A History of the Town of Fairfax

Name: A History of the Town of Fairfax
Author: Rust, Jeanne Johnson

Rust, Jeanne Johnson

Fairfax (Va.) -- History

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A HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF FAIRFAX

[Illustration: _Sketch by John H. Rust, Jr._]

by

JEANNE JOHNSON RUST

1960

Illustrations by Paul R. Hoffmaster

First Edition
Second Printing

Copyright 1960, by Jeanne Johnson Rust
All rights reserved

Printed by Moore & Moore, Inc., Washington, D. C.

Designed by William M. Guillet

To My Husband

_and his favorite town--his birthplace_.

[Illustration: Map of Fairfax]

MAP LEGEND

  1. _Court House_                            Pages 29, 33, 57
  2. _Duncan's Chapel_                        Pages 39, 43
  3. _Payne's Church_                         Page 19
  4. _Store Site_                             Pages 25, 31
  5. _Ford Building_                          Page 25
  6. _Rose Bower_                             Page 38
  7. _Site of Willcoxon Tavern_               Pages 24, 32, 48
  8. _Rectory_                                Pages 25, 48
  9. _Truro Church_                           Pages 20, 38, 61
  10. _Coomb Cottage_                         Page 36
  11. _Coomb Cottage Building No. 1_          Page 36
  12. _Coomb Cottage Building No. 2_          Page 36
  13. _Cooper Carriage House_                 Pages 37, 45
  14. _Confederate Monument_                  Page 64
  15. _Site of Ratcliffe Home_                Page 32
  16. _Ratcliffe Grave Yard_                  Page 32
  17. _Earp's Ordinary_                       Pages 23, 45
  18. _Willard Place_                         Page 55
  19. _Blenheim_                              Page 24
  20. _Ratcliffe Race Trace_                  Page 32
  21. _D'Astre Place_                         Page 37
  22. _Richardson House_                      Page 38
  23. _Site of Judge Thomas House_            Page 37
  24. _Oliver Building_                       Pages 25, 44
  25. _Farr Home_                             Page 22

CONTENTS

        _Introduction_                                 6

  I.    _Jamestown_                                    7

  II.   _Rebellion_                                   10

  III.  _The Gentry and the Convicts_                 14

  IV.   _The Push Inward_                             17

  V.    _The Town_                                    23

  VI.   _The Revolutionary War_                       26

  VII.  _The Court House_                             29

  VIII. _Development of the Town_                     36

  IX.   _The Civil War in Fairfax_                    43

  X.    _Spies_                                       53

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