Evening star., 1918-12-01


Rambler has heard the story. Matilda
Vile was named after Matilda jack
son, a daughter Of one of the pioneer
families in the Great Falls neighbor-
hood. Another story is that the set
tlement was named after Matilda
Trammell, the Trammell's being also a
pioneer family In that neighborhood.
ecutor Of his will Thomas LudWell
Lee Of Loudoun county, and this
Thomas Ludwell Lee as well as the
Rambler can make out from the tan
gle Of family names, was a, son of
Thomas Lee, whose wife was Mary
Aylett. Thomas Ludwell Lee married
Fannie Carter. a daughter Of Robert
county. and lived at Cotton farm. Per-
haps he was the builder of Cotton
House. There are extant letters from
this Thomas Ludweh Lee, written
from Cotton, to his kinsman, George
Carter, who lived at Oatlands on the
ters mill. at Oatlands, remains today
one Of the best known place names
in that part Of the county. These let
ters deal mostly with farm matters.
In one OF them he writes that "the
aecursed worms" that had raNaged
other farms had injured him but lit
tie, but that q hailstorm and rust
otH III n
But" he says. II got 500 barrels Of
-four. which you'll say is a, very good
crop for my poor farm"
This Thomas Ludwell Lee died in
1906. and his will was probated Oc-
tober IA, 1907. In that instrument he
Of Cotton" He desired ITO be buried
decently by the side Of my dearly be-
loved child, Thomas Ludwell Lee, de-
ceased, without any expense that is
not absolutely necessary" He be-
queathes ''all my land lying on the
west side of Goose creek, in the
county of Loudoun, purchased Of
Carter's executors, together with the
mill seat appertaining thereto and
twenty acres ON the east side Of
Goose creek, t. be laid out in the most
convenient manner for the mill, and
all my lots in the town of Mahilda-
Francis Lightfoot Lee, to my eNecu-
tors"
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Those executors We're Fannie Carter
Lee, his widow, and George Carter of
Oatlands. Further along in the will
he makes disposition to his widow of
the mill property now in possession
Of Obadiah Clifford under lease, and
the land on the opposite side of the
creek which I purchased of Benjamin
Edwards" He makes mention Of land
"on the east side of the creek, adjoin-
ing the land of Ludwell Lee. on which
name Of the Forest farm" The fol-
lowing provisions are also to be
found in the will: MY will and desire
Is that Cotton farm. with all the land
annexed to 1T, except ten acres ad-
Joining the mill lot, which my beloved
WIS. wife Is hereafter authorized to sell,
with all the slaves, furniture, stock,
farm utensils. carriages and every de-
scription of property, shall be kent
together for the sole use of my un-
married daughters, who are, immedi-
ately on the death or marriage of
their dear mother, to possess and en-
JOY the same, but my express desire is
that none of them live in the family
more than one month after their mar.
-fiage, and from the time of their mar
riage they forfeit all their right of
property In the same. After the death
or marriage Of my last single daugh-
ter l desire that the whole pronertv
above mentioned be sold, and the
money arising from 1t to be equally
divided among all my daughters and
their heirs" Under the terms or ths
will bequest is made to Landon Car
ter, son OF George Carter Of Oatlands
The children Of this Thomas Lud-
well Lee Of Cotton were Thomas I.ud.
we'll Lee, who died in infancy: Eliza
beth. who became the wife Of her
cousin, st. Leger Landon Carter. son
OF Landon Carter of Claves: Marv
Aylett Lee, who married Tench Ring
gold, long marshal of the District Of
Columbia. It was from a daughter
or the marriage OF Mary Aylett Zee
and Tench Ringgold that Chief Jus.
tire White OF the Supreme Court is
descended. Another child Of Thomas
Ludwell Lee Of Cotton and Fannie
Carter was Winifred Beale Lee. WHO
married William Brent, jr., Of Rich
land, in Stafford county, near Aouia
creek. tho ancestral home Of the Vir-
ginia branch Of the Brent family, An.
other daughter was Fanny Carter
Lee, who died single. Then there was
Ann Lucinda Lee. who became the
wife Of Jolm NJ. MoCArty, a. SON ol