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1750 A.D.; Greenway Court
 
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1 Virginia, Clarke County, White Post — 1750 A.D.
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
2 Virginia, Clarke County, Boyce — T-3 — Greenway Court
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
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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