The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20


and enjoy the FRY ON the banks
the stream
Above the western boundary OF Snt
Creek, between that and Massapon
Creek, tho river front was called b.
vedera Above Belvedera was No
last strip OF the Spotswood lands.
| when Edwin Daingerfield owned q
vedera Nottingham was owned by WI
| T. Dickinson. AS soon as Edwin Daf
gerheld died Belvedera was purchas
by MIR. Henry Taylor and annexed
mis- estate OF Snow Creek. When w
liam /. Dickinson died Mr.. Taylor al
4 purchased Nottingham, and threw
several plantations together under i
namc OF Glen Mary.
Snow Creek originally belonged
tho Talaferros. John Taliaferro /,
1t to his son. Lawrence Taliaferl
I whose daughter, sarah, married G.
William Daingerheld, of Belvedera.
Next above "Newpost,' on the Ra
pahannock, was "Epsoms," tho hor
OF Francis w. Taliaferro. Facing
"Epsoms' cato county road alnd
at right angles led into the COUNT
| crossing the Richmond, Fredercksbu
and Potomac Railroad in less than
mile. underneath the hillside home
old Captain George Hamilton, retiT
West Indian resident. AS Hamilton
Crossing, this old homestead acquir
- great historic prominence, It Is,
v very curious fact that the late Jo.'
L. Marye, father of the present AUD
tor Of the State. Morton Marye, a
" OF his older brother. the late John
OF Marye, Jr.. built and owned the llea
t. quarters of General Lee in the bat1
of fredericksburg, married as seco
40 wife a daughter OF Captain Hamiltt
y, and was living in those historic da.
first on the left and afterwards
IN the right OF the Confederate lines, a
her name and memory, treasured w
.. by his contemporaries and their CHI
to dren of old Fredericksburg, is pc
petuated in the glorious but saes
:, clouded history Of the Army Of Norts
ern Virginia by the familiar names
Marye's Hill and of Hamilton's Cross
ID ing.
Ascending the Rappahannock' next .
"Epsoms" we come to the estate 1
G "Smithfield." covering a fertile exte
OF acres south of the Stage Road az
i. beyond that to the line of the Rid
mond. Fredericksburg and Potorn.
Railroad. and above "Smtthfield" cal.
~ tho much larger estate OF "Mannsfielr
n This was the original home of t.
Younger Mann Page, brother of Co
ernor John Page. and derived !,
~ name from the baptisma1 name OF !!
ne owner.
90 Neighbors to Moss Neck" the &C
in bin home referred to on ls sIsr I
,el pect HILL the homes Of the Gordor
ed. We have not sufficient data for
es sketch. but now make an appeal
he the children of 'Santee" and Pres
les pect Hill" for information.
on pcrcreux Jnrratt clnibor.
Slaughter.
iiu Can any one give information as I
as the ancestry of this gentleman, w
ans He was born near Sutherlands 81,
ow ton, twelve miles from Peterspu1
gE, Va. November 8. 1917. and a Mea. !,
lse Rocky Mills Amn hers c son 81 eapta
for G esa Siaurhter, of Dinwiddie. coun
lily WAS he descended from the Clai poA -
ne, 90
OIL Editor Genealogical Column: oe
sir-In his charming account o.
= old families and their estates az =
the Rappahannock pelpE E, the {
lerc a aur g. rinesHDispatch of goth Jamu
cry Nc writer states that "Snowden J
and belonged to Captain THOMAS CAS- a;I
whose wife was ASIA saran n Far Ferry II
thin IN hai, ,...s,a.r Rruce. written m
pea Years ago by Mr.. Henry b uarw
new l mer In this letter he describes,
hich sarah Bruce as an heires ae a.tu ae
was owner before lliat sss that she wa
out He then goes on 10 say no af aSoldi,
G Gus," oranre county. who died IN 80
his and was the grandfather . o. this
the Bruce. the owner, at the .r a.rv Hi Hill.
eth iet .rhe Wills Of Charles Bruce, OF \
a OH. canrse county, and George Sruce,
IN Northern Neck, the father a;
grandfather Of Charles an, sn ions such
s M4s diers' Rest" 40 es nei Bruce, and II
Ipse, mneh as I am Informed that t ~ g
ants HOOKS and marriage register OF ol q,
ster and King George cou ,isht h, f.
,oy,s were destroyed through the v :E
coma of Federal soldiers during tna
eats. war. and there is, therelores;i g., no .
ngle Of tracing the p angnta sreeords
own Bruce by these counLy e,,thor of
by to ask IL the interesting author e y.
~ ~ delightful description of the es >
and families OF the olden Ili,s1
won me some further Information on :,
Sarah Bruce. an ancestor OF the a..
The bers OF so many Weil-knoWn VIZ
and tamliles o. eio - %. NJ.
nded We ,ro so pleased with this
that we publish it for the Informs
aster contained, as well as the bouque
was appreciation ana assure ino ~ ~
the that a!thougn tne III, ~ insa sisst
lines couraslnS. p Mu who married Cal
'lace. m NM 80 rasson.
liter.
were q. P. c.. Staunton Va: me au
: lit in your letter Wouiu re aadrnh ire /,
their search, an ih at01 1,ot he obtained
then n maj Wy, -" Search In the records Of
! the Virginia Historical Society and
State Library.
Tash- Z. Z,
dera" CARE OF NERVOUS 8CillAi-l D4ilei
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