page_title: George Waller (colonel)
section_title: Plantation life
hierarchical_section_title: George Waller (colonel) / Plantation life
caption_attribution_description: English: Virginia state historic market for "Waller's Ford," Henry County, Virginia, founded by Col. George Waller of the Revolutionary Army. The community was known as Waller's Ford until the beginning of the 20th century when it was renamed Fieldale, in honor of Marshall Field's textile plant subsequently located there.
context_page_description: George Waller was landowner, patriot and early settler in Henry County, Virginia.
context_section_description: Waller married Ann Winston Carr, first cousin to Patrick Henry, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in December 1760, and their children were: Elizabeth Waller, b. 1762; Mary Winston Waller, b. October 26, 1763, Henry County, Virginia, d. July 22, 1828, Martinsville, VA; John Waller, b. 1765, Spotsylvania, VA, d. 1842, Horsepasture, Virginia; Carr Waller, b. 1767; Ann (Nancy) Waller, b. 1770; George Waller, b. 1773; William (IV) Waller, b. 1775; Edmund Waller, b. 1779, d. 1817, Waller's Ford, VA.
  George Waller owned extensive land in the area that is now Fieldale, Virginia, along the Smith River (Virginia). By 1768 he was established as a tobacco farmer and local politician, also overseeing the ford over the Smith River.
  The plantation he owned later became known locally as both "Waller's Ford" and the "Village of Waller". One source says: "Early black landowners in the area were descendants of slaves owned by Colonel Waller. Some surnames taken by those descendants included Finney, Morris, Stovall, Napper, Baker, Mitchell, and Waller. Another slave descendant, this one from the Hairston line, was Jordan Hairston who owned land near what is now 10th Street in Fieldale. The Smith River tributary called Jordan Creek runs through the center of the original Village of Waller and was named for Jordan Hairston."
caption: Waller's Ford, named for Col. George Waller. Today's Fieldale
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