Thomas Knox Letter, 1849

Access and use

Location of collection:
Thomas Balch Library
Thomas Balch Library
208 West Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Alexandra S. Gressitt
Phone: (703) 737-7195
Fax: (703) 737-7195
Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred citation:

Thomas Knox Letter, 1849 (SC 0116,) Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Summary

Extent:
One item, Less than .33 cubic feet
Creator:
Loudoun County Historical Society, Leesburg, VA
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Thomas Knox Letter, 1849 (SC 0116,) Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains one letter of condolence, written 10 Sept 1849, from John McCarty in Leesburg to Thomas P. Knox concerning the death of Thomas' daughter, Janet Fauntleroy.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Patterson Knox (1796-1871) married Catherine Routt (1798 - 1855) on 1 December 1821 in Fauquier County. He was a trustee of Leesburg Presbyterian Church in 1850 and a commissioner of chancery in 1860. They had a daughter, Janet Patterson Knox (1822- 1849). In 1847, Janet Patterson Knox married Lieutenant Charles Magill Fauntleroy (1822- 1889), who served in the US Navy, Mexican War, and as a Staff Officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. The couple had one daughter named Janet Fauntleroy Harrison (1849 -1922). In September 1849, Janet Patterson Knox died and isburied in the Leesburg Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

John Mason McCarty (1795 -1852) was the son of Daniel McCarty (d. 1801) and Sarah Eilbeck Mason (1760-1823). He was involved in a duel with his cousin Armistead Mason (1787-1819), resulting in Mason's death on 6 February 1819 in Bladensburg, MD. McCarty married Ann Lucinda Lee (1798-1854) on 14 December 1820 in Loudoun County. They had a daughter Sally McCarty Pleasants (flourished 1833-1910). McCarty died in 1852 and was originally buried in the Episcopal Church cemetery in Leesburg. His body was later reinterred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond near his wife. In 2012 the tombstone from McCarty's original grave in Leesburg was found in the basement of the Loudoun Times Mirror newspaper offices where it had been stored for some time, and was transferred to the Loudoun Museum, where it was put on exhibit.

Physical description:
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