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The town of Falmouth was established in 1728 on the falls of the Rappahannock River. In the 18th century moving goods overland was extremely difficult due to the lack of roads and the extremely poor condition of those that existed; it was far easier to move goods and people by water. Consequently, early 18th century…

Stafford County saw three major Federal occupations during the Civil War: April-September 1862; November 1862-June 1863; and April-June 1864. By far the largest and most significant occupation was November 1862 to June 1863. This involved the Union Army of the Potomac’s arrival and participation in the battle of Fredericksburg (December 11-15, 1862); post-Fredericksburg recovery; the…

Recent discoveries reveal humans have been in Virginia for at least 16,000 years B.P. [Before Present] or 14,000 B.C. [Before Christ]. The earliest, known as Paleo-Indians, were “hunter-gatherers,” who arrived after the Ice Age. In small bands, they roamed grasslands hunting mastodon, bison, elk, deer, and smaller mammals, and gathered edible and medicinal plants, using…

Besides the Brents, the Masons were another English family that settled early in Stafford. George Mason (I) left England along with his cousins, Thomas and Gerard Fowke of Staffordshire. George Mason (I) was the great-grandfather of the famous George Mason (IV). Originally, they moved to Westmoreland County. Later, they settled on a hill by Accokeek…

Anne Brooks Braurer sat down with the Tell Your Stafford Story camera crew at her home. Anne talks about growing up in the Historic Falmouth area of Stafford County, VA in the 1930s and 40s.

Del sat down with the Tell Your Stafford Story camera crew at George Washington’s boyhood home, Ferry Farm, in Stafford, VA. Del talks about growing up in Stafford, his family’s history in Stafford, his memories of WWII, and the combining of Stafford High School and Falmouth High School.

Pearl Coleman sat down with the Tell Your Stafford Story camera crew at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church. Pearl talks about growing up in Stafford and her great-grandmother who was a midwife in Stafford.

Harry Crisp sat down with the Tell Your Stafford Story camera crew at Ferry Farm to tell his Stafford Story. Harry talks about meeting his wife, visiting the Stafford countryside, and discovering relics of Stafford’s history.

Dan Chichester sat down with the Tell Your Stafford Story camera crew at Ferry Farm to tell his Stafford story. Dan talks about being a member of the 350th Blue Ribbon Committee, his time as Stafford’s Commonwealth Attorney, his family’s history in Stafford, and the changes he has seen Stafford undergo.

John White sat down with the Tell Your Stafford Story camera crew at Ferry Farm in Stafford, Virginia to tell his Stafford story. John as well as four other members of their family sat in on this interview in which John tells several stories about his life growing up. John talks about his family’s history…