from Annandale to Upton's Hill","Continuation of the Pole Road to Mount Vernon Road (Alexandria/Accotink Turnpike)","Discontinue section of New Market Road to Ball's Ford","Discontinue Road beginning at Colchester Road to the Neck Road","Road from Centreville to Devereau Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad","Change: Road leading from Colchester to Accotink Valley","Discontinue section of road leading from Old Mill Landing on Dogue Creek over lands to Troth, Wright and Mason","Point on Hunter's Mill Road to Johnson's Crossing on the A. L. \u0026 H. Railroad","Commencing on Brush's Land to the road leading from Falls Church to Fairfax Courthouse","Continuation of Road near Benjamin Shreve's house to the Gallow's Road","Braddock Road near intersection with Washburn's Land to Little River Turnpike (Old Alexandria Road)","Old Courthouse Road to Hunter's Mill","Landing on Dogue Creek at Old Washington Mill to public road leading to Alexandria","Road from the Old Leesburg Road to Herndon at the A. L. and H. Railroad","Intersection of Vienna Road with the Old Court House Road and Hunter's Mill Road to Middle Turnpike Road","Road beginning at Yate's Ford Road to the Colchester Road","Middle Turnpike Road to Backlit Road","Clifton Station to Yates Road","Commencing at the gate of James M. Talbot to some point on the County Road to Alexandria","Garner's Mill Road to the Georgetown Pike","Flint Hill Road to intersection of Fairfax Courthouse and Georgetown Road","Telegraph Road to Colchester Road","Point on Backlick Road to Braddock Road","Change: Road from Clifton to Wolf Runs Shoals Road","From point on the road leading from Fall's Church to Fairfax Courthouse to a point on the Middle Turnpike","From Ox Road in Herndon to the Herndon Station - W. \u0026  O  Railroad","Wolf Run Shoals Road to Thomas Fairfax's Land","Petition to take Little Falls Road from Falls Church to Alexandria County Line of Toll Road","Change: New Cut Road","Horsepen Run near Hight's Mill to Loudon County Line","Road from Clifton and Centreville Road to Little River Turnpike near Chantilly","Road from Clifton to the Union Mills Road","Change: Road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to Hawxhurst and Hunter's Mill","Road from Little River Turnpike at Ayers to the Old Braddock Road","Road from the Great Falls to Tenley S. Swink","Point on the Rolling Road to Little River Turnpike near Lebanon Church","Road leading from Buckleys School House to Little River Turnpike","Road from Accotink Mill Road to Railroad Station on Long Branch","Beginning on Neck (Sheridan's Point) Road to the Alexandria, Mount Vernon and Accotink Turnpike Roads","Road from J. Wells on Warrenton and Alexandria Turnpike to Sudley Mills","Road from Lewinsville to the Great Falls","Request by Talbot","Vandeusen Road to Fairfax/Loudon Line","Change: County Road running over Hardbowers Hill","Road from Accotink Run to the Keen's Mill Road","Point on Middle Turnpike near Falls Church Station to Four Mile Run","Change: Portion of Ox Road near Henderson Road","Change: Road arount Gantts Hill from Tyson's Corner to Lewinsville","Road from the Old Fredericksburg Road (Accotink Turnpike) to the Road leading from the Gum Spring to the Ferry Landing","Point one mile west from the village at Herndon to Loudon County Line","Change: Road known as Doctor Hunter's New Road","Road from Scott Farm on Potomac to Garner's Mill Road","Road in Vienna from the Foundry to the Georgetown Road","Road from Colchester Road to Braddock Road","Road from Dyer's Ford along Bull Run to Road leading to Fairfax Courthouse","Turn road over to Fairfax County","Road from Mrs. Evan's Ford on the Bull Run to the Yate's Ford Road","Beginning at Lawyer's Road and running to the New Cut Road","Road between the Occoquan Run and the Ox Road","Discontinue road from Keene's Mill Road to the Rolling Road","Road leading from Peter Pulman's on Telegraph Road to Hunting Creek Bridge Road","Road from Neck Road to Alexandria and Accotink Road","Change: Road from Centreville to Little River Turnpike to avoid heavy grade","Road from Dyers Ford through lands of Lewis Woodyard","Road beginning at Fitzhugh's gate on Ox Road to New County Road","Road from Pohick to Farr's Cross Roads","Little River Turnpike and County Road leading from Springfield Station on Virginia Midland Railroad","Ashford's corner at School House to Old Cherry Tree at Braddock Road","Road from Union Mill Road to Colchester Road","Colored schoolhouse on Lewinsville Road to Alexandria and Leesburg Turnpike","Road from Little River Turnpike to Old Warrenton Turnpike","Gate near Burke's Mill Road to point where Virginia Midland Railroad crosses the Rolling Road","Change: Rolling Road at Frobel's Hill","Beginning at the corner of Land of Smyth and James Hunter and running...to the county road.","Road from Johnson's Crossing on the W \u0026 O Railroad to the Lawyers Road","From point on Hunters Mill Road to William Walter's Mill","Road from Bull Run to Fox Mill","Road from the Colchester Road to the Newman Road","Road from the Falls Road to the Georgetown Pike","Little River Turnpike to county road at land of B. F. Shreve","Little River Turnpike to Orange \u0026 Alexandria Railroad at Skinner's Crossing","Courthouse road to the Ridge Road","Road from county road near Lewis Chapel to Telegraph Station on the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad","Point of Road leading from Court House and Hunters Mill Road to Vienna near Murnanes's Gate","Change: Orcutt Road to point where it intersects with Maple Avenue","Road leading from Falkner's Shop on Leesburg Turnpike to Fall's Church","Change: Old Road over Holmes Run known as Barcroft Bridge","Road leading from Little River Turnpike to Backlick Road by Lebanon school house","Great Falls and Lewinsville Road to the Middle Turnpike","Ridge Road","Yates Ford Road from Clifton Station to Union Mills","Beginning at corner of the land of Smyth","Road from Gum Spring to the intersection with the Mount Vernon Lane","Road leading from Annandale to Springfield to the Little River Turnpike","Change: Orcutt Road","Change: Ridge Road from Alexandria Turnpike to Herndon Station","Road from the Old Union school house to the Alexandria Pike","Road from Lincolnville to the Chain Bridge Road","Road beginning at the Alexandria Turnpike to the Falls Road","Public Highway from Andrew Chapel to Jackson Mill","Road from Hasbrook corner to Waples Mill Road","Point on the Newman Road to County Road to Herndon","Road from Little River Turnpike to Centreville and Frying Pan Road","Road from Braddock Road to Pohick Road","Road from Pohick Road through Lee Chapel to Road leading from Burke's Station","Road from Ridge Road to the Turnpike leading to the city","Continue county road to outside gate of Sycamore Farm","Change: Road bed of Germantown Road","Road through land of Thomas Carper and the Rocky Run to Old Union Church","Change: Fox's Mill Road from Difficult Bridge to Waple's Mill","Unnamed\n","Intersection of Herndon and Dranesville Roads to Leesburg Turnpike","Change: road leading from Union Mills Road to Clifton","Change: Hunter's Mill Road at the hickory tree corner to Thorton's land","Road from McPherson's farm to the Waples Mill Road","Road to take the place of Garner's Mill Road","Road through Salsbury's land","Road from Wolf Run Shoals Road to Ox Road, opposite of Arundel's Tavern","Road connecting the Old Leesburg Road to the Leesburg Turnpike","Road from the Occoquan Bridge to Elk Horn Branch","Road from Telegraph Road to a point on Hooes Road","Change: Keene Mill Road","Road leading from Centreville to Manassas to Clifton Station","Change: \"Lemon Road\" running from Middle Turnpike to Falls Church and Lewinsville Roads","Vienna \u0026 Andrew Chapel Road","Road beginning at Little River Turnpike to the Falls Church Road","Road from the Blacksmith Shop of Horace Gibson on the Little River Turnpike to Falls Church Road at Mills Crossing Road","Stone's Old Mill Road\n","Road commencing at Vale...from Fairfax Court House to Dranesville","Change: Road leading from Old Braddock Road to Clifton","Road from C.W. Dey road to Ox Road","Change: Road leading from Old Colchester Road to Fairfax Station","Road near the house of John and Thomas Clarke to the Lawyers Road","Location of Pole Road running from Pool Run to James Hunter's Gate","Open portion of New Market Road","Change: Hunter's Mill Road leading to Lawyers Road","Road from Herndon Chantilly Road the the Valley Road","Point on Hampton Road at Sandy Run to Hampton Road","Road passing through the Middle Turnpike","Change: Road on R. C. Jones' land","Change: Road running from Washington, Ohio and Western Railway near Vienna","Road from Lawyers Road to County Road to Herndon","Road from John Jackson's land to the Gum Spring and Wolcott Road","Road from Alexandria Pike to the Georgetown Pike","Road from Braddock Road to the land of Georgine Martin","County road leading from Old Union Church to Rocky Run","Road from the new road to \"Lee Chapel\", to Burkes Station, passing through the land of Hannah Burke","Change: \"Detwiler Road\" from Clifton to Centreville Road","Change: Clifton and Yates Ford Road to avoid a heavy grade","Road through the land of William Harris","Road from New Guinea Road to a point on the land of B. Skinner","Clifton and Centreville","Change: Road leading from Old Church Road to the Herndon Road","Road from point on Backlick Road (Old Gallows Road) to Backlick Road","Re-open west end of New Market Road","Open a road from Charles Thornton's lands to Berks Station","Change: Road leading from Dranesville to Herndon","Road from the Pole Road in Mount Vernon district to Long Branch Station on the A \u0026 F Railroad to Backlick Road","Road from the Telegraph Road to Old County Road at John Henderson's Corner","Road from the Little River Turnpike to the Annandale and Old Tavern Road leading towards Washington","Change: Willow Spring Road on property of Col. E. White","Unknown\n","From the farm of W.H. Snowden to the \"County road\" leading from \"Little Hunting Creek\" to Accotink and Alexandria Highway","Road from Little River Turnpike to the Braddock Road","Road on a point near bridge on Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike","Widen the road leading from Jenkin's Corner to Andrew Chapel","County Road from the middle of Alexandria Pike to Alexandria Line","Point on River Road to the Potomac River","Change: Part of County Road known as Colchester Road near Doddridge Lee","Road from Braddock Road to Warrenton Pike","Road from Lincolnville County Road to East Falls Church Depot","Road from Occoquan to Colchester","Road report on the Little River Turnpike","Report on road from Gum Springs to Mt. Vernon","Road from Vienna to Hunter's Mill, County Road","Road from Money's Corner on the Lawyer's Road to Thorton (Wheile) Station","Road from Herndon and Detwiler Road to Dunlop's Gate","Road from Bull Run to the Turnpike at J. Well's Corner","Road from Leesburg Pike to Carlin Springs","Road extension of Mutersbaugh Road","Road from the Georgetown Road to the road leading from the turnpike to Dunn Loring","Road leading from the Braddock Road to the Guinea Road near Long Branch","Road from Ball's Ford on Bull Run to Newmarket Road","Road from Little River Pike to Ox Road","Road from the land of John Mutersbaugh to the public road leading from Chain Bridge to Falls Church","Change: Road leading from Clifton to the Colchester Road","Road from the corner of Ely and Sarner, ending near the Newton Estate","Road leading from Episcopal Theological Seminary to Bailey's Crossroads to a post in the line of Terrett","Road from the Braddock Road to the Little River Turnpike","Change: the new road from Hooes Road to Telegraph Road to the Telegraph Road","Change: county road from Waples Mill across the land of A. B. Millard","Road from Elgin's school house to the Yates Ford Road","Road commencing at Bull Run...to the Centreville and Manassas Road","Widen road near Horse Pen Bridge on the Chantilly and Herndon Road","Widen county road where it crosses Difficult Run, near Leigh and Beal's (formerly Jackson's) Mill","Road survey of Accotink Pike","Change: Road at Pitman's Mill for the erection of a bridge over Great Rock Cedar Run","Change: road leading from Walter's Mill to Freedom Hill","Change: county road known as the Falls Church Road - from Fairfax Court House to Falls Church","Change: road from bridge over Difficult Run at Hunter's Mill to Hunter's Mill Store","Extend Maple Avenue in Vienna to Flint Hill Cemetery","Change: Sawmill Road","Discontinue portion of Ox Road from the north line of George Howard's land to intersection of county road leading from Frying Pan to Herndon","Change: road from Thompson's precinct enters road leading from Little River Turnpike to the Town of Herndon","Road commencing at Sanford Hutchinson's corner on Little River Turnpike to Braddock Road","Road from some point on the Little River Turnpike not more than two miles from Court House Building to Falls Church","Change: from Mero's store to Gum Spring","Road from River Road (Garner's Mill Road) to Georgetown and Leesburg Pike","Open portion of River Road (Garner's Mill Road) from Seneca Road to Loudoun and Fairfax Line","Road from at Red Hill to the Braddock Road at Salisbury Farm","Colchester Road over Pohick Run","Road leading from the Colchester Road to Payne's Church Road","Road entering the Court House by the Warrenton and Little River Turnpikes","Road from West End Catholic Church to the Corporation Limits of the Town of Falls Church","Beginning in Wolf Run Shoals Road, at the Elgin School House...to Yates Ford Road","Road leading from the Colchester Road to Braddock Road","Extend county road from Woodyard's Precinct...to Ford's Mill Road","Road from Braddock Road near Accotink Run to Little River Turnpike over the old tavern","Discontinue portion of county road leading from Centreville to the Little River Turnpike","At the point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land","At a point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land","Road from Falls Church to Little River Turnpike","Widen Guinea Road near Burke's Station","From a point on the road leading from Herndon to the Ox Road...to a point on the road leading from Wiehle to the Lawyer's Road","Road leading from Freedom Hill to Middle Turnpike...to road from Freedom Hill to Walter's Mill\n","County road between the Court House and Ridge Road, beginning at Robert Mateers Lane and ending at a convenient point on Ridge Road\n","Road right of way from Collingwood Beach to the County Road","Change: Road from Old Union to Georgetown Turnpike, through the lands of Mrs. Carper and others, near Bethel Baptist Church","Road from point in the boundary line between Fairfax and the city of Alexandria...to a junction with the Middle (or Leesburg) Turnpike","Change: County Road from Clifton to Fairfax Station through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property (County of Fairfax land)","Change: county road from Clifton to Fairfax Station, through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property","Road survey of Schreaves Road leading to Falls Church","Change: Hampton Road, opposite the lands of Fairfax and Marshall","Road from Clifton to Yates Ford Road, through the lands of M. Hetzel, J. T. Pettitt, D. N. Robinson, C. F. Ford, and J. A. Marshall","Change: County road from Fairfax County Road, adjacent to land of N. F. Graham","Change: road leading from Sideburn Station to the Fairfax Station Road","Road from Gunston Road...to crossroads known as Negro Head","Outlet road in Lee District from Anbagen's farm to the Alexandria Road","County road from a point in the town of Wiehle on the line of the Southern Railway in the Dranesville District...to a point on the Ridge Road","Discontinue road from A and E Railway Company to the Rolling Road in the Lee District","Road from the lands of William R. Ward to Telegraph Station, through the lands of Mrs. Lee","Road from Clifton to Mr. Thomas Fenwick's land, intersecting with Colchester Road","Chapel Street in Clifton Station; extension eastward to Colchester Roll-way","Road from Pohick Road...to the Keene's Mill Road","Road from the Falls Church and Court House Road to the \"Hunter Road\"","Change: road near Bone Mill Ridge over Accotink Run, from Whose Road to the new bridge\n","Relocate: County Road from Little River Turnpike to Edgar Scott's Residence\n","Point on county road near Ashton's leading from Little River Turnpike to Centreville to a point on the Warrenton Turnpike","Road from a point on the New Cut Road near Vale Post Office to Ox Road","Road from Braddock Road to Sagar Avenue near Fairfax Court House","Establish boundary lines of road leading from Faulkner's shop on Leesburg Turnpike to the residence of Joshua Kirby","Repair road leading from Ballston to Langley","County road on the boundary lines of Truitt, Payne, \u0026 McNair","Open private road to the public; the road at V. W. Lee's to the county road near Stuart's Mill","Road from the point on the Braddock Road to a point on the Guinea Road","Road from Luis Corner to a point on a road from Fairfax to Vienna, opposite or near the road running to Falls Church","Outlet road beginning at the corner of the Wooster tract, along the Van Gorder tract to the Magner Road","Change: public road leading from Jermantown to Oakton","Road from the Telegraph Road to Franconia Station","Change: Straighten point on Hampton Road in front of residence of H. E. Bradley through the lands of H. E. Bradley","Change: Public road from Jermantown to Waples on Millard's Mill","Road from the lands of Percy Cranford to Gunston Road, including building a bridge over Keans Creek","Road from Leesburg Turnpike near Munson's Hill to a point on the public road from Mt. Olivet Church to the Falls Church to the Falls Church and Georgetown Turnpike","Discontinue a road","Road leading from Lorton Valley Post Office...to the Colchester Public Road","Change: Road leading from Lewinsville to Chesterbrook","Change: Telegraph Road along Accotink Run north of Pohick Church","Establish boundary lines of County road leading from Core's corner on the Alexandria Pike to Lewinsville","Outlet road from land of Charles H. Smith to Riverside Park Road","Road leading from Sideburn Station to the new cut road where it intersects with Old Braddock Road\n","Road across the bed of a lake or pond in the Town of Wiehle\n","Road from section of Ball's Hill...following the general course of the old Army Road and intersecting with Langley - Lewinsville Road\n","Road from Mount Vernon Road between the City of Alexandria and Mount Vernon to Telegraph Road\n","Road leading from Yates Ford Road to a point near Lewis Woodyards","Road from Accotink Station to Accotink Village to a point on the northwest side of Telegraph Road at or near the corner of the lands of Nevitt and Higham\n","Road from point on Sawyers Road to Hunter's Mill Crossing on the S. R. Way\n","Change: road and overhead bridge at Fairfax Station\n","Road from a point on the Rolling Road at the corner between Young and Javin's farms to the Braddock Road\n","Change: Road at Pohick Station\n","Change: Public Road at Herbert's Crossing\n","Change/Establish road at Southern Railway Crossing at Burke's Station\n","Change: Road leading from Hunter's Mill to Freedom Hill\n","Change/Establish: Road at Accotink Station in the Mount Vernon District","Change: Road near Lorton through lands of John Plaskett","Road from Fords Mill Road to the Yates Ford Road","Change: Country Road through lands of Charles Cutts","Change:'Talbert' Road to line between Martin and Kilbourn to the Railroad Station\n","Road from Georgetown and Leesburg Turnpike to Great Falls on the Potomac River\n","Repair River Road near Riverside and Hunter's in Alexandria","Road from Brown's Mill...to a point on Hunter Mill Road","Road across Creed's land to Bailey's Crossroads to Theological Seminary Road","Change: Little River Turnpike bridge near Alexandria; over the stream on the road running from Little River Turnpike over Annandale to Falls Church, in the Falls Church District","Change: County Road from the Warrenton Pike to Pleasant Valley\n","Discontinue road running from Fairfax Falls Church Road near Merrifield to Little River Turnpike near Davis' Store \u0026 Horace Gibson's shop\n","Discontinue county road from Little River Turnpike to point on Fairfax- Falls Church Road","Road from Oakton, VA running west to a point on Vale Road near Montgomery\n","Road starting from the corner of Robert Wrenn on the Centreville and Chantilly Road...to the Braddock Road","Road from site of old Fairfax Station to the new Fairfax Station (Lee District)","Occoquan Road","There are no restrictions.\n","Unit 40, Shelf 5\n","Fairfax Circuit Court","Richardson, F. D. 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Public transportation was, and continues to be, vital to Fairfax County's economy. Using the Code of Virginia, one can better understand how roads were authorized and developed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrior to the Byrd Road Act of 1932, roads were authorized by the court, and in the early 20th century, the Board of Supervisors.  According to Chapter LII of the 1860 Virginia Code, once a person applied for a county road to be opened or changed, the court proceeded by appointing road commissioners and otherwise ascertaining the practicality and usefulness of the proposed road, the benefit to the community and individual, and any damages to surrounding property. To establish any one road, no more than one acre could be taken from a single individual.  The road proposed is usually identified as being the road from \"Point A\" to \"Point B,\" the points being known areas of interest, i.e. mills, churches, stores, dams, turnpikes, and so on.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst, the circuit court received an application for a county road, usually from an individual with anywhere between one and upwards of 30 fellow petitioners. The court then directed one or more of the county's road commissioners to view the proposed land for the road and its surroundings and then report on the conveniences and inconveniences to both individuals and the public - especially if any yard, garden, or orchard needed to be taken for the proposed road. The commissioner's job was to report facts and circumstances that would help the court determine the expediency of establishing or altering the county road. The commissioner(s) could also offer their opinion either in favor of or against the proposed road and suggest alternate routes. A map, plat, or diagram had to accompany the road commissioner(s) report, and if the commissioner was not a surveyor, one had to be procured.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCitizens could also apply to discontinue a road, though it was far rarer. To do so, the person had to publish a notice of the intended application on the first day of the county court's term at the county courthouse door and in two public places in the neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter it received all the reports and other evidence, the court then determined whether the road would be established or altered as proposed and who would maintain it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOnce the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOnce the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Fairfax County was founded in 1742 from the northern part of Prince William County. Public transportation was, and continues to be, vital to Fairfax County's economy. Using the Code of Virginia, one can better understand how roads were authorized and developed.","Prior to the Byrd Road Act of 1932, roads were authorized by the court, and in the early 20th century, the Board of Supervisors.  According to Chapter LII of the 1860 Virginia Code, once a person applied for a county road to be opened or changed, the court proceeded by appointing road commissioners and otherwise ascertaining the practicality and usefulness of the proposed road, the benefit to the community and individual, and any damages to surrounding property. To establish any one road, no more than one acre could be taken from a single individual.  The road proposed is usually identified as being the road from \"Point A\" to \"Point B,\" the points being known areas of interest, i.e. mills, churches, stores, dams, turnpikes, and so on.","First, the circuit court received an application for a county road, usually from an individual with anywhere between one and upwards of 30 fellow petitioners. The court then directed one or more of the county's road commissioners to view the proposed land for the road and its surroundings and then report on the conveniences and inconveniences to both individuals and the public - especially if any yard, garden, or orchard needed to be taken for the proposed road. The commissioner's job was to report facts and circumstances that would help the court determine the expediency of establishing or altering the county road. The commissioner(s) could also offer their opinion either in favor of or against the proposed road and suggest alternate routes. A map, plat, or diagram had to accompany the road commissioner(s) report, and if the commissioner was not a surveyor, one had to be procured.","Citizens could also apply to discontinue a road, though it was far rarer. To do so, the person had to publish a notice of the intended application on the first day of the county court's term at the county courthouse door and in two public places in the neighborhood.","After it received all the reports and other evidence, the court then determined whether the road would be established or altered as proposed and who would maintain it.","Once the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate.","Once the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Fairfax County Road Petitions, 1844-1908, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Fairfax County Road Petitions, 1844-1908, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection starts in 1844 and ends in 1908.  The bulk of the collection is concentrated from 1867 through 1890, with a particularly prominent concentration from 1886 through 1890. No records from 1859 through 1865 exist.  Likewise, no road petition records exist prior to 1844 - both gaps in chronology are likely due to military activity during the Civil War. The Library of Virginia identifies Fairfax County as a \"Lost Records Locality,\" meaning this locality suffered significant losses of early records due to military action. Our records end in 1908 because the law changed in 1909, shifting responsibility for road petitions to the county's Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost road petition folders include court summons and/or the original petition. These petitions usually include original signatures. Many also include reports from district road commissioners, plats, and letters of correspondence to the court. The reports from the road commissioners and the court summons are the most common documents, while the plats and letters are slightly rarer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the main petitioner, month and year of the petition, and the road in question, each folder notes any additional petitioners if applicable and neighbors around the proposed road. The neighbors are particularly useful to see who lived near who, and how that changed over time. Some neighbor listings note someone's heirs, which indicates the property owner is deceased and their heirs owned the property. If a plat is included, it is noted on the folder and in the index.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne person of note from this collection is Margaret Hetzel. Her name appears in eight road petitions either as a main petitioner, an additional petitioner, or a neighbor. She appears to have been very active in the Fairfax community, even into her old age as her health declined and kept her from appearing in court. Her main concern in these road petitions was road safety. In several of the cases, she wrote directly to the judge urging him to grant the road petition because the existing road or route was unsafe.  She expressed concern over a very high hill, decaying bridges, and deeply rutted roads. And in road cases in 1892, 1893 and 1897, she freely gave her land and did not claim any damages. She seems to have been a woman committed to improving her community and far more involved in doing so than we might expect for the average 19th century woman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Old Pohick Church to the Stage Road at Occoquan\u003c/title\u003e. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading by Gunston House (Tea Table) to Hallowing Point.\u003c/title\u003e.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Hunter's Mill Road beginning at Old Courthouse Road\u003c/title\u003e.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Middle Turnpike to the Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Fairfax Court House to McIlhaney's Toll Gate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Fox's Upper Mill to German Town\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFrom Hunter's Mill Road to the Little River Turnpike Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road leading to Fairfax County Courthouse near N. Cornell's blacksmith shop\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad beginning at Ellzey's Church Road...to the road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to the Old Courthouse\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBetween difficult bridge on the Middle Turnpike Road and Mateers Tavern\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad beginning at a point on the Falls Church Road to the Falls Bridge Turnpike Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road from Middle Turnpike to the Union Meeting House\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Ball's Neighborhood to Middle Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from lands of Devaughn to the Rolling Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: the Falls Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: to the Wolf Run Shoals Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Newman on Horsepan Run...to road at Frying Pan Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: part of Hunter's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Backlick Road to the Rolling Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Conn's Ferry Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Pohick Church to Mason's Neck\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from intersection of road leading from Accotink Mills...to the Backlit Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSurvey of boundary line between Brook and Williams\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Frying Pan Church to Liberty Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Backlick Road to the Middle Turnpike Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Dranesville to Potomac at/or near where J.R.M. Lowe's sawmill formerly stood (Lowe's Island)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading to Shirley Gate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Stage Road near foot of Potter's Hill...to Backlick Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Little River Turnpike to intersect the road leading from the Frying Pan Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from point on Frying Pan Road at Gunnells School House to Liberty Church at Dranesville\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Falls Church Road...to the old Backlit Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Alexandria County Line to the Middle Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad at the new cut road near house of John Fox...to Fox's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from land of J. Edward Chase...to the Telegraph Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad through lands of F.F. Triplett...to Rolling Road; Referred in Appeal of Bond vs. Green et. al. Supreme Court of Virginia Appeals - 7 March 1949 (189 va. 23)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road leading from Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from F.F. Triplett's to the Rolling Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Stryker's Land...to road leading to Fairfax Courthouse\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTown of Colchester from lot #15 to lot #8 - following a street as laid down\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Ox Road to Fairfax Court House\n\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road from Follin's Corner to the Old Court House\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: County Road near Union Mills\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Friends Meeting House to the Telegraph Road through Warrington Gillingham's farm\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eClose road leading from the Little River Turnpike to the Old Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Harrison's Crossing on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to some point near Fairfax Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Nancy Kidwell's farm on Guinea Road to the Railroad at London's Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePetition to assess condition of First and Second section of Middle Turnpike Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Centreville to Orange and Alexandria Railroad at Union Mills\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: The Telegraph Road where it crosses Accotink Run\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: \"Windsor Road\" - leading from Alexandria Road to the Telegraph Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from New Cut Road to west side of Fox's Mill Dam\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Springfield Road to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: \"Lawyer's Road\" near Hawxhurst Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Neck County Road to the Alexandria, Accotink, and Mount Vernon Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Route leading from Centreville and Frying Pan Road to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe point on Falls Bridge Road...to New Cut Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from John Pierson's Corner to Hunter's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Corner of Woodlawn Road to point near Mount Vernon Gate \u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Old Braddock Road to Payne's Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad through William Hunter's Property\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue use of section of road leading from Guinea Road to Keene's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road leading from Annandale to Upton's Hill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eContinuation of the Pole Road to Mount Vernon Road (Alexandria/Accotink Turnpike)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue section of New Market Road to Ball's Ford\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue Road beginning at Colchester Road to the Neck Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Centreville to Devereau Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Colchester to Accotink Valley\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue section of road leading from Old Mill Landing on Dogue Creek over lands to Troth, Wright and Mason\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on Hunter's Mill Road to Johnson's Crossing on the A. L. \u0026amp; H. Railroad\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCommencing on Brush's Land to the road leading from Falls Church to Fairfax Courthouse\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eContinuation of Road near Benjamin Shreve's house to the Gallow's Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBraddock Road near intersection with Washburn's Land to Little River Turnpike (Old Alexandria Road)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOld Courthouse Road to Hunter's Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLanding on Dogue Creek at Old Washington Mill to public road leading to Alexandria\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Old Leesburg Road to Herndon at the A. L. and H. Railroad\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eIntersection of Vienna Road with the Old Court House Road and Hunter's Mill Road to Middle Turnpike Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad beginning at Yate's Ford Road to the Colchester Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMiddle Turnpike Road to Backlit Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eClifton Station to Yates Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCommencing at the gate of James M. Talbot to some point on the County Road to Alexandria\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eGarner's Mill Road to the Georgetown Pike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFlint Hill Road to intersection of Fairfax Courthouse and Georgetown Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTelegraph Road to Colchester Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on Backlick Road to Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road from Clifton to Wolf Runs Shoals Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFrom point on the road leading from Fall's Church to Fairfax Courthouse to a point on the Middle Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eFrom Ox Road in Herndon to the Herndon Station - W. \u0026amp;  O  Railroad\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWolf Run Shoals Road to Thomas Fairfax's Land\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePetition to take Little Falls Road from Falls Church to Alexandria County Line of Toll Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: New Cut Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHorsepen Run near Hight's Mill to Loudon County Line\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Clifton and Centreville Road to Little River Turnpike near Chantilly\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Clifton to the Union Mills Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to Hawxhurst and Hunter's Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Little River Turnpike at Ayers to the Old Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Great Falls to Tenley S. Swink\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on the Rolling Road to Little River Turnpike near Lebanon Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Buckleys School House to Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Accotink Mill Road to Railroad Station on Long Branch\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBeginning on Neck (Sheridan's Point) Road to the Alexandria, Mount Vernon and Accotink Turnpike Roads\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from J. Wells on Warrenton and Alexandria Turnpike to Sudley Mills\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Lewinsville to the Great Falls\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRequest by Talbot\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVandeusen Road to Fairfax/Loudon Line\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: County Road running over Hardbowers Hill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Accotink Run to the Keen's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on Middle Turnpike near Falls Church Station to Four Mile Run\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Portion of Ox Road near Henderson Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road arount Gantts Hill from Tyson's Corner to Lewinsville\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Old Fredericksburg Road (Accotink Turnpike) to the Road leading from the Gum Spring to the Ferry Landing\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint one mile west from the village at Herndon to Loudon County Line\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road known as Doctor Hunter's New Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Scott Farm on Potomac to Garner's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad in Vienna from the Foundry to the Georgetown Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Colchester Road to Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Dyer's Ford along Bull Run to Road leading to Fairfax Courthouse\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTurn road over to Fairfax County\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Mrs. Evan's Ford on the Bull Run to the Yate's Ford Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBeginning at Lawyer's Road and running to the New Cut Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad between the Occoquan Run and the Ox Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue road from Keene's Mill Road to the Rolling Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Peter Pulman's on Telegraph Road to Hunting Creek Bridge Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Neck Road to Alexandria and Accotink Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road from Centreville to Little River Turnpike to avoid heavy grade\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Dyers Ford through lands of Lewis Woodyard\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad beginning at Fitzhugh's gate on Ox Road to New County Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Pohick to Farr's Cross Roads\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLittle River Turnpike and County Road leading from Springfield Station on Virginia Midland 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Shreve\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLittle River Turnpike to Orange \u0026amp; Alexandria Railroad at Skinner's Crossing\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCourthouse road to the Ridge Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from county road near Lewis Chapel to Telegraph Station on the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint of Road leading from Court House and Hunters Mill Road to Vienna near Murnanes's Gate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Orcutt Road to point where it intersects with Maple Avenue\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Falkner's Shop on Leesburg Turnpike to Fall's Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Old Road over Holmes Run known as Barcroft Bridge\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Little River Turnpike to Backlick Road by Lebanon school house\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eGreat Falls and Lewinsville Road to the Middle Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRidge Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eYates Ford Road from Clifton Station to Union Mills\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBeginning at corner of the land of Smyth\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Gum Spring to the intersection with the Mount Vernon 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Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Hasbrook corner to Waples Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on the Newman Road to County Road to Herndon\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Little River Turnpike to Centreville and Frying Pan Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Braddock Road to Pohick Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Pohick Road through Lee Chapel to Road leading from Burke's Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Ridge Road to the Turnpike leading to the city\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eContinue county road to outside gate of Sycamore Farm\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road bed of Germantown Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad through land of Thomas Carper and the Rocky Run to Old Union Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Fox's Mill Road from Difficult Bridge to Waple's Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnnamed\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eIntersection of Herndon and Dranesville Roads to Leesburg Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road leading from Union Mills Road to Clifton\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Hunter's Mill Road at the hickory tree corner to Thorton's land\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from McPherson's farm to the Waples Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad to take the place of Garner's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad through Salsbury's land\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Wolf Run Shoals Road to Ox Road, opposite of Arundel's Tavern\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad connecting the Old Leesburg Road to the Leesburg Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Occoquan Bridge to Elk Horn Branch\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Telegraph Road to a point on Hooes Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Keene Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Centreville to Manassas to Clifton Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: \"Lemon Road\" running from Middle Turnpike to Falls Church and Lewinsville Roads\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVienna \u0026amp; Andrew Chapel Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad beginning at Little River Turnpike to the Falls Church Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Blacksmith Shop of Horace Gibson on the Little River Turnpike to Falls Church Road at Mills Crossing Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStone's Old Mill Road\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad commencing at Vale...from Fairfax Court House to Dranesville\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Old Braddock Road to Clifton\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from C.W. Dey road to Ox Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Old Colchester Road to Fairfax Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad near the house of John and Thomas Clarke to the Lawyers Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLocation of Pole Road running from Pool Run to James Hunter's Gate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOpen portion of New Market Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Hunter's Mill Road leading to Lawyers Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Herndon Chantilly Road the the Valley Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on Hampton Road at Sandy Run to Hampton Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad passing through the Middle Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road on R. C. Jones' land\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road running from Washington, Ohio and Western Railway near Vienna\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Lawyers Road to County Road to Herndon\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from John Jackson's land to the Gum Spring and Wolcott Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Alexandria Pike to the Georgetown Pike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Braddock Road to the land of Georgine Martin\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCounty road leading from Old Union Church to Rocky Run\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the new road to \"Lee Chapel\", to Burkes Station, passing through the land of Hannah Burke\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: \"Detwiler Road\" from Clifton to Centreville Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Clifton and Yates Ford Road to avoid a heavy grade\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad through the land of William Harris\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from New Guinea Road to a point on the land of B. Skinner\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eClifton and Centreville\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Old Church Road to the Herndon Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from point on Backlick Road (Old Gallows Road) to Backlick Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRe-open west end of New Market Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOpen a road from Charles Thornton's lands to Berks Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Dranesville to Herndon\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Pole Road in Mount Vernon district to Long Branch Station on the A \u0026amp; F Railroad to Backlick Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Telegraph Road to Old County Road at John Henderson's Corner\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Little River Turnpike to the Annandale and Old Tavern Road leading towards Washington\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Willow Spring Road on property of Col. E. White\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnknown\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFrom the farm of W.H. Snowden to the \"County road\" leading from \"Little Hunting Creek\" to Accotink and Alexandria Highway\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Little River Turnpike to the Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad on a point near bridge on Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWiden the road leading from Jenkin's Corner to Andrew Chapel\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCounty Road from the middle of Alexandria Pike to Alexandria Line\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on River Road to the Potomac River\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Part of County Road known as Colchester Road near Doddridge Lee\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Braddock Road to Warrenton Pike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Lincolnville County Road to East Falls Church Depot\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Occoquan to Colchester\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad report on the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eReport on road from Gum Springs to Mt. Vernon\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Vienna to Hunter's Mill, County Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Money's Corner on the Lawyer's Road to Thorton (Wheile) Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Herndon and Detwiler Road to Dunlop's Gate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Bull Run to the Turnpike at J. Well's Corner\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Leesburg Pike to Carlin Springs\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad extension of Mutersbaugh Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Georgetown Road to the road leading from the turnpike to Dunn Loring\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from the Braddock Road to the Guinea Road near Long Branch\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Ball's Ford on Bull Run to Newmarket Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Little River Pike to Ox Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the land of John Mutersbaugh to the public road leading from Chain Bridge to Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Clifton to the Colchester Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the corner of Ely and Sarner, ending near the Newton Estate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Episcopal Theological Seminary to Bailey's Crossroads to a post in the line of Terrett\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Braddock Road to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: the new road from Hooes Road to Telegraph Road to the Telegraph Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: county road from Waples Mill across the land of A. B. Millard\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Elgin's school house to the Yates Ford Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad commencing at Bull Run...to the Centreville and Manassas Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWiden road near Horse Pen Bridge on the Chantilly and Herndon Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWiden county road where it crosses Difficult Run, near Leigh and Beal's (formerly Jackson's) Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad survey of Accotink Pike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road at Pitman's Mill for the erection of a bridge over Great Rock Cedar Run\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road leading from Walter's Mill to Freedom Hill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: county road known as the Falls Church Road - from Fairfax Court House to Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road from bridge over Difficult Run at Hunter's Mill to Hunter's Mill Store\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eExtend Maple Avenue in Vienna to Flint Hill Cemetery\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Sawmill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue portion of Ox Road from the north line of George Howard's land to intersection of county road leading from Frying Pan to Herndon\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road from Thompson's precinct enters road leading from Little River Turnpike to the Town of Herndon\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad commencing at Sanford Hutchinson's corner on Little River Turnpike to Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from some point on the Little River Turnpike not more than two miles from Court House Building to Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: from Mero's store to Gum Spring\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from River Road (Garner's Mill Road) to Georgetown and Leesburg Pike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOpen portion of River Road (Garner's Mill Road) from Seneca Road to Loudoun and Fairfax Line\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from at Red Hill to the Braddock Road at Salisbury Farm\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eColchester Road over Pohick Run\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from the Colchester Road to Payne's Church Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad entering the Court House by the Warrenton and Little River Turnpikes\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from West End Catholic Church to the Corporation Limits of the Town of Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBeginning in Wolf Run Shoals Road, at the Elgin School House...to Yates Ford Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from the Colchester Road to Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eExtend county road from Woodyard's Precinct...to Ford's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Braddock Road near Accotink Run to Little River Turnpike over the old tavern\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue portion of county road leading from Centreville to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAt the point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAt a point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Falls Church to Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWiden Guinea Road near Burke's Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFrom a point on the road leading from Herndon to the Ox Road...to a point on the road leading from Wiehle to the Lawyer's Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Freedom Hill to Middle Turnpike...to road from Freedom Hill to Walter's Mill\n\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCounty road between the Court House and Ridge Road, beginning at Robert Mateers Lane and ending at a convenient point on Ridge Road\n\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad right of way from Collingwood Beach to the County Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road from Old Union to Georgetown Turnpike, through the lands of Mrs. Carper and others, near Bethel Baptist Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from point in the boundary line between Fairfax and the city of Alexandria...to a junction with the Middle (or Leesburg) Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: County Road from Clifton to Fairfax Station through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property (County of Fairfax land)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: county road from Clifton to Fairfax Station, through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad survey of Schreaves Road leading to Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Hampton Road, opposite the lands of Fairfax and Marshall\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Clifton to Yates Ford Road, through the lands of M. Hetzel, J. T. Pettitt, D. N. Robinson, C. F. Ford, and J. A. Marshall\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: County road from Fairfax County Road, adjacent to land of N. F. Graham\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road leading from Sideburn Station to the Fairfax Station Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Gunston Road...to crossroads known as Negro Head\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOutlet road in Lee District from Anbagen's farm to the Alexandria Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCounty road from a point in the town of Wiehle on the line of the Southern Railway in the Dranesville District...to a point on the Ridge Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue road from A and E Railway Company to the Rolling Road in the Lee District\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the lands of William R. Ward to Telegraph Station, through the lands of Mrs. Lee\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Clifton to Mr. Thomas Fenwick's land, intersecting with Colchester Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChapel Street in Clifton Station; extension eastward to Colchester Roll-way\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Pohick Road...to the Keene's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Falls Church and Court House Road to the \"Hunter Road\"\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road near Bone Mill Ridge over Accotink Run, from Whose Road to the new bridge\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRelocate: County Road from Little River Turnpike to Edgar Scott's Residence\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on county road near Ashton's leading from Little River Turnpike to Centreville to a point on the Warrenton Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from a point on the New Cut Road near Vale Post Office to Ox Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Braddock Road to Sagar Avenue near Fairfax Court House\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEstablish boundary lines of road leading from Faulkner's shop on Leesburg Turnpike to the residence of Joshua Kirby\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRepair road leading from Ballston to Langley\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCounty road on the boundary lines of Truitt, Payne, \u0026amp; McNair\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOpen private road to the public; the road at V. W. Lee's to the county road near Stuart's Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the point on the Braddock Road to a point on the Guinea Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Luis Corner to a point on a road from Fairfax to Vienna, opposite or near the road running to Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOutlet road beginning at the corner of the Wooster tract, along the Van Gorder tract to the Magner Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: public road leading from Jermantown to Oakton\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Telegraph Road to Franconia Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Straighten point on Hampton Road in front of residence of H. E. Bradley through the lands of H. E. Bradley\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Public road from Jermantown to Waples on Millard's Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the lands of Percy Cranford to Gunston Road, including building a bridge over Keans Creek\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Leesburg Turnpike near Munson's Hill to a point on the public road from Mt. Olivet Church to the Falls Church to the Falls Church and Georgetown Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue a road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Lorton Valley Post Office...to the Colchester Public Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Lewinsville to Chesterbrook\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Telegraph Road along Accotink Run north of Pohick Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEstablish boundary lines of County road leading from Core's corner on the Alexandria Pike to Lewinsville\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOutlet road from land of Charles H. Smith to Riverside Park Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Sideburn Station to the new cut road where it intersects with Old Braddock Road\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad across the bed of a lake or pond in the Town of Wiehle\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from section of Ball's Hill...following the general course of the old Army Road and intersecting with Langley - Lewinsville Road\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Mount Vernon Road between the City of Alexandria and Mount Vernon to Telegraph Road\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Yates Ford Road to a point near Lewis Woodyards\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Accotink Station to Accotink Village to a point on the northwest side of Telegraph Road at or near the corner of the lands of Nevitt and Higham\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from point on Sawyers Road to Hunter's Mill Crossing on the S. R. Way\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road and overhead bridge at Fairfax Station\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from a point on the Rolling Road at the corner between Young and Javin's farms to the Braddock Road\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road at Pohick Station\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Public Road at Herbert's Crossing\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange/Establish road at Southern Railway Crossing at Burke's Station\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Hunter's Mill to Freedom Hill\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange/Establish: Road at Accotink Station in the Mount Vernon District\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road near Lorton through lands of John Plaskett\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Fords Mill Road to the Yates Ford Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Country Road through lands of Charles Cutts\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange:'Talbert' Road to line between Martin and Kilbourn to the Railroad Station\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Georgetown and Leesburg Turnpike to Great Falls on the Potomac River\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRepair River Road near Riverside and Hunter's in Alexandria\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Brown's Mill...to a point on Hunter Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad across Creed's land to Bailey's Crossroads to Theological Seminary Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Little River Turnpike bridge near Alexandria; over the stream on the road running from Little River Turnpike over Annandale to Falls Church, in the Falls Church District\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: County Road from the Warrenton Pike to Pleasant Valley\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue road running from Fairfax Falls Church Road near Merrifield to Little River Turnpike near Davis' Store \u0026amp; Horace Gibson's shop\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue county road from Little River Turnpike to point on Fairfax- Falls Church Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Oakton, VA running west to a point on Vale Road near Montgomery\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad starting from the corner of Robert Wrenn on the Centreville and Chantilly Road...to the Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from site of old Fairfax Station to the new Fairfax Station (Lee District)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOccoquan Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection starts in 1844 and ends in 1908.  The bulk of the collection is concentrated from 1867 through 1890, with a particularly prominent concentration from 1886 through 1890. No records from 1859 through 1865 exist.  Likewise, no road petition records exist prior to 1844 - both gaps in chronology are likely due to military activity during the Civil War. The Library of Virginia identifies Fairfax County as a \"Lost Records Locality,\" meaning this locality suffered significant losses of early records due to military action. Our records end in 1908 because the law changed in 1909, shifting responsibility for road petitions to the county's Board of Supervisors.","Most road petition folders include court summons and/or the original petition. These petitions usually include original signatures. Many also include reports from district road commissioners, plats, and letters of correspondence to the court. The reports from the road commissioners and the court summons are the most common documents, while the plats and letters are slightly rarer.","In addition to the main petitioner, month and year of the petition, and the road in question, each folder notes any additional petitioners if applicable and neighbors around the proposed road. The neighbors are particularly useful to see who lived near who, and how that changed over time. Some neighbor listings note someone's heirs, which indicates the property owner is deceased and their heirs owned the property. If a plat is included, it is noted on the folder and in the index.","One person of note from this collection is Margaret Hetzel. Her name appears in eight road petitions either as a main petitioner, an additional petitioner, or a neighbor. She appears to have been very active in the Fairfax community, even into her old age as her health declined and kept her from appearing in court. Her main concern in these road petitions was road safety. In several of the cases, she wrote directly to the judge urging him to grant the road petition because the existing road or route was unsafe.  She expressed concern over a very high hill, decaying bridges, and deeply rutted roads. And in road cases in 1892, 1893 and 1897, she freely gave her land and did not claim any damages. She seems to have been a woman committed to improving her community and far more involved in doing so than we might expect for the average 19th century woman.","Road leading from Old Pohick Church to the Stage Road at Occoquan . \n","Change: Road leading by Gunston House (Tea Table) to Hallowing Point. .\n","Change: Hunter's Mill Road beginning at Old Courthouse Road .\n","Change: Middle Turnpike to the Falls Church . \n","Road from Fairfax Court House to McIlhaney's Toll Gate","Road from Fox's Upper Mill to German Town","From Hunter's Mill Road to the Little River Turnpike Road","Change: road leading to Fairfax County Courthouse near N. Cornell's blacksmith shop","Road beginning at Ellzey's Church Road...to the road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to the Old Courthouse","Between difficult bridge on the Middle Turnpike Road and Mateers Tavern","Road beginning at a point on the Falls Church Road to the Falls Bridge Turnpike Road","Change: road from Middle Turnpike to the Union Meeting House","Road leading from Ball's Neighborhood to Middle Turnpike","Road from lands of Devaughn to the Rolling Road","Change: the Falls Road","Change: to the Wolf Run Shoals Road","Road from Newman on Horsepan Run...to road at Frying Pan Church","Change: part of Hunter's Mill Road","Change: Backlick Road to the Rolling Road","Change: Conn's Ferry Road","Change: Pohick Church to Mason's Neck","Road from intersection of road leading from Accotink Mills...to the Backlit Road","Survey of boundary line between Brook and Williams","Road from Frying Pan Church to Liberty Church","Road from Backlick Road to the Middle Turnpike Road","Road from Dranesville to Potomac at/or near where J.R.M. Lowe's sawmill formerly stood (Lowe's Island)","Change: Road leading to Shirley Gate","Road from Stage Road near foot of Potter's Hill...to Backlick Road","Road from Little River Turnpike to intersect the road leading from the Frying Pan Road","Road from point on Frying Pan Road at Gunnells School House to Liberty Church at Dranesville","Road from Falls Church Road...to the old Backlit Road","Change: Road leading from Alexandria County Line to the Middle Turnpike","Road at the new cut road near house of John Fox...to Fox's Mill Road","Road from land of J. Edward Chase...to the Telegraph Road","Road through lands of F.F. Triplett...to Rolling Road; Referred in Appeal of Bond vs. Green et. al. Supreme Court of Virginia Appeals - 7 March 1949 (189 va. 23)","Change: road leading from Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike","Road from F.F. Triplett's to the Rolling Road","Road from Stryker's Land...to road leading to Fairfax Courthouse","Town of Colchester from lot #15 to lot #8 - following a street as laid down","Road from the Ox Road to Fairfax Court House\n","Change: road from Follin's Corner to the Old Court House","Change: County Road near Union Mills","Road from the Friends Meeting House to the Telegraph Road through Warrington Gillingham's farm","Close road leading from the Little River Turnpike to the Old Church","Road from Harrison's Crossing on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to some point near Fairfax Station","Road from Nancy Kidwell's farm on Guinea Road to the Railroad at London's Mill","Petition to assess condition of First and Second section of Middle Turnpike Road","Road from Centreville to Orange and Alexandria Railroad at Union Mills","Change: The Telegraph Road where it crosses Accotink Run","Change: \"Windsor Road\" - leading from Alexandria Road to the Telegraph Road","Road leading from New Cut Road to west side of Fox's Mill Dam","Road from Springfield Road to the Little River Turnpike","Change: \"Lawyer's Road\" near Hawxhurst Mill","Road leading from Neck County Road to the Alexandria, Accotink, and Mount Vernon Turnpike","Change: Route leading from Centreville and Frying Pan Road to the Little River Turnpike","The point on Falls Bridge Road...to New Cut Road","Road from John Pierson's Corner to Hunter's Mill Road","The Corner of Woodlawn Road to point near Mount Vernon Gate ","Change: Road leading from Old Braddock Road to Payne's Church","Road through William Hunter's Property","Discontinue use of section of road leading from Guinea Road to Keene's Mill Road","Change: road leading from Annandale to Upton's Hill","Continuation of the Pole Road to Mount Vernon Road (Alexandria/Accotink Turnpike)","Discontinue section of New Market Road to Ball's Ford","Discontinue Road beginning at Colchester Road to the Neck Road","Road from Centreville to Devereau Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad","Change: Road leading from Colchester to Accotink Valley","Discontinue section of road leading from Old Mill Landing on Dogue Creek over lands to Troth, Wright and Mason","Point on Hunter's Mill Road to Johnson's Crossing on the A. L. \u0026 H. Railroad","Commencing on Brush's Land to the road leading from Falls Church to Fairfax Courthouse","Continuation of Road near Benjamin Shreve's house to the Gallow's Road","Braddock Road near intersection with Washburn's Land to Little River Turnpike (Old Alexandria Road)","Old Courthouse Road to Hunter's Mill","Landing on Dogue Creek at Old Washington Mill to public road leading to Alexandria","Road from the Old Leesburg Road to Herndon at the A. L. and H. Railroad","Intersection of Vienna Road with the Old Court House Road and Hunter's Mill Road to Middle Turnpike Road","Road beginning at Yate's Ford Road to the Colchester Road","Middle Turnpike Road to Backlit Road","Clifton Station to Yates Road","Commencing at the gate of James M. Talbot to some point on the County Road to Alexandria","Garner's Mill Road to the Georgetown Pike","Flint Hill Road to intersection of Fairfax Courthouse and Georgetown Road","Telegraph Road to Colchester Road","Point on Backlick Road to Braddock Road","Change: Road from Clifton to Wolf Runs Shoals Road","From point on the road leading from Fall's Church to Fairfax Courthouse to a point on the Middle Turnpike","From Ox Road in Herndon to the Herndon Station - W. \u0026  O  Railroad","Wolf Run Shoals Road to Thomas Fairfax's Land","Petition to take Little Falls Road from Falls Church to Alexandria County Line of Toll Road","Change: New Cut Road","Horsepen Run near Hight's Mill to Loudon County Line","Road from Clifton and Centreville Road to Little River Turnpike near Chantilly","Road from Clifton to the Union Mills Road","Change: Road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to Hawxhurst and Hunter's Mill","Road from Little River Turnpike at Ayers to the Old Braddock Road","Road from the Great Falls to Tenley S. Swink","Point on the Rolling Road to Little River Turnpike near Lebanon Church","Road leading from Buckleys School House to Little River Turnpike","Road from Accotink Mill Road to Railroad Station on Long Branch","Beginning on Neck (Sheridan's Point) Road to the Alexandria, Mount Vernon and Accotink Turnpike Roads","Road from J. Wells on Warrenton and Alexandria Turnpike to Sudley Mills","Road from Lewinsville to the Great Falls","Request by Talbot","Vandeusen Road to Fairfax/Loudon Line","Change: County Road running over Hardbowers Hill","Road from Accotink Run to the Keen's Mill Road","Point on Middle Turnpike near Falls Church Station to Four Mile Run","Change: Portion of Ox Road near Henderson Road","Change: Road arount Gantts Hill from Tyson's Corner to Lewinsville","Road from the Old Fredericksburg Road (Accotink Turnpike) to the Road leading from the Gum Spring to the Ferry Landing","Point one mile west from the village at Herndon to Loudon County Line","Change: Road known as Doctor Hunter's New Road","Road from Scott Farm on Potomac to Garner's Mill Road","Road in Vienna from the Foundry to the Georgetown Road","Road from Colchester Road to Braddock Road","Road from Dyer's Ford along Bull Run to Road leading to Fairfax Courthouse","Turn road over to Fairfax County","Road from Mrs. Evan's Ford on the Bull Run to the Yate's Ford Road","Beginning at Lawyer's Road and running to the New Cut Road","Road between the Occoquan Run and the Ox Road","Discontinue road from Keene's Mill Road to the Rolling Road","Road leading from Peter Pulman's on Telegraph Road to Hunting Creek Bridge Road","Road from Neck Road to Alexandria and Accotink Road","Change: Road from Centreville to Little River Turnpike to avoid heavy grade","Road from Dyers Ford through lands of Lewis Woodyard","Road beginning at Fitzhugh's gate on Ox Road to New County Road","Road from Pohick to Farr's Cross Roads","Little River Turnpike and County Road leading from Springfield Station on Virginia Midland Railroad","Ashford's corner at School House to Old Cherry Tree at Braddock Road","Road from Union Mill Road to Colchester Road","Colored schoolhouse on Lewinsville Road to Alexandria and Leesburg Turnpike","Road from Little River Turnpike to Old Warrenton Turnpike","Gate near Burke's Mill Road to point where Virginia Midland Railroad crosses the Rolling Road","Change: Rolling Road at Frobel's Hill","Beginning at the corner of Land of Smyth and James Hunter and running...to the county road.","Road from Johnson's Crossing on the W \u0026 O Railroad to the Lawyers Road","From point on Hunters Mill Road to William Walter's Mill","Road from Bull Run to Fox Mill","Road from the Colchester Road to the Newman Road","Road from the Falls Road to the Georgetown Pike","Little River Turnpike to county road at land of B. F. Shreve","Little River Turnpike to Orange \u0026 Alexandria Railroad at Skinner's Crossing","Courthouse road to the Ridge Road","Road from county road near Lewis Chapel to Telegraph Station on the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad","Point of Road leading from Court House and Hunters Mill Road to Vienna near Murnanes's Gate","Change: Orcutt Road to point where it intersects with Maple Avenue","Road leading from Falkner's Shop on Leesburg Turnpike to Fall's Church","Change: Old Road over Holmes Run known as Barcroft Bridge","Road leading from Little River Turnpike to Backlick Road by Lebanon school house","Great Falls and Lewinsville Road to the Middle Turnpike","Ridge Road","Yates Ford Road from Clifton Station to Union Mills","Beginning at corner of the land of Smyth","Road from Gum Spring to the intersection with the Mount Vernon Lane","Road leading from Annandale to Springfield to the Little River Turnpike","Change: Orcutt Road","Change: Ridge Road from Alexandria Turnpike to Herndon Station","Road from the Old Union school house to the Alexandria Pike","Road from Lincolnville to the Chain Bridge Road","Road beginning at the Alexandria Turnpike to the Falls Road","Public Highway from Andrew Chapel to Jackson Mill","Road from Hasbrook corner to Waples Mill Road","Point on the Newman Road to County Road to Herndon","Road from Little River Turnpike to Centreville and Frying Pan Road","Road from Braddock Road to Pohick Road","Road from Pohick Road through Lee Chapel to Road leading from Burke's Station","Road from Ridge Road to the Turnpike leading to the city","Continue county road to outside gate of Sycamore Farm","Change: Road bed of Germantown Road","Road through land of Thomas Carper and the Rocky Run to Old Union Church","Change: Fox's Mill Road from Difficult Bridge to Waple's Mill","Unnamed\n","Intersection of Herndon and Dranesville Roads to Leesburg Turnpike","Change: road leading from Union Mills Road to Clifton","Change: Hunter's Mill Road at the hickory tree corner to Thorton's land","Road from McPherson's farm to the Waples Mill Road","Road to take the place of Garner's Mill Road","Road through Salsbury's land","Road from Wolf Run Shoals Road to Ox Road, opposite of Arundel's Tavern","Road connecting the Old Leesburg Road to the Leesburg Turnpike","Road from the Occoquan Bridge to Elk Horn Branch","Road from Telegraph Road to a point on Hooes Road","Change: Keene Mill Road","Road leading from Centreville to Manassas to Clifton Station","Change: \"Lemon Road\" running from Middle Turnpike to Falls Church and Lewinsville Roads","Vienna \u0026 Andrew Chapel Road","Road beginning at Little River Turnpike to the Falls Church Road","Road from the Blacksmith Shop of Horace Gibson on the Little River Turnpike to Falls Church Road at Mills Crossing Road","Stone's Old Mill Road\n","Road commencing at Vale...from Fairfax Court House to Dranesville","Change: Road leading from Old Braddock Road to Clifton","Road from C.W. Dey road to Ox Road","Change: Road leading from Old Colchester Road to Fairfax Station","Road near the house of John and Thomas Clarke to the Lawyers Road","Location of Pole Road running from Pool Run to James Hunter's Gate","Open portion of New Market Road","Change: Hunter's Mill Road leading to Lawyers Road","Road from Herndon Chantilly Road the the Valley Road","Point on Hampton Road at Sandy Run to Hampton Road","Road passing through the Middle Turnpike","Change: Road on R. C. Jones' land","Change: Road running from Washington, Ohio and Western Railway near Vienna","Road from Lawyers Road to County Road to Herndon","Road from John Jackson's land to the Gum Spring and Wolcott Road","Road from Alexandria Pike to the Georgetown Pike","Road from Braddock Road to the land of Georgine Martin","County road leading from Old Union Church to Rocky Run","Road from the new road to \"Lee Chapel\", to Burkes Station, passing through the land of Hannah Burke","Change: \"Detwiler Road\" from Clifton to Centreville Road","Change: Clifton and Yates Ford Road to avoid a heavy grade","Road through the land of William Harris","Road from New Guinea Road to a point on the land of B. Skinner","Clifton and Centreville","Change: Road leading from Old Church Road to the Herndon Road","Road from point on Backlick Road (Old Gallows Road) to Backlick Road","Re-open west end of New Market Road","Open a road from Charles Thornton's lands to Berks Station","Change: Road leading from Dranesville to Herndon","Road from the Pole Road in Mount Vernon district to Long Branch Station on the A \u0026 F Railroad to Backlick Road","Road from the Telegraph Road to Old County Road at John Henderson's Corner","Road from the Little River Turnpike to the Annandale and Old Tavern Road leading towards Washington","Change: Willow Spring Road on property of Col. E. White","Unknown\n","From the farm of W.H. Snowden to the \"County road\" leading from \"Little Hunting Creek\" to Accotink and Alexandria Highway","Road from Little River Turnpike to the Braddock Road","Road on a point near bridge on Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike","Widen the road leading from Jenkin's Corner to Andrew Chapel","County Road from the middle of Alexandria Pike to Alexandria Line","Point on River Road to the Potomac River","Change: Part of County Road known as Colchester Road near Doddridge Lee","Road from Braddock Road to Warrenton Pike","Road from Lincolnville County Road to East Falls Church Depot","Road from Occoquan to Colchester","Road report on the Little River Turnpike","Report on road from Gum Springs to Mt. Vernon","Road from Vienna to Hunter's Mill, County Road","Road from Money's Corner on the Lawyer's Road to Thorton (Wheile) Station","Road from Herndon and Detwiler Road to Dunlop's Gate","Road from Bull Run to the Turnpike at J. Well's Corner","Road from Leesburg Pike to Carlin Springs","Road extension of Mutersbaugh Road","Road from the Georgetown Road to the road leading from the turnpike to Dunn Loring","Road leading from the Braddock Road to the Guinea Road near Long Branch","Road from Ball's Ford on Bull Run to Newmarket Road","Road from Little River Pike to Ox Road","Road from the land of John Mutersbaugh to the public road leading from Chain Bridge to Falls Church","Change: Road leading from Clifton to the Colchester Road","Road from the corner of Ely and Sarner, ending near the Newton Estate","Road leading from Episcopal Theological Seminary to Bailey's Crossroads to a post in the line of Terrett","Road from the Braddock Road to the Little River Turnpike","Change: the new road from Hooes Road to Telegraph Road to the Telegraph Road","Change: county road from Waples Mill across the land of A. B. Millard","Road from Elgin's school house to the Yates Ford Road","Road commencing at Bull Run...to the Centreville and Manassas Road","Widen road near Horse Pen Bridge on the Chantilly and Herndon Road","Widen county road where it crosses Difficult Run, near Leigh and Beal's (formerly Jackson's) Mill","Road survey of Accotink Pike","Change: Road at Pitman's Mill for the erection of a bridge over Great Rock Cedar Run","Change: road leading from Walter's Mill to Freedom Hill","Change: county road known as the Falls Church Road - from Fairfax Court House to Falls Church","Change: road from bridge over Difficult Run at Hunter's Mill to Hunter's Mill Store","Extend Maple Avenue in Vienna to Flint Hill Cemetery","Change: Sawmill Road","Discontinue portion of Ox Road from the north line of George Howard's land to intersection of county road leading from Frying Pan to Herndon","Change: road from Thompson's precinct enters road leading from Little River Turnpike to the Town of Herndon","Road commencing at Sanford Hutchinson's corner on Little River Turnpike to Braddock Road","Road from some point on the Little River Turnpike not more than two miles from Court House Building to Falls Church","Change: from Mero's store to Gum Spring","Road from River Road (Garner's Mill Road) to Georgetown and Leesburg Pike","Open portion of River Road (Garner's Mill Road) from Seneca Road to Loudoun and Fairfax Line","Road from at Red Hill to the Braddock Road at Salisbury Farm","Colchester Road over Pohick Run","Road leading from the Colchester Road to Payne's Church Road","Road entering the Court House by the Warrenton and Little River Turnpikes","Road from West End Catholic Church to the Corporation Limits of the Town of Falls Church","Beginning in Wolf Run Shoals Road, at the Elgin School House...to Yates Ford Road","Road leading from the Colchester Road to Braddock Road","Extend county road from Woodyard's Precinct...to Ford's Mill Road","Road from Braddock Road near Accotink Run to Little River Turnpike over the old tavern","Discontinue portion of county road leading from Centreville to the Little River Turnpike","At the point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land","At a point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land","Road from Falls Church to Little River Turnpike","Widen Guinea Road near Burke's Station","From a point on the road leading from Herndon to the Ox Road...to a point on the road leading from Wiehle to the Lawyer's Road","Road leading from Freedom Hill to Middle Turnpike...to road from Freedom Hill to Walter's Mill\n","County road between the Court House and Ridge Road, beginning at Robert Mateers Lane and ending at a convenient point on Ridge Road\n","Road right of way from Collingwood Beach to the County Road","Change: Road from Old Union to Georgetown Turnpike, through the lands of Mrs. Carper and others, near Bethel Baptist Church","Road from point in the boundary line between Fairfax and the city of Alexandria...to a junction with the Middle (or Leesburg) Turnpike","Change: County Road from Clifton to Fairfax Station through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property (County of Fairfax land)","Change: county road from Clifton to Fairfax Station, through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property","Road survey of Schreaves Road leading to Falls Church","Change: Hampton Road, opposite the lands of Fairfax and Marshall","Road from Clifton to Yates Ford Road, through the lands of M. Hetzel, J. T. Pettitt, D. N. Robinson, C. F. Ford, and J. A. Marshall","Change: County road from Fairfax County Road, adjacent to land of N. F. Graham","Change: road leading from Sideburn Station to the Fairfax Station Road","Road from Gunston Road...to crossroads known as Negro Head","Outlet road in Lee District from Anbagen's farm to the Alexandria Road","County road from a point in the town of Wiehle on the line of the Southern Railway in the Dranesville District...to a point on the Ridge Road","Discontinue road from A and E Railway Company to the Rolling Road in the Lee District","Road from the lands of William R. Ward to Telegraph Station, through the lands of Mrs. Lee","Road from Clifton to Mr. Thomas Fenwick's land, intersecting with Colchester Road","Chapel Street in Clifton Station; extension eastward to Colchester Roll-way","Road from Pohick Road...to the Keene's Mill Road","Road from the Falls Church and Court House Road to the \"Hunter Road\"","Change: road near Bone Mill Ridge over Accotink Run, from Whose Road to the new bridge\n","Relocate: County Road from Little River Turnpike to Edgar Scott's Residence\n","Point on county road near Ashton's leading from Little River Turnpike to Centreville to a point on the Warrenton Turnpike","Road from a point on the New Cut Road near Vale Post Office to Ox Road","Road from Braddock Road to Sagar Avenue near Fairfax Court House","Establish boundary lines of road leading from Faulkner's shop on Leesburg Turnpike to the residence of Joshua Kirby","Repair road leading from Ballston to Langley","County road on the boundary lines of Truitt, Payne, \u0026 McNair","Open private road to the public; the road at V. W. Lee's to the county road near Stuart's Mill","Road from the point on the Braddock Road to a point on the Guinea Road","Road from Luis Corner to a point on a road from Fairfax to Vienna, opposite or near the road running to Falls Church","Outlet road beginning at the corner of the Wooster tract, along the Van Gorder tract to the Magner Road","Change: public road leading from Jermantown to Oakton","Road from the Telegraph Road to Franconia Station","Change: Straighten point on Hampton Road in front of residence of H. E. Bradley through the lands of H. E. Bradley","Change: Public road from Jermantown to Waples on Millard's Mill","Road from the lands of Percy Cranford to Gunston Road, including building a bridge over Keans Creek","Road from Leesburg Turnpike near Munson's Hill to a point on the public road from Mt. Olivet Church to the Falls Church to the Falls Church and Georgetown Turnpike","Discontinue a road","Road leading from Lorton Valley Post Office...to the Colchester Public Road","Change: Road leading from Lewinsville to Chesterbrook","Change: Telegraph Road along Accotink Run north of Pohick Church","Establish boundary lines of County road leading from Core's corner on the Alexandria Pike to Lewinsville","Outlet road from land of Charles H. Smith to Riverside Park Road","Road leading from Sideburn Station to the new cut road where it intersects with Old Braddock Road\n","Road across the bed of a lake or pond in the Town of Wiehle\n","Road from section of Ball's Hill...following the general course of the old Army Road and intersecting with Langley - Lewinsville Road\n","Road from Mount Vernon Road between the City of Alexandria and Mount Vernon to Telegraph Road\n","Road leading from Yates Ford Road to a point near Lewis Woodyards","Road from Accotink Station to Accotink Village to a point on the northwest side of Telegraph Road at or near the corner of the lands of Nevitt and Higham\n","Road from point on Sawyers Road to Hunter's Mill Crossing on the S. R. Way\n","Change: road and overhead bridge at Fairfax Station\n","Road from a point on the Rolling Road at the corner between Young and Javin's farms to the Braddock Road\n","Change: Road at Pohick Station\n","Change: Public Road at Herbert's Crossing\n","Change/Establish road at Southern Railway Crossing at Burke's Station\n","Change: Road leading from Hunter's Mill to Freedom Hill\n","Change/Establish: Road at Accotink Station in the Mount Vernon District","Change: Road near Lorton through lands of John Plaskett","Road from Fords Mill Road to the Yates Ford Road","Change: Country Road through lands of Charles Cutts","Change:'Talbert' Road to line between Martin and Kilbourn to the Railroad Station\n","Road from Georgetown and Leesburg Turnpike to Great Falls on the Potomac River\n","Repair River Road near Riverside and Hunter's in Alexandria","Road from Brown's Mill...to a point on Hunter Mill Road","Road across Creed's land to Bailey's Crossroads to Theological Seminary Road","Change: Little River Turnpike bridge near Alexandria; over the stream on the road running from Little River Turnpike over Annandale to Falls Church, in the Falls Church District","Change: County Road from the Warrenton Pike to Pleasant Valley\n","Discontinue road running from Fairfax Falls Church Road near Merrifield to Little River Turnpike near Davis' Store \u0026 Horace Gibson's shop\n","Discontinue county road from Little River Turnpike to point on Fairfax- Falls Church Road","Road from Oakton, VA running west to a point on Vale Road near Montgomery\n","Road starting from the corner of Robert Wrenn on the Centreville and Chantilly Road...to the Braddock Road","Road from site of old Fairfax Station to the new Fairfax Station (Lee District)","Occoquan Road"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Shelf Location\"\u003eUnit 40, Shelf 5\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Unit 40, Shelf 5\n"],"names_coll_ssim":["Fairfax Circuit Court","Richardson, F. 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Public transportation was, and continues to be, vital to Fairfax County's economy. Using the Code of Virginia, one can better understand how roads were authorized and developed.","Prior to the Byrd Road Act of 1932, roads were authorized by the court, and in the early 20th century, the Board of Supervisors.  According to Chapter LII of the 1860 Virginia Code, once a person applied for a county road to be opened or changed, the court proceeded by appointing road commissioners and otherwise ascertaining the practicality and usefulness of the proposed road, the benefit to the community and individual, and any damages to surrounding property. To establish any one road, no more than one acre could be taken from a single individual.  The road proposed is usually identified as being the road from \"Point A\" to \"Point B,\" the points being known areas of interest, i.e. mills, churches, stores, dams, turnpikes, and so on.","First, the circuit court received an application for a county road, usually from an individual with anywhere between one and upwards of 30 fellow petitioners. The court then directed one or more of the county's road commissioners to view the proposed land for the road and its surroundings and then report on the conveniences and inconveniences to both individuals and the public - especially if any yard, garden, or orchard needed to be taken for the proposed road. The commissioner's job was to report facts and circumstances that would help the court determine the expediency of establishing or altering the county road. The commissioner(s) could also offer their opinion either in favor of or against the proposed road and suggest alternate routes. A map, plat, or diagram had to accompany the road commissioner(s) report, and if the commissioner was not a surveyor, one had to be procured.","Citizens could also apply to discontinue a road, though it was far rarer. To do so, the person had to publish a notice of the intended application on the first day of the county court's term at the county courthouse door and in two public places in the neighborhood.","After it received all the reports and other evidence, the court then determined whether the road would be established or altered as proposed and who would maintain it.","Once the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate.","Once the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate.","This collection starts in 1844 and ends in 1908.  The bulk of the collection is concentrated from 1867 through 1890, with a particularly prominent concentration from 1886 through 1890. No records from 1859 through 1865 exist.  Likewise, no road petition records exist prior to 1844 - both gaps in chronology are likely due to military activity during the Civil War. The Library of Virginia identifies Fairfax County as a \"Lost Records Locality,\" meaning this locality suffered significant losses of early records due to military action. Our records end in 1908 because the law changed in 1909, shifting responsibility for road petitions to the county's Board of Supervisors.","Most road petition folders include court summons and/or the original petition. These petitions usually include original signatures. Many also include reports from district road commissioners, plats, and letters of correspondence to the court. The reports from the road commissioners and the court summons are the most common documents, while the plats and letters are slightly rarer.","In addition to the main petitioner, month and year of the petition, and the road in question, each folder notes any additional petitioners if applicable and neighbors around the proposed road. The neighbors are particularly useful to see who lived near who, and how that changed over time. Some neighbor listings note someone's heirs, which indicates the property owner is deceased and their heirs owned the property. If a plat is included, it is noted on the folder and in the index.","One person of note from this collection is Margaret Hetzel. Her name appears in eight road petitions either as a main petitioner, an additional petitioner, or a neighbor. She appears to have been very active in the Fairfax community, even into her old age as her health declined and kept her from appearing in court. Her main concern in these road petitions was road safety. In several of the cases, she wrote directly to the judge urging him to grant the road petition because the existing road or route was unsafe.  She expressed concern over a very high hill, decaying bridges, and deeply rutted roads. And in road cases in 1892, 1893 and 1897, she freely gave her land and did not claim any damages. She seems to have been a woman committed to improving her community and far more involved in doing so than we might expect for the average 19th century woman.","Road leading from Old Pohick Church to the Stage Road at Occoquan . \n","Change: Road leading by Gunston House (Tea Table) to Hallowing Point. .\n","Change: Hunter's Mill Road beginning at Old Courthouse Road .\n","Change: Middle Turnpike to the Falls Church . \n","Road from Fairfax Court House to McIlhaney's Toll Gate","Road from Fox's Upper Mill to German Town","From Hunter's Mill Road to the Little River Turnpike Road","Change: road leading to Fairfax County Courthouse near N. Cornell's blacksmith shop","Road beginning at Ellzey's Church Road...to the road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to the Old Courthouse","Between difficult bridge on the Middle Turnpike Road and Mateers Tavern","Road beginning at a point on the Falls Church Road to the Falls Bridge Turnpike Road","Change: road from Middle Turnpike to the Union Meeting House","Road leading from Ball's Neighborhood to Middle Turnpike","Road from lands of Devaughn to the Rolling Road","Change: the Falls Road","Change: to the Wolf Run Shoals Road","Road from Newman on Horsepan Run...to road at Frying Pan Church","Change: part of Hunter's Mill Road","Change: Backlick Road to the Rolling Road","Change: Conn's Ferry Road","Change: Pohick Church to Mason's Neck","Road from intersection of road leading from Accotink Mills...to the Backlit Road","Survey of boundary line between Brook and Williams","Road from Frying Pan Church to Liberty Church","Road from Backlick Road to the Middle Turnpike Road","Road from Dranesville to Potomac at/or near where J.R.M. Lowe's sawmill formerly stood (Lowe's Island)","Change: Road leading to Shirley Gate","Road from Stage Road near foot of Potter's Hill...to Backlick Road","Road from Little River Turnpike to intersect the road leading from the Frying Pan Road","Road from point on Frying Pan Road at Gunnells School House to Liberty Church at Dranesville","Road from Falls Church Road...to the old Backlit Road","Change: Road leading from Alexandria County Line to the Middle Turnpike","Road at the new cut road near house of John Fox...to Fox's Mill Road","Road from land of J. Edward Chase...to the Telegraph Road","Road through lands of F.F. Triplett...to Rolling Road; Referred in Appeal of Bond vs. Green et. al. Supreme Court of Virginia Appeals - 7 March 1949 (189 va. 23)","Change: road leading from Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike","Road from F.F. Triplett's to the Rolling Road","Road from Stryker's Land...to road leading to Fairfax Courthouse","Town of Colchester from lot #15 to lot #8 - following a street as laid down","Road from the Ox Road to Fairfax Court House\n","Change: road from Follin's Corner to the Old Court House","Change: County Road near Union Mills","Road from the Friends Meeting House to the Telegraph Road through Warrington Gillingham's farm","Close road leading from the Little River Turnpike to the Old Church","Road from Harrison's Crossing on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to some point near Fairfax Station","Road from Nancy Kidwell's farm on Guinea Road to the Railroad at London's Mill","Petition to assess condition of First and Second section of Middle Turnpike Road","Road from Centreville to Orange and Alexandria Railroad at Union Mills","Change: The Telegraph Road where it crosses Accotink Run","Change: \"Windsor Road\" - leading from Alexandria Road to the Telegraph Road","Road leading from New Cut Road to west side of Fox's Mill Dam","Road from Springfield Road to the Little River Turnpike","Change: \"Lawyer's Road\" near Hawxhurst Mill","Road leading from Neck County Road to the Alexandria, Accotink, and Mount Vernon Turnpike","Change: Route leading from Centreville and Frying Pan Road to the Little River Turnpike","The point on Falls Bridge Road...to New Cut Road","Road from John Pierson's Corner to Hunter's Mill Road","The Corner of Woodlawn Road to point near Mount Vernon Gate ","Change: Road leading from Old Braddock Road to Payne's Church","Road through William Hunter's Property","Discontinue use of section of road leading from Guinea Road to Keene's Mill Road","Change: road leading from Annandale to Upton's Hill","Continuation of the Pole Road to Mount Vernon Road (Alexandria/Accotink Turnpike)","Discontinue section of New Market Road to Ball's Ford","Discontinue Road beginning at Colchester Road to the Neck Road","Road from Centreville to Devereau Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad","Change: Road leading from Colchester to Accotink Valley","Discontinue section of road leading from Old Mill Landing on Dogue Creek over lands to Troth, Wright and Mason","Point on Hunter's Mill Road to Johnson's Crossing on the A. L. \u0026 H. Railroad","Commencing on Brush's Land to the road leading from Falls Church to Fairfax Courthouse","Continuation of Road near Benjamin Shreve's house to the Gallow's Road","Braddock Road near intersection with Washburn's Land to Little River Turnpike (Old Alexandria Road)","Old Courthouse Road to Hunter's Mill","Landing on Dogue Creek at Old Washington Mill to public road leading to Alexandria","Road from the Old Leesburg Road to Herndon at the A. L. and H. Railroad","Intersection of Vienna Road with the Old Court House Road and Hunter's Mill Road to Middle Turnpike Road","Road beginning at Yate's Ford Road to the Colchester Road","Middle Turnpike Road to Backlit Road","Clifton Station to Yates Road","Commencing at the gate of James M. Talbot to some point on the County Road to Alexandria","Garner's Mill Road to the Georgetown Pike","Flint Hill Road to intersection of Fairfax Courthouse and Georgetown Road","Telegraph Road to Colchester Road","Point on Backlick Road to Braddock Road","Change: Road from Clifton to Wolf Runs Shoals Road","From point on the road leading from Fall's Church to Fairfax Courthouse to a point on the Middle Turnpike","From Ox Road in Herndon to the Herndon Station - W. \u0026  O  Railroad","Wolf Run Shoals Road to Thomas Fairfax's Land","Petition to take Little Falls Road from Falls Church to Alexandria County Line of Toll Road","Change: New Cut Road","Horsepen Run near Hight's Mill to Loudon County Line","Road from Clifton and Centreville Road to Little River Turnpike near Chantilly","Road from Clifton to the Union Mills Road","Change: Road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to Hawxhurst and Hunter's Mill","Road from Little River Turnpike at Ayers to the Old Braddock Road","Road from the Great Falls to Tenley S. Swink","Point on the Rolling Road to Little River Turnpike near Lebanon Church","Road leading from Buckleys School House to Little River Turnpike","Road from Accotink Mill Road to Railroad Station on Long Branch","Beginning on Neck (Sheridan's Point) Road to the Alexandria, Mount Vernon and Accotink Turnpike Roads","Road from J. Wells on Warrenton and Alexandria Turnpike to Sudley Mills","Road from Lewinsville to the Great Falls","Request by Talbot","Vandeusen Road to Fairfax/Loudon Line","Change: County Road running over Hardbowers Hill","Road from Accotink Run to the Keen's Mill Road","Point on Middle Turnpike near Falls Church Station to Four Mile Run","Change: Portion of Ox Road near Henderson Road","Change: Road arount Gantts Hill from Tyson's Corner to Lewinsville","Road from the Old Fredericksburg Road (Accotink Turnpike) to the Road leading from the Gum Spring to the Ferry Landing","Point one mile west from the village at Herndon to Loudon County Line","Change: Road known as Doctor Hunter's New Road","Road from Scott Farm on Potomac to Garner's Mill Road","Road in Vienna from the Foundry to the Georgetown Road","Road from Colchester Road to Braddock Road","Road from Dyer's Ford along Bull Run to Road leading to Fairfax Courthouse","Turn road over to Fairfax County","Road from Mrs. Evan's Ford on the Bull Run to the Yate's Ford Road","Beginning at Lawyer's Road and running to the New Cut Road","Road between the Occoquan Run and the Ox Road","Discontinue road from Keene's Mill Road to the Rolling Road","Road leading from Peter Pulman's on Telegraph Road to Hunting Creek Bridge Road","Road from Neck Road to Alexandria and Accotink Road","Change: Road from Centreville to Little River Turnpike to avoid heavy grade","Road from Dyers Ford through lands of Lewis Woodyard","Road beginning at Fitzhugh's gate on Ox Road to New County Road","Road from Pohick to Farr's Cross Roads","Little River Turnpike and County Road leading from Springfield Station on Virginia Midland Railroad","Ashford's corner at School House to Old Cherry Tree at Braddock Road","Road from Union Mill Road to Colchester Road","Colored schoolhouse on Lewinsville Road to Alexandria and Leesburg Turnpike","Road from Little River Turnpike to Old Warrenton Turnpike","Gate near Burke's Mill Road to point where Virginia Midland Railroad crosses the Rolling Road","Change: Rolling Road at Frobel's Hill","Beginning at the corner of Land of Smyth and James Hunter and running...to the county road.","Road from Johnson's Crossing on the W \u0026 O Railroad to the Lawyers Road","From point on Hunters Mill Road to William Walter's Mill","Road from Bull Run to Fox Mill","Road from the Colchester Road to the Newman Road","Road from the Falls Road to the Georgetown Pike","Little River Turnpike to county road at land of B. F. Shreve","Little River Turnpike to Orange \u0026 Alexandria Railroad at Skinner's Crossing","Courthouse road to the Ridge Road","Road from county road near Lewis Chapel to Telegraph Station on the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad","Point of Road leading from Court House and Hunters Mill Road to Vienna near Murnanes's Gate","Change: Orcutt Road to point where it intersects with Maple Avenue","Road leading from Falkner's Shop on Leesburg Turnpike to Fall's Church","Change: Old Road over Holmes Run known as Barcroft Bridge","Road leading from Little River Turnpike to Backlick Road by Lebanon school house","Great Falls and Lewinsville Road to the Middle Turnpike","Ridge Road","Yates Ford Road from Clifton Station to Union Mills","Beginning at corner of the land of Smyth","Road from Gum Spring to the intersection with the Mount Vernon Lane","Road leading from Annandale to Springfield to the Little River Turnpike","Change: Orcutt Road","Change: Ridge Road from Alexandria Turnpike to Herndon Station","Road from the Old Union school house to the Alexandria Pike","Road from Lincolnville to the Chain Bridge Road","Road beginning at the Alexandria Turnpike to the Falls Road","Public Highway from Andrew Chapel to Jackson Mill","Road from Hasbrook corner to Waples Mill Road","Point on the Newman Road to County Road to Herndon","Road from Little River Turnpike to Centreville and Frying Pan Road","Road from Braddock Road to Pohick Road","Road from Pohick Road through Lee Chapel to Road leading from Burke's Station","Road from Ridge Road to the Turnpike leading to the city","Continue county road to outside gate of Sycamore Farm","Change: Road bed of Germantown Road","Road through land of Thomas Carper and the Rocky Run to Old Union Church","Change: Fox's Mill Road from Difficult Bridge to Waple's Mill","Unnamed\n","Intersection of Herndon and Dranesville Roads to Leesburg Turnpike","Change: road leading from Union Mills Road to Clifton","Change: Hunter's Mill Road at the hickory tree corner to Thorton's land","Road from McPherson's farm to the Waples Mill Road","Road to take the place of Garner's Mill Road","Road through Salsbury's land","Road from Wolf Run Shoals Road to Ox Road, opposite of Arundel's Tavern","Road connecting the Old Leesburg Road to the Leesburg Turnpike","Road from the Occoquan Bridge to Elk Horn Branch","Road from Telegraph Road to a point on Hooes Road","Change: Keene Mill Road","Road leading from Centreville to Manassas to Clifton Station","Change: \"Lemon Road\" running from Middle Turnpike to Falls Church and Lewinsville Roads","Vienna \u0026 Andrew Chapel Road","Road beginning at Little River Turnpike to the Falls Church Road","Road from the Blacksmith Shop of Horace Gibson on the Little River Turnpike to Falls Church Road at Mills Crossing Road","Stone's Old Mill Road\n","Road commencing at Vale...from Fairfax Court House to Dranesville","Change: Road leading from Old Braddock Road to Clifton","Road from C.W. Dey road to Ox Road","Change: Road leading from Old Colchester Road to Fairfax Station","Road near the house of John and Thomas Clarke to the Lawyers Road","Location of Pole Road running from Pool Run to James Hunter's Gate","Open portion of New Market Road","Change: Hunter's Mill Road leading to Lawyers Road","Road from Herndon Chantilly Road the the Valley Road","Point on Hampton Road at Sandy Run to Hampton Road","Road passing through the Middle Turnpike","Change: Road on R. C. Jones' land","Change: Road running from Washington, Ohio and Western Railway near Vienna","Road from Lawyers Road to County Road to Herndon","Road from John Jackson's land to the Gum Spring and Wolcott Road","Road from Alexandria Pike to the Georgetown Pike","Road from Braddock Road to the land of Georgine Martin","County road leading from Old Union Church to Rocky Run","Road from the new road to \"Lee Chapel\", to Burkes Station, passing through the land of Hannah Burke","Change: \"Detwiler Road\" from Clifton to Centreville Road","Change: Clifton and Yates Ford Road to avoid a heavy grade","Road through the land of William Harris","Road from New Guinea Road to a point on the land of B. Skinner","Clifton and Centreville","Change: Road leading from Old Church Road to the Herndon Road","Road from point on Backlick Road (Old Gallows Road) to Backlick Road","Re-open west end of New Market Road","Open a road from Charles Thornton's lands to Berks Station","Change: Road leading from Dranesville to Herndon","Road from the Pole Road in Mount Vernon district to Long Branch Station on the A \u0026 F Railroad to Backlick Road","Road from the Telegraph Road to Old County Road at John Henderson's Corner","Road from the Little River Turnpike to the Annandale and Old Tavern Road leading towards Washington","Change: Willow Spring Road on property of Col. E. White","Unknown\n","From the farm of W.H. Snowden to the \"County road\" leading from \"Little Hunting Creek\" to Accotink and Alexandria Highway","Road from Little River Turnpike to the Braddock Road","Road on a point near bridge on Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike","Widen the road leading from Jenkin's Corner to Andrew Chapel","County Road from the middle of Alexandria Pike to Alexandria Line","Point on River Road to the Potomac River","Change: Part of County Road known as Colchester Road near Doddridge Lee","Road from Braddock Road to Warrenton Pike","Road from Lincolnville County Road to East Falls Church Depot","Road from Occoquan to Colchester","Road report on the Little River Turnpike","Report on road from Gum Springs to Mt. Vernon","Road from Vienna to Hunter's Mill, County Road","Road from Money's Corner on the Lawyer's Road to Thorton (Wheile) Station","Road from Herndon and Detwiler Road to Dunlop's Gate","Road from Bull Run to the Turnpike at J. Well's Corner","Road from Leesburg Pike to Carlin Springs","Road extension of Mutersbaugh Road","Road from the Georgetown Road to the road leading from the turnpike to Dunn Loring","Road leading from the Braddock Road to the Guinea Road near Long Branch","Road from Ball's Ford on Bull Run to Newmarket Road","Road from Little River Pike to Ox Road","Road from the land of John Mutersbaugh to the public road leading from Chain Bridge to Falls Church","Change: Road leading from Clifton to the Colchester Road","Road from the corner of Ely and Sarner, ending near the Newton Estate","Road leading from Episcopal Theological Seminary to Bailey's Crossroads to a post in the line of Terrett","Road from the Braddock Road to the Little River Turnpike","Change: the new road from Hooes Road to Telegraph Road to the Telegraph Road","Change: county road from Waples Mill across the land of A. B. Millard","Road from Elgin's school house to the Yates Ford Road","Road commencing at Bull Run...to the Centreville and Manassas Road","Widen road near Horse Pen Bridge on the Chantilly and Herndon Road","Widen county road where it crosses Difficult Run, near Leigh and Beal's (formerly Jackson's) Mill","Road survey of Accotink Pike","Change: Road at Pitman's Mill for the erection of a bridge over Great Rock Cedar Run","Change: road leading from Walter's Mill to Freedom Hill","Change: county road known as the Falls Church Road - from Fairfax Court House to Falls Church","Change: road from bridge over Difficult Run at Hunter's Mill to Hunter's Mill Store","Extend Maple Avenue in Vienna to Flint Hill Cemetery","Change: Sawmill Road","Discontinue portion of Ox Road from the north line of George Howard's land to intersection of county road leading from Frying Pan to Herndon","Change: road from Thompson's precinct enters road leading from Little River Turnpike to the Town of Herndon","Road commencing at Sanford Hutchinson's corner on Little River Turnpike to Braddock Road","Road from some point on the Little River Turnpike not more than two miles from Court House Building to Falls Church","Change: from Mero's store to Gum Spring","Road from River Road (Garner's Mill Road) to Georgetown and Leesburg Pike","Open portion of River Road (Garner's Mill Road) from Seneca Road to Loudoun and Fairfax Line","Road from at Red Hill to the Braddock Road at Salisbury Farm","Colchester Road over Pohick Run","Road leading from the Colchester Road to Payne's Church Road","Road entering the Court House by the Warrenton and Little River Turnpikes","Road from West End Catholic Church to the Corporation Limits of the Town of Falls Church","Beginning in Wolf Run Shoals Road, at the Elgin School House...to Yates Ford Road","Road leading from the Colchester Road to Braddock Road","Extend county road from Woodyard's Precinct...to Ford's Mill Road","Road from Braddock Road near Accotink Run to Little River Turnpike over the old tavern","Discontinue portion of county road leading from Centreville to the Little River Turnpike","At the point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land","At a point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land","Road from Falls Church to Little River Turnpike","Widen Guinea Road near Burke's Station","From a point on the road leading from Herndon to the Ox Road...to a point on the road leading from Wiehle to the Lawyer's Road","Road leading from Freedom Hill to Middle Turnpike...to road from Freedom Hill to Walter's Mill\n","County road between the Court House and Ridge Road, beginning at Robert Mateers Lane and ending at a convenient point on Ridge Road\n","Road right of way from Collingwood Beach to the County Road","Change: Road from Old Union to Georgetown Turnpike, through the lands of Mrs. Carper and others, near Bethel Baptist Church","Road from point in the boundary line between Fairfax and the city of Alexandria...to a junction with the Middle (or Leesburg) Turnpike","Change: County Road from Clifton to Fairfax Station through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property (County of Fairfax land)","Change: county road from Clifton to Fairfax Station, through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property","Road survey of Schreaves Road leading to Falls Church","Change: Hampton Road, opposite the lands of Fairfax and Marshall","Road from Clifton to Yates Ford Road, through the lands of M. Hetzel, J. T. Pettitt, D. N. Robinson, C. F. Ford, and J. A. Marshall","Change: County road from Fairfax County Road, adjacent to land of N. F. Graham","Change: road leading from Sideburn Station to the Fairfax Station Road","Road from Gunston Road...to crossroads known as Negro Head","Outlet road in Lee District from Anbagen's farm to the Alexandria Road","County road from a point in the town of Wiehle on the line of the Southern Railway in the Dranesville District...to a point on the Ridge Road","Discontinue road from A and E Railway Company to the Rolling Road in the Lee District","Road from the lands of William R. Ward to Telegraph Station, through the lands of Mrs. Lee","Road from Clifton to Mr. Thomas Fenwick's land, intersecting with Colchester Road","Chapel Street in Clifton Station; extension eastward to Colchester Roll-way","Road from Pohick Road...to the Keene's Mill Road","Road from the Falls Church and Court House Road to the \"Hunter Road\"","Change: road near Bone Mill Ridge over Accotink Run, from Whose Road to the new bridge\n","Relocate: County Road from Little River Turnpike to Edgar Scott's Residence\n","Point on county road near Ashton's leading from Little River Turnpike to Centreville to a point on the Warrenton Turnpike","Road from a point on the New Cut Road near Vale Post Office to Ox Road","Road from Braddock Road to Sagar Avenue near Fairfax Court House","Establish boundary lines of road leading from Faulkner's shop on Leesburg Turnpike to the residence of Joshua Kirby","Repair road leading from Ballston to Langley","County road on the boundary lines of Truitt, Payne, \u0026 McNair","Open private road to the public; the road at V. W. Lee's to the county road near Stuart's Mill","Road from the point on the Braddock Road to a point on the Guinea Road","Road from Luis Corner to a point on a road from Fairfax to Vienna, opposite or near the road running to Falls Church","Outlet road beginning at the corner of the Wooster tract, along the Van Gorder tract to the Magner Road","Change: public road leading from Jermantown to Oakton","Road from the Telegraph Road to Franconia Station","Change: Straighten point on Hampton Road in front of residence of H. E. Bradley through the lands of H. E. Bradley","Change: Public road from Jermantown to Waples on Millard's Mill","Road from the lands of Percy Cranford to Gunston Road, including building a bridge over Keans Creek","Road from Leesburg Turnpike near Munson's Hill to a point on the public road from Mt. Olivet Church to the Falls Church to the Falls Church and Georgetown Turnpike","Discontinue a road","Road leading from Lorton Valley Post Office...to the Colchester Public Road","Change: Road leading from Lewinsville to Chesterbrook","Change: Telegraph Road along Accotink Run north of Pohick Church","Establish boundary lines of County road leading from Core's corner on the Alexandria Pike to Lewinsville","Outlet road from land of Charles H. Smith to Riverside Park Road","Road leading from Sideburn Station to the new cut road where it intersects with Old Braddock Road\n","Road across the bed of a lake or pond in the Town of Wiehle\n","Road from section of Ball's Hill...following the general course of the old Army Road and intersecting with Langley - Lewinsville Road\n","Road from Mount Vernon Road between the City of Alexandria and Mount Vernon to Telegraph Road\n","Road leading from Yates Ford Road to a point near Lewis Woodyards","Road from Accotink Station to Accotink Village to a point on the northwest side of Telegraph Road at or near the corner of the lands of Nevitt and Higham\n","Road from point on Sawyers Road to Hunter's Mill Crossing on the S. R. Way\n","Change: road and overhead bridge at Fairfax Station\n","Road from a point on the Rolling Road at the corner between Young and Javin's farms to the Braddock Road\n","Change: Road at Pohick Station\n","Change: Public Road at Herbert's Crossing\n","Change/Establish road at Southern Railway Crossing at Burke's Station\n","Change: Road leading from Hunter's Mill to Freedom Hill\n","Change/Establish: Road at Accotink Station in the Mount Vernon District","Change: Road near Lorton through lands of John Plaskett","Road from Fords Mill Road to the Yates Ford Road","Change: Country Road through lands of Charles Cutts","Change:'Talbert' Road to line between Martin and Kilbourn to the Railroad Station\n","Road from Georgetown and Leesburg Turnpike to Great Falls on the Potomac River\n","Repair River Road near Riverside and Hunter's in Alexandria","Road from Brown's Mill...to a point on Hunter Mill Road","Road across Creed's land to Bailey's Crossroads to Theological Seminary Road","Change: Little River Turnpike bridge near Alexandria; over the stream on the road running from Little River Turnpike over Annandale to Falls Church, in the Falls Church District","Change: County Road from the Warrenton Pike to Pleasant Valley\n","Discontinue road running from Fairfax Falls Church Road near Merrifield to Little River Turnpike near Davis' Store \u0026 Horace Gibson's shop\n","Discontinue county road from Little River Turnpike to point on Fairfax- Falls Church Road","Road from Oakton, VA running west to a point on Vale Road near Montgomery\n","Road starting from the corner of Robert Wrenn on the Centreville and Chantilly Road...to the Braddock Road","Road from site of old Fairfax Station to the new Fairfax Station (Lee District)","Occoquan Road","There are no restrictions.\n","Unit 40, Shelf 5\n","Fairfax Circuit Court","Richardson, F. D. (1808-1880)","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Fairfax County Road Petitions, 1844-1908\t, \n1844-1854, 1856-1858, 1866-1908, non-inclusive"],"collection_ssim":["Fairfax County Road Petitions, 1844-1908\t, \n1844-1854, 1856-1858, 1866-1908, non-inclusive"],"repository_ssm":["Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"repository_ssim":["Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"geogname_ssm":["Fairfax County, Virginia"],"geogname_ssim":["Fairfax County, Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Fairfax Circuit Court\n"],"creator_ssim":["Fairfax Circuit Court\n"],"places_ssim":["Fairfax County, Virginia"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Permanent Records of Fairfax Circuit Court.\n"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Roads, transportation, railroads, road repairs, road safety","Clerk of Circuit Court","Paper, iron gall ink, graphite pencil, watercolor"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Roads, transportation, railroads, road repairs, road safety","Clerk of Circuit Court","Paper, iron gall ink, graphite pencil, watercolor"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["."],"extent_ssm":["5 linear feet"],"extent_tesim":["5 linear feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Paper, iron gall ink, graphite pencil, watercolor"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Collection is open for research.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The Collection is open for research.\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged chronologically by the year the petition was made, and then alphabetically by the main petitioner within each year.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged chronologically by the year the petition was made, and then alphabetically by the main petitioner within each year.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFairfax County was founded in 1742 from the northern part of Prince William County. Public transportation was, and continues to be, vital to Fairfax County's economy. Using the Code of Virginia, one can better understand how roads were authorized and developed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrior to the Byrd Road Act of 1932, roads were authorized by the court, and in the early 20th century, the Board of Supervisors.  According to Chapter LII of the 1860 Virginia Code, once a person applied for a county road to be opened or changed, the court proceeded by appointing road commissioners and otherwise ascertaining the practicality and usefulness of the proposed road, the benefit to the community and individual, and any damages to surrounding property. To establish any one road, no more than one acre could be taken from a single individual.  The road proposed is usually identified as being the road from \"Point A\" to \"Point B,\" the points being known areas of interest, i.e. mills, churches, stores, dams, turnpikes, and so on.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst, the circuit court received an application for a county road, usually from an individual with anywhere between one and upwards of 30 fellow petitioners. The court then directed one or more of the county's road commissioners to view the proposed land for the road and its surroundings and then report on the conveniences and inconveniences to both individuals and the public - especially if any yard, garden, or orchard needed to be taken for the proposed road. The commissioner's job was to report facts and circumstances that would help the court determine the expediency of establishing or altering the county road. The commissioner(s) could also offer their opinion either in favor of or against the proposed road and suggest alternate routes. A map, plat, or diagram had to accompany the road commissioner(s) report, and if the commissioner was not a surveyor, one had to be procured.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCitizens could also apply to discontinue a road, though it was far rarer. To do so, the person had to publish a notice of the intended application on the first day of the county court's term at the county courthouse door and in two public places in the neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter it received all the reports and other evidence, the court then determined whether the road would be established or altered as proposed and who would maintain it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOnce the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOnce the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Fairfax County was founded in 1742 from the northern part of Prince William County. Public transportation was, and continues to be, vital to Fairfax County's economy. Using the Code of Virginia, one can better understand how roads were authorized and developed.","Prior to the Byrd Road Act of 1932, roads were authorized by the court, and in the early 20th century, the Board of Supervisors.  According to Chapter LII of the 1860 Virginia Code, once a person applied for a county road to be opened or changed, the court proceeded by appointing road commissioners and otherwise ascertaining the practicality and usefulness of the proposed road, the benefit to the community and individual, and any damages to surrounding property. To establish any one road, no more than one acre could be taken from a single individual.  The road proposed is usually identified as being the road from \"Point A\" to \"Point B,\" the points being known areas of interest, i.e. mills, churches, stores, dams, turnpikes, and so on.","First, the circuit court received an application for a county road, usually from an individual with anywhere between one and upwards of 30 fellow petitioners. The court then directed one or more of the county's road commissioners to view the proposed land for the road and its surroundings and then report on the conveniences and inconveniences to both individuals and the public - especially if any yard, garden, or orchard needed to be taken for the proposed road. The commissioner's job was to report facts and circumstances that would help the court determine the expediency of establishing or altering the county road. The commissioner(s) could also offer their opinion either in favor of or against the proposed road and suggest alternate routes. A map, plat, or diagram had to accompany the road commissioner(s) report, and if the commissioner was not a surveyor, one had to be procured.","Citizens could also apply to discontinue a road, though it was far rarer. To do so, the person had to publish a notice of the intended application on the first day of the county court's term at the county courthouse door and in two public places in the neighborhood.","After it received all the reports and other evidence, the court then determined whether the road would be established or altered as proposed and who would maintain it.","Once the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate.","Once the court received the commissioner's report, provided it was favorable to the proposed road, the court summoned the proprietors and tenants of the lands affected by the proposed road. Once the sheriff executed the summons, the court determined the matter of the road without a writ of ad quod damnum if the court had enough funds for a just compensation and if the proprietors and tenants accepted the compensation. (A writ of ad quod damnum is a law term from the English chancery ordering the sheriff to determine what damages a certain act will incur). But if any proprietor or tenant wished for a writ or the court saw good cause for it, the court awarded it. The writ of ad quod damnum commanded the sheriff to summon a jury of twelve freeholders to meet on the proprietors' and tenants' lands, view them, and ascertain a just compensation for the land damages. The jury also ascertained if the proposed road was one of more private convenience and, accordingly, if a lesser compensation was appropriate."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Fairfax County Road Petitions, 1844-1908, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Fairfax County Road Petitions, 1844-1908, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection starts in 1844 and ends in 1908.  The bulk of the collection is concentrated from 1867 through 1890, with a particularly prominent concentration from 1886 through 1890. No records from 1859 through 1865 exist.  Likewise, no road petition records exist prior to 1844 - both gaps in chronology are likely due to military activity during the Civil War. The Library of Virginia identifies Fairfax County as a \"Lost Records Locality,\" meaning this locality suffered significant losses of early records due to military action. Our records end in 1908 because the law changed in 1909, shifting responsibility for road petitions to the county's Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost road petition folders include court summons and/or the original petition. These petitions usually include original signatures. Many also include reports from district road commissioners, plats, and letters of correspondence to the court. The reports from the road commissioners and the court summons are the most common documents, while the plats and letters are slightly rarer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the main petitioner, month and year of the petition, and the road in question, each folder notes any additional petitioners if applicable and neighbors around the proposed road. The neighbors are particularly useful to see who lived near who, and how that changed over time. Some neighbor listings note someone's heirs, which indicates the property owner is deceased and their heirs owned the property. If a plat is included, it is noted on the folder and in the index.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne person of note from this collection is Margaret Hetzel. Her name appears in eight road petitions either as a main petitioner, an additional petitioner, or a neighbor. She appears to have been very active in the Fairfax community, even into her old age as her health declined and kept her from appearing in court. Her main concern in these road petitions was road safety. In several of the cases, she wrote directly to the judge urging him to grant the road petition because the existing road or route was unsafe.  She expressed concern over a very high hill, decaying bridges, and deeply rutted roads. And in road cases in 1892, 1893 and 1897, she freely gave her land and did not claim any damages. She seems to have been a woman committed to improving her community and far more involved in doing so than we might expect for the average 19th century woman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Old Pohick Church to the Stage Road at Occoquan\u003c/title\u003e. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading by Gunston House (Tea Table) to Hallowing Point.\u003c/title\u003e.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Hunter's Mill Road beginning at Old Courthouse Road\u003c/title\u003e.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Middle Turnpike to the Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Fairfax Court House to McIlhaney's Toll Gate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Fox's Upper Mill to German Town\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFrom Hunter's Mill Road to the Little River Turnpike Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road leading to Fairfax County Courthouse near N. Cornell's blacksmith shop\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad beginning at Ellzey's Church Road...to the road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to the Old Courthouse\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBetween difficult bridge on the Middle Turnpike Road and Mateers Tavern\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad beginning at a point on the Falls Church Road to the Falls Bridge Turnpike Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road from Middle Turnpike to the Union Meeting House\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Ball's Neighborhood to Middle Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from lands of Devaughn to the Rolling Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: the Falls Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: to the Wolf Run Shoals Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Newman on Horsepan Run...to road at Frying Pan Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: part of Hunter's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Backlick Road to the Rolling Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Conn's Ferry Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Pohick Church to Mason's Neck\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from intersection of road leading from Accotink Mills...to the Backlit Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSurvey of boundary line between Brook and Williams\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Frying Pan Church to Liberty Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Backlick Road to the Middle Turnpike Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Dranesville to Potomac at/or near where J.R.M. Lowe's sawmill formerly stood (Lowe's Island)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading to Shirley Gate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Stage Road near foot of Potter's Hill...to Backlick Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Little River Turnpike to intersect the road leading from the Frying Pan Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from point on Frying Pan Road at Gunnells School House to Liberty Church at Dranesville\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Falls Church Road...to the old Backlit Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Alexandria County Line to the Middle Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad at the new cut road near house of John Fox...to Fox's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from land of J. Edward Chase...to the Telegraph Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad through lands of F.F. Triplett...to Rolling Road; Referred in Appeal of Bond vs. Green et. al. Supreme Court of Virginia Appeals - 7 March 1949 (189 va. 23)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road leading from Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from F.F. Triplett's to the Rolling Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Stryker's Land...to road leading to Fairfax Courthouse\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTown of Colchester from lot #15 to lot #8 - following a street as laid down\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Ox Road to Fairfax Court House\n\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road from Follin's Corner to the Old Court House\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: County Road near Union Mills\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Friends Meeting House to the Telegraph Road through Warrington Gillingham's farm\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eClose road leading from the Little River Turnpike to the Old Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Harrison's Crossing on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to some point near Fairfax Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Nancy Kidwell's farm on Guinea Road to the Railroad at London's Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePetition to assess condition of First and Second section of Middle Turnpike Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Centreville to Orange and Alexandria Railroad at Union Mills\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: The Telegraph Road where it crosses Accotink Run\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: \"Windsor Road\" - leading from Alexandria Road to the Telegraph Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from New Cut Road to west side of Fox's Mill Dam\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Springfield Road to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: \"Lawyer's Road\" near Hawxhurst Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Neck County Road to the Alexandria, Accotink, and Mount Vernon Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Route leading from Centreville and Frying Pan Road to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe point on Falls Bridge Road...to New Cut Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from John Pierson's Corner to Hunter's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Corner of Woodlawn Road to point near Mount Vernon Gate \u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Old Braddock Road to Payne's Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad through William Hunter's Property\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue use of section of road leading from Guinea Road to Keene's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road leading from Annandale to Upton's Hill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eContinuation of the Pole Road to Mount Vernon Road (Alexandria/Accotink Turnpike)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue section of New Market Road to Ball's Ford\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue Road beginning at Colchester Road to the Neck Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Centreville to Devereau Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Colchester to Accotink Valley\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue section of road leading from Old Mill Landing on Dogue Creek over lands to Troth, Wright and Mason\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on Hunter's Mill Road to Johnson's Crossing on the A. L. \u0026amp; H. Railroad\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCommencing on Brush's Land to the road leading from Falls Church to Fairfax Courthouse\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eContinuation of Road near Benjamin Shreve's house to the Gallow's Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBraddock Road near intersection with Washburn's Land to Little River Turnpike (Old Alexandria Road)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOld Courthouse Road to Hunter's Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLanding on Dogue Creek at Old Washington Mill to public road leading to Alexandria\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Old Leesburg Road to Herndon at the A. L. and H. Railroad\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eIntersection of Vienna Road with the Old Court House Road and Hunter's Mill Road to Middle Turnpike Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad beginning at Yate's Ford Road to the Colchester Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMiddle Turnpike Road to Backlit Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eClifton Station to Yates Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCommencing at the gate of James M. Talbot to some point on the County Road to Alexandria\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eGarner's Mill Road to the Georgetown Pike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFlint Hill Road to intersection of Fairfax Courthouse and Georgetown Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTelegraph Road to Colchester Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on Backlick Road to Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road from Clifton to Wolf Runs Shoals Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFrom point on the road leading from Fall's Church to Fairfax Courthouse to a point on the Middle Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eFrom Ox Road in Herndon to the Herndon Station - W. \u0026amp;  O  Railroad\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWolf Run Shoals Road to Thomas Fairfax's Land\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePetition to take Little Falls Road from Falls Church to Alexandria County Line of Toll Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: New Cut Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHorsepen Run near Hight's Mill to Loudon County Line\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Clifton and Centreville Road to Little River Turnpike near Chantilly\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Clifton to the Union Mills Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to Hawxhurst and Hunter's Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Little River Turnpike at Ayers to the Old Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Great Falls to Tenley S. Swink\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on the Rolling Road to Little River Turnpike near Lebanon Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Buckleys School House to Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Accotink Mill Road to Railroad Station on Long Branch\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBeginning on Neck (Sheridan's Point) Road to the Alexandria, Mount Vernon and Accotink Turnpike Roads\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from J. Wells on Warrenton and Alexandria Turnpike to Sudley Mills\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Lewinsville to the Great Falls\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRequest by Talbot\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVandeusen Road to Fairfax/Loudon Line\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: County Road running over Hardbowers Hill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Accotink Run to the Keen's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on Middle Turnpike near Falls Church Station to Four Mile Run\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Portion of Ox Road near Henderson Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road arount Gantts Hill from Tyson's Corner to Lewinsville\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Old Fredericksburg Road (Accotink Turnpike) to the Road leading from the Gum Spring to the Ferry Landing\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint one mile west from the village at Herndon to Loudon County Line\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road known as Doctor Hunter's New Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Scott Farm on Potomac to Garner's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad in Vienna from the Foundry to the Georgetown Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Colchester Road to Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Dyer's Ford along Bull Run to Road leading to Fairfax Courthouse\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTurn road over to Fairfax County\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Mrs. Evan's Ford on the Bull Run to the Yate's Ford Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBeginning at Lawyer's Road and running to the New Cut Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad between the Occoquan Run and the Ox Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue road from Keene's Mill Road to the Rolling Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Peter Pulman's on Telegraph Road to Hunting Creek Bridge Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Neck Road to Alexandria and Accotink Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road from Centreville to Little River Turnpike to avoid heavy grade\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Dyers Ford through lands of Lewis Woodyard\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad beginning at Fitzhugh's gate on Ox Road to New County Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Pohick to Farr's Cross Roads\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLittle River Turnpike and County Road leading from Springfield Station on Virginia Midland Railroad\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAshford's corner at School House to Old Cherry Tree at Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Union Mill Road to Colchester Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eColored schoolhouse on Lewinsville Road to Alexandria and Leesburg Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Little River Turnpike to Old Warrenton Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eGate near Burke's Mill Road to point where Virginia Midland Railroad crosses the Rolling Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Rolling Road at Frobel's Hill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBeginning at the corner 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Shreve\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLittle River Turnpike to Orange \u0026amp; Alexandria Railroad at Skinner's Crossing\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCourthouse road to the Ridge Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from county road near Lewis Chapel to Telegraph Station on the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint of Road leading from Court House and Hunters Mill Road to Vienna near Murnanes's Gate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Orcutt Road to point where it intersects with Maple Avenue\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Falkner's Shop on Leesburg Turnpike to Fall's Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Old Road over Holmes Run known as Barcroft Bridge\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Little River Turnpike to Backlick Road by Lebanon school house\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eGreat Falls and Lewinsville Road to the Middle Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRidge Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eYates Ford Road from Clifton Station to Union Mills\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBeginning at corner of the land of Smyth\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Gum Spring to the intersection with the Mount Vernon Lane\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Annandale to Springfield to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Orcutt Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Ridge Road from Alexandria Turnpike to Herndon Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Old Union school house to the Alexandria Pike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Lincolnville to the Chain Bridge Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad beginning at the Alexandria Turnpike to the Falls Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePublic Highway from Andrew Chapel to Jackson 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Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Centreville to Manassas to Clifton Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: \"Lemon Road\" running from Middle Turnpike to Falls Church and Lewinsville Roads\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVienna \u0026amp; Andrew Chapel Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad beginning at Little River Turnpike to the Falls Church Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Blacksmith Shop of Horace Gibson on the Little River Turnpike to Falls Church Road at Mills Crossing Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStone's Old Mill Road\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad commencing at Vale...from Fairfax Court House to 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Dey road to Ox Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Old Colchester Road to Fairfax Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad near the house of John and Thomas Clarke to the Lawyers Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLocation of Pole Road running from Pool Run to James Hunter's Gate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOpen portion of New Market Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Hunter's Mill Road leading to Lawyers Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Herndon Chantilly Road the the Valley Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on Hampton Road at Sandy Run to Hampton Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad passing through the Middle Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road on R. C. Jones' land\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road running from Washington, Ohio and Western Railway near Vienna\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Lawyers Road to County Road to Herndon\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from John Jackson's land to the Gum Spring and Wolcott Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Alexandria Pike to the Georgetown Pike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Braddock Road to the land of Georgine Martin\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCounty road leading from Old Union Church to Rocky Run\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the new road to \"Lee Chapel\", to Burkes Station, passing through the land of Hannah Burke\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: \"Detwiler Road\" from Clifton to Centreville Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Clifton and Yates Ford Road to avoid a heavy grade\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad through the land of William Harris\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from New Guinea Road to a point on the land of B. Skinner\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eClifton and Centreville\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Old Church Road to the Herndon Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from point on Backlick Road (Old Gallows Road) to Backlick Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRe-open west end of New Market Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOpen a road from Charles Thornton's lands to Berks Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Dranesville to Herndon\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Pole Road in Mount Vernon district to Long Branch Station on the A \u0026amp; F Railroad to Backlick Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Telegraph Road to Old County Road at John Henderson's Corner\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Little River Turnpike to the Annandale and Old Tavern Road leading towards Washington\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Willow Spring Road on property of Col. E. White\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnknown\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFrom the farm of W.H. Snowden to the \"County road\" leading from \"Little Hunting Creek\" to Accotink and Alexandria Highway\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Little River Turnpike to the Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad on a point near bridge on Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWiden the road leading from Jenkin's Corner to Andrew Chapel\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCounty Road from the middle of Alexandria Pike to Alexandria Line\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on River Road to the Potomac River\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Part of County Road known as Colchester Road near Doddridge Lee\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Braddock Road to Warrenton Pike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Lincolnville County Road to East Falls Church Depot\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Occoquan to Colchester\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad report on the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eReport on road from Gum Springs to Mt. Vernon\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Vienna to Hunter's Mill, County Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Money's Corner on the Lawyer's Road to Thorton (Wheile) Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Herndon and Detwiler Road to Dunlop's Gate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Bull Run to the Turnpike at J. Well's Corner\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Leesburg Pike to Carlin Springs\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad extension of Mutersbaugh Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Georgetown Road to the road leading from the turnpike to Dunn Loring\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from the Braddock Road to the Guinea Road near Long Branch\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Ball's Ford on Bull Run to Newmarket Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Little River Pike to Ox Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the land of John Mutersbaugh to the public road leading from Chain Bridge to Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Clifton to the Colchester Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the corner of Ely and Sarner, ending near the Newton Estate\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Episcopal Theological Seminary to Bailey's Crossroads to a post in the line of Terrett\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Braddock Road to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: the new road from Hooes Road to Telegraph Road to the Telegraph Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: county road from Waples Mill across the land of A. B. Millard\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Elgin's school house to the Yates Ford Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad commencing at Bull Run...to the Centreville and Manassas Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWiden road near Horse Pen Bridge on the Chantilly and Herndon Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWiden county road where it crosses Difficult Run, near Leigh and Beal's (formerly Jackson's) Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad survey of Accotink Pike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road at Pitman's Mill for the erection of a bridge over Great Rock Cedar Run\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road leading from Walter's Mill to Freedom Hill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: county road known as the Falls Church Road - from Fairfax Court House to Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road from bridge over Difficult Run at Hunter's Mill to Hunter's Mill Store\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eExtend Maple Avenue in Vienna to Flint Hill Cemetery\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Sawmill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue portion of Ox Road from the north line of George Howard's land to intersection of county road leading from Frying Pan to Herndon\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road from Thompson's precinct enters road leading from Little River Turnpike to the Town of Herndon\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad commencing at Sanford Hutchinson's corner on Little River Turnpike to Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from some point on the Little River Turnpike not more than two miles from Court House Building to Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: from Mero's store to Gum Spring\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from River Road (Garner's Mill Road) to Georgetown and Leesburg Pike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOpen portion of River Road (Garner's Mill Road) from Seneca Road to Loudoun and Fairfax Line\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from at Red Hill to the Braddock Road at Salisbury Farm\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eColchester Road over Pohick Run\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from the Colchester Road to Payne's Church Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad entering the Court House by the Warrenton and Little River Turnpikes\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from West End Catholic Church to the Corporation Limits of the Town of Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBeginning in Wolf Run Shoals Road, at the Elgin School House...to Yates Ford Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from the Colchester Road to Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eExtend county road from Woodyard's Precinct...to Ford's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Braddock Road near Accotink Run to Little River Turnpike over the old tavern\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue portion of county road leading from Centreville to the Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAt the point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAt a point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Falls Church to Little River Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWiden Guinea Road near Burke's Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFrom a point on the road leading from Herndon to the Ox Road...to a point on the road leading from Wiehle to the Lawyer's Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Freedom Hill to Middle Turnpike...to road from Freedom Hill to Walter's Mill\n\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCounty road between the Court House and Ridge Road, beginning at Robert Mateers Lane and ending at a convenient point on Ridge Road\n\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad right of way from Collingwood Beach to the County Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road from Old Union to Georgetown Turnpike, through the lands of Mrs. Carper and others, near Bethel Baptist Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from point in the boundary line between Fairfax and the city of Alexandria...to a junction with the Middle (or Leesburg) Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: County Road from Clifton to Fairfax Station through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property (County of Fairfax land)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: county road from Clifton to Fairfax Station, through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad survey of Schreaves Road leading to Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Hampton Road, opposite the lands of Fairfax and Marshall\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Clifton to Yates Ford Road, through the lands of M. Hetzel, J. T. Pettitt, D. N. Robinson, C. F. Ford, and J. A. Marshall\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: County road from Fairfax County Road, adjacent to land of N. F. Graham\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road leading from Sideburn Station to the Fairfax Station Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Gunston Road...to crossroads known as Negro Head\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOutlet road in Lee District from Anbagen's farm to the Alexandria Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCounty road from a point in the town of Wiehle on the line of the Southern Railway in the Dranesville District...to a point on the Ridge Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue road from A and E Railway Company to the Rolling Road in the Lee District\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the lands of William R. Ward to Telegraph Station, through the lands of Mrs. Lee\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Clifton to Mr. Thomas Fenwick's land, intersecting with Colchester Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChapel Street in Clifton Station; extension eastward to Colchester Roll-way\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Pohick Road...to the Keene's Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Falls Church and Court House Road to the \"Hunter Road\"\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road near Bone Mill Ridge over Accotink Run, from Whose Road to the new bridge\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRelocate: County Road from Little River Turnpike to Edgar Scott's Residence\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoint on county road near Ashton's leading from Little River Turnpike to Centreville to a point on the Warrenton Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from a point on the New Cut Road near Vale Post Office to Ox Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Braddock Road to Sagar Avenue near Fairfax Court House\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEstablish boundary lines of road leading from Faulkner's shop on Leesburg Turnpike to the residence of Joshua Kirby\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRepair road leading from Ballston to Langley\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCounty road on the boundary lines of Truitt, Payne, \u0026amp; McNair\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOpen private road to the public; the road at V. W. Lee's to the county road near Stuart's Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the point on the Braddock Road to a point on the Guinea Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Luis Corner to a point on a road from Fairfax to Vienna, opposite or near the road running to Falls Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOutlet road beginning at the corner of the Wooster tract, along the Van Gorder tract to the Magner Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: public road leading from Jermantown to Oakton\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the Telegraph Road to Franconia Station\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Straighten point on Hampton Road in front of residence of H. E. Bradley through the lands of H. E. Bradley\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Public road from Jermantown to Waples on Millard's Mill\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from the lands of Percy Cranford to Gunston Road, including building a bridge over Keans Creek\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Leesburg Turnpike near Munson's Hill to a point on the public road from Mt. Olivet Church to the Falls Church to the Falls Church and Georgetown Turnpike\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue a road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Lorton Valley Post Office...to the Colchester Public Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Lewinsville to Chesterbrook\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Telegraph Road along Accotink Run north of Pohick Church\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEstablish boundary lines of County road leading from Core's corner on the Alexandria Pike to Lewinsville\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOutlet road from land of Charles H. Smith to Riverside Park Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Sideburn Station to the new cut road where it intersects with Old Braddock Road\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad across the bed of a lake or pond in the Town of Wiehle\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from section of Ball's Hill...following the general course of the old Army Road and intersecting with Langley - Lewinsville Road\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Mount Vernon Road between the City of Alexandria and Mount Vernon to Telegraph Road\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad leading from Yates Ford Road to a point near Lewis Woodyards\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Accotink Station to Accotink Village to a point on the northwest side of Telegraph Road at or near the corner of the lands of Nevitt and Higham\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from point on Sawyers Road to Hunter's Mill Crossing on the S. R. Way\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: road and overhead bridge at Fairfax Station\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from a point on the Rolling Road at the corner between Young and Javin's farms to the Braddock Road\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road at Pohick Station\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Public Road at Herbert's Crossing\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange/Establish road at Southern Railway Crossing at Burke's Station\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road leading from Hunter's Mill to Freedom Hill\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange/Establish: Road at Accotink Station in the Mount Vernon District\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Road near Lorton through lands of John Plaskett\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Fords Mill Road to the Yates Ford Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Country Road through lands of Charles Cutts\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange:'Talbert' Road to line between Martin and Kilbourn to the Railroad Station\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Georgetown and Leesburg Turnpike to Great Falls on the Potomac River\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRepair River Road near Riverside and Hunter's in Alexandria\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Brown's Mill...to a point on Hunter Mill Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad across Creed's land to Bailey's Crossroads to Theological Seminary Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: Little River Turnpike bridge near Alexandria; over the stream on the road running from Little River Turnpike over Annandale to Falls Church, in the Falls Church District\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChange: County Road from the Warrenton Pike to Pleasant Valley\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue road running from Fairfax Falls Church Road near Merrifield to Little River Turnpike near Davis' Store \u0026amp; Horace Gibson's shop\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDiscontinue county road from Little River Turnpike to point on Fairfax- Falls Church Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from Oakton, VA running west to a point on Vale Road near Montgomery\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad starting from the corner of Robert Wrenn on the Centreville and Chantilly Road...to the Braddock Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRoad from site of old Fairfax Station to the new Fairfax Station (Lee District)\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOccoquan Road\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection starts in 1844 and ends in 1908.  The bulk of the collection is concentrated from 1867 through 1890, with a particularly prominent concentration from 1886 through 1890. No records from 1859 through 1865 exist.  Likewise, no road petition records exist prior to 1844 - both gaps in chronology are likely due to military activity during the Civil War. The Library of Virginia identifies Fairfax County as a \"Lost Records Locality,\" meaning this locality suffered significant losses of early records due to military action. Our records end in 1908 because the law changed in 1909, shifting responsibility for road petitions to the county's Board of Supervisors.","Most road petition folders include court summons and/or the original petition. These petitions usually include original signatures. Many also include reports from district road commissioners, plats, and letters of correspondence to the court. The reports from the road commissioners and the court summons are the most common documents, while the plats and letters are slightly rarer.","In addition to the main petitioner, month and year of the petition, and the road in question, each folder notes any additional petitioners if applicable and neighbors around the proposed road. The neighbors are particularly useful to see who lived near who, and how that changed over time. Some neighbor listings note someone's heirs, which indicates the property owner is deceased and their heirs owned the property. If a plat is included, it is noted on the folder and in the index.","One person of note from this collection is Margaret Hetzel. Her name appears in eight road petitions either as a main petitioner, an additional petitioner, or a neighbor. She appears to have been very active in the Fairfax community, even into her old age as her health declined and kept her from appearing in court. Her main concern in these road petitions was road safety. In several of the cases, she wrote directly to the judge urging him to grant the road petition because the existing road or route was unsafe.  She expressed concern over a very high hill, decaying bridges, and deeply rutted roads. And in road cases in 1892, 1893 and 1897, she freely gave her land and did not claim any damages. She seems to have been a woman committed to improving her community and far more involved in doing so than we might expect for the average 19th century woman.","Road leading from Old Pohick Church to the Stage Road at Occoquan . \n","Change: Road leading by Gunston House (Tea Table) to Hallowing Point. .\n","Change: Hunter's Mill Road beginning at Old Courthouse Road .\n","Change: Middle Turnpike to the Falls Church . \n","Road from Fairfax Court House to McIlhaney's Toll Gate","Road from Fox's Upper Mill to German Town","From Hunter's Mill Road to the Little River Turnpike Road","Change: road leading to Fairfax County Courthouse near N. Cornell's blacksmith shop","Road beginning at Ellzey's Church Road...to the road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to the Old Courthouse","Between difficult bridge on the Middle Turnpike Road and Mateers Tavern","Road beginning at a point on the Falls Church Road to the Falls Bridge Turnpike Road","Change: road from Middle Turnpike to the Union Meeting House","Road leading from Ball's Neighborhood to Middle Turnpike","Road from lands of Devaughn to the Rolling Road","Change: the Falls Road","Change: to the Wolf Run Shoals Road","Road from Newman on Horsepan Run...to road at Frying Pan Church","Change: part of Hunter's Mill Road","Change: Backlick Road to the Rolling Road","Change: Conn's Ferry Road","Change: Pohick Church to Mason's Neck","Road from intersection of road leading from Accotink Mills...to the Backlit Road","Survey of boundary line between Brook and Williams","Road from Frying Pan Church to Liberty Church","Road from Backlick Road to the Middle Turnpike Road","Road from Dranesville to Potomac at/or near where J.R.M. Lowe's sawmill formerly stood (Lowe's Island)","Change: Road leading to Shirley Gate","Road from Stage Road near foot of Potter's Hill...to Backlick Road","Road from Little River Turnpike to intersect the road leading from the Frying Pan Road","Road from point on Frying Pan Road at Gunnells School House to Liberty Church at Dranesville","Road from Falls Church Road...to the old Backlit Road","Change: Road leading from Alexandria County Line to the Middle Turnpike","Road at the new cut road near house of John Fox...to Fox's Mill Road","Road from land of J. Edward Chase...to the Telegraph Road","Road through lands of F.F. Triplett...to Rolling Road; Referred in Appeal of Bond vs. Green et. al. Supreme Court of Virginia Appeals - 7 March 1949 (189 va. 23)","Change: road leading from Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike","Road from F.F. Triplett's to the Rolling Road","Road from Stryker's Land...to road leading to Fairfax Courthouse","Town of Colchester from lot #15 to lot #8 - following a street as laid down","Road from the Ox Road to Fairfax Court House\n","Change: road from Follin's Corner to the Old Court House","Change: County Road near Union Mills","Road from the Friends Meeting House to the Telegraph Road through Warrington Gillingham's farm","Close road leading from the Little River Turnpike to the Old Church","Road from Harrison's Crossing on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to some point near Fairfax Station","Road from Nancy Kidwell's farm on Guinea Road to the Railroad at London's Mill","Petition to assess condition of First and Second section of Middle Turnpike Road","Road from Centreville to Orange and Alexandria Railroad at Union Mills","Change: The Telegraph Road where it crosses Accotink Run","Change: \"Windsor Road\" - leading from Alexandria Road to the Telegraph Road","Road leading from New Cut Road to west side of Fox's Mill Dam","Road from Springfield Road to the Little River Turnpike","Change: \"Lawyer's Road\" near Hawxhurst Mill","Road leading from Neck County Road to the Alexandria, Accotink, and Mount Vernon Turnpike","Change: Route leading from Centreville and Frying Pan Road to the Little River Turnpike","The point on Falls Bridge Road...to New Cut Road","Road from John Pierson's Corner to Hunter's Mill Road","The Corner of Woodlawn Road to point near Mount Vernon Gate ","Change: Road leading from Old Braddock Road to Payne's Church","Road through William Hunter's Property","Discontinue use of section of road leading from Guinea Road to Keene's Mill Road","Change: road leading from Annandale to Upton's Hill","Continuation of the Pole Road to Mount Vernon Road (Alexandria/Accotink Turnpike)","Discontinue section of New Market Road to Ball's Ford","Discontinue Road beginning at Colchester Road to the Neck Road","Road from Centreville to Devereau Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad","Change: Road leading from Colchester to Accotink Valley","Discontinue section of road leading from Old Mill Landing on Dogue Creek over lands to Troth, Wright and Mason","Point on Hunter's Mill Road to Johnson's Crossing on the A. L. \u0026 H. Railroad","Commencing on Brush's Land to the road leading from Falls Church to Fairfax Courthouse","Continuation of Road near Benjamin Shreve's house to the Gallow's Road","Braddock Road near intersection with Washburn's Land to Little River Turnpike (Old Alexandria Road)","Old Courthouse Road to Hunter's Mill","Landing on Dogue Creek at Old Washington Mill to public road leading to Alexandria","Road from the Old Leesburg Road to Herndon at the A. L. and H. Railroad","Intersection of Vienna Road with the Old Court House Road and Hunter's Mill Road to Middle Turnpike Road","Road beginning at Yate's Ford Road to the Colchester Road","Middle Turnpike Road to Backlit Road","Clifton Station to Yates Road","Commencing at the gate of James M. Talbot to some point on the County Road to Alexandria","Garner's Mill Road to the Georgetown Pike","Flint Hill Road to intersection of Fairfax Courthouse and Georgetown Road","Telegraph Road to Colchester Road","Point on Backlick Road to Braddock Road","Change: Road from Clifton to Wolf Runs Shoals Road","From point on the road leading from Fall's Church to Fairfax Courthouse to a point on the Middle Turnpike","From Ox Road in Herndon to the Herndon Station - W. \u0026  O  Railroad","Wolf Run Shoals Road to Thomas Fairfax's Land","Petition to take Little Falls Road from Falls Church to Alexandria County Line of Toll Road","Change: New Cut Road","Horsepen Run near Hight's Mill to Loudon County Line","Road from Clifton and Centreville Road to Little River Turnpike near Chantilly","Road from Clifton to the Union Mills Road","Change: Road leading from Fairfax Courthouse to Hawxhurst and Hunter's Mill","Road from Little River Turnpike at Ayers to the Old Braddock Road","Road from the Great Falls to Tenley S. Swink","Point on the Rolling Road to Little River Turnpike near Lebanon Church","Road leading from Buckleys School House to Little River Turnpike","Road from Accotink Mill Road to Railroad Station on Long Branch","Beginning on Neck (Sheridan's Point) Road to the Alexandria, Mount Vernon and Accotink Turnpike Roads","Road from J. Wells on Warrenton and Alexandria Turnpike to Sudley Mills","Road from Lewinsville to the Great Falls","Request by Talbot","Vandeusen Road to Fairfax/Loudon Line","Change: County Road running over Hardbowers Hill","Road from Accotink Run to the Keen's Mill Road","Point on Middle Turnpike near Falls Church Station to Four Mile Run","Change: Portion of Ox Road near Henderson Road","Change: Road arount Gantts Hill from Tyson's Corner to Lewinsville","Road from the Old Fredericksburg Road (Accotink Turnpike) to the Road leading from the Gum Spring to the Ferry Landing","Point one mile west from the village at Herndon to Loudon County Line","Change: Road known as Doctor Hunter's New Road","Road from Scott Farm on Potomac to Garner's Mill Road","Road in Vienna from the Foundry to the Georgetown Road","Road from Colchester Road to Braddock Road","Road from Dyer's Ford along Bull Run to Road leading to Fairfax Courthouse","Turn road over to Fairfax County","Road from Mrs. Evan's Ford on the Bull Run to the Yate's Ford Road","Beginning at Lawyer's Road and running to the New Cut Road","Road between the Occoquan Run and the Ox Road","Discontinue road from Keene's Mill Road to the Rolling Road","Road leading from Peter Pulman's on Telegraph Road to Hunting Creek Bridge Road","Road from Neck Road to Alexandria and Accotink Road","Change: Road from Centreville to Little River Turnpike to avoid heavy grade","Road from Dyers Ford through lands of Lewis Woodyard","Road beginning at Fitzhugh's gate on Ox Road to New County Road","Road from Pohick to Farr's Cross Roads","Little River Turnpike and County Road leading from Springfield Station on Virginia Midland Railroad","Ashford's corner at School House to Old Cherry Tree at Braddock Road","Road from Union Mill Road to Colchester Road","Colored schoolhouse on Lewinsville Road to Alexandria and Leesburg Turnpike","Road from Little River Turnpike to Old Warrenton Turnpike","Gate near Burke's Mill Road to point where Virginia Midland Railroad crosses the Rolling Road","Change: Rolling Road at Frobel's Hill","Beginning at the corner of Land of Smyth and James Hunter and running...to the county road.","Road from Johnson's Crossing on the W \u0026 O Railroad to the Lawyers Road","From point on Hunters Mill Road to William Walter's Mill","Road from Bull Run to Fox Mill","Road from the Colchester Road to the Newman Road","Road from the Falls Road to the Georgetown Pike","Little River Turnpike to county road at land of B. F. Shreve","Little River Turnpike to Orange \u0026 Alexandria Railroad at Skinner's Crossing","Courthouse road to the Ridge Road","Road from county road near Lewis Chapel to Telegraph Station on the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad","Point of Road leading from Court House and Hunters Mill Road to Vienna near Murnanes's Gate","Change: Orcutt Road to point where it intersects with Maple Avenue","Road leading from Falkner's Shop on Leesburg Turnpike to Fall's Church","Change: Old Road over Holmes Run known as Barcroft Bridge","Road leading from Little River Turnpike to Backlick Road by Lebanon school house","Great Falls and Lewinsville Road to the Middle Turnpike","Ridge Road","Yates Ford Road from Clifton Station to Union Mills","Beginning at corner of the land of Smyth","Road from Gum Spring to the intersection with the Mount Vernon Lane","Road leading from Annandale to Springfield to the Little River Turnpike","Change: Orcutt Road","Change: Ridge Road from Alexandria Turnpike to Herndon Station","Road from the Old Union school house to the Alexandria Pike","Road from Lincolnville to the Chain Bridge Road","Road beginning at the Alexandria Turnpike to the Falls Road","Public Highway from Andrew Chapel to Jackson Mill","Road from Hasbrook corner to Waples Mill Road","Point on the Newman Road to County Road to Herndon","Road from Little River Turnpike to Centreville and Frying Pan Road","Road from Braddock Road to Pohick Road","Road from Pohick Road through Lee Chapel to Road leading from Burke's Station","Road from Ridge Road to the Turnpike leading to the city","Continue county road to outside gate of Sycamore Farm","Change: Road bed of Germantown Road","Road through land of Thomas Carper and the Rocky Run to Old Union Church","Change: Fox's Mill Road from Difficult Bridge to Waple's Mill","Unnamed\n","Intersection of Herndon and Dranesville Roads to Leesburg Turnpike","Change: road leading from Union Mills Road to Clifton","Change: Hunter's Mill Road at the hickory tree corner to Thorton's land","Road from McPherson's farm to the Waples Mill Road","Road to take the place of Garner's Mill Road","Road through Salsbury's land","Road from Wolf Run Shoals Road to Ox Road, opposite of Arundel's Tavern","Road connecting the Old Leesburg Road to the Leesburg Turnpike","Road from the Occoquan Bridge to Elk Horn Branch","Road from Telegraph Road to a point on Hooes Road","Change: Keene Mill Road","Road leading from Centreville to Manassas to Clifton Station","Change: \"Lemon Road\" running from Middle Turnpike to Falls Church and Lewinsville Roads","Vienna \u0026 Andrew Chapel Road","Road beginning at Little River Turnpike to the Falls Church Road","Road from the Blacksmith Shop of Horace Gibson on the Little River Turnpike to Falls Church Road at Mills Crossing Road","Stone's Old Mill Road\n","Road commencing at Vale...from Fairfax Court House to Dranesville","Change: Road leading from Old Braddock Road to Clifton","Road from C.W. Dey road to Ox Road","Change: Road leading from Old Colchester Road to Fairfax Station","Road near the house of John and Thomas Clarke to the Lawyers Road","Location of Pole Road running from Pool Run to James Hunter's Gate","Open portion of New Market Road","Change: Hunter's Mill Road leading to Lawyers Road","Road from Herndon Chantilly Road the the Valley Road","Point on Hampton Road at Sandy Run to Hampton Road","Road passing through the Middle Turnpike","Change: Road on R. C. Jones' land","Change: Road running from Washington, Ohio and Western Railway near Vienna","Road from Lawyers Road to County Road to Herndon","Road from John Jackson's land to the Gum Spring and Wolcott Road","Road from Alexandria Pike to the Georgetown Pike","Road from Braddock Road to the land of Georgine Martin","County road leading from Old Union Church to Rocky Run","Road from the new road to \"Lee Chapel\", to Burkes Station, passing through the land of Hannah Burke","Change: \"Detwiler Road\" from Clifton to Centreville Road","Change: Clifton and Yates Ford Road to avoid a heavy grade","Road through the land of William Harris","Road from New Guinea Road to a point on the land of B. Skinner","Clifton and Centreville","Change: Road leading from Old Church Road to the Herndon Road","Road from point on Backlick Road (Old Gallows Road) to Backlick Road","Re-open west end of New Market Road","Open a road from Charles Thornton's lands to Berks Station","Change: Road leading from Dranesville to Herndon","Road from the Pole Road in Mount Vernon district to Long Branch Station on the A \u0026 F Railroad to Backlick Road","Road from the Telegraph Road to Old County Road at John Henderson's Corner","Road from the Little River Turnpike to the Annandale and Old Tavern Road leading towards Washington","Change: Willow Spring Road on property of Col. E. White","Unknown\n","From the farm of W.H. Snowden to the \"County road\" leading from \"Little Hunting Creek\" to Accotink and Alexandria Highway","Road from Little River Turnpike to the Braddock Road","Road on a point near bridge on Falls Church Road to the Little River Turnpike","Widen the road leading from Jenkin's Corner to Andrew Chapel","County Road from the middle of Alexandria Pike to Alexandria Line","Point on River Road to the Potomac River","Change: Part of County Road known as Colchester Road near Doddridge Lee","Road from Braddock Road to Warrenton Pike","Road from Lincolnville County Road to East Falls Church Depot","Road from Occoquan to Colchester","Road report on the Little River Turnpike","Report on road from Gum Springs to Mt. Vernon","Road from Vienna to Hunter's Mill, County Road","Road from Money's Corner on the Lawyer's Road to Thorton (Wheile) Station","Road from Herndon and Detwiler Road to Dunlop's Gate","Road from Bull Run to the Turnpike at J. Well's Corner","Road from Leesburg Pike to Carlin Springs","Road extension of Mutersbaugh Road","Road from the Georgetown Road to the road leading from the turnpike to Dunn Loring","Road leading from the Braddock Road to the Guinea Road near Long Branch","Road from Ball's Ford on Bull Run to Newmarket Road","Road from Little River Pike to Ox Road","Road from the land of John Mutersbaugh to the public road leading from Chain Bridge to Falls Church","Change: Road leading from Clifton to the Colchester Road","Road from the corner of Ely and Sarner, ending near the Newton Estate","Road leading from Episcopal Theological Seminary to Bailey's Crossroads to a post in the line of Terrett","Road from the Braddock Road to the Little River Turnpike","Change: the new road from Hooes Road to Telegraph Road to the Telegraph Road","Change: county road from Waples Mill across the land of A. B. Millard","Road from Elgin's school house to the Yates Ford Road","Road commencing at Bull Run...to the Centreville and Manassas Road","Widen road near Horse Pen Bridge on the Chantilly and Herndon Road","Widen county road where it crosses Difficult Run, near Leigh and Beal's (formerly Jackson's) Mill","Road survey of Accotink Pike","Change: Road at Pitman's Mill for the erection of a bridge over Great Rock Cedar Run","Change: road leading from Walter's Mill to Freedom Hill","Change: county road known as the Falls Church Road - from Fairfax Court House to Falls Church","Change: road from bridge over Difficult Run at Hunter's Mill to Hunter's Mill Store","Extend Maple Avenue in Vienna to Flint Hill Cemetery","Change: Sawmill Road","Discontinue portion of Ox Road from the north line of George Howard's land to intersection of county road leading from Frying Pan to Herndon","Change: road from Thompson's precinct enters road leading from Little River Turnpike to the Town of Herndon","Road commencing at Sanford Hutchinson's corner on Little River Turnpike to Braddock Road","Road from some point on the Little River Turnpike not more than two miles from Court House Building to Falls Church","Change: from Mero's store to Gum Spring","Road from River Road (Garner's Mill Road) to Georgetown and Leesburg Pike","Open portion of River Road (Garner's Mill Road) from Seneca Road to Loudoun and Fairfax Line","Road from at Red Hill to the Braddock Road at Salisbury Farm","Colchester Road over Pohick Run","Road leading from the Colchester Road to Payne's Church Road","Road entering the Court House by the Warrenton and Little River Turnpikes","Road from West End Catholic Church to the Corporation Limits of the Town of Falls Church","Beginning in Wolf Run Shoals Road, at the Elgin School House...to Yates Ford Road","Road leading from the Colchester Road to Braddock Road","Extend county road from Woodyard's Precinct...to Ford's Mill Road","Road from Braddock Road near Accotink Run to Little River Turnpike over the old tavern","Discontinue portion of county road leading from Centreville to the Little River Turnpike","At the point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land","At a point on the old county road leading from Burke's Station to Lee Chapel...to a point 15 feet from Railroad land","Road from Falls Church to Little River Turnpike","Widen Guinea Road near Burke's Station","From a point on the road leading from Herndon to the Ox Road...to a point on the road leading from Wiehle to the Lawyer's Road","Road leading from Freedom Hill to Middle Turnpike...to road from Freedom Hill to Walter's Mill\n","County road between the Court House and Ridge Road, beginning at Robert Mateers Lane and ending at a convenient point on Ridge Road\n","Road right of way from Collingwood Beach to the County Road","Change: Road from Old Union to Georgetown Turnpike, through the lands of Mrs. Carper and others, near Bethel Baptist Church","Road from point in the boundary line between Fairfax and the city of Alexandria...to a junction with the Middle (or Leesburg) Turnpike","Change: County Road from Clifton to Fairfax Station through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property (County of Fairfax land)","Change: county road from Clifton to Fairfax Station, through the lands of R. Jones and the Poor house property","Road survey of Schreaves Road leading to Falls Church","Change: Hampton Road, opposite the lands of Fairfax and Marshall","Road from Clifton to Yates Ford Road, through the lands of M. Hetzel, J. T. Pettitt, D. N. Robinson, C. F. Ford, and J. A. Marshall","Change: County road from Fairfax County Road, adjacent to land of N. F. Graham","Change: road leading from Sideburn Station to the Fairfax Station Road","Road from Gunston Road...to crossroads known as Negro Head","Outlet road in Lee District from Anbagen's farm to the Alexandria Road","County road from a point in the town of Wiehle on the line of the Southern Railway in the Dranesville District...to a point on the Ridge Road","Discontinue road from A and E Railway Company to the Rolling Road in the Lee District","Road from the lands of William R. Ward to Telegraph Station, through the lands of Mrs. Lee","Road from Clifton to Mr. Thomas Fenwick's land, intersecting with Colchester Road","Chapel Street in Clifton Station; extension eastward to Colchester Roll-way","Road from Pohick Road...to the Keene's Mill Road","Road from the Falls Church and Court House Road to the \"Hunter Road\"","Change: road near Bone Mill Ridge over Accotink Run, from Whose Road to the new bridge\n","Relocate: County Road from Little River Turnpike to Edgar Scott's Residence\n","Point on county road near Ashton's leading from Little River Turnpike to Centreville to a point on the Warrenton Turnpike","Road from a point on the New Cut Road near Vale Post Office to Ox Road","Road from Braddock Road to Sagar Avenue near Fairfax Court House","Establish boundary lines of road leading from Faulkner's shop on Leesburg Turnpike to the residence of Joshua Kirby","Repair road leading from Ballston to Langley","County road on the boundary lines of Truitt, Payne, \u0026 McNair","Open private road to the public; the road at V. W. Lee's to the county road near Stuart's Mill","Road from the point on the Braddock Road to a point on the Guinea Road","Road from Luis Corner to a point on a road from Fairfax to Vienna, opposite or near the road running to Falls Church","Outlet road beginning at the corner of the Wooster tract, along the Van Gorder tract to the Magner Road","Change: public road leading from Jermantown to Oakton","Road from the Telegraph Road to Franconia Station","Change: Straighten point on Hampton Road in front of residence of H. E. Bradley through the lands of H. E. Bradley","Change: Public road from Jermantown to Waples on Millard's Mill","Road from the lands of Percy Cranford to Gunston Road, including building a bridge over Keans Creek","Road from Leesburg Turnpike near Munson's Hill to a point on the public road from Mt. Olivet Church to the Falls Church to the Falls Church and Georgetown Turnpike","Discontinue a road","Road leading from Lorton Valley Post Office...to the Colchester Public Road","Change: Road leading from Lewinsville to Chesterbrook","Change: Telegraph Road along Accotink Run north of Pohick Church","Establish boundary lines of County road leading from Core's corner on the Alexandria Pike to Lewinsville","Outlet road from land of Charles H. Smith to Riverside Park Road","Road leading from Sideburn Station to the new cut road where it intersects with Old Braddock Road\n","Road across the bed of a lake or pond in the Town of Wiehle\n","Road from section of Ball's Hill...following the general course of the old Army Road and intersecting with Langley - Lewinsville Road\n","Road from Mount Vernon Road between the City of Alexandria and Mount Vernon to Telegraph Road\n","Road leading from Yates Ford Road to a point near Lewis Woodyards","Road from Accotink Station to Accotink Village to a point on the northwest side of Telegraph Road at or near the corner of the lands of Nevitt and Higham\n","Road from point on Sawyers Road to Hunter's Mill Crossing on the S. R. Way\n","Change: road and overhead bridge at Fairfax Station\n","Road from a point on the Rolling Road at the corner between Young and Javin's farms to the Braddock Road\n","Change: Road at Pohick Station\n","Change: Public Road at Herbert's Crossing\n","Change/Establish road at Southern Railway Crossing at Burke's Station\n","Change: Road leading from Hunter's Mill to Freedom Hill\n","Change/Establish: Road at Accotink Station in the Mount Vernon District","Change: Road near Lorton through lands of John Plaskett","Road from Fords Mill Road to the Yates Ford Road","Change: Country Road through lands of Charles Cutts","Change:'Talbert' Road to line between Martin and Kilbourn to the Railroad Station\n","Road from Georgetown and Leesburg Turnpike to Great Falls on the Potomac River\n","Repair River Road near Riverside and Hunter's in Alexandria","Road from Brown's Mill...to a point on Hunter Mill Road","Road across Creed's land to Bailey's Crossroads to Theological Seminary Road","Change: Little River Turnpike bridge near Alexandria; over the stream on the road running from Little River Turnpike over Annandale to Falls Church, in the Falls Church District","Change: County Road from the Warrenton Pike to Pleasant Valley\n","Discontinue road running from Fairfax Falls Church Road near Merrifield to Little River Turnpike near Davis' Store \u0026 Horace Gibson's shop\n","Discontinue county road from Little River Turnpike to point on Fairfax- Falls Church Road","Road from Oakton, VA running west to a point on Vale Road near Montgomery\n","Road starting from the corner of Robert Wrenn on the Centreville and Chantilly Road...to the Braddock Road","Road from site of old Fairfax Station to the new Fairfax Station (Lee District)","Occoquan Road"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Shelf Location\"\u003eUnit 40, Shelf 5\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Unit 40, Shelf 5\n"],"names_coll_ssim":["Fairfax Circuit Court","Richardson, F. 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This series contains four School Censuses for 1890, and one for 1900; as well as three Teacher's Registers, two books containing the examinations of teachers, and one Virginia Public School Register. These documents contain teachers' and students' names, ages, education, and race. The censuses include the guardians of the students, the school they attended, what studies they pursued, and if the students could read and write. 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Until the early 1900s, the Fairfax County School Board held their meetings at the Courthouse, as they had no official offices for themselves. These record books might have been brought to meetings and left- this could also explain why a few books contain minutes from meetings. Other books in this part of the collection may have been donated, but if so, the donors were anonymous.\n","The second group of books in this collection relates to a court case involving John Chichester and the Commonwealth of Virginia (CFF# 1893-040: Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Sarah E. Chichester, et al). Chichester, who had served as county treasurer and School Board Clerk, was accused of not adequately carrying out his duties. The county sued for $100,000, which was the total cost of the error they claimed he made in the books and the $95,000 bond which he and six securities signed when he took the office of treasurer. Chichester passed away on June 27, 1889, so at the time of the trial, his wife and the six securities who signed the bond with him were responsible to defend him and pay the penalty if they lost the case. The court ruled in favor of the state, and in consequence, the defense had to pay the $100,000 that was then owed to the County. This money was paid over the course of several years.\n","Series 1:   Demographic records, 1873-1903. Eleven Ledgers. This series contains four School Censuses for 1890, and one for 1900; as well as three Teacher's Registers, two books containing the examinations of teachers, and one Virginia Public School Register. These documents contain teachers' and students' names, ages, education, and race. The censuses include the guardians of the students, the school they attended, what studies they pursued, and if the students could read and write. This series contains a wealth of information about the daily operations of the schools, such as attendance, textbooks used, and studies taught.\n","Series 2:  Financial records, 1870-1905. Six Ledgers. Includes salaries paid to teachers; expenses for each school district and schoolhouse (expenses included fire wood, paper, books, repairs to schoolhouses, and similar items); and funds received and spent by the county. Some documents contain minutes from school board meetings and expenses of the school treasurer while on official business. In this series, there are also receipts paid to teachers for their work.","Series 3:   Evidence from the John Chichester court case (CFF# 1893-040: Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Sarah E. Chichester et al), 1886-1890. Seven Ledgers. These books were used as evidence in the court case against John Chichester. They include reports of expenses for the schools (repairs, books, fire wood, teacher salaries, etc) and funds received and spent by the county. One book contains a record of official clerk business, as well as some meeting minutes.\n","Series 4:  Miscellaneous. 1880-1904, non-inclusive. Seven Folders. This series contains records that did not include financial or demographic information, or were removed from books in the other series. These include letters written to and from the school board and teachers, scratch paper, and receipts for items for the schools. One book in this series contains school laws for 1892, and another is entitled Nickerson's Manual of School Charts. 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Until the early 1900s, the Fairfax County School Board held their meetings at the Courthouse, as they had no official offices for themselves. These record books might have been brought to meetings and left- this could also explain why a few books contain minutes from meetings. Other books in this part of the collection may have been donated, but if so, the donors were anonymous.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe second group of books in this collection relates to a court case involving John Chichester and the Commonwealth of Virginia (CFF# 1893-040: Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Sarah E. Chichester, et al). Chichester, who had served as county treasurer and School Board Clerk, was accused of not adequately carrying out his duties. The county sued for $100,000, which was the total cost of the error they claimed he made in the books and the $95,000 bond which he and six securities signed when he took the office of treasurer. Chichester passed away on June 27, 1889, so at the time of the trial, his wife and the six securities who signed the bond with him were responsible to defend him and pay the penalty if they lost the case. The court ruled in favor of the state, and in consequence, the defense had to pay the $100,000 that was then owed to the County. This money was paid over the course of several years.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["This collection contains two sets of books from different sources- the first appears to be records related to the work of the Fairfax County School Board. Until the early 1900s, the Fairfax County School Board held their meetings at the Courthouse, as they had no official offices for themselves. These record books might have been brought to meetings and left- this could also explain why a few books contain minutes from meetings. Other books in this part of the collection may have been donated, but if so, the donors were anonymous.\n","The second group of books in this collection relates to a court case involving John Chichester and the Commonwealth of Virginia (CFF# 1893-040: Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Sarah E. Chichester, et al). Chichester, who had served as county treasurer and School Board Clerk, was accused of not adequately carrying out his duties. The county sued for $100,000, which was the total cost of the error they claimed he made in the books and the $95,000 bond which he and six securities signed when he took the office of treasurer. Chichester passed away on June 27, 1889, so at the time of the trial, his wife and the six securities who signed the bond with him were responsible to defend him and pay the penalty if they lost the case. The court ruled in favor of the state, and in consequence, the defense had to pay the $100,000 that was then owed to the County. This money was paid over the course of several years.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Fairfax County School Records and Ledgers, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Fairfax County School Records and Ledgers, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1:\u003c/title\u003e  Demographic records, 1873-1903. Eleven Ledgers. This series contains four School Censuses for 1890, and one for 1900; as well as three Teacher's Registers, two books containing the examinations of teachers, and one Virginia Public School Register. These documents contain teachers' and students' names, ages, education, and race. The censuses include the guardians of the students, the school they attended, what studies they pursued, and if the students could read and write. 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Chichester passed away on June 27, 1889, so at the time of the trial, his wife and the six securities who signed the bond with him were responsible to defend him and pay the penalty if they lost the case. The court ruled in favor of the state, and in consequence, the defense had to pay the $100,000 that was then owed to the County. This money was paid over the course of several years.\n","Series 1:   Demographic records, 1873-1903. Eleven Ledgers. This series contains four School Censuses for 1890, and one for 1900; as well as three Teacher's Registers, two books containing the examinations of teachers, and one Virginia Public School Register. These documents contain teachers' and students' names, ages, education, and race. The censuses include the guardians of the students, the school they attended, what studies they pursued, and if the students could read and write. 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Chichester passed away on June 27, 1889, so at the time of the trial, his wife and the six securities who signed the bond with him were responsible to defend him and pay the penalty if they lost the case. The court ruled in favor of the state, and in consequence, the defense had to pay the $100,000 that was then owed to the County. This money was paid over the course of several years.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["This collection contains two sets of books from different sources- the first appears to be records related to the work of the Fairfax County School Board. Until the early 1900s, the Fairfax County School Board held their meetings at the Courthouse, as they had no official offices for themselves. These record books might have been brought to meetings and left- this could also explain why a few books contain minutes from meetings. 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Richardson and his father, Ferdinand Dawson (F.D.) Richardson, held the positions of Clerk of Fairfax County Court and Fairfax Circuit Court, variously, from 1833 to 1935.\n","F.D. Richardson was born on November 9th, 1808. He began his career as an assistant or deputy clerk in 1826; he was County Court Clerk from 1833-1835, 1867-1869 and 1870-1880. F.D. served as Circuit Court Clerk from 1835-1880, apart from a hiatus during the Civil War.\n","Prior to the Civil War, F.D. was a Captain in the Virginia Militia. He was also an avid farmer, as evidenced by his farming journal found in this collection, and is listed as Recording Secretary on the 1848 Constitution of Fairfax Agricultural Society. Post-Civil War, F.D. was a founding member of Central Farmers' Club which began in February 1874. He was also Clerk to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors throughout the 1870s.\n","Not much is known about F.D.'s activities during the Civil War. He voted for secession from the Union in 1861, and courthouse lore has it that he took George Washington's will down to Richmond for safe-keeping. Physical evidence places him in Richmond in December 1861 and January 1862. \n","F.D. died on October 13th, 1880. His wife and F.W.'s mother, Mary Posey (Grigsby) Richardson, died on December 12th, 1889.\n","F.W. Richardson was born on October 16th 1854. He married Amelia (Millie) Lee Buck in 1883 and had four children, Frederick Dawson (1884 - 1954), Marcus Bayly (1886 - 1917), Mary Buck (1889 - 1890) and Virginia Fairfax (1891 - 1988). \n","In 1871, F.W. became his father's deputy as Assistant Clerk in the Office of the Clerk of County Court. On his father's death, he became temporary Clerk of County and Circuit Courts. In 1881, F.W. was voted in as Clerk of County Court, a position he held until County Court was abolished in 1903. F.W. held the office of Clerk of Circuit Court from 1904 to 1935.\n","During his working life, F.W. held many other prominent positions within Fairfax County and his local community. He was Clerk of the Board of Supervisors from 1880 - 1935 and County Treasurer in the 1890s; according to the Fairfax Herald, he served as a Probate Judge in 1904 and 1906; he was also a notary public, a real estate buyer, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a delegate to the Prison Association in 1908. He served on many boards and committees, notably the County Health Board, the Fairfax Confederate Monument Association and Confederate Reunion Committee in 1900, the Great War Memorial Fund Committee, the Bicentennial Committee, the Farmers' Institute Committee and the Homecoming Day committee. In 1917, F.W. served as clerk for the Local Board for the Selective Service System Draft (WWI military service), and was Secretary and President of the Town Hall Association, Secretary and President of the Cemetery Association, Secretary and Treasurer of Henry Masonic Lodge, President of the Democratic Club and Wilson Club in 1916, elected Providence Lodge Good Templars Officer in 1873, elected Fairfax Lyceum Recording and Corresponding Secretary in 1874 and elected to the Zion Church Vestry in 1931. He was also a member of the Red Cross.\n","In addition to his monumental public service, F.W. made large donations to the Confederate Reunion, Fairfax fairs and agricultural shows, roads, the War Relief Fund, the YMCA Fund, the Library building, the Fire Department and a new school building. He was much in demand as a public speaker, newspapers of the time list him as addressing Army draftees in 1917, the Civic League, the Rotary Club, Herndon Church of Christ and the Fairfax Lyceum.\n","Newspapers from F.W.'s time also record his active social life, attending many dinners and other functions, especially notable are the bank and Bar Association dinners. \n","The collection offers a little insight into F.W.'s personal life. He was financially astute, as his many tax returns, insurance papers, Christmas club and bank books show. The collection shows that F.W. held shares in the Silver Butte Mines Corporation, the Mercantile-Railway Building and Loan Association of Alexandria, Virginia Title Company, Falls Church Bank, Incorporated, Fairfax and Loudoun Light and Power Company and Baltimore Building and Loan Association of Baltimore City. He even assumed some financial responsibility for his sister, Madge Pierce, after her husband's death. In the collection are copies of deeds of lands bought by F.W. and his real estate partners, James Love (also a Judge) and R.W. Moore. F.W. also seems to have had some interest in the arts, he was Secretary of the Olio Theatrical Troop in 1874 and held some shares in the Cosmos Theatre Co., Inc.\n","F.W.'s son, Frederick Dawson, had a legal career and was very active in the business and social affairs of Fairfax County. His other son, Marcus Bayly worked for him as deputy clerk. Tragically, Marcus was killed when his car hit a streetcar in August 1917. Amongst F.W.'s papers was a newspaper cutting of the accident, this has been copied onto acid-free paper.\n","Elton Richardson Holbrook, F.W.'s nephew, also worked for F.W. as a deputy clerk; his signature appears on multiple papers. Unfortunately, he committed suicide in the 1931.\n","F.W. retired from Circuit Court in 1935 and was succeeded by John M. Whalen, a couple of whose papers appear in the collection. F.W. died on 23rd April, 1936.\n","Sources:  The collection, the Historical Newspaper Index at Fairfax County Public Library Virginia Room, correspondence from local historian, Lee Hubbard, Find a Grave","Series 1:  Personal, 1861-1936, contains personal papers from both F.D. and F.W. Richardson. F.D.'s papers include receipts from Richmond merchants dating to 1861 and 1862 showing that F.D. and another man listed as Howard were buying large quantities of foodstuffs, cooking, serving and eating implements, tobacco products and pipes and other sundries such as candle molds and needles. There is no evidence-based explanation for these purchases. A possible explanation is that F.D. was outfitting a Confederate unit, but this is conjecture. F.D.'s papers also include a farming journal, other bills and receipts, some court papers and claims on his estate.\n","F.W.'s papers include a number of deeds and other property papers, insurance certificates and papers, investments papers, bank books and checks, tax returns, masonic membership cards and papers, other club membership cards and papers and papers pertaining to his work on the local board of the Selective Service System Draft in 1917 during WWI. The most poignant of these papers are chits stating whether local men (identified by serial numbers) passed their physical examinations for the draft. Some of the serial numbers correspond to entries in the Local Board Selective Service System Draft Records Book 1917, found in the archives. These entries state whether the men were allowed exemption from service due to dependents or occupation. See Appendix IV for details.\n","Series 2:  Professional, 1881 - 1935, contains documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of County and Circuit Court. These documents include land records such as deed, lease, bill of sale, contract, mortgage, survey and certificate of title paperwork and correspondence; personal property records such as sales and conditional sales contract, loan, lien and chattel mortgage paperwork and correspondence; copies of wills, administrator and executor appointments, inheritance tax and fees paperwork and correspondence; tax records such as delinquent tax lists, receipts, sales paperwork and general tax correspondence; term papers records for commonwealth and civil cases such as Justice of the Peace statements, warrants of arrest, bail paperwork, jury summonses, case proceedings, judgements, divorce notices, insane asylum commitment papers, motions and petitions, pardon and parole forms, lists of court costs and clerk's fees, lawyers correspondence and receipts; other court records such as a jail condition report, hunting and fishing licenses, corporation directors and officers lists, names for the WWI Memorial and election candidacy papers; clerk's office documents such as reports, budget, salary lists, bank account information and receipts and correspondence with the State Auditor, attorneys and others. This series also has documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors such as a record of the County Levy in 1914 and correspondence concerning Board matters and bills.\nOf particular note is the correspondence concerning Prohibition laws and the Reports of Clerks of Court showing the special importance given Prohibition cases. \n","Series 3:  Posthumous Papers, 1936 - 1943, contains paperwork created by/ for John Whalen, Clerk of Circuit Court. The documents include a docket of cases for the November term 1937, letters from Courthouse supply manufacturers, general correspondence and a postcard.\n","Click here to view Apendixes I through IV (See pages 8-11).","There are no restrictions.\n","Unit 51, Top Shelf, Boxes 1-3; Oversize in Unit 26, Drawer #6\n","Frederick Wilmer (F.W.) Richardson, Ferdinand Dawson (F.D.) Richardson, Fairfax Circuit Court, C. Lee Moore (State Auditor of Public Accounts), Elton R. Holbrook (Deputy Clerk), John M. 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Richardson and his father, Ferdinand Dawson (F.D.) Richardson, held the positions of Clerk of Fairfax County Court and Fairfax Circuit Court, variously, from 1833 to 1935.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.D. Richardson was born on November 9th, 1808. He began his career as an assistant or deputy clerk in 1826; he was County Court Clerk from 1833-1835, 1867-1869 and 1870-1880. F.D. served as Circuit Court Clerk from 1835-1880, apart from a hiatus during the Civil War.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrior to the Civil War, F.D. was a Captain in the Virginia Militia. He was also an avid farmer, as evidenced by his farming journal found in this collection, and is listed as Recording Secretary on the 1848 Constitution of Fairfax Agricultural Society. Post-Civil War, F.D. was a founding member of Central Farmers' Club which began in February 1874. He was also Clerk to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors throughout the 1870s.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNot much is known about F.D.'s activities during the Civil War. He voted for secession from the Union in 1861, and courthouse lore has it that he took George Washington's will down to Richmond for safe-keeping. Physical evidence places him in Richmond in December 1861 and January 1862. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.D. died on October 13th, 1880. His wife and F.W.'s mother, Mary Posey (Grigsby) Richardson, died on December 12th, 1889.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.W. Richardson was born on October 16th 1854. He married Amelia (Millie) Lee Buck in 1883 and had four children, Frederick Dawson (1884 - 1954), Marcus Bayly (1886 - 1917), Mary Buck (1889 - 1890) and Virginia Fairfax (1891 - 1988). \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1871, F.W. became his father's deputy as Assistant Clerk in the Office of the Clerk of County Court. On his father's death, he became temporary Clerk of County and Circuit Courts. In 1881, F.W. was voted in as Clerk of County Court, a position he held until County Court was abolished in 1903. F.W. held the office of Clerk of Circuit Court from 1904 to 1935.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring his working life, F.W. held many other prominent positions within Fairfax County and his local community. He was Clerk of the Board of Supervisors from 1880 - 1935 and County Treasurer in the 1890s; according to the Fairfax Herald, he served as a Probate Judge in 1904 and 1906; he was also a notary public, a real estate buyer, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a delegate to the Prison Association in 1908. He served on many boards and committees, notably the County Health Board, the Fairfax Confederate Monument Association and Confederate Reunion Committee in 1900, the Great War Memorial Fund Committee, the Bicentennial Committee, the Farmers' Institute Committee and the Homecoming Day committee. In 1917, F.W. served as clerk for the Local Board for the Selective Service System Draft (WWI military service), and was Secretary and President of the Town Hall Association, Secretary and President of the Cemetery Association, Secretary and Treasurer of Henry Masonic Lodge, President of the Democratic Club and Wilson Club in 1916, elected Providence Lodge Good Templars Officer in 1873, elected Fairfax Lyceum Recording and Corresponding Secretary in 1874 and elected to the Zion Church Vestry in 1931. He was also a member of the Red Cross.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his monumental public service, F.W. made large donations to the Confederate Reunion, Fairfax fairs and agricultural shows, roads, the War Relief Fund, the YMCA Fund, the Library building, the Fire Department and a new school building. He was much in demand as a public speaker, newspapers of the time list him as addressing Army draftees in 1917, the Civic League, the Rotary Club, Herndon Church of Christ and the Fairfax Lyceum.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspapers from F.W.'s time also record his active social life, attending many dinners and other functions, especially notable are the bank and Bar Association dinners. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection offers a little insight into F.W.'s personal life. He was financially astute, as his many tax returns, insurance papers, Christmas club and bank books show. The collection shows that F.W. held shares in the Silver Butte Mines Corporation, the Mercantile-Railway Building and Loan Association of Alexandria, Virginia Title Company, Falls Church Bank, Incorporated, Fairfax and Loudoun Light and Power Company and Baltimore Building and Loan Association of Baltimore City. He even assumed some financial responsibility for his sister, Madge Pierce, after her husband's death. In the collection are copies of deeds of lands bought by F.W. and his real estate partners, James Love (also a Judge) and R.W. Moore. F.W. also seems to have had some interest in the arts, he was Secretary of the Olio Theatrical Troop in 1874 and held some shares in the Cosmos Theatre Co., Inc.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.W.'s son, Frederick Dawson, had a legal career and was very active in the business and social affairs of Fairfax County. His other son, Marcus Bayly worked for him as deputy clerk. Tragically, Marcus was killed when his car hit a streetcar in August 1917. Amongst F.W.'s papers was a newspaper cutting of the accident, this has been copied onto acid-free paper.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElton Richardson Holbrook, F.W.'s nephew, also worked for F.W. as a deputy clerk; his signature appears on multiple papers. Unfortunately, he committed suicide in the 1931.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.W. retired from Circuit Court in 1935 and was succeeded by John M. Whalen, a couple of whose papers appear in the collection. F.W. died on 23rd April, 1936.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSources:\u003c/title\u003e The collection, the Historical Newspaper Index at Fairfax County Public Library Virginia Room, correspondence from local historian, Lee Hubbard,\u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/\"\u003eFind a Grave\u003c/extref\u003e\n\n\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Frederick Wilmer (F.W.) Richardson and his father, Ferdinand Dawson (F.D.) Richardson, held the positions of Clerk of Fairfax County Court and Fairfax Circuit Court, variously, from 1833 to 1935.\n","F.D. Richardson was born on November 9th, 1808. He began his career as an assistant or deputy clerk in 1826; he was County Court Clerk from 1833-1835, 1867-1869 and 1870-1880. F.D. served as Circuit Court Clerk from 1835-1880, apart from a hiatus during the Civil War.\n","Prior to the Civil War, F.D. was a Captain in the Virginia Militia. He was also an avid farmer, as evidenced by his farming journal found in this collection, and is listed as Recording Secretary on the 1848 Constitution of Fairfax Agricultural Society. Post-Civil War, F.D. was a founding member of Central Farmers' Club which began in February 1874. He was also Clerk to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors throughout the 1870s.\n","Not much is known about F.D.'s activities during the Civil War. He voted for secession from the Union in 1861, and courthouse lore has it that he took George Washington's will down to Richmond for safe-keeping. Physical evidence places him in Richmond in December 1861 and January 1862. \n","F.D. died on October 13th, 1880. His wife and F.W.'s mother, Mary Posey (Grigsby) Richardson, died on December 12th, 1889.\n","F.W. Richardson was born on October 16th 1854. He married Amelia (Millie) Lee Buck in 1883 and had four children, Frederick Dawson (1884 - 1954), Marcus Bayly (1886 - 1917), Mary Buck (1889 - 1890) and Virginia Fairfax (1891 - 1988). \n","In 1871, F.W. became his father's deputy as Assistant Clerk in the Office of the Clerk of County Court. On his father's death, he became temporary Clerk of County and Circuit Courts. In 1881, F.W. was voted in as Clerk of County Court, a position he held until County Court was abolished in 1903. F.W. held the office of Clerk of Circuit Court from 1904 to 1935.\n","During his working life, F.W. held many other prominent positions within Fairfax County and his local community. He was Clerk of the Board of Supervisors from 1880 - 1935 and County Treasurer in the 1890s; according to the Fairfax Herald, he served as a Probate Judge in 1904 and 1906; he was also a notary public, a real estate buyer, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a delegate to the Prison Association in 1908. He served on many boards and committees, notably the County Health Board, the Fairfax Confederate Monument Association and Confederate Reunion Committee in 1900, the Great War Memorial Fund Committee, the Bicentennial Committee, the Farmers' Institute Committee and the Homecoming Day committee. In 1917, F.W. served as clerk for the Local Board for the Selective Service System Draft (WWI military service), and was Secretary and President of the Town Hall Association, Secretary and President of the Cemetery Association, Secretary and Treasurer of Henry Masonic Lodge, President of the Democratic Club and Wilson Club in 1916, elected Providence Lodge Good Templars Officer in 1873, elected Fairfax Lyceum Recording and Corresponding Secretary in 1874 and elected to the Zion Church Vestry in 1931. He was also a member of the Red Cross.\n","In addition to his monumental public service, F.W. made large donations to the Confederate Reunion, Fairfax fairs and agricultural shows, roads, the War Relief Fund, the YMCA Fund, the Library building, the Fire Department and a new school building. He was much in demand as a public speaker, newspapers of the time list him as addressing Army draftees in 1917, the Civic League, the Rotary Club, Herndon Church of Christ and the Fairfax Lyceum.\n","Newspapers from F.W.'s time also record his active social life, attending many dinners and other functions, especially notable are the bank and Bar Association dinners. \n","The collection offers a little insight into F.W.'s personal life. He was financially astute, as his many tax returns, insurance papers, Christmas club and bank books show. The collection shows that F.W. held shares in the Silver Butte Mines Corporation, the Mercantile-Railway Building and Loan Association of Alexandria, Virginia Title Company, Falls Church Bank, Incorporated, Fairfax and Loudoun Light and Power Company and Baltimore Building and Loan Association of Baltimore City. He even assumed some financial responsibility for his sister, Madge Pierce, after her husband's death. In the collection are copies of deeds of lands bought by F.W. and his real estate partners, James Love (also a Judge) and R.W. Moore. F.W. also seems to have had some interest in the arts, he was Secretary of the Olio Theatrical Troop in 1874 and held some shares in the Cosmos Theatre Co., Inc.\n","F.W.'s son, Frederick Dawson, had a legal career and was very active in the business and social affairs of Fairfax County. His other son, Marcus Bayly worked for him as deputy clerk. Tragically, Marcus was killed when his car hit a streetcar in August 1917. Amongst F.W.'s papers was a newspaper cutting of the accident, this has been copied onto acid-free paper.\n","Elton Richardson Holbrook, F.W.'s nephew, also worked for F.W. as a deputy clerk; his signature appears on multiple papers. Unfortunately, he committed suicide in the 1931.\n","F.W. retired from Circuit Court in 1935 and was succeeded by John M. Whalen, a couple of whose papers appear in the collection. F.W. died on 23rd April, 1936.\n","Sources:  The collection, the Historical Newspaper Index at Fairfax County Public Library Virginia Room, correspondence from local historian, Lee Hubbard, Find a Grave"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e F.W. Richardson Papers, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" F.W. Richardson Papers, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1:\u003c/title\u003e Personal, 1861-1936, contains personal papers from both F.D. and F.W. Richardson. F.D.'s papers include receipts from Richmond merchants dating to 1861 and 1862 showing that F.D. and another man listed as Howard were buying large quantities of foodstuffs, cooking, serving and eating implements, tobacco products and pipes and other sundries such as candle molds and needles. There is no evidence-based explanation for these purchases. A possible explanation is that F.D. was outfitting a Confederate unit, but this is conjecture. F.D.'s papers also include a farming journal, other bills and receipts, some court papers and claims on his estate.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.W.'s papers include a number of deeds and other property papers, insurance certificates and papers, investments papers, bank books and checks, tax returns, masonic membership cards and papers, other club membership cards and papers and papers pertaining to his work on the local board of the Selective Service System Draft in 1917 during WWI. The most poignant of these papers are chits stating whether local men (identified by serial numbers) passed their physical examinations for the draft. Some of the serial numbers correspond to entries in the Local Board Selective Service System Draft Records Book 1917, found in the archives. These entries state whether the men were allowed exemption from service due to dependents or occupation. See Appendix IV for details.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2:\u003c/title\u003e Professional, 1881 - 1935, contains documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of County and Circuit Court. These documents include land records such as deed, lease, bill of sale, contract, mortgage, survey and certificate of title paperwork and correspondence; personal property records such as sales and conditional sales contract, loan, lien and chattel mortgage paperwork and correspondence; copies of wills, administrator and executor appointments, inheritance tax and fees paperwork and correspondence; tax records such as delinquent tax lists, receipts, sales paperwork and general tax correspondence; term papers records for commonwealth and civil cases such as Justice of the Peace statements, warrants of arrest, bail paperwork, jury summonses, case proceedings, judgements, divorce notices, insane asylum commitment papers, motions and petitions, pardon and parole forms, lists of court costs and clerk's fees, lawyers correspondence and receipts; other court records such as a jail condition report, hunting and fishing licenses, corporation directors and officers lists, names for the WWI Memorial and election candidacy papers; clerk's office documents such as reports, budget, salary lists, bank account information and receipts and correspondence with the State Auditor, attorneys and others. This series also has documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors such as a record of the County Levy in 1914 and correspondence concerning Board matters and bills.\nOf particular note is the correspondence concerning Prohibition laws and the Reports of Clerks of Court showing the special importance given Prohibition cases. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3:\u003c/title\u003e Posthumous Papers, 1936 - 1943, contains paperwork created by/ for John Whalen, Clerk of Circuit Court. The documents include a docket of cases for the November term 1937, letters from Courthouse supply manufacturers, general correspondence and a postcard.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/circuit/sites/circuit/files/assets/documents/pdf/hrc/the-fw-richardson-papers-1858-1943.pdf\"\u003eClick here to view Apendixes I through IV (See pages 8-11).\u003c/extref\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Series 1:  Personal, 1861-1936, contains personal papers from both F.D. and F.W. Richardson. F.D.'s papers include receipts from Richmond merchants dating to 1861 and 1862 showing that F.D. and another man listed as Howard were buying large quantities of foodstuffs, cooking, serving and eating implements, tobacco products and pipes and other sundries such as candle molds and needles. There is no evidence-based explanation for these purchases. A possible explanation is that F.D. was outfitting a Confederate unit, but this is conjecture. F.D.'s papers also include a farming journal, other bills and receipts, some court papers and claims on his estate.\n","F.W.'s papers include a number of deeds and other property papers, insurance certificates and papers, investments papers, bank books and checks, tax returns, masonic membership cards and papers, other club membership cards and papers and papers pertaining to his work on the local board of the Selective Service System Draft in 1917 during WWI. The most poignant of these papers are chits stating whether local men (identified by serial numbers) passed their physical examinations for the draft. Some of the serial numbers correspond to entries in the Local Board Selective Service System Draft Records Book 1917, found in the archives. These entries state whether the men were allowed exemption from service due to dependents or occupation. See Appendix IV for details.\n","Series 2:  Professional, 1881 - 1935, contains documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of County and Circuit Court. These documents include land records such as deed, lease, bill of sale, contract, mortgage, survey and certificate of title paperwork and correspondence; personal property records such as sales and conditional sales contract, loan, lien and chattel mortgage paperwork and correspondence; copies of wills, administrator and executor appointments, inheritance tax and fees paperwork and correspondence; tax records such as delinquent tax lists, receipts, sales paperwork and general tax correspondence; term papers records for commonwealth and civil cases such as Justice of the Peace statements, warrants of arrest, bail paperwork, jury summonses, case proceedings, judgements, divorce notices, insane asylum commitment papers, motions and petitions, pardon and parole forms, lists of court costs and clerk's fees, lawyers correspondence and receipts; other court records such as a jail condition report, hunting and fishing licenses, corporation directors and officers lists, names for the WWI Memorial and election candidacy papers; clerk's office documents such as reports, budget, salary lists, bank account information and receipts and correspondence with the State Auditor, attorneys and others. This series also has documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors such as a record of the County Levy in 1914 and correspondence concerning Board matters and bills.\nOf particular note is the correspondence concerning Prohibition laws and the Reports of Clerks of Court showing the special importance given Prohibition cases. \n","Series 3:  Posthumous Papers, 1936 - 1943, contains paperwork created by/ for John Whalen, Clerk of Circuit Court. The documents include a docket of cases for the November term 1937, letters from Courthouse supply manufacturers, general correspondence and a postcard.\n","Click here to view Apendixes I through IV (See pages 8-11)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Shelf Location\"\u003eUnit 51, Top Shelf, Boxes 1-3; Oversize in Unit 26, Drawer #6\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Unit 51, Top Shelf, Boxes 1-3; Oversize in Unit 26, Drawer #6\n"],"names_coll_ssim":["Frederick Wilmer (F.W.) Richardson, Ferdinand Dawson (F.D.) Richardson, Fairfax Circuit Court, C. Lee Moore (State Auditor of Public Accounts), Elton R. Holbrook (Deputy Clerk), John M. Whalen (Clerk after F.W.) Frank L. Ballenger(Secretary of the Board of Supervisors)"],"names_ssim":["Frederick Wilmer (F.W.) 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Richardson Papers, \n1858-1943","Primarily Fairfax County.","Land and personal property, taxes, wills and estate paperwork, divorce, term papers, general court papers, election records, laws and acts, Board of Supervisors, Prohibition, WWI Exemption Board and Memorial, clerk's budget, salaries and reports, personal banking and insurance, Civil War, Reconstruction, WWI, Prohibition, Great Depression, life events of Richardson family","Deeds, certificates of title, wills, receipts, checkbook and checks, booklets, correspondence, farming journal, naturalization certificate, divorce notices, reports, tax bills and receipts, term papers and related paperwork, pardon, corporation papers, plats, blueprints, WWI Exemption Board chits, insurance certificates, promissory notes, election nomination papers, oaths of office, arrest and bond warrants, petitions, delinquent tax lists, vehicle insurance policies","State Auditor of Public Accounts, Deputy Clerk, Secretary of the Board of Supervisors","Paper, cardstock, leather, photographic material, ink, graphite",".","The Collection is open for research.\n","Frederick Wilmer (F.W.) Richardson and his father, Ferdinand Dawson (F.D.) Richardson, held the positions of Clerk of Fairfax County Court and Fairfax Circuit Court, variously, from 1833 to 1935.\n","F.D. Richardson was born on November 9th, 1808. He began his career as an assistant or deputy clerk in 1826; he was County Court Clerk from 1833-1835, 1867-1869 and 1870-1880. F.D. served as Circuit Court Clerk from 1835-1880, apart from a hiatus during the Civil War.\n","Prior to the Civil War, F.D. was a Captain in the Virginia Militia. He was also an avid farmer, as evidenced by his farming journal found in this collection, and is listed as Recording Secretary on the 1848 Constitution of Fairfax Agricultural Society. Post-Civil War, F.D. was a founding member of Central Farmers' Club which began in February 1874. He was also Clerk to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors throughout the 1870s.\n","Not much is known about F.D.'s activities during the Civil War. He voted for secession from the Union in 1861, and courthouse lore has it that he took George Washington's will down to Richmond for safe-keeping. Physical evidence places him in Richmond in December 1861 and January 1862. \n","F.D. died on October 13th, 1880. His wife and F.W.'s mother, Mary Posey (Grigsby) Richardson, died on December 12th, 1889.\n","F.W. Richardson was born on October 16th 1854. He married Amelia (Millie) Lee Buck in 1883 and had four children, Frederick Dawson (1884 - 1954), Marcus Bayly (1886 - 1917), Mary Buck (1889 - 1890) and Virginia Fairfax (1891 - 1988). \n","In 1871, F.W. became his father's deputy as Assistant Clerk in the Office of the Clerk of County Court. On his father's death, he became temporary Clerk of County and Circuit Courts. In 1881, F.W. was voted in as Clerk of County Court, a position he held until County Court was abolished in 1903. F.W. held the office of Clerk of Circuit Court from 1904 to 1935.\n","During his working life, F.W. held many other prominent positions within Fairfax County and his local community. He was Clerk of the Board of Supervisors from 1880 - 1935 and County Treasurer in the 1890s; according to the Fairfax Herald, he served as a Probate Judge in 1904 and 1906; he was also a notary public, a real estate buyer, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a delegate to the Prison Association in 1908. He served on many boards and committees, notably the County Health Board, the Fairfax Confederate Monument Association and Confederate Reunion Committee in 1900, the Great War Memorial Fund Committee, the Bicentennial Committee, the Farmers' Institute Committee and the Homecoming Day committee. In 1917, F.W. served as clerk for the Local Board for the Selective Service System Draft (WWI military service), and was Secretary and President of the Town Hall Association, Secretary and President of the Cemetery Association, Secretary and Treasurer of Henry Masonic Lodge, President of the Democratic Club and Wilson Club in 1916, elected Providence Lodge Good Templars Officer in 1873, elected Fairfax Lyceum Recording and Corresponding Secretary in 1874 and elected to the Zion Church Vestry in 1931. He was also a member of the Red Cross.\n","In addition to his monumental public service, F.W. made large donations to the Confederate Reunion, Fairfax fairs and agricultural shows, roads, the War Relief Fund, the YMCA Fund, the Library building, the Fire Department and a new school building. He was much in demand as a public speaker, newspapers of the time list him as addressing Army draftees in 1917, the Civic League, the Rotary Club, Herndon Church of Christ and the Fairfax Lyceum.\n","Newspapers from F.W.'s time also record his active social life, attending many dinners and other functions, especially notable are the bank and Bar Association dinners. \n","The collection offers a little insight into F.W.'s personal life. He was financially astute, as his many tax returns, insurance papers, Christmas club and bank books show. The collection shows that F.W. held shares in the Silver Butte Mines Corporation, the Mercantile-Railway Building and Loan Association of Alexandria, Virginia Title Company, Falls Church Bank, Incorporated, Fairfax and Loudoun Light and Power Company and Baltimore Building and Loan Association of Baltimore City. He even assumed some financial responsibility for his sister, Madge Pierce, after her husband's death. In the collection are copies of deeds of lands bought by F.W. and his real estate partners, James Love (also a Judge) and R.W. Moore. F.W. also seems to have had some interest in the arts, he was Secretary of the Olio Theatrical Troop in 1874 and held some shares in the Cosmos Theatre Co., Inc.\n","F.W.'s son, Frederick Dawson, had a legal career and was very active in the business and social affairs of Fairfax County. His other son, Marcus Bayly worked for him as deputy clerk. Tragically, Marcus was killed when his car hit a streetcar in August 1917. Amongst F.W.'s papers was a newspaper cutting of the accident, this has been copied onto acid-free paper.\n","Elton Richardson Holbrook, F.W.'s nephew, also worked for F.W. as a deputy clerk; his signature appears on multiple papers. Unfortunately, he committed suicide in the 1931.\n","F.W. retired from Circuit Court in 1935 and was succeeded by John M. Whalen, a couple of whose papers appear in the collection. F.W. died on 23rd April, 1936.\n","Sources:  The collection, the Historical Newspaper Index at Fairfax County Public Library Virginia Room, correspondence from local historian, Lee Hubbard, Find a Grave","Series 1:  Personal, 1861-1936, contains personal papers from both F.D. and F.W. Richardson. F.D.'s papers include receipts from Richmond merchants dating to 1861 and 1862 showing that F.D. and another man listed as Howard were buying large quantities of foodstuffs, cooking, serving and eating implements, tobacco products and pipes and other sundries such as candle molds and needles. There is no evidence-based explanation for these purchases. A possible explanation is that F.D. was outfitting a Confederate unit, but this is conjecture. F.D.'s papers also include a farming journal, other bills and receipts, some court papers and claims on his estate.\n","F.W.'s papers include a number of deeds and other property papers, insurance certificates and papers, investments papers, bank books and checks, tax returns, masonic membership cards and papers, other club membership cards and papers and papers pertaining to his work on the local board of the Selective Service System Draft in 1917 during WWI. The most poignant of these papers are chits stating whether local men (identified by serial numbers) passed their physical examinations for the draft. Some of the serial numbers correspond to entries in the Local Board Selective Service System Draft Records Book 1917, found in the archives. These entries state whether the men were allowed exemption from service due to dependents or occupation. See Appendix IV for details.\n","Series 2:  Professional, 1881 - 1935, contains documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of County and Circuit Court. These documents include land records such as deed, lease, bill of sale, contract, mortgage, survey and certificate of title paperwork and correspondence; personal property records such as sales and conditional sales contract, loan, lien and chattel mortgage paperwork and correspondence; copies of wills, administrator and executor appointments, inheritance tax and fees paperwork and correspondence; tax records such as delinquent tax lists, receipts, sales paperwork and general tax correspondence; term papers records for commonwealth and civil cases such as Justice of the Peace statements, warrants of arrest, bail paperwork, jury summonses, case proceedings, judgements, divorce notices, insane asylum commitment papers, motions and petitions, pardon and parole forms, lists of court costs and clerk's fees, lawyers correspondence and receipts; other court records such as a jail condition report, hunting and fishing licenses, corporation directors and officers lists, names for the WWI Memorial and election candidacy papers; clerk's office documents such as reports, budget, salary lists, bank account information and receipts and correspondence with the State Auditor, attorneys and others. This series also has documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors such as a record of the County Levy in 1914 and correspondence concerning Board matters and bills.\nOf particular note is the correspondence concerning Prohibition laws and the Reports of Clerks of Court showing the special importance given Prohibition cases. \n","Series 3:  Posthumous Papers, 1936 - 1943, contains paperwork created by/ for John Whalen, Clerk of Circuit Court. The documents include a docket of cases for the November term 1937, letters from Courthouse supply manufacturers, general correspondence and a postcard.\n","Click here to view Apendixes I through IV (See pages 8-11).","There are no restrictions.\n","Unit 51, Top Shelf, Boxes 1-3; Oversize in Unit 26, Drawer #6\n","Frederick Wilmer (F.W.) Richardson, Ferdinand Dawson (F.D.) Richardson, Fairfax Circuit Court, C. Lee Moore (State Auditor of Public Accounts), Elton R. Holbrook (Deputy Clerk), John M. 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Richardson and his father, Ferdinand Dawson (F.D.) Richardson, held the positions of Clerk of Fairfax County Court and Fairfax Circuit Court, variously, from 1833 to 1935.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.D. Richardson was born on November 9th, 1808. He began his career as an assistant or deputy clerk in 1826; he was County Court Clerk from 1833-1835, 1867-1869 and 1870-1880. F.D. served as Circuit Court Clerk from 1835-1880, apart from a hiatus during the Civil War.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrior to the Civil War, F.D. was a Captain in the Virginia Militia. He was also an avid farmer, as evidenced by his farming journal found in this collection, and is listed as Recording Secretary on the 1848 Constitution of Fairfax Agricultural Society. Post-Civil War, F.D. was a founding member of Central Farmers' Club which began in February 1874. He was also Clerk to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors throughout the 1870s.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNot much is known about F.D.'s activities during the Civil War. He voted for secession from the Union in 1861, and courthouse lore has it that he took George Washington's will down to Richmond for safe-keeping. Physical evidence places him in Richmond in December 1861 and January 1862. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.D. died on October 13th, 1880. His wife and F.W.'s mother, Mary Posey (Grigsby) Richardson, died on December 12th, 1889.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.W. Richardson was born on October 16th 1854. He married Amelia (Millie) Lee Buck in 1883 and had four children, Frederick Dawson (1884 - 1954), Marcus Bayly (1886 - 1917), Mary Buck (1889 - 1890) and Virginia Fairfax (1891 - 1988). \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1871, F.W. became his father's deputy as Assistant Clerk in the Office of the Clerk of County Court. On his father's death, he became temporary Clerk of County and Circuit Courts. In 1881, F.W. was voted in as Clerk of County Court, a position he held until County Court was abolished in 1903. F.W. held the office of Clerk of Circuit Court from 1904 to 1935.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring his working life, F.W. held many other prominent positions within Fairfax County and his local community. He was Clerk of the Board of Supervisors from 1880 - 1935 and County Treasurer in the 1890s; according to the Fairfax Herald, he served as a Probate Judge in 1904 and 1906; he was also a notary public, a real estate buyer, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a delegate to the Prison Association in 1908. He served on many boards and committees, notably the County Health Board, the Fairfax Confederate Monument Association and Confederate Reunion Committee in 1900, the Great War Memorial Fund Committee, the Bicentennial Committee, the Farmers' Institute Committee and the Homecoming Day committee. In 1917, F.W. served as clerk for the Local Board for the Selective Service System Draft (WWI military service), and was Secretary and President of the Town Hall Association, Secretary and President of the Cemetery Association, Secretary and Treasurer of Henry Masonic Lodge, President of the Democratic Club and Wilson Club in 1916, elected Providence Lodge Good Templars Officer in 1873, elected Fairfax Lyceum Recording and Corresponding Secretary in 1874 and elected to the Zion Church Vestry in 1931. He was also a member of the Red Cross.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his monumental public service, F.W. made large donations to the Confederate Reunion, Fairfax fairs and agricultural shows, roads, the War Relief Fund, the YMCA Fund, the Library building, the Fire Department and a new school building. He was much in demand as a public speaker, newspapers of the time list him as addressing Army draftees in 1917, the Civic League, the Rotary Club, Herndon Church of Christ and the Fairfax Lyceum.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspapers from F.W.'s time also record his active social life, attending many dinners and other functions, especially notable are the bank and Bar Association dinners. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection offers a little insight into F.W.'s personal life. He was financially astute, as his many tax returns, insurance papers, Christmas club and bank books show. The collection shows that F.W. held shares in the Silver Butte Mines Corporation, the Mercantile-Railway Building and Loan Association of Alexandria, Virginia Title Company, Falls Church Bank, Incorporated, Fairfax and Loudoun Light and Power Company and Baltimore Building and Loan Association of Baltimore City. He even assumed some financial responsibility for his sister, Madge Pierce, after her husband's death. In the collection are copies of deeds of lands bought by F.W. and his real estate partners, James Love (also a Judge) and R.W. Moore. F.W. also seems to have had some interest in the arts, he was Secretary of the Olio Theatrical Troop in 1874 and held some shares in the Cosmos Theatre Co., Inc.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.W.'s son, Frederick Dawson, had a legal career and was very active in the business and social affairs of Fairfax County. His other son, Marcus Bayly worked for him as deputy clerk. Tragically, Marcus was killed when his car hit a streetcar in August 1917. Amongst F.W.'s papers was a newspaper cutting of the accident, this has been copied onto acid-free paper.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElton Richardson Holbrook, F.W.'s nephew, also worked for F.W. as a deputy clerk; his signature appears on multiple papers. Unfortunately, he committed suicide in the 1931.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.W. retired from Circuit Court in 1935 and was succeeded by John M. Whalen, a couple of whose papers appear in the collection. F.W. died on 23rd April, 1936.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSources:\u003c/title\u003e The collection, the Historical Newspaper Index at Fairfax County Public Library Virginia Room, correspondence from local historian, Lee Hubbard,\u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/\"\u003eFind a Grave\u003c/extref\u003e\n\n\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Frederick Wilmer (F.W.) Richardson and his father, Ferdinand Dawson (F.D.) Richardson, held the positions of Clerk of Fairfax County Court and Fairfax Circuit Court, variously, from 1833 to 1935.\n","F.D. Richardson was born on November 9th, 1808. He began his career as an assistant or deputy clerk in 1826; he was County Court Clerk from 1833-1835, 1867-1869 and 1870-1880. F.D. served as Circuit Court Clerk from 1835-1880, apart from a hiatus during the Civil War.\n","Prior to the Civil War, F.D. was a Captain in the Virginia Militia. He was also an avid farmer, as evidenced by his farming journal found in this collection, and is listed as Recording Secretary on the 1848 Constitution of Fairfax Agricultural Society. Post-Civil War, F.D. was a founding member of Central Farmers' Club which began in February 1874. He was also Clerk to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors throughout the 1870s.\n","Not much is known about F.D.'s activities during the Civil War. He voted for secession from the Union in 1861, and courthouse lore has it that he took George Washington's will down to Richmond for safe-keeping. Physical evidence places him in Richmond in December 1861 and January 1862. \n","F.D. died on October 13th, 1880. His wife and F.W.'s mother, Mary Posey (Grigsby) Richardson, died on December 12th, 1889.\n","F.W. Richardson was born on October 16th 1854. He married Amelia (Millie) Lee Buck in 1883 and had four children, Frederick Dawson (1884 - 1954), Marcus Bayly (1886 - 1917), Mary Buck (1889 - 1890) and Virginia Fairfax (1891 - 1988). \n","In 1871, F.W. became his father's deputy as Assistant Clerk in the Office of the Clerk of County Court. On his father's death, he became temporary Clerk of County and Circuit Courts. In 1881, F.W. was voted in as Clerk of County Court, a position he held until County Court was abolished in 1903. F.W. held the office of Clerk of Circuit Court from 1904 to 1935.\n","During his working life, F.W. held many other prominent positions within Fairfax County and his local community. He was Clerk of the Board of Supervisors from 1880 - 1935 and County Treasurer in the 1890s; according to the Fairfax Herald, he served as a Probate Judge in 1904 and 1906; he was also a notary public, a real estate buyer, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a delegate to the Prison Association in 1908. He served on many boards and committees, notably the County Health Board, the Fairfax Confederate Monument Association and Confederate Reunion Committee in 1900, the Great War Memorial Fund Committee, the Bicentennial Committee, the Farmers' Institute Committee and the Homecoming Day committee. In 1917, F.W. served as clerk for the Local Board for the Selective Service System Draft (WWI military service), and was Secretary and President of the Town Hall Association, Secretary and President of the Cemetery Association, Secretary and Treasurer of Henry Masonic Lodge, President of the Democratic Club and Wilson Club in 1916, elected Providence Lodge Good Templars Officer in 1873, elected Fairfax Lyceum Recording and Corresponding Secretary in 1874 and elected to the Zion Church Vestry in 1931. He was also a member of the Red Cross.\n","In addition to his monumental public service, F.W. made large donations to the Confederate Reunion, Fairfax fairs and agricultural shows, roads, the War Relief Fund, the YMCA Fund, the Library building, the Fire Department and a new school building. He was much in demand as a public speaker, newspapers of the time list him as addressing Army draftees in 1917, the Civic League, the Rotary Club, Herndon Church of Christ and the Fairfax Lyceum.\n","Newspapers from F.W.'s time also record his active social life, attending many dinners and other functions, especially notable are the bank and Bar Association dinners. \n","The collection offers a little insight into F.W.'s personal life. He was financially astute, as his many tax returns, insurance papers, Christmas club and bank books show. The collection shows that F.W. held shares in the Silver Butte Mines Corporation, the Mercantile-Railway Building and Loan Association of Alexandria, Virginia Title Company, Falls Church Bank, Incorporated, Fairfax and Loudoun Light and Power Company and Baltimore Building and Loan Association of Baltimore City. He even assumed some financial responsibility for his sister, Madge Pierce, after her husband's death. In the collection are copies of deeds of lands bought by F.W. and his real estate partners, James Love (also a Judge) and R.W. Moore. F.W. also seems to have had some interest in the arts, he was Secretary of the Olio Theatrical Troop in 1874 and held some shares in the Cosmos Theatre Co., Inc.\n","F.W.'s son, Frederick Dawson, had a legal career and was very active in the business and social affairs of Fairfax County. His other son, Marcus Bayly worked for him as deputy clerk. Tragically, Marcus was killed when his car hit a streetcar in August 1917. Amongst F.W.'s papers was a newspaper cutting of the accident, this has been copied onto acid-free paper.\n","Elton Richardson Holbrook, F.W.'s nephew, also worked for F.W. as a deputy clerk; his signature appears on multiple papers. Unfortunately, he committed suicide in the 1931.\n","F.W. retired from Circuit Court in 1935 and was succeeded by John M. Whalen, a couple of whose papers appear in the collection. F.W. died on 23rd April, 1936.\n","Sources:  The collection, the Historical Newspaper Index at Fairfax County Public Library Virginia Room, correspondence from local historian, Lee Hubbard, Find a Grave"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e F.W. Richardson Papers, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" F.W. Richardson Papers, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1:\u003c/title\u003e Personal, 1861-1936, contains personal papers from both F.D. and F.W. Richardson. F.D.'s papers include receipts from Richmond merchants dating to 1861 and 1862 showing that F.D. and another man listed as Howard were buying large quantities of foodstuffs, cooking, serving and eating implements, tobacco products and pipes and other sundries such as candle molds and needles. There is no evidence-based explanation for these purchases. A possible explanation is that F.D. was outfitting a Confederate unit, but this is conjecture. F.D.'s papers also include a farming journal, other bills and receipts, some court papers and claims on his estate.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.W.'s papers include a number of deeds and other property papers, insurance certificates and papers, investments papers, bank books and checks, tax returns, masonic membership cards and papers, other club membership cards and papers and papers pertaining to his work on the local board of the Selective Service System Draft in 1917 during WWI. The most poignant of these papers are chits stating whether local men (identified by serial numbers) passed their physical examinations for the draft. Some of the serial numbers correspond to entries in the Local Board Selective Service System Draft Records Book 1917, found in the archives. These entries state whether the men were allowed exemption from service due to dependents or occupation. See Appendix IV for details.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2:\u003c/title\u003e Professional, 1881 - 1935, contains documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of County and Circuit Court. These documents include land records such as deed, lease, bill of sale, contract, mortgage, survey and certificate of title paperwork and correspondence; personal property records such as sales and conditional sales contract, loan, lien and chattel mortgage paperwork and correspondence; copies of wills, administrator and executor appointments, inheritance tax and fees paperwork and correspondence; tax records such as delinquent tax lists, receipts, sales paperwork and general tax correspondence; term papers records for commonwealth and civil cases such as Justice of the Peace statements, warrants of arrest, bail paperwork, jury summonses, case proceedings, judgements, divorce notices, insane asylum commitment papers, motions and petitions, pardon and parole forms, lists of court costs and clerk's fees, lawyers correspondence and receipts; other court records such as a jail condition report, hunting and fishing licenses, corporation directors and officers lists, names for the WWI Memorial and election candidacy papers; clerk's office documents such as reports, budget, salary lists, bank account information and receipts and correspondence with the State Auditor, attorneys and others. This series also has documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors such as a record of the County Levy in 1914 and correspondence concerning Board matters and bills.\nOf particular note is the correspondence concerning Prohibition laws and the Reports of Clerks of Court showing the special importance given Prohibition cases. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3:\u003c/title\u003e Posthumous Papers, 1936 - 1943, contains paperwork created by/ for John Whalen, Clerk of Circuit Court. 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A possible explanation is that F.D. was outfitting a Confederate unit, but this is conjecture. F.D.'s papers also include a farming journal, other bills and receipts, some court papers and claims on his estate.\n","F.W.'s papers include a number of deeds and other property papers, insurance certificates and papers, investments papers, bank books and checks, tax returns, masonic membership cards and papers, other club membership cards and papers and papers pertaining to his work on the local board of the Selective Service System Draft in 1917 during WWI. The most poignant of these papers are chits stating whether local men (identified by serial numbers) passed their physical examinations for the draft. Some of the serial numbers correspond to entries in the Local Board Selective Service System Draft Records Book 1917, found in the archives. These entries state whether the men were allowed exemption from service due to dependents or occupation. See Appendix IV for details.\n","Series 2:  Professional, 1881 - 1935, contains documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of County and Circuit Court. These documents include land records such as deed, lease, bill of sale, contract, mortgage, survey and certificate of title paperwork and correspondence; personal property records such as sales and conditional sales contract, loan, lien and chattel mortgage paperwork and correspondence; copies of wills, administrator and executor appointments, inheritance tax and fees paperwork and correspondence; tax records such as delinquent tax lists, receipts, sales paperwork and general tax correspondence; term papers records for commonwealth and civil cases such as Justice of the Peace statements, warrants of arrest, bail paperwork, jury summonses, case proceedings, judgements, divorce notices, insane asylum commitment papers, motions and petitions, pardon and parole forms, lists of court costs and clerk's fees, lawyers correspondence and receipts; other court records such as a jail condition report, hunting and fishing licenses, corporation directors and officers lists, names for the WWI Memorial and election candidacy papers; clerk's office documents such as reports, budget, salary lists, bank account information and receipts and correspondence with the State Auditor, attorneys and others. This series also has documents pertaining to F.W.'s position as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors such as a record of the County Levy in 1914 and correspondence concerning Board matters and bills.\nOf particular note is the correspondence concerning Prohibition laws and the Reports of Clerks of Court showing the special importance given Prohibition cases. \n","Series 3:  Posthumous Papers, 1936 - 1943, contains paperwork created by/ for John Whalen, Clerk of Circuit Court. 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A case has already gone to trial and a judgement has been granted.  The court order will be carried out by a sheriff, sergeant, coroner or constable.\n \nA judge will command a sheriff or someone of similar authority to collect the \"goods and chattles\" of the convicted defendant to settle the debt owed to the plaintiff.  \n \nAn execution will contain the following information: the names of the sheriff, plaintiff, defendant; amount of debt owed; date of when the debt originated, and the court date.  \n","Types of Executions \nFieri Facias (Fi.fa.)- A writ to a sheriff for executing a judgement.\n \nChancery - Plaintiff seeks equal distribution of assets.\n \nWrit of elegit - A judgement against a debtor's goods and chattel held by the creditor until debt is paid.\n","Execution Returned/Not Satisfied \nWhen an execution was not able to be served and debt unable to be satisfied; or, an execution had been served but the defendant had no property or monies to settle the debt.","Superior Court \nAny higher court than county court, i.e. Court of Appeals, Virginia Supreme Court, the Federal Supreme Court.","Waiver of the Homestead Act \nSeveral of the executions indicate that the defendant waived their homestead right.  Below is an explanation of the Homestead Act of 1862 and what it meant to waive this right. ","Homestead Act of 1862 \nAn agreement between borrow and lender to waive the homeowner's statutory homestead rights under state law.  Homestead rights protect a homeowner's equity from creditors in cases of default.","What does that mean? \nThe Homestead Act of 1862 allowed an adult citizen to claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.  They were required to  \"improve\" the land , meaning cultivate and establish homes.  After five consecutive years, the citizen would be entitled to  free and clear  ownership of the land. \nIf the  land was not developed  within five years, then the owner waived their homestead right and was subject to the financial obligation and susceptible to collection of debt.","All documents have been unfolded and flattened.  All nails, fasteners, and deteriorated rubber bands have been removed except for metal rivets (to remove these would cause considerable tearing and damage to the documents).  \n","All documents have been organized in chronological order, then alphabetized.  \n","Minimum amount of folding has been utilized to fit longer documents into the archive folders and linear boxes.\n","The collection includes documents from 1840 to 1905 and is arranged chronologically, then alphabetically by surname. Along with the executions are receipts from purchases, IOUs, and bank checks to prove that the debt had either been satisfied or not satisfied. ","Ledgers:  The Fairfax County Historical Records also houses several ledgers that correspond with the executions. 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The ledgers record the names of the plaintiff, defendant, debt owed, court costs, location of the trial, what kind of warrant was executed, the return date of the warrant, counsel, warrant issue date, and outcome of the execution (whether the debt was settled, partially settled, or not satisfied).","Execution Book 1: 22 April 1870 - 1 Jan 1904","Execution Book 2: 25 November 1878 - 27 March 1907","Execution Book [3]: 4 January 1858 - 1 April 1870","Executions: 1838-1842","Execution Book: 1839-1844","Execution Book: 1842-1846","Execution Book: 1844-1855","Execution Book: 1846-1852","Execution Book: 1853-1858","Execution Book: 1855-1878/Executions Returned by Constable 1838-1848","Execution Book: 1807-1811/Executions Returned by Constable 1849-1861","Executions Returned by Constable 1866-1903"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Shelf Location\"\u003eUnit 49, Shelves 1 - 4\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Unit 49, Shelves 1 - 4\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":286,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T16:14:48.958Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaffcr_vaffcr00004"}},{"id":"vaffcr_Vaffcr00006","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Voting Records of Fairfax County, \n1854-1936","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaffcr_Vaffcr00006#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\n","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaffcr_Vaffcr00006#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries 1:\u003c/strong\u003e Poll Books, 1854 - 1914, contains the poll books of Fairfax County pre- and post-1870. 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Since its ratification, there have been regular amendments and six major revisions to the state's constitution: 1830, 1851, 1864, 1870, 1902, and 1971. The current constitution as of 2017 is an amended version of the 1971 constitution. These revisions to the Virginia Constitution are representative of the \"political, social, regional, and racial climate of the times,\" according to the Virginia General Assembly.","The constitution of 1851 took significant steps in extending voting rights. In previous versions, only white male property holders could vote, but the 1851 revisions changed this law so that all white men were eligible to vote. Additionally, judges were to be elected rather than appointed and the position of Lieutenant Governor was created.","Article VII of the Constitution of Commonwealth of Virginia establishes the roles and duties of local government systems, with Section 4 of this article mandating, \"There shall be elected by the qualified voters of each county and city a treasurer, a sheriff, an attorney for the Commonwealth, a clerk, who shall be clerk of the court in the office of which deeds are recorded, and a commissioner of revenue.\" The elections of which records are found in this collection fall under this section of the Virginia constitution.","Later significant extensions of voting rights in Virginia include granting the right to vote to African Americans under the 15th amendment to the United States Constitution in 1869, and to women under the 19th amendment in 1920. Our records of voter registration indicate that both African Americans and women in Fairfax County were eager to exercise their civic duties following the ratification of these amendments.","The voting records of Fairfax County are kept at the Fairfax Circuit Court under Title 17.1, Chapter 2 (Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records) of the Virginia Code, which states, \"The circuit court clerks shall have custody of and shall keep all court records, including books, evidence, records, maps, and papers, deposited in their offices or at such location otherwise designated by the clerk, as well as records stored in electronic format whether the storage media for such electronic records are on premises or elsewhere.\" The code also stipulates, \"None of the records or papers of a circuit court shall be removed by the clerk nor allowed by him to be removed out of the county or city wherein the clerk's office is kept.\"","Heavily creased and folded documents were treated with humidity and flattened. Post-1870 poll books with no identifying information on the covers were described using pencil. Oversized documents were placed in flat files and stored in map drawers.\n","Series 1:  Poll Books, 1854 - 1914, contains the poll books of Fairfax County pre- and post-1870. Poll books prior to 1870 list the year and precinct, the candidates, their position, and the names of the voters and the votes cast (there was no anonymity in voting). The nature of how poll books were written changed in 1870, when voting became anonymous. Post-1870 poll books are simply a list of electors for each precinct-a list of those who voted but no indication of who they voted for.  These documents have been grouped together due to the context in which they were used being the same.\n","The division of voting precincts also changed in 1870, when each precinct was assigned to a newly created district (also known as a township).  The six districts were Centreville, Dranesville, Falls Church, Lee, Mount Vernon, and Providence. Pre-1870 poll books are arranged alphabetical by precinct only; Post-1870 poll books are subdivided by precinct, then arranged alphabetically by township.  \n","The bulk of the series contains documents from 1854 to 1879. There are only two documents dating to after 1879, one from 1909 and another from 1914.\n","Series 2:  Elections, 1858-1936, contains documents relating to the administration and results of elections in Fairfax County. This includes notices of candidates from 1899 to 1901; various voter lists (lists of those with the right to suffrage in each district in 1861, list of voters in each district in 1866, and the registrar's notes of voter registration from 1902 to 1936); commissioners' oaths; election returns; election tickets; and a record of a contested election for Commissioner of Revenue in 1879.\n","The registrar's notes of voter registration starting in 1904 contain the earliest evidence in this collection that African Americans in Fairfax County were given the right to vote per the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, indicated by noting voter race (i.e. \"Color: Black\"). The registrar's notes after 1920 also contain the earliest evidence that women had gained the right to vote per the 19th Amendment, despite the Virginia General Assembly refusing its ratification until 1952, indicated by the division of registration lists into \"Male\" and \"Female\" columns.\n","The election returns from 1892 to 1911 contain the collection's only oversized documents, which are large tabular compilations of votes for the entire county. The largest of these tables is over 3.5 feet in length.\n","The election returns contain returns from votes for members of the Virginia Electoral College for the presidential elections of 1892, 1896, 1900, and 1904.\n","The records of the contested 1879 election of Richard F. Broadwater for Commissioner of Revenue are the only records in the collection of a contested election. The petitioners claimed that the election of Broadwater was \"undue and illegal\" and was the result of \"false returns\", demanding that the court either \"award a certificate of election to Amos Fox, who received the highest number of votes legally cast... or order a new election for the said office.\" Broadwater denied all allegations of fraud and there are no records of the election being annulled or a new election being held. \n","Series 3:  Petitions, 1873-1888 (three undated), contains the documentation of petitions to the Fairfax County Court. Most petitions regard the changing of election precincts or voting locations according to shifts in population distribution, or due to the inconvenience of current precincts/locations.\n","One 1888 petition from the people of Mt. Vernon asks Judge Sangster to appoint a new registrar, due to the \"inconvenience of the location of the present registrar...who lives in an out of the way place.\" The petition also asks that the court order a new registration of voters, \"as the old books, which have been in use nearly fifteen years, are so badly worn and mutilated as to be almost useless.\"","The series also contains what appears to be a draft of a petition, undated and unsigned. The petition asks for an \"alteration\" to the boundaries of the sixth magisterial district, and on the reverse seems to contain a crude map of said alterations.\n","Series 4:  Capitation Taxes, 1911-1926, contains lists of persons by district and precinct who had paid their capitation taxes (also called poll taxes) for the years noted, thereby ensuring their eligibility to vote. The lists categorize voters as \"White\" or \"Colored,\" and after 1920, women are included.","Although the U.S. Constitution, in Article I, Section 9, forbids the federal government from levying a capitation or other direct tax, this law did not apply to states until 1966, when the Supreme Court ruled that the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in a state election was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. Thus, beginning in the late nineteenth century, southern states including Virginia made payment of a poll tax a prerequisite to the exercise of suffrage. This requirement disqualified many African Americans who could not afford the tax or subjected their votes to influence by those who paid the tax for them.","Series 5:  Miscellaneous, 1854-1924, contains miscellaneous documents relating to voting and elections in Fairfax County. These documents include oaths of office, certifications of votes, commissions, records of election spending, receipts, records of appointments, notices of voter registration, lists of registrars, and notes taken during the Dranesville district convention of 1897.","The contents of the collection and the years it covers are scattered, with many years missing entirely and the collection as a whole seeming incomplete. This is a result of a combination of factors over the years, one being that many documents belonging in the collection were burned or discarded, having been thought to be useless. It also seems as though previous archivists pulled certain documents from other collections and placed them with the voting records, believing them to belong there, resulting in the contents seeming slightly arbitrary. Thus, many documents in Series 5 may seem to be random additions to the collection. For example, the collection contains over 100 records of election spending from 1903, one from 1921, and one 1923. There are no other records of election spending in the collection. Another example is that there is only one record in the collection of a district convention, which took place in Dranesville in 1897, although presumably there was more than one district convention in Fairfax County between 1854 and 1936. Any guess as to how, when, and why the courthouse came to be in possession of the documentation of this specific district convention would be conjecture.","There are no restrictions.\n","Unit 39, Shelf 5\n","Fairfax Circuit Court, local courts","F.W. Richardson, F.D. Richardson, Judge J. 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Additionally, judges were to be elected rather than appointed and the position of Lieutenant Governor was created.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle VII of the Constitution of Commonwealth of Virginia establishes the roles and duties of local government systems, with Section 4 of this article mandating, \"There shall be elected by the qualified voters of each county and city a treasurer, a sheriff, an attorney for the Commonwealth, a clerk, who shall be clerk of the court in the office of which deeds are recorded, and a commissioner of revenue.\" The elections of which records are found in this collection fall under this section of the Virginia constitution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLater significant extensions of voting rights in Virginia include granting the right to vote to African Americans under the 15th amendment to the United States Constitution in 1869, and to women under the 19th amendment in 1920. Our records of voter registration indicate that both African Americans and women in Fairfax County were eager to exercise their civic duties following the ratification of these amendments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe voting records of Fairfax County are kept at the Fairfax Circuit Court under Title 17.1, Chapter 2 (Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records) of the Virginia Code, which states, \"The circuit court clerks shall have custody of and shall keep all court records, including books, evidence, records, maps, and papers, deposited in their offices or at such location otherwise designated by the clerk, as well as records stored in electronic format whether the storage media for such electronic records are on premises or elsewhere.\" The code also stipulates, \"None of the records or papers of a circuit court shall be removed by the clerk nor allowed by him to be removed out of the county or city wherein the clerk's office is kept.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Commonwealth of Virginia ratified its first constitution in 1776, following the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Since its ratification, there have been regular amendments and six major revisions to the state's constitution: 1830, 1851, 1864, 1870, 1902, and 1971. The current constitution as of 2017 is an amended version of the 1971 constitution. These revisions to the Virginia Constitution are representative of the \"political, social, regional, and racial climate of the times,\" according to the Virginia General Assembly.","The constitution of 1851 took significant steps in extending voting rights. In previous versions, only white male property holders could vote, but the 1851 revisions changed this law so that all white men were eligible to vote. Additionally, judges were to be elected rather than appointed and the position of Lieutenant Governor was created.","Article VII of the Constitution of Commonwealth of Virginia establishes the roles and duties of local government systems, with Section 4 of this article mandating, \"There shall be elected by the qualified voters of each county and city a treasurer, a sheriff, an attorney for the Commonwealth, a clerk, who shall be clerk of the court in the office of which deeds are recorded, and a commissioner of revenue.\" The elections of which records are found in this collection fall under this section of the Virginia constitution.","Later significant extensions of voting rights in Virginia include granting the right to vote to African Americans under the 15th amendment to the United States Constitution in 1869, and to women under the 19th amendment in 1920. Our records of voter registration indicate that both African Americans and women in Fairfax County were eager to exercise their civic duties following the ratification of these amendments.","The voting records of Fairfax County are kept at the Fairfax Circuit Court under Title 17.1, Chapter 2 (Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records) of the Virginia Code, which states, \"The circuit court clerks shall have custody of and shall keep all court records, including books, evidence, records, maps, and papers, deposited in their offices or at such location otherwise designated by the clerk, as well as records stored in electronic format whether the storage media for such electronic records are on premises or elsewhere.\" The code also stipulates, \"None of the records or papers of a circuit court shall be removed by the clerk nor allowed by him to be removed out of the county or city wherein the clerk's office is kept.\""],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Voting Records of Fairfax County, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Voting Records of Fairfax County, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHeavily creased and folded documents were treated with humidity and flattened. 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Post-1870 poll books are simply a list of electors for each precinct-a list of those who voted but no indication of who they voted for.  These documents have been grouped together due to the context in which they were used being the same.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe division of voting precincts also changed in 1870, when each precinct was assigned to a newly created district (also known as a township).  The six districts were Centreville, Dranesville, Falls Church, Lee, Mount Vernon, and Providence. Pre-1870 poll books are arranged alphabetical by precinct only; Post-1870 poll books are subdivided by precinct, then arranged alphabetically by township.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the series contains documents from 1854 to 1879. There are only two documents dating to after 1879, one from 1909 and another from 1914.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2:\u003c/title\u003e Elections, 1858-1936, contains documents relating to the administration and results of elections in Fairfax County. This includes notices of candidates from 1899 to 1901; various voter lists (lists of those with the right to suffrage in each district in 1861, list of voters in each district in 1866, and the registrar's notes of voter registration from 1902 to 1936); commissioners' oaths; election returns; election tickets; and a record of a contested election for Commissioner of Revenue in 1879.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe registrar's notes of voter registration starting in 1904 contain the earliest evidence in this collection that African Americans in Fairfax County were given the right to vote per the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, indicated by noting voter race (i.e. \"Color: Black\"). The registrar's notes after 1920 also contain the earliest evidence that women had gained the right to vote per the 19th Amendment, despite the Virginia General Assembly refusing its ratification until 1952, indicated by the division of registration lists into \"Male\" and \"Female\" columns.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe election returns from 1892 to 1911 contain the collection's only oversized documents, which are large tabular compilations of votes for the entire county. The largest of these tables is over 3.5 feet in length.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe election returns contain returns from votes for members of the Virginia Electoral College for the presidential elections of 1892, 1896, 1900, and 1904.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe records of the contested 1879 election of Richard F. Broadwater for Commissioner of Revenue are the only records in the collection of a contested election. The petitioners claimed that the election of Broadwater was \"undue and illegal\" and was the result of \"false returns\", demanding that the court either \"award a certificate of election to Amos Fox, who received the highest number of votes legally cast... or order a new election for the said office.\" Broadwater denied all allegations of fraud and there are no records of the election being annulled or a new election being held. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3:\u003c/title\u003e Petitions, 1873-1888 (three undated), contains the documentation of petitions to the Fairfax County Court. Most petitions regard the changing of election precincts or voting locations according to shifts in population distribution, or due to the inconvenience of current precincts/locations.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne 1888 petition from the people of Mt. Vernon asks Judge Sangster to appoint a new registrar, due to the \"inconvenience of the location of the present registrar...who lives in an out of the way place.\" The petition also asks that the court order a new registration of voters, \"as the old books, which have been in use nearly fifteen years, are so badly worn and mutilated as to be almost useless.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe series also contains what appears to be a draft of a petition, undated and unsigned. The petition asks for an \"alteration\" to the boundaries of the sixth magisterial district, and on the reverse seems to contain a crude map of said alterations.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4: \u003c/title\u003eCapitation Taxes, 1911-1926, contains lists of persons by district and precinct who had paid their capitation taxes (also called poll taxes) for the years noted, thereby ensuring their eligibility to vote. The lists categorize voters as \"White\" or \"Colored,\" and after 1920, women are included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough the U.S. Constitution, in Article I, Section 9, forbids the federal government from levying a capitation or other direct tax, this law did not apply to states until 1966, when the Supreme Court ruled that the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in a state election was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. Thus, beginning in the late nineteenth century, southern states including Virginia made payment of a poll tax a prerequisite to the exercise of suffrage. This requirement disqualified many African Americans who could not afford the tax or subjected their votes to influence by those who paid the tax for them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5:\u003c/title\u003e Miscellaneous, 1854-1924, contains miscellaneous documents relating to voting and elections in Fairfax County. These documents include oaths of office, certifications of votes, commissions, records of election spending, receipts, records of appointments, notices of voter registration, lists of registrars, and notes taken during the Dranesville district convention of 1897.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe contents of the collection and the years it covers are scattered, with many years missing entirely and the collection as a whole seeming incomplete. This is a result of a combination of factors over the years, one being that many documents belonging in the collection were burned or discarded, having been thought to be useless. It also seems as though previous archivists pulled certain documents from other collections and placed them with the voting records, believing them to belong there, resulting in the contents seeming slightly arbitrary. Thus, many documents in Series 5 may seem to be random additions to the collection. For example, the collection contains over 100 records of election spending from 1903, one from 1921, and one 1923. There are no other records of election spending in the collection. Another example is that there is only one record in the collection of a district convention, which took place in Dranesville in 1897, although presumably there was more than one district convention in Fairfax County between 1854 and 1936. Any guess as to how, when, and why the courthouse came to be in possession of the documentation of this specific district convention would be conjecture.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Series 1:  Poll Books, 1854 - 1914, contains the poll books of Fairfax County pre- and post-1870. Poll books prior to 1870 list the year and precinct, the candidates, their position, and the names of the voters and the votes cast (there was no anonymity in voting). The nature of how poll books were written changed in 1870, when voting became anonymous. Post-1870 poll books are simply a list of electors for each precinct-a list of those who voted but no indication of who they voted for.  These documents have been grouped together due to the context in which they were used being the same.\n","The division of voting precincts also changed in 1870, when each precinct was assigned to a newly created district (also known as a township).  The six districts were Centreville, Dranesville, Falls Church, Lee, Mount Vernon, and Providence. Pre-1870 poll books are arranged alphabetical by precinct only; Post-1870 poll books are subdivided by precinct, then arranged alphabetically by township.  \n","The bulk of the series contains documents from 1854 to 1879. There are only two documents dating to after 1879, one from 1909 and another from 1914.\n","Series 2:  Elections, 1858-1936, contains documents relating to the administration and results of elections in Fairfax County. This includes notices of candidates from 1899 to 1901; various voter lists (lists of those with the right to suffrage in each district in 1861, list of voters in each district in 1866, and the registrar's notes of voter registration from 1902 to 1936); commissioners' oaths; election returns; election tickets; and a record of a contested election for Commissioner of Revenue in 1879.\n","The registrar's notes of voter registration starting in 1904 contain the earliest evidence in this collection that African Americans in Fairfax County were given the right to vote per the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, indicated by noting voter race (i.e. \"Color: Black\"). The registrar's notes after 1920 also contain the earliest evidence that women had gained the right to vote per the 19th Amendment, despite the Virginia General Assembly refusing its ratification until 1952, indicated by the division of registration lists into \"Male\" and \"Female\" columns.\n","The election returns from 1892 to 1911 contain the collection's only oversized documents, which are large tabular compilations of votes for the entire county. The largest of these tables is over 3.5 feet in length.\n","The election returns contain returns from votes for members of the Virginia Electoral College for the presidential elections of 1892, 1896, 1900, and 1904.\n","The records of the contested 1879 election of Richard F. Broadwater for Commissioner of Revenue are the only records in the collection of a contested election. The petitioners claimed that the election of Broadwater was \"undue and illegal\" and was the result of \"false returns\", demanding that the court either \"award a certificate of election to Amos Fox, who received the highest number of votes legally cast... or order a new election for the said office.\" Broadwater denied all allegations of fraud and there are no records of the election being annulled or a new election being held. \n","Series 3:  Petitions, 1873-1888 (three undated), contains the documentation of petitions to the Fairfax County Court. Most petitions regard the changing of election precincts or voting locations according to shifts in population distribution, or due to the inconvenience of current precincts/locations.\n","One 1888 petition from the people of Mt. Vernon asks Judge Sangster to appoint a new registrar, due to the \"inconvenience of the location of the present registrar...who lives in an out of the way place.\" The petition also asks that the court order a new registration of voters, \"as the old books, which have been in use nearly fifteen years, are so badly worn and mutilated as to be almost useless.\"","The series also contains what appears to be a draft of a petition, undated and unsigned. The petition asks for an \"alteration\" to the boundaries of the sixth magisterial district, and on the reverse seems to contain a crude map of said alterations.\n","Series 4:  Capitation Taxes, 1911-1926, contains lists of persons by district and precinct who had paid their capitation taxes (also called poll taxes) for the years noted, thereby ensuring their eligibility to vote. The lists categorize voters as \"White\" or \"Colored,\" and after 1920, women are included.","Although the U.S. Constitution, in Article I, Section 9, forbids the federal government from levying a capitation or other direct tax, this law did not apply to states until 1966, when the Supreme Court ruled that the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in a state election was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. Thus, beginning in the late nineteenth century, southern states including Virginia made payment of a poll tax a prerequisite to the exercise of suffrage. This requirement disqualified many African Americans who could not afford the tax or subjected their votes to influence by those who paid the tax for them.","Series 5:  Miscellaneous, 1854-1924, contains miscellaneous documents relating to voting and elections in Fairfax County. These documents include oaths of office, certifications of votes, commissions, records of election spending, receipts, records of appointments, notices of voter registration, lists of registrars, and notes taken during the Dranesville district convention of 1897.","The contents of the collection and the years it covers are scattered, with many years missing entirely and the collection as a whole seeming incomplete. This is a result of a combination of factors over the years, one being that many documents belonging in the collection were burned or discarded, having been thought to be useless. It also seems as though previous archivists pulled certain documents from other collections and placed them with the voting records, believing them to belong there, resulting in the contents seeming slightly arbitrary. Thus, many documents in Series 5 may seem to be random additions to the collection. For example, the collection contains over 100 records of election spending from 1903, one from 1921, and one 1923. There are no other records of election spending in the collection. Another example is that there is only one record in the collection of a district convention, which took place in Dranesville in 1897, although presumably there was more than one district convention in Fairfax County between 1854 and 1936. Any guess as to how, when, and why the courthouse came to be in possession of the documentation of this specific district convention would be conjecture."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Shelf Location\"\u003eUnit 39, Shelf 5\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Unit 39, Shelf 5\n"],"names_coll_ssim":["Fairfax Circuit Court, local courts","F.W. Richardson, F.D. Richardson, Judge J. Sangster"],"names_ssim":["Fairfax Circuit Court, local courts","F.W. Richardson, F.D. Richardson, Judge J. Sangster"],"corpname_ssim":["Fairfax Circuit Court, local courts"],"persname_ssim":["F.W. Richardson, F.D. Richardson, Judge J. 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Since its ratification, there have been regular amendments and six major revisions to the state's constitution: 1830, 1851, 1864, 1870, 1902, and 1971. The current constitution as of 2017 is an amended version of the 1971 constitution. These revisions to the Virginia Constitution are representative of the \"political, social, regional, and racial climate of the times,\" according to the Virginia General Assembly.","The constitution of 1851 took significant steps in extending voting rights. In previous versions, only white male property holders could vote, but the 1851 revisions changed this law so that all white men were eligible to vote. Additionally, judges were to be elected rather than appointed and the position of Lieutenant Governor was created.","Article VII of the Constitution of Commonwealth of Virginia establishes the roles and duties of local government systems, with Section 4 of this article mandating, \"There shall be elected by the qualified voters of each county and city a treasurer, a sheriff, an attorney for the Commonwealth, a clerk, who shall be clerk of the court in the office of which deeds are recorded, and a commissioner of revenue.\" The elections of which records are found in this collection fall under this section of the Virginia constitution.","Later significant extensions of voting rights in Virginia include granting the right to vote to African Americans under the 15th amendment to the United States Constitution in 1869, and to women under the 19th amendment in 1920. Our records of voter registration indicate that both African Americans and women in Fairfax County were eager to exercise their civic duties following the ratification of these amendments.","The voting records of Fairfax County are kept at the Fairfax Circuit Court under Title 17.1, Chapter 2 (Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records) of the Virginia Code, which states, \"The circuit court clerks shall have custody of and shall keep all court records, including books, evidence, records, maps, and papers, deposited in their offices or at such location otherwise designated by the clerk, as well as records stored in electronic format whether the storage media for such electronic records are on premises or elsewhere.\" The code also stipulates, \"None of the records or papers of a circuit court shall be removed by the clerk nor allowed by him to be removed out of the county or city wherein the clerk's office is kept.\"","Heavily creased and folded documents were treated with humidity and flattened. Post-1870 poll books with no identifying information on the covers were described using pencil. Oversized documents were placed in flat files and stored in map drawers.\n","Series 1:  Poll Books, 1854 - 1914, contains the poll books of Fairfax County pre- and post-1870. Poll books prior to 1870 list the year and precinct, the candidates, their position, and the names of the voters and the votes cast (there was no anonymity in voting). The nature of how poll books were written changed in 1870, when voting became anonymous. Post-1870 poll books are simply a list of electors for each precinct-a list of those who voted but no indication of who they voted for.  These documents have been grouped together due to the context in which they were used being the same.\n","The division of voting precincts also changed in 1870, when each precinct was assigned to a newly created district (also known as a township).  The six districts were Centreville, Dranesville, Falls Church, Lee, Mount Vernon, and Providence. Pre-1870 poll books are arranged alphabetical by precinct only; Post-1870 poll books are subdivided by precinct, then arranged alphabetically by township.  \n","The bulk of the series contains documents from 1854 to 1879. There are only two documents dating to after 1879, one from 1909 and another from 1914.\n","Series 2:  Elections, 1858-1936, contains documents relating to the administration and results of elections in Fairfax County. This includes notices of candidates from 1899 to 1901; various voter lists (lists of those with the right to suffrage in each district in 1861, list of voters in each district in 1866, and the registrar's notes of voter registration from 1902 to 1936); commissioners' oaths; election returns; election tickets; and a record of a contested election for Commissioner of Revenue in 1879.\n","The registrar's notes of voter registration starting in 1904 contain the earliest evidence in this collection that African Americans in Fairfax County were given the right to vote per the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, indicated by noting voter race (i.e. \"Color: Black\"). The registrar's notes after 1920 also contain the earliest evidence that women had gained the right to vote per the 19th Amendment, despite the Virginia General Assembly refusing its ratification until 1952, indicated by the division of registration lists into \"Male\" and \"Female\" columns.\n","The election returns from 1892 to 1911 contain the collection's only oversized documents, which are large tabular compilations of votes for the entire county. The largest of these tables is over 3.5 feet in length.\n","The election returns contain returns from votes for members of the Virginia Electoral College for the presidential elections of 1892, 1896, 1900, and 1904.\n","The records of the contested 1879 election of Richard F. Broadwater for Commissioner of Revenue are the only records in the collection of a contested election. The petitioners claimed that the election of Broadwater was \"undue and illegal\" and was the result of \"false returns\", demanding that the court either \"award a certificate of election to Amos Fox, who received the highest number of votes legally cast... or order a new election for the said office.\" Broadwater denied all allegations of fraud and there are no records of the election being annulled or a new election being held. \n","Series 3:  Petitions, 1873-1888 (three undated), contains the documentation of petitions to the Fairfax County Court. Most petitions regard the changing of election precincts or voting locations according to shifts in population distribution, or due to the inconvenience of current precincts/locations.\n","One 1888 petition from the people of Mt. Vernon asks Judge Sangster to appoint a new registrar, due to the \"inconvenience of the location of the present registrar...who lives in an out of the way place.\" The petition also asks that the court order a new registration of voters, \"as the old books, which have been in use nearly fifteen years, are so badly worn and mutilated as to be almost useless.\"","The series also contains what appears to be a draft of a petition, undated and unsigned. The petition asks for an \"alteration\" to the boundaries of the sixth magisterial district, and on the reverse seems to contain a crude map of said alterations.\n","Series 4:  Capitation Taxes, 1911-1926, contains lists of persons by district and precinct who had paid their capitation taxes (also called poll taxes) for the years noted, thereby ensuring their eligibility to vote. The lists categorize voters as \"White\" or \"Colored,\" and after 1920, women are included.","Although the U.S. Constitution, in Article I, Section 9, forbids the federal government from levying a capitation or other direct tax, this law did not apply to states until 1966, when the Supreme Court ruled that the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in a state election was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. Thus, beginning in the late nineteenth century, southern states including Virginia made payment of a poll tax a prerequisite to the exercise of suffrage. This requirement disqualified many African Americans who could not afford the tax or subjected their votes to influence by those who paid the tax for them.","Series 5:  Miscellaneous, 1854-1924, contains miscellaneous documents relating to voting and elections in Fairfax County. These documents include oaths of office, certifications of votes, commissions, records of election spending, receipts, records of appointments, notices of voter registration, lists of registrars, and notes taken during the Dranesville district convention of 1897.","The contents of the collection and the years it covers are scattered, with many years missing entirely and the collection as a whole seeming incomplete. This is a result of a combination of factors over the years, one being that many documents belonging in the collection were burned or discarded, having been thought to be useless. It also seems as though previous archivists pulled certain documents from other collections and placed them with the voting records, believing them to belong there, resulting in the contents seeming slightly arbitrary. Thus, many documents in Series 5 may seem to be random additions to the collection. For example, the collection contains over 100 records of election spending from 1903, one from 1921, and one 1923. There are no other records of election spending in the collection. Another example is that there is only one record in the collection of a district convention, which took place in Dranesville in 1897, although presumably there was more than one district convention in Fairfax County between 1854 and 1936. Any guess as to how, when, and why the courthouse came to be in possession of the documentation of this specific district convention would be conjecture.","There are no restrictions.\n","Unit 39, Shelf 5\n","Fairfax Circuit Court, local courts","F.W. Richardson, F.D. Richardson, Judge J. 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Since its ratification, there have been regular amendments and six major revisions to the state's constitution: 1830, 1851, 1864, 1870, 1902, and 1971. The current constitution as of 2017 is an amended version of the 1971 constitution. These revisions to the Virginia Constitution are representative of the \"political, social, regional, and racial climate of the times,\" according to the Virginia General Assembly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe constitution of 1851 took significant steps in extending voting rights. In previous versions, only white male property holders could vote, but the 1851 revisions changed this law so that all white men were eligible to vote. Additionally, judges were to be elected rather than appointed and the position of Lieutenant Governor was created.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle VII of the Constitution of Commonwealth of Virginia establishes the roles and duties of local government systems, with Section 4 of this article mandating, \"There shall be elected by the qualified voters of each county and city a treasurer, a sheriff, an attorney for the Commonwealth, a clerk, who shall be clerk of the court in the office of which deeds are recorded, and a commissioner of revenue.\" The elections of which records are found in this collection fall under this section of the Virginia constitution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLater significant extensions of voting rights in Virginia include granting the right to vote to African Americans under the 15th amendment to the United States Constitution in 1869, and to women under the 19th amendment in 1920. Our records of voter registration indicate that both African Americans and women in Fairfax County were eager to exercise their civic duties following the ratification of these amendments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe voting records of Fairfax County are kept at the Fairfax Circuit Court under Title 17.1, Chapter 2 (Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records) of the Virginia Code, which states, \"The circuit court clerks shall have custody of and shall keep all court records, including books, evidence, records, maps, and papers, deposited in their offices or at such location otherwise designated by the clerk, as well as records stored in electronic format whether the storage media for such electronic records are on premises or elsewhere.\" The code also stipulates, \"None of the records or papers of a circuit court shall be removed by the clerk nor allowed by him to be removed out of the county or city wherein the clerk's office is kept.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Commonwealth of Virginia ratified its first constitution in 1776, following the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Since its ratification, there have been regular amendments and six major revisions to the state's constitution: 1830, 1851, 1864, 1870, 1902, and 1971. The current constitution as of 2017 is an amended version of the 1971 constitution. These revisions to the Virginia Constitution are representative of the \"political, social, regional, and racial climate of the times,\" according to the Virginia General Assembly.","The constitution of 1851 took significant steps in extending voting rights. In previous versions, only white male property holders could vote, but the 1851 revisions changed this law so that all white men were eligible to vote. Additionally, judges were to be elected rather than appointed and the position of Lieutenant Governor was created.","Article VII of the Constitution of Commonwealth of Virginia establishes the roles and duties of local government systems, with Section 4 of this article mandating, \"There shall be elected by the qualified voters of each county and city a treasurer, a sheriff, an attorney for the Commonwealth, a clerk, who shall be clerk of the court in the office of which deeds are recorded, and a commissioner of revenue.\" The elections of which records are found in this collection fall under this section of the Virginia constitution.","Later significant extensions of voting rights in Virginia include granting the right to vote to African Americans under the 15th amendment to the United States Constitution in 1869, and to women under the 19th amendment in 1920. Our records of voter registration indicate that both African Americans and women in Fairfax County were eager to exercise their civic duties following the ratification of these amendments.","The voting records of Fairfax County are kept at the Fairfax Circuit Court under Title 17.1, Chapter 2 (Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records) of the Virginia Code, which states, \"The circuit court clerks shall have custody of and shall keep all court records, including books, evidence, records, maps, and papers, deposited in their offices or at such location otherwise designated by the clerk, as well as records stored in electronic format whether the storage media for such electronic records are on premises or elsewhere.\" The code also stipulates, \"None of the records or papers of a circuit court shall be removed by the clerk nor allowed by him to be removed out of the county or city wherein the clerk's office is kept.\""],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e Voting Records of Fairfax County, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center\u003c!-- Add your institution's citation information --\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":[" Voting Records of Fairfax County, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHeavily creased and folded documents were treated with humidity and flattened. 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Post-1870 poll books are simply a list of electors for each precinct-a list of those who voted but no indication of who they voted for.  These documents have been grouped together due to the context in which they were used being the same.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe division of voting precincts also changed in 1870, when each precinct was assigned to a newly created district (also known as a township).  The six districts were Centreville, Dranesville, Falls Church, Lee, Mount Vernon, and Providence. Pre-1870 poll books are arranged alphabetical by precinct only; Post-1870 poll books are subdivided by precinct, then arranged alphabetically by township.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the series contains documents from 1854 to 1879. There are only two documents dating to after 1879, one from 1909 and another from 1914.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2:\u003c/title\u003e Elections, 1858-1936, contains documents relating to the administration and results of elections in Fairfax County. This includes notices of candidates from 1899 to 1901; various voter lists (lists of those with the right to suffrage in each district in 1861, list of voters in each district in 1866, and the registrar's notes of voter registration from 1902 to 1936); commissioners' oaths; election returns; election tickets; and a record of a contested election for Commissioner of Revenue in 1879.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe registrar's notes of voter registration starting in 1904 contain the earliest evidence in this collection that African Americans in Fairfax County were given the right to vote per the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, indicated by noting voter race (i.e. \"Color: Black\"). The registrar's notes after 1920 also contain the earliest evidence that women had gained the right to vote per the 19th Amendment, despite the Virginia General Assembly refusing its ratification until 1952, indicated by the division of registration lists into \"Male\" and \"Female\" columns.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe election returns from 1892 to 1911 contain the collection's only oversized documents, which are large tabular compilations of votes for the entire county. The largest of these tables is over 3.5 feet in length.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe election returns contain returns from votes for members of the Virginia Electoral College for the presidential elections of 1892, 1896, 1900, and 1904.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe records of the contested 1879 election of Richard F. Broadwater for Commissioner of Revenue are the only records in the collection of a contested election. The petitioners claimed that the election of Broadwater was \"undue and illegal\" and was the result of \"false returns\", demanding that the court either \"award a certificate of election to Amos Fox, who received the highest number of votes legally cast... or order a new election for the said office.\" Broadwater denied all allegations of fraud and there are no records of the election being annulled or a new election being held. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3:\u003c/title\u003e Petitions, 1873-1888 (three undated), contains the documentation of petitions to the Fairfax County Court. Most petitions regard the changing of election precincts or voting locations according to shifts in population distribution, or due to the inconvenience of current precincts/locations.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne 1888 petition from the people of Mt. Vernon asks Judge Sangster to appoint a new registrar, due to the \"inconvenience of the location of the present registrar...who lives in an out of the way place.\" The petition also asks that the court order a new registration of voters, \"as the old books, which have been in use nearly fifteen years, are so badly worn and mutilated as to be almost useless.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe series also contains what appears to be a draft of a petition, undated and unsigned. The petition asks for an \"alteration\" to the boundaries of the sixth magisterial district, and on the reverse seems to contain a crude map of said alterations.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4: \u003c/title\u003eCapitation Taxes, 1911-1926, contains lists of persons by district and precinct who had paid their capitation taxes (also called poll taxes) for the years noted, thereby ensuring their eligibility to vote. 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These documents include oaths of office, certifications of votes, commissions, records of election spending, receipts, records of appointments, notices of voter registration, lists of registrars, and notes taken during the Dranesville district convention of 1897.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe contents of the collection and the years it covers are scattered, with many years missing entirely and the collection as a whole seeming incomplete. This is a result of a combination of factors over the years, one being that many documents belonging in the collection were burned or discarded, having been thought to be useless. It also seems as though previous archivists pulled certain documents from other collections and placed them with the voting records, believing them to belong there, resulting in the contents seeming slightly arbitrary. Thus, many documents in Series 5 may seem to be random additions to the collection. For example, the collection contains over 100 records of election spending from 1903, one from 1921, and one 1923. There are no other records of election spending in the collection. Another example is that there is only one record in the collection of a district convention, which took place in Dranesville in 1897, although presumably there was more than one district convention in Fairfax County between 1854 and 1936. Any guess as to how, when, and why the courthouse came to be in possession of the documentation of this specific district convention would be conjecture.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Series 1:  Poll Books, 1854 - 1914, contains the poll books of Fairfax County pre- and post-1870. Poll books prior to 1870 list the year and precinct, the candidates, their position, and the names of the voters and the votes cast (there was no anonymity in voting). The nature of how poll books were written changed in 1870, when voting became anonymous. Post-1870 poll books are simply a list of electors for each precinct-a list of those who voted but no indication of who they voted for.  These documents have been grouped together due to the context in which they were used being the same.\n","The division of voting precincts also changed in 1870, when each precinct was assigned to a newly created district (also known as a township).  The six districts were Centreville, Dranesville, Falls Church, Lee, Mount Vernon, and Providence. Pre-1870 poll books are arranged alphabetical by precinct only; Post-1870 poll books are subdivided by precinct, then arranged alphabetically by township.  \n","The bulk of the series contains documents from 1854 to 1879. There are only two documents dating to after 1879, one from 1909 and another from 1914.\n","Series 2:  Elections, 1858-1936, contains documents relating to the administration and results of elections in Fairfax County. This includes notices of candidates from 1899 to 1901; various voter lists (lists of those with the right to suffrage in each district in 1861, list of voters in each district in 1866, and the registrar's notes of voter registration from 1902 to 1936); commissioners' oaths; election returns; election tickets; and a record of a contested election for Commissioner of Revenue in 1879.\n","The registrar's notes of voter registration starting in 1904 contain the earliest evidence in this collection that African Americans in Fairfax County were given the right to vote per the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, indicated by noting voter race (i.e. \"Color: Black\"). The registrar's notes after 1920 also contain the earliest evidence that women had gained the right to vote per the 19th Amendment, despite the Virginia General Assembly refusing its ratification until 1952, indicated by the division of registration lists into \"Male\" and \"Female\" columns.\n","The election returns from 1892 to 1911 contain the collection's only oversized documents, which are large tabular compilations of votes for the entire county. The largest of these tables is over 3.5 feet in length.\n","The election returns contain returns from votes for members of the Virginia Electoral College for the presidential elections of 1892, 1896, 1900, and 1904.\n","The records of the contested 1879 election of Richard F. Broadwater for Commissioner of Revenue are the only records in the collection of a contested election. The petitioners claimed that the election of Broadwater was \"undue and illegal\" and was the result of \"false returns\", demanding that the court either \"award a certificate of election to Amos Fox, who received the highest number of votes legally cast... or order a new election for the said office.\" Broadwater denied all allegations of fraud and there are no records of the election being annulled or a new election being held. \n","Series 3:  Petitions, 1873-1888 (three undated), contains the documentation of petitions to the Fairfax County Court. Most petitions regard the changing of election precincts or voting locations according to shifts in population distribution, or due to the inconvenience of current precincts/locations.\n","One 1888 petition from the people of Mt. 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