The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-07-23

{ t,LARKssuRa. nv 8 A., july is, 1878.

a. CIARKgBgRasE u ~ y usst toIt 1910:
A. W. Campbell, Esq.
i zee BY the l,,setiigencsr OF y recent date
That you have been engaged 10 the iaudaDle
work of aiding Id perpetuaiing Important
historical events connected with our Stare
nv writing eomrnnnicati alton TO Mr.. John >.
Herr 10 lie deposited In the corner-stoHe OF
the Masonic Hall lat Grafton and teeilng GER
tain Chat you desire that the scraps OF history
that were intended 10 be preserved TOT auture
generations should he entirely correct, ana
perceiying that You have unwitttngiy iaiien
into an error as to the name OF an important
place connected with the late war, IN ieier-
ring to!where the Confederate General Gar.
nett;was killed, sIhave deemed It wortn i,s
writing to make the proper correction. Foe
MAGE yo,l refer, to as the scene of General
t,arnett's death is !. CIorricE's Ford" ana
NOT g Cnrrick's Ford" The error dld
not originate with you, but was. fallen
into soon after the place became
noted = but low the error originated "
IA now difficult to tell, as have Deen
acquainted with the Corrick family residing
there for q long time, and have never IN any
instance heard the name pronounced GGr-
rick.a, William Corrick has resided OF the
ford OF Cheat river for near half a century
He married daughter Of William Marteny,
of German descent, who removed from
Frederick county, Maryland, to Randolph
county IL, very early day, and representeu
the county forsabont twenty years III t1e
House OF Delegates of Virginia. MT. Cor
rick and fis wife are still living, and have
han n family OF twenty-fotr children, Gwen-
ty-two OF wi ON are still living. Ihelr
grand and Observation-Disclosures are az
most too numerous to be counted. 80 you
see the place is notorious. independent OF
fhe death OF Garnett there, and is worthy
of perpetuation as showing the unparaileieu
bealthfuIness Of our State. nave ire,
ouently been, at Mr.. Corrick's and ENJOYED
his hospitality, and maryelled to see the p ~.
triareh surrounded with such progeny.
stranger should pass that way ana lnqu.le
for ssCa'riek' s. ford OF Cheat no denl .hil
would know where to direct him. Ii tn,s
| rnisnomer il continued you perceive the ef-
fect would be. to some extent, to change
tho names OF q large number OF cltlzens'
| And whilst on the subject OF misnomers
| M the places where important events have
occurred I deem it proper to mention an
other place, the scene Of an important bat
tie. which the public prints almost without
exception have miscaled. allHde to what
| is, generally called "Carnifax's Ferry.
which should properly be "CarnitiX,s."
At an early day knew well William
Carnifx, who resided there. lie removed
from Eastern Virginia and resided at tie
| ferry, and was the president OF the County
Court Of that county for many years.
where occasionally attended court, travel
ling on horseback seventy miles at the COM
nencement Of my professional career.
shall never forget that on one OF my Trips
there my only horse, with scanty means 10
procure another, fell dead with me In little
Birch river, and was left in the wider
ness nine miles from any house, ana was
compelIed to walk in the rain that distance
the Hon. Lewis Maxwell, who afterwards
represented that district in Congress, beng
kind enough to carry my saddle.
Mr.. Carnifix was very kind and urbanc
gentleman, and remember him very DIS
tinctly. 1 do not wonder at the error in this
instance, for he was frequently miscalled
6 CarnifaX."a
| / do not suggest the manner of correcting
the error into which you have fallen, but
leave it to your own good Judgment. !.
7 hone our State Historical Society will
have: such errors corrected.
| Yours truly, u. u. CAMDEN.