On North Calhoun Street, on the right when traveling north.
Judge Edward M. Spilman of the Fauquier County Circuit Court constructed this house in 1859-61. James Keith, who served in the Black Horse Cavalry and later became president of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, acquired it in 1869. John . . . — — Map (db m7750) HM
On Main Street (Business U.S. 15) at Calhoun Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
This classic Italian Villa-style house was completed in 1861 for Fauquier County Judge Edward M. Spilman. James Keith, who later served as president of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1895-1916), acquired it in 1869. John Singleton Mosby . . . — — Map (db m1262) HM
On Ball’s Bluff Road, on the left when traveling east.
This monument is dedicated to the brave men of the 8th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 8th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized into State Service May 8th, 1861 in Leesburg under the command of Colonel Eppa Hunton. These . . . — — Map (db m85501) WM
On North King Street (Business U.S. 15) at Oakcrest Manor Drive, on the right when traveling south on North King Street.
Charles Fenton Mercer (1778–1858) is buried near here in Union Cemetery. After serving as an officer in the U.S. Army, he was recalled to service as an aid to Virginia Governor James Barbour of Virginia in the War of 1812 and rose to the rank . . . — — Map (db m893) HM
In August of 1775 a Patriot army, commanded by Virginian George Washington, lay siege to the British army in Boston; and a company of Virginia riflemen, commanded by Daniel Morgan, had joined Washington. Virginia was in turmoil as well. Royal . . . — — Map (db m290484) HM
On Bristow Road (Virginia Route 619) just south of Nokesville Road ( Route 28), on the left when traveling south.
George Brent, an English Catholic and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, joined with English merchants Robert Bristow, Richard Foote, and Nicholas Hayward in 1687 to purchase 30,000 acres here. They bought the tract from the Fairfax . . . — — Map (db m143100) HM
Near Battery Heights Boulevard at Quarry Road, on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Following Virginia’s decision to secede from the Union in in April 1861, Southern troops began arriving here at the small village of Tudor Hall, which soon came to be known as Manassas Junction. This place, where the Orange & Alexandria and . . . — — Map (db m41503) HM
On Old Dumfries Road (County Route 667), on the right when traveling north.
Reconnoitering on 13 Oct. 1863, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart found himself and two cavalry brigades cut off from the Army of Northern Virginia by the Union II Corps. The Confederates concealed themselves all night just north of here in a ravine only half . . . — — Map (db m117018) HM
Near Willis Avenue west of Hord Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
The land on which you are standing was known as Martin's Grist Mill, which was established around 1804 and operated by a series of owners throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The mill's prosperity was due in part its prime location . . . — — Map (db m295568) HM
On Airmont Road (County Route 719) 1.4 miles south of Snickersville Turnpike (County Route 734), on the right when traveling south.
Bushrod Lynn was born in Loudoun County in 1842 and lived here at East Lynn. From 1891 to 1897, Lynn served as superintendent of the Virginia Penitentiary. During a period characterized by harsh prison conditions, Lynn instituted prison reforms that . . . — — Map (db m97269) HM
On Oaklawn Boulevard just west of South Blue Ridge Avenue, in the median.
Col. John Jameson (1751-1810) owned land nearby. He served as the Culpeper County court clerk (1772-1810) and a captain in the Culpeper Minute Men battalion during the Revolutionary War. In Sept. 1780, while serving under Gen. Benedict Arnold in New . . . — — Map (db m23962) HM
On Sandusky Street (County Route 5) 0 miles south of Columbus Street (County Route 153), on the right when traveling east.
In Memory
of
Gen. Simon Kenton
Born in Culpepper County, VA. in 1755
and died in 1836
Age 81 years
Left his native country in early youth, for a frontier life in the great northwest.
Captured by Indians in 1778, and brought to . . . — — Map (db m20072) HM
Near South Main Street at East Stevens Street, on the right when traveling south.
Born in 1751, John Jameson was a resident of Culpeper, Virginia, and belonged to the distinguished Jameson Virginian family. During the Spring of 1775 under an old Oak tree in Culpeper, Virginia, he volunteered with other men from Culpeper, Orange, . . . — — Map (db m290411) HM
The Woodbine Cemetery Company, Incorporated March 19, 1850 1877 These gates are erected in memory of the officers and members of the Woodbine Society, who gave generously of their time and means to beautify this cemetery, where they now rest from . . . — — Map (db m16486) HM
Near Ball’s Bluff Road, on the left when traveling east.
Colonel Nathan George “Shanks” Evans Nathan Evans was born in South Carolina in 1824. An 1848 West Point graduate, he was jokingly nicknamed “Shanks” by his classmates because he was knock-kneed. During the next decade . . . — — Map (db m157627) HM
Near North Battlefield Boulevard (Business Virginia Route 168) at Watson Road, on the left when traveling south.
Fauquier County, Virginia
Officers of the Culpeper Minute Battalion
At the Battle of Great Bridge
Major Thomas Marshall (1730-1802)
Member, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Virginia Conventions
Colonel, 3rd Virginia Regiment
Colonel, Virginia . . . — — Map (db m54953) HM
Near North Battlefield Boulevard (Business Virginia Route 168) at Watson Road, on the left when traveling south.
The Thomas Marshall family lived in the backwoods of the Virginia frontier.
Thomas Marshall of Fauquier County served as a vestryman, High Sheriff, and member of the House of Burgesses. He was a close boyhood friend of George Washington, . . . — — Map (db m54954) HM
On James Madison Highway (U.S. 15/29) just south of Rappahannock River, on the right when traveling north.
Fauquier County. Area 686 Square Miles. Formed in 1759 from Prince William, and named for Francis Fauquier, Governor of Virginia, 1758-1768. Chief Justice John Marshall was born in this County.
Culpeper County. Area . . . — — Map (db m2209) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the men from Fauquier County who served their country during the War of 1812.
This rose garden is sponsored by the Southern Fauquier Historical Society, Inc. and the Fauquier National Bank. — — Map (db m314960) HM
On Beverly Ford Road (County Route 677) at St. James Church Road (County Route 676), on the left when traveling north on Beverly Ford Road. Reported permanently removed.
On the night of December 1, 1863, following its unsuccessful advance against Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Mine Run Campaign, a cold and tired Army of the Potomac withdrew across the Rapidan River and returned to . . . — — Map (db m280448) HM
On College Drive (Virginia Route 375) 0.2 miles west of Germanna Highway ( Route 3), on the right when traveling west.
"In order to supply that part [of the frontier] which was to have been covered by the Tuscarora, I have placed here a number of Protestant Germans, built them a fort, and finished it with two pieces of cannon and some ammunition, . . . — — Map (db m193348) HM
On Germanna Highway (Virginia Route 3) at College Drive ( Road 375), on the right when traveling east on Germanna Highway.
Here Governor Alexander Spotswood established a colony of Germans in 1714. At that time the Rapidan River was the frontier of Virginia. On August 29, 1716, Spotswood left from this place with the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe on his exploring . . . — — Map (db m171387) HM
On South 3rd Street (Business U.S. 17) at Ann Street, on the right when traveling south on South 3rd Street.
Italianate style house built on the brick basement of c. 1809 house constructed for William Soranzo Hasell (1780-1815), Wilmington Gazette owner; and wife, Eliza G. Tart (1803-1878). Alexander Strausz of the Cape Fear Building Company built this . . . — — Map (db m264188) HM
Near Colvin Road 0.4 miles Rixeyville Road ( Route 229), on the right when traveling west.
Early German Settlers
In 1714, the Governor of the Virginia Colony, Alexander Spotswood, seized an opportunity to establish a mining operation for iron ore and gold on the Western frontier along the Rapidan River. In his quest for skilled . . . — — Map (db m291576) HM
On US 17 just south of Parker Place, on the right when traveling south.
William “Bill” Moore was born in Georgia in 1893. Nearby stood his home and barbershop. Paramount recorded Moore in Chicago in 1928 and released eight songs, some of the earliest by an African American folk performer from Virginia. They . . . — — Map (db m7411) HM
On Leeds Manor Road (County Route 688) just north of Exit 18 (Interstate 66), on the right when traveling north.
In 1765, John Marshall, then nine, moved with his family from his birthplace 30 miles southeast to a small, newly constructed frame house one-quarter mile east known as The Hollow. The house built by his father, Thomas Marshall, was his home until . . . — — Map (db m23940) HM
On Germantown Road (County Route 649) 0.3 miles east of Catlett Road ( Route 28), on the right when traveling west.
JOHN MARSHALL, Chief Justice of the United States, and principal founder of judicial review and of the American system of constitutional law was born in a log cabin just east of here on September 24, 1755. At that time, . . . — — Map (db m2208) HM
On Alexandria Pike (Business U.S. 15/211) at North Street, on the right when traveling north on Alexandria Pike.
In 1912, Booker T. Washington, head of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, asked Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish Philanthropist and President of Sears, Roebuck & Company, to serve on the board of directors at Tuskegee. Their unique partnership led to the . . . — — Map (db m137506) HM
Near Balls Bluff Park east of Balls Bluff Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Colonel Nathan Evans
A descendant of Welsh nobility, "Shanks" Evans was born in South Carolina in 1824. He was graduated from West Point in 1848 and served with distinction fighting the Plains Indians. In one day in hand-to-hand combat, he . . . — — Map (db m168085) HM
On Slabtown Road at Wisconsin Highway 35/81, on the right when traveling west on Slabtown Road.
In 1850, pioneer African-American families began arriving in this area when Charles and Caroline Shepard and Isaac and Sarah Shepard arrived from Fauquier County, Virginia. The Shepards came with William Horner, the great-nephew of their former . . . — — Map (db m23181) HM
On John Mosby Highway (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling east.
Clark County. Area 171 square miles. Formed in 1836 from Frederick and added to from Warren. Named for George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the northwest. Lord Fairfax and General Daniel Morgan, revolutionary hero, lived in this . . . — — Map (db m1451) HM
On Catlett Road (Virginia Route 28) 0.5 miles south of Dumfries Road (County Route 605), on the left when traveling north.
Fauquier County. Fauquier County was named for Francis Fauquier, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1758-1768. It was formed in 1759 from Prince William County. The county seat is Warrenton. United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John . . . — — Map (db m2210) HM
Near Gold Dust Parkway at Rock Run Road (County Route 615), on the left when traveling east.
These hollow spheres were called bornet balls. Chances are, they crushed chunks of ore into pebbles. But be exact way Fauquier County's gold miners used them remains a bit of a mystery.
The most likely use of the hornet . . . — — Map (db m196732) HM
On Gold Dust Parkway at Rock Run Road (County Route 615), on the left when traveling east on Gold Dust Parkway.
Many of the Old Dominion’s gold mines had mess balls that provided good, filling meals. After dinner, you could have stayed in the mess hall for a bit and relaxed with your fellow miners.
Cooks in the mining camps would . . . — — Map (db m196696) HM
On John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55) at Freezeland Road ( Route 638), on the right when traveling west on John Marshall Highway.
Warren County. Warren County was named for Joseph Warren, the revolutionary patriot who sent Paul Revere and William Dawes on their famous rides and who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The county was formed from Shenandoah and . . . — — Map (db m1324) HM
On Pearl Street north of Speed Street, on the right when traveling north.
[Top plaque] This structure has been recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey of the United States Department of the Interior for its archives at the Library of Congress
[Bottom plaque] This property has been placed on . . . — — Map (db m244237) HM
On Old Due West Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Private Peter Bashaw of Fauquier County, Va., son of James Bashaw, served three tours of service in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War under Colonels Triplett and Edmonds. He fought at the battles of Cowpens and Yorktown in 1781 and . . . — — Map (db m250066) HM
On West Braddock Road 0.2 miles west of Marlboro Drive, on the right when traveling west.
The Civil War (1861-1865) opened the door for opportunity and civil rights for African American Virginians, about 90 percent of whom were enslaved in 1860. The upheaval from battles and the federal presence in Alexandria and eastern Fairfax . . . — — Map (db m149734) HM
On Elk Run Road (County Route 806) 0 miles south of Midland Road (County Route 610), on the left when traveling south.
Settlers began moving into this region of Fauquier County in the early 1700s. By the 1740s, a wooden church structure served Anglican communicants in Elk Run. It provided pastoral care as well as secular administration for this active frontier . . . — — Map (db m2736) HM
Near Ashby Street at Waterloo Street (Business U.S. 211). Reported permanently removed.
It is possible that early executions were carried out here in the exercise yard, however it is equally probably that they occurred in front of the jail, close to the courthouse or at another public location. Hangings were public in Virginia . . . — — Map (db m61394) HM
Immigrant Peter Ruffner built this house about 1739. Before the Civil War, William A. Chapman bought it, and three sons reared here later fought for the Confederacy. For their exploits as members of Col. John S. Mosby’s Rangers, two of them, Lt. . . . — — Map (db m17210) HM
James Clyman - Trapper and Explorer. Prominent in opening the Far West. He was with Jedediah Smith in 1824 at South Pass. Prepared the way for the pre-Gold Rush pioneers. Settled in Napa County in 1848. — — Map (db m54549) HM
On Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge (U.S. 62) north of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
Simon Kenton, born in Fauquier County, Virginia, was the outstanding pioneer of northern Kentucky. As a spy and scout he was “as prudent as he was brave.” For twenty years he was the leader and guardian of settlers on the northern border.
In 1771 . . . — — Map (db m198543) HM
On West Main Street (Mississippi Route 467) at Port Gibson Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Waverly, or the Peyton house, is located on the historic Natchez Trace, the main road from Raymond to Clinton. Waverly was constructed from 1831-34, and in 1863 was used as the headquarters of Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson after the Battle of Raymond . . . — — Map (db m219687) HM
On Rose Hill Drive, on the right when traveling west.
On September 28, 1863, Confederate Maj. John S. Mosby raided the house that stood nearby on the bluff at the end of May Boulevard. The day before, Mosby and eight of his men road from Fauquier County toward Alexandria, where Mosby planned to . . . — — Map (db m67535) HM
Near Maidstone Road (Virginia Route 713) near Winchester Road (U.S. 17).
Some time before 1858, the Methodists and Episcopalians of the Community of Oak Hill, who had shared a church at Cool Spring since 1816, decided to build separate churches. Piedmont Parish raised $1,000; John Thomas Smith and his wife Margaret Lewis . . . — — Map (db m11492) HM
Near Ashby Street south of Waterloo Street (Business U.S. 211), on the right when traveling north.
Brought to the colonies by Europeans, death by hanging was commonplace in the "New World."
Beginning with the 1623 hanging of David Frank, hangings were readily acceptable by the public as an appropriate form of punishment for certain . . . — — Map (db m314981) HM
Born in Fauquier County, John Marshall was admitted to the bar there in 1780 following service in the Revolutionary army. In 1783 he married Mary Willis Ambler and lived the remainder of his life in Richmond where until 1797 he accepted President . . . — — Map (db m22610) HM
Near West Braddock Road 0.2 miles west of Marlboro Drive, on the right when traveling west.
In 1884, James F. Jackson purchased the largest parcel in "The Fort," a post-Civil War African American community. He paid $300 for his 11.5 acres with the "western slope of a bank of Fort Ward." James and wife Catherine (Katie/Kittie), natives . . . — — Map (db m296267) HM
Dedicated to the memory of
Melvin Dalton
Master Sergeant
U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1915 - June 22, 1949
The original Vice Chairman of the Stream Committee of the Marine Corps Schools Rod & Gun Club
He was . . . — — Map (db m7792) HM
On Rectortown Road (County Route 710) 0.3 miles north of Frogtown Road ( Route 702), on the left when traveling north.
In 1912, Booker T. Washington, head of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, asked Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish Philanthropist and President of Sears, Roebuck & Company, to serve on the Board of Directors at Tuskegee. Their unique partnership led . . . — — Map (db m160918) HM
On Main Street (Business U.S. 15) at Courthouse Square, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Although Warrenton was spared the ravages of major battles during the war, control of the town changed hands 67 times and many homes and churches housed soldiers or were used as hospitals. Warrenton was the home of several notable Confederates . . . — — Map (db m151305) HM
On Lincoln Road (Virginia Route 722) at Cooksville Road ( Route 778), on the right when traveling south on Lincoln Road.
Here, you are in Quaker country. Just to the south was Mosby’s Confederacy, where Confederate supporters provided Col. John S. Mosby’s Partisan Rangers (43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry) With safe houses and supplies. Mosby’s quartermaster often . . . — — Map (db m248106) HM
Near College Road (Virginia Route 375) 0.3 miles west of Germanna Highway ( Route 3), on the right when traveling west.
Here at Germanna in 1714 the first permanent German Reformed Congregation in America located with their pastor, Rev. Henry Hager. They were a colony of thirteen families from Nassau Siegen Germany who were welcomed to Virginia by Governor . . . — — Map (db m171401) HM
On Waterloo Street (Business U.S. 211) at Ashby Street, on the left when traveling west on Waterloo Street. Reported permanently removed.
Although Warrenton was spared the ravages of major battles during the war, control of the town changed hands 67 times and many homes and churches housed soldiers or were used as hospitals. Warrenton was the home of several notable Confederates . . . — — Map (db m167480) HM
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