Evening star., 1921-07-03

gave the lots required for the court
building, and jail. He called the
place Georgetown. in honor of the
! reigning sovereign. George II of Eng
land. Some houses were built in
Georgetown. This settlement was
| without the usual warrant of the leg
| islature and in 175s the general as
sembly of Virginia authorized the es-
tabliShment of town at the county
seat. The new town was called Lees
burg in honor of the Lee family of
Loudoun, a branch of the Lees Of
Westmoreland county and Stratford
Hail.
The act establishing Leesburg, pass
ed in September, 1858, recites:
"Whereas Nicholas Minor of the
off sixty acres of his land adjoining
the courthouse of the said county
into lots with proper streets for
! town, many of which lots are sold and
Improvements made thereon. and the
inhabitants of said county have petit
toned this general assembly that the
same may be erected into a town Be
it enacted by the authority aforesaid
that the land so laid off into lots and
streets for a town, by the said Memo
las Minor be, and the same is, hereby
, erected and established town py
the name of Leesburg. and that the
freeholders and inhabitants thereon
shall forever after enjoy the priVi-
lleses which the inhabitants Of other
towns erected by act of assembly now
enjoy"
! The trustees named for the new
town were Philip Ludwell Lee.
Thomas Mason, Francis Lightfoot
| Lee, James Hamilton. Nicholas Minor.
Josias Clhpham, Aenaseas Campbell.
John Hugh, Francis Hague and VII.
, liam West. The first Jail was not
built on the land dedicated by Minor
~
set up at some distance from the
| town. The first sheriff of Loudoun
was Aeneas Campbell, and for the
! convenience of the sheriff. who was
+, probably also jailer. the county Jail
was built on his farm, the name OF
i which was Strawberry Plain.
. The earliest of the Lees who came
to live in that part of Virginia which
came to be Loudoun county seem to
have been Philip Ludwell Lee and
Francis Lightfoot Lee. brothers. Phil.
: ip Ludwell Lee was the eldest son of
Thomas Lee and his wife. born Han
! nah Ludwell. He was born February
. "a, 1926. and died February 81. 1775.
! 1t is believed that he was born at
Stratford, that grand old house still
creek. He inherited lands along the
upper Potomac.
| Francis Lightfoot Lee was the
sixth son of Thomas Lee Of Stratford.
and his wife, Hannah Ludwell He
| was born October IA. 1884. and set
. tied on lands on the upper Potomac
bequeathed him by his father.
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WHEN you come to Leesburg today
! w you will probably rest at the
/ Leesburg Inn, adjoining the Court
house Square. Maurice F. Castleman
| is the proprietor and Walter Evans
! the clerk, though when The Star man
stopped there John S. Castleman was
! acting as clerk. These Castlemans
| (James), who ran the ferry across
+. the Shenandoah river on the road
| from Alexandria and Georgetown to
the west by Leesburg, Smokers Gap
and Berryville, long before bridge
was built at that point.
| Leesburg has the same form of
government as most other towns, but
| is lucky in having a mayor and city
council who are men of progressive
! ideas and who have the confidence
| ment in the town. The mayor is
Charles R. Lowenbach and the coun-
cilmen are w. C.. T. Ewing. w. c.
Safer, L. G. Rollins, o. N: Casey, John
T. Hourhane and l. 7. Fry: The
the auditor, E. P. Mcfarland, and
the treasurer, Daniel ]. Hourihane.
The head of the volunteer fire de-
partment is L. T. Fry, the town SER
geant is Brooke P. Forsythe and the
] night sergeant is Frank -Atwell.
The postmaster is George c. Carter.
! tho station agent. f. c. Mcintyre and
| the telegraph operator and ticket
| agent is G., H. Wilkes. The super
| intendent of schools of Leesburg is
O. L. limerick: principal of the high
! school, D. P. Hurley. and the teach
ers, SO far as The Star man could
| learn their names, are: Miss Eva
Jones, Mrs. Ellen Metzger, Miss Will