Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net The Bulletin of the Loudoun County Historical Society Volume IV 1965 Officers of the Loudoun County Historical Society President Emeritus Mr. Joseph V. Nichols President Mr. Lawson Allen First Vice-President Mr. Henry Crabites Second Vice-President Col. A. B. Johnson Executive Vice-President Mrs. Thomas N. DeLashmutt Treasurer Mr. Emory Plaster Recording Secretary Mr. John Divine Corresponding Secretaries Mrs. Contee Adams Mrs. Fairfield Whitley DIRECTORS Miss Maria Copeland (Emeritus) Maj. Gen. Leo. L. Eberle Allen S. Clarke Huntington Harris John Dillon Miss Freida Johnson George J. Durfey Mrs. T. Frank Osburn The Loudoun County Historical Society supplies The Bulletin to its Life Members, and it is available to all other members and to the public at two dollars per copy. Checks should be made payable to The Loudoun County Historical Society and should be mailed to the Society at Leesburg, Virginia. Upon payment of twenty-five dollars any person may become a Life Member. The annual dues for individuals are one dollar per annum. Sustaining memberships are five dollars per annum. Correspondence (other than orders for The Bulletin) should be addressed to the Secretary, Mrs. Contee Adams, Hamilton. Virginia. The Bulletin of the Loudoun County Historical Society Volume IV 1965 THE LOUDOUN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Leesburg, Virginia Contents