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Loudoun County Substitute Free Black Register, 1793-1844

 

Joseph Janney: Leesburg Businessman and Developer of Waterford, VA

 

Francis Hague, Quaker Farmer

 

Before Waterford: Carving Out the Wilderness

 

Finding Clues at the Ratcliffe-Allison House

 

Ruthless Ratcliffe, Founder of the Town of Providence (Now City of Fairfax)

 

Artillery Hill Diner
Hutchison's Mills

 

Ruins of Silas Hutchison's Mills
Little River Turnpike

 

Lttle River Turnpike Construction
Fairfax Ledger

 

List of Blacks in Fairfax County, VA, 1866-1869
Colvin Run Mill

 

Location of Fairfax County Mills
Robert Carter

 

Robert "King" Carter's Frying Pan Copper Mine
Slavery Database

 

Northern Virginia Slavery Database
Draper House

 

Dr. Draper's House and Apothecary, ca. 1821
Tavern Sketch

 

Wiley's Tavern, ca. 1790
Leesburg Turnpike Causeway

 

Middle Turnpike and Leesburg Turnpike: Remnants of an Early Road
Huntly

 

Huntly: Why Was it Built That Way?
Oak Hill

 

Truth or Myth: The Legend of Miss Ann and Captain Hawkins, Oak Hill
Location of Vienna Freedmen's School

 

Educating Freedmen During Reconstruction in Fairfax County
Colored Soldier Marriage by Freedmen's Bureau

 

Slave Marriages in Northern Virginia
Bull Run Bridge

 

Bull Run Bridge on the O&A Railroad

 

Fort Schneider, Purdy's Farm, Annandale
Map

 

Links to Local History: A Researcher's Guide
USS Mississippi

 

Naval Captain Andrew Fitzhugh of Oakhill
McAtee Tavern

 

McAtee Tavern (Mitchell/Weeks House), Chantilly, VA
Bates Cabins

 

Depression-Era Teacher Cabins, Annandale, VA
Anandale Farm

 

Garges Family of Anandale Farm
Freedom Hill Thumb

 

Freedom Hill
Devereux Thumb

 

Devereux Siding: A Civil War Wood Station
Clifton Sketch 1882

 

Formation of the Village of Clifton, VA
Portion of Topo map of Great Falls Manufacturing Co

 

Formation and Development of Matildaville, VA
Conn's Ferry

 

Conn's Ferry, Late-18th to Early-19th Century
Purcellville Auditorium

 

Purcellville Bush Meeting Auditorium, 1903