Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-12

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John Lindsey, Isaac Parkins, Rich
ard Morgan, Saml. Odell, Edward
Rodgers, jeremiah Smith, ,(a) Thorn
as Cation, Paul Long, captains.
"Proposals having been sent to
the several captains of the militia,
signed by the commanding officer
of the said militia, and dated the
9TH day of April, 1856, to get what
volunteers they could encourage
to go in search of the Indian enemy
who are daily ravaging our front
iers and committing their accus-
toned cruelties on the inhabitants;
and the aforesaid officers being met
together, and finding the number
of men insufficient to go against
the enemy, it is considered that
the men be discharged, being only
fifteen. FAlRFAA."
From this it appears that lord
Fairfax, among others, was an at
tentive officer in the time of the
Indian wars. In truth it behOOv-
ed his lordship to be active. He
had more at stake, and the com.
maDd of greater funds, than any
other individual member of society.
The Indian hostllities retarded the
settlement of his large domain, and
of course lessened his revenue. 1t
is said that his lOrdship was re-
markable for his eccentricities and
singularity of disposition and char
acter, and that he had an insstia-
BILE passion for boarding up Eng.
lish gold.(b) He never married
of course left no child to inherit
his vast estate but devised his
property, or a large portion of it, to
the Rev. Denny Martin, his neph-
ew in England, on condition that
he would apply to the parliament
of Great Britain for an act to au-
thorize him to take the name of
lord Fairfax. This was done ; and
Denny Lord Fairfax, like his uncle,
never marrying, he devised the es-
tate to Gen. Philip Martin, who,
never marry ing, and dying with
out issue, devised the estate to two
old maiden sisters, who sold it TO
Messrs. Marshall. Colston and Lee.
He devised that part OF his es-
tate on which he resided, and
which he called "Greenwsy-Co
Manor" containing ten thousand
acres, with a large part Of his
slaves, &C., to another, the late
Col. Thomas Bryan Martin, who
had resided with him for many
years previous to his death. Col.
Martin, like the others, never mar
Iied. But he contrived TO make n
daughter by a Mrs. Crawford, who
Lord Fairfax had employed as a
housekeeper. After Fairfax 8 death
Martin kept this woman as a mis-
tress for several years she died,
aud the daughter grew up and
married the late Francis Geldart,
who was captain in the British
service in the war of the resolution.
She died soon after her marriage
without issue. Martin gave Gel
dart about one thousand acres of
land, part of "Greenway-Court
Manor" with a number of slaves,
&c. Col. Martin, after the death
of his daughter, employed a white
housekeeper, a Miss Powers, to
whom he devised Greenway-Court,
with one thousand acres Of land, a
number of slaves, and all the res
idue of his personal estate ofevery
description, with the exception of
part of his stock, slaves, and mon
ey.) Miss Powers, after the death
of Martin, married the late Mr..
w. CarDagy, by whom she had an
only daughter, who is now the
wife of the Rev. Mr.. Thomas Ken
nerly. Col. Martin directed by his
will the sale of all the residue OF
his estate, and the money arising
from the sale to be remitted and
paid to his two maiden sisters in
Englaud.(c) Shortly after his
death an attempt was made to es-
cheat the landed estate, and the
suit was depending some sixteen
or eighteen years before its final
decision. The Court OF Appeals
at length decided the question in
favor of Martins legatees.
1t is proper, before the subject
of lord Fairfax's immense grant is
dismissed, to inform the reader
that a few years after the war o.
the revolution an attempt was
made to confscate all that part o.
his landed estate devised to his
nephew Denny Martin (afterwardi
Denny Lord Fairfax0 But Messrs
Marshall, Colston and Lee, having
purchased the estate, a compromise
took place between them and th'
state government, tor the particu
lars of which the reader IS referred
to the first volume of the Revised
Code of the Laws of Virginia, PIP
352, 1853.
The sale of the estate Of lorc
Fairfax by his legatees in England
and the devise and sale OF the estate
of the late Col. Z. B. Martin, is The
last chapter in the history of the
Fairfax interest in the Northern
Neck, territory comprising abou
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