PUBLIC "-//Fairfax County Public Library//TEXT (US::ViF::vif00055::A Guide to the Slade/Fitzhugh Family Papers)//EN" "vif00055.xml" A Guide to the Slade/Fitzhugh Family Papers, 1865-1932 Slade/Fitzhugh Family Papers MSS 07-25 © 2024 Fairfax County Public Library. All rights reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created by Ross Landis, April 7, 2024 Description is in English A Guide to the Slade/Fitzhugh Family Papers, 1865-1932 A Collection in The Fairfax County Public Library MSS 07-25

Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library Descriptive Summary Fairfax County Public Library The Slade/Fitzhugh Family Papers, 1865-1932 MSS 07-25 .25 linear feet English The Slade/Fitzhugh Family Papers span the years 1865-1932 and consist of receipts, correspondence, envelopes, a hand drawn land survey plat, and an unidentified photograph. Unknown Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Slade/Fitzhugh Family Papers, MSS 07-25, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

 Acquisition Information

Donated by Connie Stuntz, March 2017

 Processing Information

Chris Barbuschak, May 2017EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024

 Historical and Biographical Information

Connie and Mayo Stuntz acquired the papers in this collection in the late 1970s or early 1980s from a yard sale at a house in the community of Vale in Fairfax County, Virginia. The house, no longer standing, was located on Vale Road near what is today Silkwood Court, across from a field that was used as a landing strip for airplanes.

These papers originated from family members of the Fitzhugh and Slade families. Family members included in this collection are Amanda Gooding, Edwin C. Fitzhugh, Cook F. Slade, Mary Ann Fitzhugh, William Marbury Fitzhugh, and Julian F. Slade. They are all related and trace their genealogy back to a common ancestor, Col. Henry Fitzhugh.

Mordecai C. Fitzhugh (1767-1858) had nine children including Amanda Fitzhugh Gooding (1809-1893), Edwin C. Fitzhugh (1815-1880), and Juliana Fitzhugh Slade (1814-1861). All of Mordecai Fitzhugh’s children owned parcels of the Ravensworth tract after his death in 1858.

Juliana married William Otis Slade on April 22, 1847 and had a son named Cook F. Slade (1850-1937). Cook F. Slade was Amanda Gooding’s nephew, and was the executer of her will when she died.

Cook F. Slade married Sarah E. Fitzhugh (1859-1945) on June 2, 1887. Both of them descended from Col. Henry Fitzhugh (1723-1783). The couple had four children including Julian F. Slade (1889-1967). Sarah E. Fitzhugh’s sister was Mary Ann Fitzhugh (1840-1920) and her father was William Marbury Fitzhugh (1817-1878).

 Scope and Content

The Slade/Fitzhugh Family Papers span the years 1865-1932 and consist of receipts, correspondence, envelopes, a hand drawn land survey plat, and an unidentified photograph. Subjects include Amanda Fitzhugh Gooding, Edwin C. Fitzhugh, William Marbury Fitzhugh, Mary Ann Fitzhugh, Cook F. Slade, and Julian F. Slade. All were descendants from Col. Henry Fitzhugh. Of particular note is a receipt from the E.M. Dunn store in Merrifield, Virginia and a letter from Elizabeth Watt owner of the Oak Hill mansion in Annandale, Virginia with a Burke’s Station post mark from 1903.

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 Index Terms Fitzhugh Family Fitzhugh, Edwin C. (1815-1880) Fitzhugh, Mary Ann (1840-1920) Fitzhugh, William Marbury (1817-1878) Gooding, Amanda Fitzhugh (1809-1893) Slade, Cook F. (1850-1937) Slade, Julian F. (1889-1967) Container List Amanda M. Gooding - Receipt from Jonathan Roberts, Sheriff Fairfax County, 1865 State Taxes and County Levy, 1865 Amanda M. Gooding - Letter from Thomas Moore, attorney, RE: Peter Gooding estate, 1886 January 27 Amanda M. Gooding - Letter from Thomas Moore, attorney, RE: Peter Gooding estate, 1886 May 24 Amanda M. Gooding - Letter from Thomas Moore, attorney, RE: Peter Gooding estate, 1888 July 21 Amanda M. Gooding - Receipt from Peter Bazzel on renting Sleepy Hollow Farm [fragment], 1889 Amanda M. Gooding - Receipt from Robert Wiley Jr., 1892 tax bill, 1893 August 21 Amanda M. Gooding - Receipt from Robert Wiley Jr., 1893 tax bill (paid by C.F. Slade), 1894 September 6 Amanda M. Gooding - Land survey plat of Amanda Gooding's land near Columbia Pike, Falls Church, Va. "Smith to Throckmorton", Undated Edwin C. Fitzhugh - Letter from J. Winston, Undated William M. Fitzhugh - Letter to "Dollie", Undated Mary A. Fitzhugh - empty envelopes, 1901-1907 Mary A. Fitzhugh - Letter from Elizabeth Watt of Oak Hill, 1903 August 23 Mary A. Fitzhugh - Receipts from Storm & Sherwood Lewinsville Farm Dairy, 1912-1913 Cook F. Slade - Receipt from Franklin Sherman, Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1888 Cook F. Slade - Letter from James M. Love, attorney, 1889 May 3 Cook F. Slade - Receipt E.F. Cracker for building a house, 1893 October 6 Cook F. Slade - Receipt from Robert Wiley Jr., 1893 tax bill, 1894 September 6 Cook F. Slade - Receipt from Dr. W. Peyton Moncure, M.D., 1896 January 1 Cook F. Slade - Receipt from James M. Love, attorney, 1897 January 7 Cook F. Slade - Receipt from Robert Wiley Jr., 1896 tax bill, 1897 July 14 Cook F. Slade - Receipt from F.W. Besley, Fairfax County Treasurer, paid taxes, 1898 Cook F. Slade - Receipt from F.W. Richardson, Clerk of Fairfax County Court, deed release tax, 1898 February 10 Cook F. Slade - Letter from F.W. Richardson, Clerk of Fairfax County Court, deed of release, 1898 August 10 Cook F. Slade - Receipt from F.W. Richardson, Clerk of Fairfax County Court, fee for land purchase from Henrietta Clowes (sister-in-law), 1899 March 16 Cook F. Slade - Receipt from E.M. Dunn Store, Merrifield, Va., 1899 September 4 Cook F. Slade - Letter from Moore, Barbour, and Keith, Attorneys, 1909 May 13 Julian F. Slade - Summons from F.W. Richardson to testify in Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Hubert Sutton Jr., 1931 Julian F. Slade - Statement for 1932 tax bill, 1932 Unidentified photograph of man, child, and cat in front of house (possibly Cook F. Slade), Undated