Friday's Faces from the Past: Manassas High School: 1936 Faculty & Class

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Manassas Journal

11 June 1936

Newspaper Tidbit: Independent Hill Items (4 May 1917)

Recently, a reader pointed out that I tend to post items to my blog that favor (a) the Lynn surname, (b) Brentsville, and/or (c) Independent Hill/Coles District.  That may well be true.  I try to cover the entire county and time periods, but I must admit to a certain bias toward all of the above.

In the case of the Lynn surname, that one's a bit obvious since it's who I hale from and the Lynn Family has been in the county since the early 1700's.  

Brentsville was the county seat for many years and there's a lot of history there worth noting.  The Brentsville Courthouse Historic Site was the first historic site I visited after I moved to the county (even before the Manassas Battlefield) and includes my favorite historic building in the county, the Brentsville Jail.   

As for the community of Independent Hill, that is where my grandfather, Earl Lynn, was born and where his parents and his ancestors lived during most of the 1800s/early 1900s.   Not surprisingly, I love coming across little "Local Items" in newspapers that give personality and depth to the lives of those who lived there. 

Manassas Journal
May 4, 1917

INDEPENDENT HILL

Mr. and Mrs. George Retzer, who spent the past winter in Baltimore with their daughter, Mrs. Graeff, have returned to Virginia and are visiting now at the home of Mrs. H. L. Hinton.

Mrs. George Lowe spent several days last week as the guest of Mrs. John Carter.

Mr. A. M. Yates, of Manassas was a visitor Sunday at the home of Mr. S. Long.

Mr. Carlton Hill, who attended Eastern College the past session has returned to his home to assist in putting in the spring crops.

Mrs. Nellie Keys has returned to Manassas, where she has been staying with Mrs. L. T. Bauserman.

Mr. Earl Lynn motored to Manassas Wednesday in his new motor car.

Mr. Clifton Storke spent a few days this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Storke.

Hayfield School and Civic League will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday, May 11, beginning at 8 o'clock.  Addresses will be made by Supt. Charles R. McDonald and Hon. C. J. Meetze.  Music and readings will be contributed by Misses Myrtle and Annabel Merrill and Miss Hattie Simpson and Messrs. George Oleyar, R. L. Hinton and Richard Thorp.

Deed: Georgie LYNN, et al to Louisianna SULLIVAN

I thought this Deed was especially interesting because it mentions the half acre set aside for the Cole family cemetery in Independent Hill.  It also lists the "surviving heirs at law" of the will of Lawrence Cole (one of whom, Earl Lynn, is his grandson and my grandfather).

14 April 1933
GEORGIE LYNN, Et Al. To LOUISIANNA SULLIVAN

Prince William Co. Deed Vol. 109, pg. 268

This deed made this 14^th day of April, 1933, by and between GEORGIE LYNN, widow, ELIZABETH ASHBY, widow, MOLLIE HOWELL, and SAMUEL B. HOWELL, her husband, P.M. COLE and MAGGIE O. COLE, his wife, and EARL LYNN, parties of the first part, (the said Georgie Lynn, Elizabeth Ashby, Mollie Howell, P.M. Cole, and Earl Lynn being all of the surviving heirs at law of LAWRENCE COLE, deceased), and LOUISIANNA SULLIVAN, party of the second part:

WITNESSETH, that, for and in consideration of the sum of ten dollars to them in hand paid, and other valuable considerations, receipt whereof is here acknowledged, the said parties of the first part have granted, bargained and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey, with general warranty of title, unto the said party of the second part the following described lot or parcel of land, to-wit:

All of that certain lot or parcel of land lying and being situate in Coles Magisterial District, Prince William County, Virginia, adjoining the lands of Sullivan and Oleyar and being the second one-half acre of land referred to in the first paragraph of the will of the late Lawrence Cole, recorded in Will Book T Prince William County Clerk’s office; less and except, however, so much of the said one-half acre of land as is now fenced as a burying ground the same being a Lot 30 feet or acre.  The said parties of the first part reserve for themselves and their heirs the right of ingress and agree to and from the said lot that is excepted from this conveyance through the present entrance on the Independent Hill-Joplin Road.

Witness the following signatures and seals:

George Lynn (Seal)

Mollie Howell (Seal)

Samuel B. Howell (Seal)

Elizabeth Ashby (Seal)

P. M. Cole (Seal)

Maggie O. Cole (Seal)

Earl Lynn (Seal)

State of Virginia,

County of Prince William, to-wit:

I, R.C. Linton, (Justice of the Peace) in and for the county aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Elizabeth Ashby, P.M. Cole, and Maggie O. Cole, whose names are signed to the writing hereto annexed, bearing date on the 14^th day of April, 1933, have acknowledged the same before me in my county aforesaid.  My commission expires

Given under my hand the 31 day of October, 1933.  R. C. Linton J.R.

State of Virginia,

City of Alexandria, to-wit:

I, Virginia Reveley, a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Georgie Lynn, whose name is signed to the writing hereto annexed, bearing date on the 14^th day of April, 1933, have acknowledged the same before me in my City aforesaid.  My commission expires August 19, 1933.

Given under my hand the 3^rd day of June, 1933.  Virginia Reveley, N.P.

State of Virginia,

County of Elizabeth City, to-wit:

I, C.B. Markham, a notary public in and for the county aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Earl Lynn, whose name is signed to the writing hereto annexed, bearing date on the 14^th day of April, 1933, have acknowledged the same before me in my county aforesaid.  My commission expires Jan. 20, 1945.

Given under my hand the 21^st day of Aug., 1942.  C.B. Markham N.P.

State of California,

County of Los Angeles, to-wit:

I, J.M. Cassidy, a notary public in and for the county aforesaid, in the State of California, do certify that Mollie Howell and Samuel B. Howell, whose names are signed to the writing hereto annexed, bearing date on the 14^th day of April, 1933, have acknowledged the same before me in my county aforesaid.  My commission expires

Given under my hand and notarial seal the 11^th day of July, 1933.  J. M. Cassidy, N.P.

Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California.  My commission expires Apr. 19, 1937.

NOTARY PUBLIC SEAL.

In the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of Prince William County, Virginia, August 24, 1942, this Deed from Georgie Lynn, et al to Louisianna Sullivan with certificate attached, was this day admitted to record at 2:40 p.m.

Leamon Ledman, Clerk

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