The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-19
ORIGIN Or NAMES
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Much Interest Attaches to the
Local Nolnencla- !,
4 ture.
PERPETUATE FAMILY TITLES
Nearly All the Creeks Entering
tile Potomac Have Els
4. toric Names.
PER ETUATE FAMILY TITLES
Nearly All the Creeks Entering

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HEA1ESvILLE, VA. March 1s.-The
salt water creeks in Westmoreland county,
which are irlets from the Potomac, with
their smaller tributaries perpetuate in
their names as a rule the title OF some
family wlio&f1rst located OH them at tho
settlement OF the country.
Rollers Creek, In the vicinity OF
Colonial Beach, derived Its name from
John Rozier,: who married daughter
OF Anthony Bridges. and died in 17o5. His
sons, John and Bridges. died before he
did. He left daughter, Elizabeth,
married to Thomas Leftwioh.
Monroe's Creek, also, near Colonial
Beach, was called for Captain Andrew
Monroe who died at his seat near IT.
in 1868, leaving three sons and two
daughters. FIe was the grandfather OF
Spencer Monroe, whose son. James, was
President Of the United States.
Bridges Creek, on which the Washing
ton burial ground Is situated, took Its
name from Its owner Anthony Bridges,
an early sottlor, and the first clerk OF
the county
Pope's Creek, made familiar by having
ton. was called SO after the first and
second Nathaniel Pope, who was father
and brother, respectively to Anne, the
grandrnothersSof General Washington.
Mnttox Creek Is a corrupted, IN ABB
| brevated form of AppomattoX, the India
name byswhich the stream was at flrst
called. @ Campo elton, the residence OF
Colonel Robert j.. Washington perpetu-
ates the nalneEof it's founders Archibald 4
! Cam pbell who conducted a school there
which was attended by James Monroe,
John Marshall and other. eminent men
of the 4, revolutionary era. chibald
| Campbell wasSa near kinsman Of t he.
| Scottish poet SThonas Campbell.
Stratford, the Well known home Of
| the ]. ee family. was called after the
English home Of Richard Leo the emil
| grant, the latter place Of this name
| having been devised by him to his WIFE,
Anna, in his will OF 1854.
Hollis Marsh, not far from stratford.
preserves the name Of its earliest Eng
was : one of the Maryland adventurers
Land afterwards prominent in the settle
I5ment Of @Westmoreland.S9 IS.
| Nomlni Creek got It's name from the
| Indian town, * o no ma mi -ent, by which
| 1t was known but by which; method OF
corruption It is not easy to say. a:
Plerce's Creek owes Its name to Cap
! tain William Pierce who lived near it,
und reared a family there. He was son OF,
to an earl, member OF the 81 Colonial
| Council OF thegsarpe name
yaughan's Creek land Vaughan S Poirl e
commemorate n john Xau CHAN, whose
name appears quite Aoft ZEN 8Sl,l the early
| Westmoreland records. 5s III
Buckner's Creek I'd erived it's name from !
| tho Buckner family. who dWelt for a 4
century near it, and OF whom General
| Simon Boliver Buckner, of kentucky,5,is
a distinguished descendant.
Coles Point, the mouth OF Aarcho-S
idoce Creek, preserves the name OF 5Rich "a
ard, who. dying, left1n % chlldreh
Peckatone, the estate occupied for & q
century by the Tubervlles and
Talialferros, derived its title from an In
dian king, who governed the MAJ hoa--4
| tigue'' tribe at the era Of the set tlemcnt.
Jackson's Creek. once quite noted for
the excellence OF ! is oysters, derived its
! name from Richard Ja ckson. who kept
| a store near, 1t. H married one of the
| numerous daughters Of the first Viii
| lioughby Newton, who named Richard
| and Ann Jackson in his will as among
| his grandchildren.
Boneem's Creek preserves the name Of
| a family who dWelt near ~ the tirst. Or
| whom, Samuel Boneem, died IN $780,. he
| left, among hlsBchildren. two sons, Sam q
#uel and Thomas ,a His grandson Samuel.
tho third Of the name. married the half
sister OF Mrs. washington, mother OF
| General Washington Mrs. Washington
after her, thirteenth year, lived In the
Boneem! home with her brother-in-l law.
Kinsale, on Yeocomlco Greek. vas 80
| named by an act OF the Assembly OF DC
tober, 17O5. The act declared, with re-
spect to that portion Of 1yestmoreland
| county bordering on the Potomac, that
\ ".;ll goods, wares, and merchandlses.
which shall be Imported by waters, shall
| be landed at Yohocomoco upon the ANA
OF Richard Tdwell, and further, tnat
| "the port or wharf shaii 90 calleo
| Iilngsale, and to have Tuesday and Sat
urday In each week for market days
and the 18th OF October and four fol-
lowing days, exclusive OF Sundays, an-a
nually their fair u NJ .as e
Iscodstown Originally simply "Leeds')
was so named In the charter o. y AZ me me
act OF Assembly of 4 hat year !oca ted lre -
hammock River, and set apart sixty
Ave acres Of land, which were duly
1 surveyed and laid off In lots. and
most of the lots sold. The directors
| named In the charter were ~ omas Lee,
| Charles Carter, Thomas. Turner Daniel
\ Mccarty. Harry Turner. Maxmllllon Rod
nson and Nicholas Smithg ~ -, inc Mpose
i county, 4 SUBSEQUENT changing, q the
! boundary limo threw It into Westmore-
| land. N, IS 3 g, q Y 4, D., ,,a,,
i toned MS establishing Kinsalea sh tn,
4 have said upon the land Of Klenara l -
y Wen; Ico Int a 1",ridwells" on Macl,o-.
doc Creek Another act shows las was W.. {
case1 that ts e 1gw nf . Jeremiah n Gar
land Bailey u. /, (, :, |, I, Z, I,,n-
sale, derived ia nome from John sucker
90 ~ an liz grant ron, Barb does who hay
a. ane hisd nrior to May. 1911, left sons.
John and Gerard and daughtsTs T. saT 1ia 2
and Rose, his aaT W. WIrpIn,a ritz
came ancestross z. 1 t,1e n ryIand black
hughs and Rose OF Ing q N.Y. " r. w b.
i Ist0ns, ~