Newspaper Tidbit: Cherry Hill Quarantine (1930)

Evening Star (Washington, DC)
14 September 1930

CHERRY HILL QUARANTINE FOLLOWS FEVER SPREAD

30 Cases Among Children of Community are Reported by Health Officials

Special Dispatch to the Star.

WOODBRIDGE., Va., September 13.-- With some 30 cases of scarlet fever among the children of Cherry Hill, the health authorities of Prince William County have quarantined the little community. The Cherry Hill School has not been opened, and the quarantine is preventing children of the community who go by school bus to the consolidated school at Dumfries from alarming the pupils there.

The health authorities and the county nurse are working in the Cherry Hill neighborhood and report that all of the cases are mild in form and no new ones appear to be development.

Newspaper Tidbit: Fight between Hinson and Fewell (1873)

Richmond Whig (Richmond, Va.)
12 December 1873

RECONTRE.--On Thursday last a fight occurred at Manassas between C. L. Hinson town sergeant, and Rhoda Fewell, in which the latter was very roughly handled. Hinson had arrested Fewell for some offence, and when the latter was released he went for the former with a knife, inflicting, it is said, a slight cut in his leg, Hinson returning the compliment by giving Fewell a sound thrashing. Fewell afterward went for some one else, and received a beating from him also. --Alexandria Sentinel

Will of Rev. John Towles

Will of John Towles
PWCo. Will Book T, pg. 538
Proved: 16 June 1885

I John Towles minister of the Lord Jesus Christ to testify the Gospel of the Grace of God being of sound mind do make this my last will and testament this the 16th day of July Anno Domini 1872 My soul I commend to God in the faith of the Gospel and in the hope of a blessed resurrection of my body.

All my estate real and personal I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sophronia E. Towles during the term of her natural life, and I hereby do appoint her my sole executrix, without security, to manage my estate to the best of her judgment for the benefit of my creditors for her own benefit, and that of our beloved children. Such portion of my estate as shall be left open after the payment of all debts, and as she shall see fit not to distribute to our beloved children during her natural life, but to hold in her posession and for her use up to the time of her death, I will after her decease to be equally divided between my three beloved children, Ella Towles, Churchill Towles and Leroy C. Towles. 

Witness my hand and seal, this the day and date first above written.

John Towles {seal}

Test:
John Manning
Albert M. Claggeth
G. S. C. Thomas


Prince George County Sct: June 16th 1885

Then came Albert M. Calgeth, one of the subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing last will and testament of John Towles late of said county deceased and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he did see the testator therein named sign and seal said will, that he heard him publish, pronounce, and declare the same to be his last will and testament, that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of his apprehension of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding and capable of executing a valid deed or contract, that he together with George S. C. Thomas one of the other subscribing witnesses now deceased subscribed their names as witness thereof in the presence of the testator at his request, and in the presence of each other.

Sworn before A. G. Davey, Register of Wills


State of Maryland, Prince Georges County Sct:

I Alonzo G. Davey Register of Wills for Prince Georges County in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that the aforegoing is a true copy of the last will and testament and probate thereof of John Towles late of said county duly now of record in my office.

In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Oprhans Court of the aforesaid county this 16th day of June A.D. 1884.

Teste, Alonzo G. Davey, Register of Wills for Prince Georges County, MD {Seal}


Maryland Sct:

I Charles Clageth chief judge of the Orphans Court of Prince Georges County, in the State aforesaid, certify that the aforegoing attestation of Alonzo G. Davey, Register of Wills for said County, is in due form, and by the proper officer. Given under my hand at the town of Upper Marlborough this 16th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty five.

Charles Claggeth Chief Judge


State of Maryland Sct:

I Alonzo G. Davey Register of Wills for Prince Georges County in the state aforesaid do certify that Charles Clageth Esquire whose genuine signature is attached to the aforegoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same, Chief Judge of the Orphan's Court of said County, duly commissioned and qualified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Orphan's Court aforesaid this 26th day of June A.D. 1885.

Alonzo G. Davey, Register of Wills


In Prince William County Court July 6th 1885.

An Authenticated copy of the true last Will and testament of John Towles decd was this day produced to the Court and ordered to be recorded.

Teste, L. A. Davis   Clk

Will: William Alexander (Effingham)

Will of William Alexander
PWCo Will Book K, pg. 286
Proved: 2 May 1814

I William Alexander of Effingham in Prince William County make this my last will & testament. I hereby confirm to my children respectively the property which I have heretofore given them. 

I give & bequeath to my son Laurence Gibbons Alexander one fourth part of my horses & sheep & one third part of my cattle and two feather beds & their furniture and I hereby confirm to him the Slaves which I have heretofore given him Viz. Seymour, Sawney, Nero, Dick, Jess, Will (of Juno), Polly, big Lucy, Hester, Sidney, Sukey, George, Mary & the two twins (of Polly) with their future increase. 

I give & bequeath to my son William Segismund Alexander one fourth part of my horses & sheep he accounting in his part of the horses for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars which he has already received. I also give him one feather bed & its furniture. I give to my Executors hereinafter named in trust for my Grand Daughter Jane Alexander Slaughter the following Slaves to wit Lotty, Nancy, Kitty, Lewis & William & their future increase & one bed and its furniture, which trust shall continue untill my said Grand Daughter shall arrive to the age of twenty one years, or marry, on the happening of either of which events the trust shall cease & the property be delivered absolutely to her, but I reserve to my wife the use of Negro Lotty just above mentioned for & during my said wifes life and I direct in case my said Grand Daughter Jane A. Slaughter shall die before she attains the age of twenty one years or marries, all the property herein bequeathed to her shall be equally divided amongst my four sons Philip, Gerard, Laurence & William, & the issue of such of them as may then be dead leaving issue such issue to take the part to which his or her parent would have been entitled if living. 

One moiety of the lands lying in Fairfax county (formerly Loudon) which I purchased of Newtons Executors I gave to my son John Stuart Alexander, the remaining moiety lying on Bull run I devise to my Executors to be by them sold, and the proceeds to be equally divided amongst my sons, Philip, Gerard, Laurence, William, & my Grand son Robert (son of Robert) & provided that if before a division of the sd. proceeds, any one of the Devises should die leaving issue such issue shall take the part the father would have been entitled to if living & to any other Lands which I may be entitled to excepting the Farms commonly called Effingham, Congress and Massey Dale.

I devise to my Executors to be by them sold & the process divided in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as those in the County of Fairfax. My lands in Prince William County commonly called Effingham, Congress & Massey Dale and all other my property real & personal not heretofore disposed of in this will I give & bequeath to my wife Sigesmunda Mary Alexander for & during her life, & after her death I desire that my personal Estate may be divided amongst my sons, Philip, Gerard, Laurence & William, my son Philip accounting in the division for negro Fran if she be living at the time of the division. The lands after my wifes death to be divided equally amongst my sons Philip, Laurence & William agreeable to quantity and having regard to an equal division of the Woodlands as will appear by a survey made (by Mr. Daniel Grant) of the whole Farms, in such division I desire that my son Philip's part be laid off on the Congress Farm, Laurence's part on the Effingham Farm & William's on the Massey Dale Farm. If either of my said sons Philip, Gerard, Laurence or William shall die leaving issue living at the time of his death or before the abovementioned Division shall have been made such issue shall be entitled to the portion to which his her or their father would have been entitled if living but if either of my said sons shall die before the said division without leaving issue living at the time of his death, or before such division shall take place, such Decedents part both real and personal shall be divided amongst the survivors of my said four sons, and the issue of such as may be dead leaving issue which issue shall take the part to which the father would have been entitled if living.

I desire that my Estate may not be appraised and I appoint my wife Sigesmunda and my sons Philip, Gerard & Laurence my Executors. In Witness of all of which I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this tenth day of September in the year 1813.

Wm. Alexander {seal}

At a Court held for Prince Wm. County May 2nd 1814

This Last will and testament of William Alexander decd. was presented to the Court by Laurence G. Alexander one of the Exors. therein named and it appearing to the Court that the said Will is all in the handwriting of the said William Alexander by the Oath of William Foote it is ordered to be recorded. And at a Court held for sd. County May 2d 1814 Laurence G. Alexander one of the Exors. named in the last will and Testament of Wm. Alexander decd. came into Court and made oath to the same according to law and having taken the Oath of an Executor and performed what is usual in such cases Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

Teste   Phil. D. Dawe   Ct. Cur.

Military Monday: Spies

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
02 July 1862

A dispatch from Manassas says:--"A lieutenant colonel in the Confederate army, of the name of Nichols, who has not yet resigned his commission, and declares he will not, was today arrested in the garb of a pedlar, going from camp to camp, selling his wares. Col. Pierce held him as a spy, and he is to be dealt with as such."

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Lowell Daily Citizen and News (Lowell, Massachusetts)
02 July 1862

A rebel lieut. colonel, named Nicholas, was arrested, on Monday, in Manassas, Va., who was going from camp to camp, selling his wares as a pedler. An old resident of Brentsville says that before the rebellion Nicholas was a lawyer but since then he has been active in raising troops for the confederate army. Col. Pierce will hold him as a spy.

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Richmond Whig (Richmond, Va)
24 December 1862

An important capture was made in Prince William, in the person of a notorious Federal spy by the name of Underwood. A detachment was sent to his mother's house, and search was made for him, for a time without success. The officer in command then suggested the propriety of opening the old lady's wardrobe, but she interposed the most vehement objections. Orders, however must be obeyed, and with as much politeness as possible, the dame was put aside, the wardrobe opened, and there stood Underwood. He was taken into custody, and sent with the other prisoners to Gen. Hampton's camp at Stevensburg, and thence to Gordonsville.

Sunday's Obituary: Muschett

Alexandria Gazette (Va.)
21 April 1852

At Fleetwood, Prince William county, the residence of his sister, [Mrs. F. B. Gibson, relict of the late Col. John Gibson,] on the 4th instant, Maj. FRED'K. H. MUSCHETT, aged about 50 years. The writer of this feeble tribute to his memory does not know his exact age, and yet knew him long and intimately. Few men possessed of more gentleness, urbanity, and true gentlemanly feelings, have ever lived or died. Of extensive literary reading, and blessed with an extraordinary memory, his recurrence to historical facts and incidents was ready and exact. Had he given his attention to some of the learned professions, and directed to either, the energies of his mind, an eminent stand must have rewarded his labors. But he treads no longer the path of human life or worldly ambition. He had some frailties; who has not? But though they obscured, they never concealed his many virtues. They were evanescent--and as well might the morning cloud he said to have extinguished the sun because his beams are not so distinctly seen or felt.-- Would I could see his like again, as I have seen him in times gone by! Pease to his ashes!

A FRIEND.

Near Brentsville, Prince William, Virginia, in the 77th year of her age, Mrs. ELIZABETH SEXSMITH, a native of Virginia, and for many years a resident of Washington.

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Alexandria Gazette (Va.)
09 January 1858

OBITUARY.

DIED, at Fleetwood, Prince William county, Va., on Monday 28th December, Col. WALTER MUSCHETT, in the 82nd year of his age.

After a short and painful illness, this useful citizen and good man was suddenly snatched from us. Colonel M. was a native of Charles county, Md., and in the year 1800 he removed to Baltimore to engage in a mercantile pursuit, which he prosecuted with marked energy, ability, and probity until 1855, when he retired from the trials and excitements of business, to seek the quietude of a country life. Possessing that true spirit of patriotism and love for country, which ever burns in the true American breast, so soon as the last war with England was commenced, he closed his counting house in Baltimore, and gallantly offered his services to assist in defence of his country's rights. He was among the foremost in the unfortunate battle at Bladensburg, where he received a dangerous wound was taken prisoner by the British, but was soon exchanged and sent to Baltimore totally disabled from again entering that service which he had so magnanimously sought. He died as he had lived for many years--a sincere Christian--and the numerous friends and relatives who mourn his loss are left the consolation to believe that he is now enjoying the approving smiles of his Lord and Saviour in a home of eternal bliss.

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Alexandria Gazette (Va.)
23 January 1858

DIED, On Monday, 4th of January, at Fleetwood, the residence of her relative, Mrs. Frances B. Gibson, Mrs. LOUISA MUSCHETT, consort of the late Dr. Alexander Muschett, of Pr. William county, Va.

Will: Sophia C. M. Bullitt

Will of Sophia C. M. Bullitt
PWCo Will Book I, pg. 14
Proved: 2 January 1804

As I esteem it the duty of every individual to make such arrangements of his temporal concerns as may spare the survivors those difficulties and altercations that may otherwise arise, I mean with divine assistance to specify the manner in which I design my property to be disposed of after my decease; and I appoint my esteemed friends William Barnes and John Macrae executors of this my last will and testament.

My proportion of the Kentucky land I bequeath to be equally divided between my sisters Francis Garard, Sarah Barnes, and Helen Huie excepting a small legacy of Fifty Acres to my negroe boy Frederick, which fifty acres are to be of equal quality with my sisters portion. My negroes David Antony, Joan and her son Frederick I will should be emancipated after one years servitude from the time of my death during which year I desire that they may be hired out and the money arising from said hire must be appropriated to the payment of my debts. 

The Legacy of five hundred pounds the greatest part of which is yet due me from my fathers estate I direct to be equally divided between my sisters before mentioned after the following legacies are deducted. Viz. Fifty pounds to my niece Sophia Bullitt Garard, one hundred dollars to be appropriated to the education of poor children to be delivered in the hands of my esteemed friend Elizabeth Mason ten pounds to my friend and brother Thomas James Bullitt to purchase a mourning ring which I request him to accept as a small proof of my friendship and gratitude. I bequeath the same sum for the same purpose to my friend Lewis Hue Girarden. My house and lot I bequeath to my niece Helen Scott Huie, but if the hire of the negroes during one year from the time of my death is not sufficient to indemnify my creditors it must be rented out until all my debts are paid. One of my lots in Newport I devise to my niece Ann Foster Huie and the other to my niece Mary Barnes which each party is to receive by casting lots. Five guineas which were devised to me by my father in his will I bequeath to my nephew Thomas Barnes, my wearing apparel I direct to be divided between my nieces Helen and Ann Huie, my fortepiano I leave to Mary Barnes, my proportion of negroe Jenny's hire I bequeath to be annually paid into said Jenny's own hand, my body I bequeath to the dust from whence it came and my soul I recommend to the mercy of God through the merits of a redeemer.  I desire that my negroe boy Frederick should have three years schooling and that he should afterwards be bound to a trade for which purpose I have bequeathed to him the aforementioned fifty acres of land.

I wish that the money which I bequeath to my sisters may be appropriated to their own use independent of their husbands and I direct my Executors to place the money in the hands of proper Trustees to that effect. I desire that a claim which my Brother Thomas Bullitt has on me for a hundred dollars may be paid previously to my other debts. 

This I declare to be my last will and testament, and I again recommend to the God the Universe for whose mercy I humbly hope through the mediation of a blessed saviour.

Dumfries May 27th, 1803.

Sophia C. M. Bullitt

Teste
Benjamin Wells
James Rison
Peregin Davis

At a court held for Prince William County January 2nd, 1804.

This last will and testament of Sophia C. M. Bullitt deceased was presented to the Court and being proved by the Oath of Benj. Wells was ordered to be certified. John Macrae renounced in open Court the burthen of the Executor of the said Will. 

And at a Court Continued and held for the County aforesaid February the 7th 1804

This said last will and testament of Sophia C. M. Bullitt was fully proved by the Oath of James Rison and ordered to be recorded.

Test   J. Williams   Ct. Cur.

And at a Court continued and held for said county Feby. 5th, 1805.

William Barnes an Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Sophia C. M. Bullitt decd came into Court and having proved the said Will according to Law, taken the Oath of an Executor and Executed a bond with security certificate is therefore granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

Test   J. Williams   Ct. Cur.

Newspaper Tidbit: Southern Claims Commission (1871) (1873)

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
17 May 1871

The Southern Claims Commission were occupied yesterday with the cases previously mentioned. The claims were of the usual character, mostly for fencing burned, forage fed to cavalry, and wagon horses, poultry, &c., taken by Blenker's men in the early part of the war. To-day, May 17th, is allotted to the cases of Henry McWilliams, $55; Lewis McKenzie, late member of Congress, of Alexandria, $3,926; and James Nokes, of Nokesville, Va., $13,235. The Commissioners are still deliberating upon the best and safest means of taking the proofs in those cases that cannot, for any good reason, be brought before them personally.

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
16 April 1873

The Southern Claims Commission yesterday heard the claims of Wm. R. Snow, Thomas M. Smith and J. C. Wilson, joint owners of Clover Hill farm, in Prince William county, near Nokesville, $11,433, and Dr. S. C. Osmun, of the same place, for a claim of $4,951.

Sunday's Obituary: Tyler/Norman/Haislip/Marshall

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
23 September 1854

At Millpark, Prince William C., Va., on the 21st inst., of typhoid fever, VIRGINIUS TYLER, son of Geo. G. Tyler, in the 19th year of his age.

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
24 October 1855

On the 8th of October, at his residence, in the village of Occoquan, after a short but painful illness, of congestive fever, CHARLES E. NORMAN, in the 42nd year of his age.

Alexandria Gazette
25 July 1870

On the 21st instant, of brain fever, at the residence of her uncle, Henry C. Haislip, esq., in Prince William county, Miss ANNIE HAISLIP, in the 22nd year of her age.

Alexandria Gazette
2 August 1875

At the residence of her brother, Peter Marshall, esq., in Prince William county, July 27, Miss SUSAN J. MARSHALL.

Friend of Friends Friday: Inventory of James Green (enslaved persons only) (1807)

James Green's Inventory
PWCo. Will Book I, pg. 363
Recorded: 7 December 1807

In obedience to an order of the worshipful Court of Prince William bearing date the 5th day of October 1807 We the Subscribers have appraised and inventoried all the Estate of James Green dec'd that was presented to our view by the Executor of the said James Green Dec'd in current money as follows:

Negro Sarah £10   
Negro Daniel £65
Negro Gilson £70  
Negro William £45
Negro Cease £50
Negro Ben  £100

[Subscribers signed to the inventory are William Brooks, Jonathan Reeve, and George Roach.]

Will: James Green (1807)

James Green Will
PWCo. Will Book I, pg. 354
Proved: 5 October 1807

In the name of God Amen, I James Green of Prince William County and State of Virginia, being now sick and weak in body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be to the Almighty God who gave them & hoping he will receive my soul at the last day and now concerning my worldly goods & after all my just debts are paid.

Imprimus my Will and wish is for my loving wife Frances Green to hold and enjoy all my property of every description for & during her natural life or Widowhood; and if a division should take place in her life my desire is that the Land be equally divided into three parts agreeable to quantity and quality and my wife Frances Green to draw for a Choice in obtaining her third.

Also my desire is that as my oldest son George Green has already had to the amount of Forty dollars in property for her my said wife Frances Green to furnish each and very of the other children with the same amount of Forty Dollars as they may com of age, marry, or see cause to leave her that is if they leave her in a becoming manner & provided it may at all times answer her convenience but is not to be restricted on in case it does not.

Also, my desire is that my three youngest daughters be educated as much as may be thought necessary by my Executors or Administrators. My desire also is that after the marriage or decease of my wife Frances Green that my property be distributed among all my children agreeable to the intention of the Law in such cases and as to what money which may on a settlement appear to be due from me from my Brother Thomas Green my desire is that it may be put to the best advantage by my Executors as the law may direct. 

My Executors whom I appoint and wish to serve in administering justice in every case above mentioned is my Brother Thomas Green and Jesse Green and lastly I recommend my body to the Grave there to be buried in decent burial agreeable to the direction of my friends & Executors. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th Jany in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1807.

James Green

Sign'd Sealed & delivered in the presence of us
Philip Warder Junr.
Bain Posey
Peggy {X her mark} Posey

At a Court held for Prince William County October 5th 1807.

This last will and testament of James Green dec'd was presented to the Court by Thomas Green one of the Exors therein named who made oath thereto according to Law and the said Will being proved by the oaths of Bain Posey and Philip Warder Junr. the same is ordered to be recorded and the said Exor having performed what is usual in such cases certificate is granted him fo obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

Teste   J. Williams   Ct. Cur.

Deed: Copin to Copin Power of Attorney (1812)

Copin to Copin Power of Attorney
Prince William Co. Deed Book 4, pg. 385
Recorded: 3 February 1812

KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I William Copin of Prince William County and State of Virginia for good cause now mooving hath nominated and appointed my brother Zacheous Copin of Harrison County and State aforesaid my true and lawful attorney to act in my name and for his own use to receive and obtain all rights of land that my brother John Copin & Samuel Copin was intitled to for their service in the Continental service in the Revolutionnary war, wharefore I do ratify all that my attorney may do in obtaining any right deriving to them with as full power as I myself could do ware I personally present.

In witness whareof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of February 1812.

William Copin {Seal}

Teste
Joseph {X his mark} Asberry, Joshua Copin

At a Court held for Prince William County February 3d 1812.

This Power of Attorney from William Copin to Zacheous Copin was acknowledged by the said William Copin and ordered to be recorded.

Teste
J. Williams  Ct. Cur.

Military Monday: Second Colored Selectee Called in Prince William (1941)

Evening Star (Washington, DC)
31 May 1941

SECOND COLORED SELECTEE CALLED IN PRINCE WILLIAM

MANASSAS, Va., May 31-- Woodrow Wilson Mountjoy, colored, of Joplin, who has been ordered to report to the induction station in Richmond Monday, will be the second colored man drafted from Prince William County. Leroy Brown of Thoroughfare was the first. All other colored men who have been accepted have been volunteers.

Alvoy Aubrey Bates of Dumfries has been ordered to Richmond June 5 to complete call No. 14.

Six men have been ordered to report to Dr. J. McIver Jackson for physical examination today. They are Manie Wilford Strouth, Emery Franklin Liming, Dallas Horace Posey and Walter Reid, Manassas; Elwood Kerns, Waterfall, and Ralph Donnaly Foster, Haymarket.

Sunday's Obituary: Camper/Chinn/Lowman/Anderson

Easton Gazette (Easton, MD)
22 February 1873

CAMPER.--Near St. Michaels, on the 2d inst., after a protracted illness, John Camper, formerly of Brentsville, Va., in the 53d year of his age.

Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)
30 March 1906

Information has reached here that Fielding Chinn, colored, of lower Prince William county, was shot at an entertainment Saturday night at Occoquan by a negro named Johnson. Johnson made his escape. Chinn died Monday from his injuries.

New York Herald (NY)
20 August 1884

LOWMAN.--At Manassas,Va., Sunday, August 17, ELEANOR LUDLAM, wife of Harvey L. Lowman.

Philadelphia Inquirer (Phila., Pa.)
6 July 1885

FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.

WASHINGTON, July5--A fire, in which at least one life was lost, is reported to have occurred in a house occupied by a family named Anderson, at Woodbridge, Va., on Saturday morning. Woodbridge is a station on the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Road, near Quantico, about twenty-four miles from this city.

Crime & Punishment: Joseph Burgess (1825)

Alexandria Gazette
15 June 1824

SHOCKING MURDER

A man by the name of Gollyhorn was murdered in Dumfries, Va. on Tuesday last, by a person named Burgess. The circumstances as far as can be collected were as follows --

The parties were engaged in pitching quoits, when a quarrel ensued, during which, Gollyhorn kicked Burgess in the face; after which Burgess procured a butcher's knife and returned to the place he had left Gollyhorn, & found him asleep on the step of a house, & upon his waking plunged the knife into his body. The deceased walked about twenty steps and dropped dead. Pursuit was immediately made after Burgess, who was apprehended and conducted to Brent's Ville, to await his trial in November.

New Brunswick Fredonia (New Brunswick, NJ)
27 July 1825

EXECUTION OF BURGESS

Joseph Burgess, who was sentenced to be hanged, by the Superior Court of Law for Prince William county, Va. held in October last for the murder of Chares Gollyhorn, was executed near Brentsville on Friday the 8th inst. The Rev. J. Johnson, of Fairfax, visited him in his apartment in the morning and spent some time with him in religious conversation and prayer. Burgess appeared to be perfectly indifferent to the whole subject of conversation, and unaffected by the scenes through which he was about to pass. At the gallows he discovered the same insensibility and hardness of heart. While Mr. Johnson was discoursing to him in the most solemn and impressive manner, he was carelessly occupied in marking the dust on his coffin with the end of the rope which was tied about his neck.

--Richmond Fam. Visitor