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Thomas Norman (c.1790-1846) was the son of Edward Norman (1752-1814) and Jane Stewart (c.1756-1814) and resided at Edge Hill in Wide Water.  Edward and Jane Norman died during the winter epidemic of 1814/1815.  Thomas’ first wife was Paulina Ficklen (c.1800-1830).  He married secondly Mildred Ficklen Hill (1804-1886).  All are buried at Edge Hill.  In 1816 Thomas…

Isaac Newton (c.1745-1838) was the son of William Newton (1705-1787).  He married Peggy Strother and resided at Little Falls on the Rappahannock River.  This tract had been patented by the immigrant John Newton, Sr. and was in King George County until the boundary change of 1777 placed it in Stafford.  Little Falls is about 2…

William Mountjoy (1711-1777) was the son of Edward Mountjoy (c.1660-1712), the immigrant.  William lived at Locust Hill near what’s now known as Brooke.  The Mountjoys built a stone gristmill that was later known as Brooke’s Mill.  In 1929 the stone from this building was sold and transported to the National Cathedral in Washington, DC and…

John Mountjoy (1741-1825) was the son of William Mountjoy (1711-1777) of Stafford County, Virginia.  He and his father were signers of the Leedstown Resolutions.  In September 1776 the Continental Army was formed to provide a common defense against a British invasion.  Virginia was authorized to create fifteen district battalions, later designated as regiments.  Each district battalion…

James Morton (1793-1859) was the son of Richard Morton (1771-1812) and Margaret Ursula Waller (1771-c.1826) of Spring Hill, Stafford County.  He was also the grandson of Ursula (Brightwell) Morton (c.1725-c.1826) of Maryland and Stafford.  After the death of her husband and just after the Revolution, Ursula came to Stafford from Maryland.  According to her granddaughter,…

Arthur Morson (1734-1798) of Greenock, County Renfrew, Scotland, sailed for Virginia in 1751 on the Greenock Snow and landed somewhere on the Rappahannock River.  A merchant in the town of Falmouth, Virginia, he served as a justice for King George County in 1766 and in 1770 as his home, Hartwood, was then in that county.…

Alexander Morson (1759-1822) was the son of Arthur Morson (1735-1798), a wealthy Scottish merchant with businesses in Falmouth.  In 1800 Alexander married in Stafford County Ann Casson Alexander (1781-1831) who inherited her family home, Snowden, after the death of her brother in 1804.  Alexander resided on Hollywood, which was located on the north side of…

William L. Morgan (c.1805-1873) was from King George County where he was a merchant prior to his moving to Stafford.  Around 1854 he married Margaret Strother (c.1795-after 1862), the daughter of James Strother (died 1853) of King George.  In 1855 William purchased the old Garrard’s Ordinary property across U. S. Route 1 from Stafford Courthouse.…

Wade Hampton Moore was the son of George F. Moore (c.1846-after 1910) of Stafford County, Virginia.  He owned a general merchandise store on the southeastern corner of Shelton Shop Road (Route 648) and Mountain View Road (Route 627).  This intersection is still referred to by locals as “Moore’s Corner.”  After he sold his store, he…

Powhatan Moncure (1830-1908) was the son of John Moncure (1793-1876) of Carmora and Woodbourne, Stafford County.  Prior to the War Between the States, he lived at Ravenswood, part of which was recently taken for the airport interchange on U. S. Route 1.  Powhatan became gravely ill at the outset of the war and was never…

George Frazier Vowles Moncure (1826-1901), whose name often appears as George Vowles Moncure or George V. Moncure, was the son of John Moncure (1793-1876) of Woodbourne, Stafford County, Virginia.  George was born at Somerset and resided at Chelsea, both of these farms being in the Wide Water area of Stafford.  In 1849 he married Mary…

Jaquelin Marshall Meredith (1833-1920) was the son of Dr. Reuben Meredith (1791-1860) and Mary Lucinda Clarkson (1802-1880) and spent much of his younger life in Fauquier County, Virginia.  He was an Episcopal minister who served in the 47th Virginia Infantry during the War Between the States.  He became rector of Aquia Episcopal Church in Stafford…