On Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Shady Lane, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
Here ran the southwestern boundary of Lord Fairfax’s vast land grant, The Northern Neck. It was surveyed by Peter Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson’s father, and others in 1746. — — Map (db m652) HM
On Seneca Trail (U.S. 219) 0.2 miles south of Kempton Road (West Virginia Route 9), on the right when traveling north.
The Fairfax Stone (½ Mi. E.) marking the Potomac's headwaters, was a corner of Lord Fairfax's vast estate. The line of 1736 was checked in 1746 by a survey on which Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson, was engaged. — — Map (db m3945) HM
On Fairfax Road (West Virginia Route 9) at Seneca Trail (U.S. 219), on the right when traveling west on Fairfax Road.
This monument, at the headspring of the Potomac River, marks one of the historic spots of America. Its name is derived from Thomas Lord Fairfax who owned all the land lying between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers. The first Fairfax Stone, marked . . . — — Map (db m3946) HM
On Childs Avenue (West Virginia Route 46) at East Hampshire Street (West Virginia Route 46), on the left when traveling south on Childs Avenue.
Near here, William Mayo, Thomas Savage, and party spent the winter of 1736 on their expedition for the British King to determine the head waters of the Potomac River and fix the boundary between Maryland and the lands of Lord Fairfax. — — Map (db m93934) HM
On North Loudoun Street at Rouss Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Loudoun Street.
At sometime prior to the incorporation of Winchester, Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, and at one time a Justice of the County of Frederick, dedicated to the public uses of the square which is bounded by Court House Avenue and the streets . . . — — Map (db m26894) HM
On Maple Street / North Frederick Pike (U.S. 522) at Autumn View Lane, on the right when traveling west on Maple Street / North Frederick Pike.
Thomas Fairfax (1693-1781), sixth Baron Fairfax of Cameron, was the proprietor of the Northern Neck Proprietary, a vast landholding that lay between the Rappahannock and the Potomac Rivers, and extended to the Blue Ridge. Born in England, he came . . . — — Map (db m2299) HM
On White Post Road at Berry’s Ferry Road, in the median on White Post Road.
This post was originally placed here by George Washington under the direction of Lord Fairfax. It was erected in 1750 as a guidepost to direct strangers and travelers on the Old Dutch Wagon Road to Greenway Court, the home of Lord Fairfax. — — Map (db m1759) HM
On Lord Fairfax Parkway (U.S. 340) at White Post Road, on the right on Lord Fairfax Parkway.
The crossroads village of White Post grew up around the white-painted marker that Lord Fairfax had erected in the 1760s to point the way to Greenway Court (south), the nearby estate from which he managed his vast proprietary holdings including . . . — — Map (db m1757) HM
On Lord Fairfax Parkway (U.S. 340) at John Mosby Highway (U.S. 17 / 50), on the right when traveling south on Lord Fairfax Parkway.
Three miles south is Greenway Court, residence of Thomas, Sixth Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the vast Northern Neck Grant, which he inherited. Born in Leeds Castle, England, in 1693, Fairfax settled in Virginia, in 1747, for the rest of his life. He . . . — — Map (db m1755) HM
On Shepherdstown Road (West Virginia Route 45) at Files Cross Road (Local Route 45/2), on the left when traveling east on Shepherdstown Road.
1.5 miles north is Swan Pond Manor, a 2,000 acre retreat set aside in 1745 for use by Thomas, Lord Fairfax, once the proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia who established an estate at Greenway Court, Frederick County in 1738. So named because . . . — — Map (db m92579) HM
On Bishop Meade Road (Virginia Route 255) at Lord Fairfax Highway (U.S. 340), on the left when traveling north on Bishop Meade Road. Reported missing.
Lord Fairfax worshipped here in the “Old Chapel” of colonial Frederick Parish, established 1738. This stone building dates from 1790 and witnessed the early ministry (1810–1885) of Bishop Meade. Governor Edmund Randolph and Col. Nathaniel Burwell . . . — — Map (db m1852) HM
On Colonial Road (Local Route 605) at U.S. 29 on Colonial Road.
This crossroad is the ancient Dumfries-Winchester highway. Over it William Fairfax accompanied George Washington, then a lad of sixteen, on his first visit to Lord Fairfax at Greenway Court. It was on this occasion that Washington assisted in . . . — — Map (db m785) HM
Under this spot repose the remains
of
Thomas, Sixth Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Son of Thomas, Fifth Lord Fairfax
and Cathrine Culpeper, his wife.
Born at Leeds Castle, County Kent, England,
October 22, 1693,
Died at his proprietary . . . — — Map (db m91900) HM
Near Forney Loop, on the right when traveling east.
William Fairfax:
• fought in Spain for Queen Anne;
• was a member of the Royal Navy;
• served as Governor of New Providence, Bahama Islands,
• served as an agent to manage, the Northern Neck Proprietary;
• was a Vestryman of Pohick . . . — — Map (db m35116) HM