Evening star., 1921-07-03

Loudoun was passed by the house
Of burgesses at Williamsburg on May
2, 175g, was concurred in by the
council and was signed by the gov
efnIl of the 'e act it is set forth that.
Whereas, many Inconvenience at
tend the upper Inhabitants OF the
county Of Fairfax by reason OF the
large extent Of the said county and
their remote situation ,.,e from the
have petitioned this present general
assembly that the said county may
be divided, be it therefore enacted
The third paragraph of the act
provided THAT nothing herein con-
the sheriff or collector of the said
county of Fairfax as the same now
stands entire and undivided from
collecting and making distress Tor
any public dues. or ONCE dues, Which
shall remain unpaid by the lnhani, aa1,n
at the time of it's taking place. but
such sheriff or collector shall have
the same power to collect or dfstra1n
for such dues and fees. and shall
be answerable for them in the same
manner as if this act had never been
the contrary in any wise notWltn-
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As showing the extent Of tobacco
"A culture In that part Of Virginia
when Loudoun county came into ex-
istence, 1t Is interesting to read the
nth and final paragraph of the act
establishing the new county. 1t fol-
lows:
And bs II further enacted by the authority
Aforesaid That out Of every hundred pounds OF
tobacco. paid in discharEe OF quit rents, seS.e
oficers' fees. and SO proportionstely for a
greater or lesser quantity. there shall De MADE
for the abatements or allowances 70 the pave -,
Fairfax, ten pounds OF tobacco. and Tor tobac-
co due in the county Of Ioudoun: twenty pounds
Of add saat 30 acs for St smendnS the
staple Of tobacco and preventing frauds in his
ma5esty's customs. as relates 70 anytnng
the same is hereby. repealed and made void.
The boundary line between Fairfax
and Loudoun was changed by act of
tho assembly in 1898. The style of
the act was IAN act for adding part
Of the county of Loudoun to the
county Of Fairfax and altering the
place Of holding courts in Fairfax
county" 1t enacted that all that
part Of the county Of Loudoun lying
between the lower boundary thereof
and q line to be drawn from the
mouth Of Sugarland Run to Carter's
mill, on Bull Run, shall be and is
thereby added to and made a part of
the county Of Fairfax"
All writer's on the history of settle
ment in western Virginia and western
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immigration that set in toward those
regions in the early part Of the eight
eenth century. Some Of these immi-
grants came directly from the Palat-
mate in Germany. but most ef them
seem to have moved OF from the Ger:
man settlements in Pennsylvania and
to have adventured southwark in
search Of fertile and cheaper wild
lands. The same class of Germans
who settled the Frederick and Ha-
gerstown valleys in Maryland, and the
tied in a part of that region east of
the Blue Ridge which later became
Loudoun county.
These settlers were not the pioneers
! in that section. because white hunters
and trappers knew it well. and it is
recorded that some members aof that
hardy class staked out their permaL
nent homes and cleared land for till
lage in that Indian country. Nor was
the German immigration the only tide
Of settlement to flow In, for while
the Germans were moving down from
the north. the English. Scotch and
Irish, settled for one or two genera
tions in eastern Virginia, were NOV
ing westward. They, too. were look
ing for fruitful lands which were to
be had at low cost. James w. Head,
in his history of Loudoun county,
wrote:
Th> r.r-usrert .ettIsmevt NJ To,aou. .o,,.
began the years It's and 1730. while the coun.
ty was yet . part Of Prince William county
and the property Of Lord Fairfax, the immi-