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William S. Monteith lived near and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He held a a few public offices in Stafford County, Virginia, but made his living as a farmer and fisherman. He was a constable for the Falmouth District in 1885 and 1886. William was also Deputy Clerk of Court in 1885. In…

Amos K. Monteith (1840-1910)was the son of Thomas Monteith (1811-1858) and Nancy Limerick.  During the War Between the States, he served with the 9th Virginia Cavalry.  In 1868, Amos married the widow Sarah Eliza (Rowe) Jones, the daughter of John G. Rowe and Nancy McGuire.  In 1877, Monteith was overseer of the road for an…

George Easom Monroe (1855-1906) was the son of William A. Monroe (c.1823-after 1880) of Stafford County, Virginia.  In 1877 he married Mary Thomas Downs (1853-1943), the daughter of Thomas William Downs (c.1825-1880) and Amanda Ellen Smith (c.1834-c.1868).  George E. Monroe lived at Cedar Hedge in the heart of Stafford’s gold mines between Warrenton Road (U.…

Travers Daniel Moncure (1811-1886) was the son of John Moncure, III (1772-1822) of Clermont, Stafford County, Virginia.  Travers was born on that farm, but later resided at Oakwood, a 150-acre tract on Meadow Branch in Wide Water.  His home was near the old Brent’s Mill that drew its power from Meadow Branch.  Travers D. Moncure…

John Ridout McGregor (1829-1900) was the son of Alrick Mortimer McGregor (born 1810) of Prince George’s County, Maryland.  John married his first cousin, Mary Eliza McGregor (1831-1916).  In the mid-1850s, John R. McGregor was operating a “Paint and Oil Store” in Washington, DC.  Here he sold such items as window glass, camphene, spirit gas, sperm,…

William P. Mahoney (1838-1916) was the son of William Mahorney (died 1846) and Jane Patterson (c.1814-before 1909) of King George and Stafford Counties, Virginia.  The younger William married Mary A. Riley (born c.1848).  They resided at Chappawamsic Farm, formerly owned by George Mason, III (1690-1735).  The house site is now part of the Quantico Marine…

Ennever Lucas (1841-1912) was the son of Albert Gallatin Lucas (1806-1854) and Cornelia Ennever (1818-1884) of Stafford County, Virginia.  He resided at Stanstead near the I-95/U. S. Route 17 interchange.  Prior to the War Between the States, Ennever was a school teacher.  During the war, he was an orderly sergeant in Capt. Charles Green’s company…

At the April, 1870 term of the Stafford County, Virginia Court, “Thomas Lowry, late Constable having inadvertently failed to give the bond required by law to have been given at the last term of this Court–It is recomended [sic] that the Governor of this State appoint him Constable there being no Constable at this term…

James Oscar Lee (1847-1908) was the son of William Lee (1814-1879) and Sarah H. Rowe (c.1821-1896).  A native of King George County, Virginia, James was born at White Hall and moved when a child to Willow Dale in lower Stafford County.  In 1873, he married Lucy A. Luck (1854-1931), the daughter of John M. Luck…

Lewis K(enneth?) Knight was the son of William Knight (before 1775-c.1830) and Glady Fritter (c.1780-c.1857) of Stafford. Just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, Lewis was arrested for the murder of Elijah A. Ennis (c.1826-c.1860). The county court gave him the option of serving in the Confederate army or being tried for murder.…

George Phillips King (1813-1876) was the son of Samuel King (1774-1841).  He was born in Pennsylvania, but lived much of his life in the White Oak area of Stafford.  In 1845, George married Susan Warren (died 1865), the daughter of William Warren.  During the War Between the States, George was a Unionist.  He moved to…

Charles L. Kennedy (1846-1933) was the son of Thomas A. Kennedy and was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.  In 1871, he married Mary T. Schooler (1835-1904), the daughter of Thomas E. Schooler (c.1787-1861) of Stafford County, Virginia.  His second wife was Sarah J. Armstrong (c.1863-1953).  Charles lived on or near the Warrenton Road and not…