A new and comprehensive gazetteer of Virginia, and the District of Columbia, Part 27

Author: Martin, Joseph. ed. cn; Brockenbrough, William Henry
Publication date: 1835
Publisher: Charlottesville, J. Martin
Number of Pages: 1278


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Almost every kind of fruit common to this climate succeeds well, espe- cially apples, peaches, cherries, plums, quinces and grapes : the farmers generally are very remiss in improving their orchards by selecting good fruit, but lately more attention has been paid to that subject and the good effects are becoming visible.


This county contains all the varieties of soil, from a rich alluvian to that of an unproductive clay. That part of it lying E. of a line drawn from the Potomac river near Leesburg by Aldie to the Fauquier line, is much more unproductive than that part to the W. partly on account of an infe. rior soil, and partly in consequence of that wretched system of farming hitherto too much practised in Virginia, of cropping with corn and to. bacco, without endeavoring to improve the quality of the soil. Some of - it that formerly produced 30 or 40 bushels of corn to the acre is now thrown out to the commons, and considered useless. A good deal of this part of the county is very level, and has a clay soil, and is more produc.


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tive in grass than grain. The other section or about three-fourths of the county has generally a good soil, and is very susceptilbe of improvement. The quality of the grain is good. Gypsum, or plaster of Paris, and clover act wonderfully in improving the soil, as well as barnyard manures.


The staple articles are flour, wheat, pork and beef. Most of the wheat is manufactured into flour in the county, and the rye, corn, oats, and buck- wheat is mostly consumed at home. Much excellent pork is fattened in this county, and many hundred head of cattle are annually grazed to sup- ply the Baltimore and District markets. All kinds of vegetables common to this climate succeed well.


The citizens of this county are characterized by a commendable spirit of internal improvement. A charter has been obtained and some subscrip- tions towards forming a company to improve the navigation of Goose Creek and some of its tributaries by a lock and dam system, and a charter also to form a company to make a rail road from the mouth of the Kittoctan creek opposite the Point of Rocks in Maryland, to Upperville in Fauquier county.


A very considerable contrast is observable in the manners of the inhabi- tants in different sections of the county. That part of it lying N. W. of Waterford was originally settled principally by Germans, and is now called the German settlement, and the middle of the county S. W. of Waterford and W. of Leesburg, was mostly settled by emigrants from the middle States, many of whom were members of the society of Friends. In these two sections the farms are generally from one to three hundred acres cach and are mostly cultivated by free labor. In the S. and E. parts of the county the farms are many of them much larger and principally cultivated by slave labor.


Very extensive prospects may be seen on some of the summits of the Blue Ridge. From the east side nearly all Loudoun, with a good deal of Fairfax and Fauquier, is in full view, also a considerable part of Culpeper, and Prince William counties in this State, with Frederick and Montgo- mery counties of Maryland, and even some of Prince George county E. of Washington City. From the W. side of the summits may be seen She- nandoah, Frederick, Berkley, and Jefferson counties in this State-with Washington county, Maryland, and some of the mountain summits of Pennsylvania.


Population in 1820, 22,702-in 1830, 21.939. This county belongs to the sixth judicial circuit and third district. Taxes paid in 1833, 88720 78 -- in 1834 on lots, $622 63-on land, $6205 41-3021 slaves, 8755 25- 8399 horses, 8503 94-41 studs, 8381 00-74 coaches, $160 00-123 carryalls, 815 29-47 gigs, 837 80. Total, 88817 32. Expended in! educating poor children in 1832, 81230 18-in 1833, 81073 60.


TOWNS, VILLAGES, POST OFFICES, &c.


ALDIE, P. O. 149 ms. from R., and|and 146 from R., situated on the main 41 ms. from W., situated at the junc- tion of Snicker's Gap turnpike, with Little river turnpike, on Little river, at the point which it passes between Kittoctan and Bull Run mountains.


ARCOLD, P. O. 38 ms. W. of W.


stage road, leading from Alexandria to Winchester, and distant from the former 29 ms., about a mile and a half from Arcold is GUM SPRING, a small village containing 8 dwelling houses, 2 mercantile stores, 1 tanyard,


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1 blacksmith shop and a distillery. and 13 ms. from the latter. A line Population 20. This section of coun- try is thickly settled, though the land is generally poor.


BLOOMFIELD, P. V. 51 ms. N. W. by W. of W., and 168 from R., situat ed within a mile of Snickersville. It contains 12 dwelling houses, 2 mer- cantile stores, 1 tanyard, 1 tin plate worker, 1 tailor, 1 cabinet maker, 1 boot and shoe factory; and in the vi- cinity there is a Baptist house of wor- ship in which a school is kept. Pop- ulation 40.


EDWARD'S FERRY, P. O. This ferry is across the Potomac, at the point at which the road crosses that river between Rockville, in Mont- of WV. and 162 from R.


of stages passing from Harper's ferry, to Leesburg, passes through this place, and unites at the latter place with one leading to Washington-4 mails a week are received at Hills- borough. It contains 30 dwelling houses, 3 mercantile stores, 1 Metho- dist house of worship, 1 Academy, 2 flour manufacturing mills, 1 tavern and a temperance society. The me- chanics are a tanner, saddler, boot and shoe manufacturer, tailor, hatter, cabinet maker, 2 wagon makers, and 1 blacksmith. Population 172 per- sons; of whom 1 is a physician.


HOLME'S MILL, P. O. 40 ms. W.


gomery county, Maryland and Lees- burg, on the upper side of the mouth HOYSVILLE, P. O. 43 ms. from W. and 165 from R. The country around of Goose creek, 21 ms. a little N. of is thickly settled and generally W. from Rockville, 4 ms. N. E. of healthy; the quality of the land is Leesburg, and 31 ms. N. W. of W. The P. O. is on the Maryland side. equal to any in Virginia; the princi- ral products of the soil, are wheat, rye, corn, and oats, which are raised in great abundance. Hoysville lies to the E. of Kittoctan mountain, and 14 ms. from Kittoctan creek, about 2 ms. S. of Potomac river, and 3 ms. distant from the Point of Rocks, at which the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca. nal, and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road meet. There are several flour manufacturing mills in the neighbor- hood, and mechanics of almost every description.


GRIGGSVILLE, P. V. 40 ms. W. of W., and 162 from Re This place received a charter of incorporation a few years since, but has not progres- sed in improvement,-1 family, a store and a P. O. are all it yet con- tains, although it is situated in a fer- tile and densely settled country, 9 ms. W. of Leesburg, the county seat, 12 ms. S. of Waterford, and the same distance S. E. of Hillsborough, 8 ms. E. of Snickersville, 6 ms. N. E. of Middleburg, and 8 ms. W. of Aldie.


GOSHEN, a small village in the southern part of the county, about 35 ms. W. of W.


HAMILTON'S STORE, P. O. 159 ms. from R. and 37 from \V.


HILLSBOROUGH, at the castern foot of the Blue Ridge, in the north- ern part of the county, 43 ms. N. N. W. of W., and 165 from R. It is pleasantly situated in the midst of a fine fertile country, and business like neigborhood, about 4 ms. E. of the Blue Ridge mountain, on the public road leading from Harper's ferry to Leesburg, 10 ms. from the former, of the Valley bank,) in a large hand-


HUGHESVILLE, P. O. 4 ms. from' Leesburg, and 36 ms. N. W. of W., and 158 ms. from R.


LEESBURG, P. V. and Seat of Justice, 31 ms. N. W. of W. C. and 153 N. of R. in lat. 39° 07', and long. 0° 0' WV. of W. C. It is a well built, and neat village, located near a small ridge of mountains. The environs are waving and well cultivated, and . delightfully variegated by hill and dale. It contains about 500 houses. 22 general stores, 3 houses of public worship, 1 Presbyterian, I Episcopa- lian, and 1 Methodist, a Bank (branch


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some banking house, 2 apothecaries |erected, 2 boot and shoe factories, 1 shops, 3 schools for males, 1 classical, cabinet maker, 1 tailor, 1 saddler, 1 and 2 English, 3 for females, 2 of which have attained some celebrity, and 4 taverns. The mechanical pursuits are 3 tanners, 3 saddlers, 4 boot and shoe factories, 3 tailor establishments, 4 house carpenters, 1 cabinet maker, 3 tin plate workers, 1 copper smith, 1 white and lock smith, 3 black- smiths, 2 silver smiths, 1 coach ma- ker, 1 turner and chair maker, 1 wagon maker, 2 hat factories, 2 print- MIDDLEBURG, P. V. on Goose creek, the S. S. W. part of the county, 46 ms. N. W. by W. of W. and 143 ms. from R., situated 12 ms. from the top of the Blue Ridge, at Ashby's Gap, the corner of Loudoun and Fauquier counties, + of a mile from the Fauquier line, and 16 ms. from Leesburg, the County Seat. It con- ing offices, each issuing a weekly paper; and all other necessary me- chanics for an inland town. The public buildings are large, convenient, handsome and substantial. The C. H. in the centre of a square well en- closed with a brick wall, the market house and jail of brick. The town is situated a quarter of a mile E. of tains 70 dwelling houses, 7 mercan- Kittoctan mountain, on a high and tile stores, selling on an average healthy plain, 1} ms. N. of Potomac river, and 2 ms. N. of Goose creek, surrounded by a fertile and well cul- tivated country adapted to the growth of wheat, Indian corn, and tobacco- the former the staples. The streets are well paved, and the town, sup- plied with fine water, in pipes of wood, from a spring issuing at the base of Kittoctan mountain. It is governed by a Mayor and 12 Coun- cillors, and is not excelled for morali- ty by any town in Virginia. Popu- lation 1,700 persons; of whom 5 are practising physicians, 2 dentists and 7 resident attorneys.


County Courts are held on the 2nd Monday in every month :- Quarterly in March, June, August and November.


JUDGE SCOTT holds his Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery on the 21st of April and September.


milliner and mantua maker, and 1 tavern. It is situated 7 ms. distant from Harper's ferry, 2 ms. from Poto- mac river, 6 ms. from the Point of Rocks, 7 ms. from Waterford, and 8 ms. from Hillsboro. 'This village is in a flourishing condition, being lo- cated in the centre of a German neighborhood, the inhabitants of which are industrious and wealthy.


$80,000 worth of goods per annum, 2 houses of public worship, 1 metho- dist, and 1 free for all denominations, 1 classical. school, 1 English school for males, 2 female academies and 2 hotels. The mechanical pursuits are 1 tanner and currier, 2 coach manu- facturers, 2 boot and shoe factories, 2 wagon makers, 2 blacksmiths, 1 chair maker, 2 tailors, 1 cabinet maker, 2 house carpenters, 2 saddlers, and 3 milliner, and mantua makers. Mid- dleburg is a growing and prosperous village, surrounded by a beautiful and fertile country. Its situation is ele- vated and airy,-the houses are not crowded, but scattered regularly over several gradually rising eminences .: The face of the surrounding country is diversified and picturesque,-both from the aspect of its rolling or waved surface, and the richness and fertility of soil. There are within the cir- cumference of 10 ms. 18 flour manu- facturing mills, all plentifully filled, by the annual harvest. The land producing on the average acre, about 25 bushels of superior wheat .--


LOVETTSVILLE, P. V. in the N. W. part of the county, 48 ms. N. W. of W. and 170 from R. It contains 14 private dwellings, 4 mercantile stores, 1 German reformed church, and 1 Presbyterian church now being The village and neighborhood are


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plentifully watered, large flowing |dwelling houses are in different stages streams abounding in the country of progression. around. The village itself contams numerous and inexhaustible wells of the purest and best water. There are some sulphur and other medici- nal springs in the neighbourhood, which have not had that attention paid to them which they deserve, but which in a few years will most pro- bably become public resorts. Popu- lation 430 persons; of whom 2 are attorneys and 4 practising physicians.


MOUNT GILEAD, P. V. 37 ms. N. W. of W., and 159 ms. from R. It is situated nearly in the centre of ported here. this fertile and wealthy county, on the Kittoctan Mountain, at the intersec- tion of two public roads, one leading from Snickers Gap to Alexandria- the other through a line of towns from the S. to Philadelphia. The site of this village is a beautiful emi- nence, which rises to a moderate height, in a wide gap, or opening in the mountain. From the bleak winds of the north it is protected, by a much institution intended for the restoration higher summit of the same mountain.


The prospect from this place is most varied and extensive. To the E. and S. is a beautiful rolling moun- tainous country. But it is on the W. side of the village that the curious may behold the finest scenery in na- ture. Here a valley opens to view about 10 ms. wide, extending between the Kittoctan, and Blue mountains as far as the eye can reach ; diversified by hills and dales, fields and forests: it is equalled only in scenery of ro- mantic grandeur and sublimity, by the distant mountains which border it.


Here, also, being the lower part of the mountain, is the natural as well as artificial passage to mill, market, court, &c. for the citizens of the sur- rounding country.


Combining so many natural ad- vantages, this place was purchased by the present proprietor in 1821 .- It has since been laid out for a town, 22 lots have been disposed of, and 10 dwelling houses, 1 mercantile store,


'The ground plot of the town con- sists of 3 parallel streets, 2 of which are more than { a mile long, inter- sected by 8 other streets at right an- gles. The distance from Leesburg, Middleburg, Union, and Aldie, is re- spectively about 8 ms. and as those are the nearest towns it has to com. pete with, considering the density of, the population, and the productive. ness of the country, it is calculated that two good establishments of every kind of business would be well sup- And the superior healthiness of the place will ensure to tradesmen and mechanics the great- est advantages; to boarding school and infirmary institutions the most eligible situation. It contains at pre- sent 1 mercantile store, 1 handsome school house built expressly for the purpose, and the Methodist society hold their meetings for worship there- in; an infirmary, which is an infant


of persons laboring under chronic diseases, and which has been attended with unusual success,-22 boot and shoe factories, 1 cooper's shop, 2 cabi- net makers; and in the vicinity there is a large and spacious house of pub- lic worship (Baptist.) This place must rise in importance as it is lo- cated in a healthy, fertile district ; a. canal or slack water navigation is about to be constructed on Goose creek, 1 branch of which will termi- nate within less than a mile of the corporation. Population 62 persons; of whom 1 is a practising physician.


MONTVILLE, P. O. 46 ms. N. W. of W. and 154 ms. from R., situated upon the Snicker's Gap turnpike road, distant 1} ms. both from the wa- ters of Goose creek, and Beaver Dam. There is over the latter, an excellent one arch stone bridge, and over the former, a superior wooden arched bridge. Montville contains several


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2 taverns, 1 manufacturing flour mill, perhaps, no section of country E. of 2 smith shops, 2 boot and shoe facto- the Blue Ridge, which better deserves ries, and . various other mechanics. Population 71. the appellation of pasture land, than this; for there are very few parcels 'The land in this neighborhood is remarkably good, and is valued in market at 35 and 40 dollars an acre. The principal pursuit of the inhabi- tants, is agriculture,-cattle grazing is also followed to some extent. There are several quarries in the neighborhood, 1 called Mounts quarry is of superior whetstone, and situated on the banks of Goose creek; near which there are very strong indica- tions of slate. The neighborhood abounds with lime of the best quality, and various other minerals. where the white clover does not grow spontaneously in the greatest abun- dance. In this section of country na- ture has been sparing of her minera- logical favors. Iron ore-is found in some places, but neither so rich or abundant as to cause it to be worked. Marble, such as the shores of the Po- tomac abound with, is scattered in shallow strata, but is also unworthy of attention. Lime stone is obtained in the greatest abundance, and is well adapted, as a manure, to the soil. The Oatland Mills consist of a set of NOLAND'S FERRY, P. O. 43 ms. N. W. of W., and 165 from R. The P. O. is situated a little above the mouth of Monocacy river. merchant stones, capable of grinding 40 barrels of flour per day, -- a pair of country stones, and another for plaister,-with an oil mill and 2 wool carding machines, all under different roofs, but in buildings so closely con- nected as to combine the convenience of a single one,-there is also a saw mill adjacent; all of which are worked by Goose creek, a bold stream empty- ing into the Potomac river, 12 ms.


OATLAND MILLS, P. O. 37 ms. N. W. of W. and 154 from R. But for its locality, this P. O. would deserve. no further notice than is taken in this work of many others of the same im- portance: but although of little ac- count, in point of revenue, it is of great utility to a populous neighbor- below. Across this creek, a few rods hood, and furnishes one of the deside- rata for this Gazetteer, as the large body of land which is included in the Oatland tract, affords a tolerable cri- terion of the soil for some miles N. and S. of it. Bordering on the Kit- toctan mountain, the soil is stiff and stony, except such as is adjacent to water courses, or the base of hills, where it receives the benefit of large supplies of decayed matter, rendering it loamy and inexhaustible: but in the main, it is of a generous quality, re- ceiving plaister and clover as its sta- ple manure, which it so pertinacious- ly retains, as to defy the washing of the heaviest rains; and still it is an anomaly, that some of the richest por- tions of this soil will not produce wheat -- while rye, oats, and corn, sel- PHILMONT, P. V. 41 ms. from W. and 163 from R., situated on the dom fail to equal the most sanguine hopes of the cultivator. There is, Snickersville turnpike road, 12 ms.


from the mills, is an excellent bridge of 120 feet span, lately erected at the cost of the county. Through the-in- defatigable zeal of the Honorable C. F. Mercer, a topographical survey of Goose creek has recently been made, with a view of rendering it navigable by a canal, intersecting the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; and an estimate of the probable cost, also made, which will not exceed $30,000,-a part of this sum has been subscribed by per- sons in the immediate neighborhood, and a hope is entertained, that the re- sidue will be taken by the District of Columbia, to secure the vast amount of produce which must otherwise find a market at Baltimore by way of the Rail road.


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S. of Leesburg, the County Seat, 10 | Leesburg and Warrenton, not more ms. from Snicker's ferry, 42 ms. from Alexandria. It contains 6 dwelling houses, 1 common school, 1 mercan- tile store, and 2 saddlers. " The coun- try around is fertile and wealthy, set- tled for the most part by Quakers. Wheat is the principal article pro- duced.


PURCELL'S STORE, P. O. 41 ms. N. W. of W., and 163 ms. from R.


ROSEVILLE, 38 ms. from W. and 146 ms. from R.


SNICKERSVILLE, P. V. in the wes- tern part of the county, 49 ms. W. of W., and 165 from R. This is a thriving and healthy village, advan- tageously situated at the south eastern base of the Blue Ridge mountain, in the midst of a densely populated and business-like neighborhood. It con- tains 16 dwelling houses, 1 house of grazing, which last is extensively carried on. This place is distant from Alexandria, 46 ms., and 54 from W., and its produce is principally carried to the former. Should the contemplated improvement of the navigation of Goose creek go into operation, it will


public worship, free for all denomina- tions, 1 common school, 1 Masonic hall, 2 taverns, 2 mercantile stores, 2 boot and shoe factories, 1 tailor, 1 wagon maker, 3 blacksmiths, and 1 copper and tin plate worker. This section of the county is remarkable afford an easier mode of transporta- for the fertility and productiveness of tion, and add greatly to the wealth, its soil. A good turnpike from Win- chester to Alexandria, passes through it, and intersects at the former place with one from Washington to Win- chester, which passes through Lees- burg. An excellent line of stages. which extends from Washington to Cumberland, in Indiana, passes thro' UNION, P. V. in the western angle of the county, 51 ms. N. W. of W., this village, Winchester and Leesburg: Six mails a week are received at the and 173 ms. from R. It contains 25 P. O. Population 98 persons; of whom 1 is an attorney, and 2 are practising physicians.


UPPERVILLE,* P. V. in the cx- treme south western end of Loudoun, 54 ms. W. of W., and 135 ms. from R., situated on the Ashby's Gap turn- pike road, between Winchester and Alexandria, distant 23 ms. both from


than 200 yards from the Fauquier line, and 3 ms. from the Blue Ridge. It contains 64 dwelling houses, 3 mer- cantile stores, 2 taverns and 1 hotel, 1 manufacturing flour mill, 3 houses of public worship, 1 Baptist, 1 Me- thodist, and 1 free for all denomina- tions, and another is now being erect- ed by the Episcopalians,-1 Acade- my. in which the languages are taught, aud 1 common school. The mechanics are, a tanner, hatter, 3 boot and shoe manufacturers, 2 mill wrights, 1 saddler, 2 house joiners, 1 tin plate worker, 1 bricklayer, 2 stone masons, and 2 plasterers. Upper- ville is surrounded by a very popu- lous and fertile country, remarkably well watered, and the land adapted to the growth of corn and wheat, and to


and industry of this neighborhood, giving the former a choice of markets, besides lessening by more than one half, the expense of transportation. Population 300 persons; of whom 1. is an attorney, and 2 are regular phy- sicians.


dwelling houses, 3 houses of public worship, 1 of which belongs to the Methodist denomination, and the other 2 are free for all; 1 common school, 2 mercantile stores, 1 tavern, a carding machine worked by horse power, and to which there is also attached a pair of burr stones. There are 1 temperance society and various me- chanical pursuits. The situation is healthy, in a thickly settled neigh- bourhood, 16 ms. from Leesburg, and


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cqui-distant from Middleburg, Upper- of public worship, 1 free for all de- ville and Snickersville. Population 135 persons; of whom 1 is an attor- ney, and 3 are regular physicians.


nominations, the other a Friends' meeting house, 6 mercantile stores, 2 free schools, 4 taverns, 1 manufactur- WATERFORD, P. V. in the northern ing flour mill, and 1 saw, grist and part of the county, 37 ms. N. W. of plaister mill, and (in the vicinity) 2 W. C., and 159 ms. from R. Wa- small cotton manufactories. The me- chanics are 1 tanner, 2 house joiners, 2 cabinet makers, 1 chair maker and painter, 1 boot and shoe manufactur- ers, 2 hatters, 1 tailor, &c. Popula- tion about 400 persons; of whom 3 are regular physicians. terford is a fine flourishing little vil- lage, situated 6 ms. N. W. of Lees- burg, the County Scat, on the Kit- toctan creek. The land is equal to any in the state of Virginia, admira- bly adapted to clover and plaister, and is excellent wheat and corn land, WOOD GROVE, P. O. in the north- ern part of the county, 44 ms. N. W, of W., and 166 ms. from R. which two articles are the staple pro- ductions of the county. Waterford contains 70 dwelling houses, 2 houses


LOUISA.


LOUISA was created by the Legislature in 1742, and was taken from the upper portion of Hanover county. It is bounded N. by Orange and Spott- sylvania-N. E. by Spotsylvania,-E. by Hanover,-S. by Goochland and Fluvanna, and W. by Albemarle. Situated between 37° 45' and 38º 6' N. lat., and between 0° 42' and 1º 17' W: long. from Washington. This county is near the centre of Virginia and near the centre of the re- gion between tidewater and the Blue Ridge. Its mean length is from the - line of Albemarle to that of Hanover, 30 miles: its mean breadth, from the upper part of Goochland to that of Spottsylvania, 18 miles : area 550 sq. miles.


Water Courses .- The South Anna, an arm of the Pamunky, runs forty miles through this county in a S. E. direction. On the Orange and Spott- sylvania line, the North Anna runs an equal distance, bounding Louisa on the N. and N. E. Little river, and Newfound river, rise in Louisa, and having entered Hanover, run, the former into the North-Anna, the latter into the South-Anna. Hopes are entertained of rendering all these navi- gable to some extent : the South-Anna to the upper part of the county, within 10 miles of its source; and the North-Anna nearly as high. There are 35 rivulets, (here called creeks:) of which 24 are tributary to the North- Anna, 10 to the South-Anna, and one to Little river.




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