Voices of Stafford

Charles has always lived in the central part of Stafford County along Hull’s Chapel Road which is known locally as “Terrapin’s Thicket.’ His family is related to many of those in the area. The names appear on the stones in local cemeteries. Mr. Moore tells of how his grandfather grew vegetables and transported them by horse drawn wagon to Warrenton to market. For entertainment, youngsters walked to Fredericksburg and hunted the nearby woods for game which was used for food. This part of Stafford County is usually overlooked as historians write of the activities and structures around the outer edges of the county.