Huntley: A Mason Family Country House — John Shaqi
Huntley: A Mason Family Country HouseWrenn, Tony P.
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Huntley: A Mason Family Country House
Wrenn, Tony P.
Huntley (Va.)
[Footnote 34: Deed Book B, No. 4, p. 451, December 7, 1859, Fairfax
County, Virginia.]
[Footnote 35: United States, National Archives, Record Group 77, Map of
Eastern Virginia and Vicinity of Washington, Arlington, January 1, 1862,
Bureau of Topographical Engineers.]
[Footnote 36: Deed Book E, No. 4, p. 195, June 12, 1862, Fairfax County,
Virginia.]
[Footnote 37: =Alexandria Gazette=, June 12, 1862.]
[Footnote 38: =Alexandria Gazette=, May 13, 1868. King, then in the U.S.
Army, married on May 18, 1827, according to the Christ Church Register.
On May 14, 1879, when he sold Lloyd's Lot, which is adjacent to the
Huntley property, to Pierson and Harrison, he is listed as "Benjamin
King of Anne Arundel County." King, John Mason, and T.F. Mason, all
married girls named Price and may have been relatives. It is possible
therefore that King was the brother-in-law of T.F.]
[Footnote 39: Deed Book I, No. 4, p. 236, November 21, 1868, Fairfax
County, Virginia.]
[Footnote 40: =Alexandria Gazette=, May 16, 1870.]
[Footnote 41: 1870 Census, Reel 108, Frame Number 197, National
Archives. In earlier censuses neither Mason nor King appeared. The
actual occupant at Huntley prior to this time was usually an overseer or
tenant. Not knowing who most of these were and having no maps coded to
the census, the author was unable to gather any earlier information from
the census.]
[Footnote 42: Deed Book O, No. 4, p. 338, March 11, 1871, Fairfax
County, Virginia.]
[Footnote 43: G.M. Hopkins, =Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington=.
(Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, 1879), p. 71.]
[Footnote 44: =Alexandria Gazette=, May 14, 1892. A Pierson property is
shown adjacent to "Huntley" on the 1879 Hopkins map.]
[Footnote 45: =Alexandria Gazette=, March 3, 1911. The =Fairfax Herald=,
March 10, 1911, also carried an obituary. The March 4, 1911, =Alexandria
Gazette=, noted that the funeral took place "from the residence this
afternoon ... conducted by Rev. J.M. Nourse. The remains were interred
in Presbyterian Cemetery in this City." The Harrison plot is in the
third section to the left from the entrance. Stones bear no epitaphs,
only names and dates of birth and death.]
[Footnote 46: Deed Book J, No. 7, p. 22, April 5, 1911, Fairfax County,
Virginia.]
[Footnote 47: =Alexandria Gazette=, "Northern Virginia Industrial
Edition," January 1, 1930, Section C, p. 8.]
[Footnote 48: Deed Book 515, p. 60, September 1, 1946, Fairfax County,
Virginia. See also Deed Book 515, p. 64, August 21, 1953. A survey of
the area is shown on pps. 62-63. The plat is marked "Farm and Mansion
House Area," and shows the "House," "Tenant House," and "Barn."]
[Footnote 49: According to the records of the American Institute of
Architects, Mr. Pitt died January 18, 1969.]
[Footnote 50: Deed Book 694, p. 400, June 11, 1949, Fairfax County,
Virginia. Col. Amlong is a retired U.S. Army officer.]
[Illustration: Figure 9. Huntley, front view. 1969. Photo by Wm. Edmund
Barrett.]
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