Crime and Punishment: Arrests of Love, Stonnell (1863)

Alexandria Gazette

24 January 1863

Mr. Henry Love, and his two sons of Dumfries, Prince William county, Va., have been arrested and sent to the Old Capitol, in Washington, charged with aiding and abetting the Confederates in their late advance on Dumfries.

Rob. S. Stonnell, of Occoquan, has been arrested and required to give bail, for "useing seditious language and abusing President Lincoln."

Will: Richard Stonnel (1805)

RICHARD STONNEL Will

Prince William County Will Book I, pg. 60

17 Jan 1805; proved 2 Jul 1805

In the name of God Amen I RICHARD STONNEL of Prince William County Planter being weak in body but having my perfect reason and right of sence and understanding do hereby make this my last will and testament.  I promis to give and be queath unto my sun in law WILLIAM LOYD one feather bed & furniture when he needs it.  I give and bequeath unto my be loved wife SALLY STONEL all the rest of my estate as long as she may live after all my just debts is paid and at her death for what is left to be divided amongst all my children and my wifes two sons:  JOHN CORNWELL & GEORGE CORNWELL.  This instrument of righting made the seventeenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and five.

RICHARD STONNEL  {seal}

Signed sealed and acknowledged and deliverd in presence of

ALAN BLAND

JESSEY WARDER

WILLIAM BAWSEL

At a Court held for Prince William County July 2^nd 1805.

This last will and testament of RICHARD STONNEL decd was presented to the Court and being proved by the oaths of WILLIAM BAWSELL, ALLEN BLAND and JESSE WARDER was ordered to be recorded.  And administration with the will annexed of the estate of RICHARD STONNELL decd is granted to SARAH STONNELL she having taken the oath prescribed by law and executed and acknowledged a bond with security according to law.

Teste

J.WILLIAMS  Ct. Cur.

Sunday's Obituary: Ida Virginia (Stonnell) Brawner

Washington Times (Washington, DC)
February 9, 1911

The funeral of Ida Virginia Brawner, widow of John P. Brawner, who died at her residence, 113 South Alfred street, yesterday, will be held from the family residence tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Edgar Carpenter, of Grace Church, conducting the services.  Interment will be made in Bethel Cemetery.

Mrs. Brawner was the daughter of John A. Stonnell, and a native of Prince William county, although she has lived in Alexandria for many years.  She is survived by three sons, Philip Brawner, George Brawner, and Emory Brawner, and one daughter, Mrs. Effie Clements.  She was fifty-five years of age.

Sunday's Obituary: Mary Stonill

Alexandria Gazette
April 1, 1858

On the 25th ult., at Fairview, her late residence, in Prince William County, Mrs. Mary Stonill, in the 72nd year of her age, after a long and protracted illness, which she bore with christian fortitude.  The deceased was a kind wife and affectionate mother, and a good neighbor, and was highly esteemed by all who knew her.  She leaves four children and many friends to lament her untimely loss.

Farewell dear friend, for thou art gone,
   to a happier world than this,
And we shall follow thee e'er long,
   to dwell with thee in bliss.

H

Newspaper Tidbits: Storms in PWCo

June 22, 1860 – Alexandria Gazette

SEVERE HAIL STORM IN PRINCE WILLIAM.—The hail storm of Tuesday last passed over that part of Prince William county between Bacon Race and Dumfries, doing great damage to the growing crops.  The hail stones are said to have been as large as partridge eggs; and the storm lasted about an hour and a half.  Among the principal sufferers are R. B. Merchant, whose loss is estimated at from $500 to $1,000.  A building occupied by the servants of W. H. A. Merchant was blown over by the wind, which was very high.  Warren Davis's crop of wheat and corn is very much damaged—his loss is estimated at 4500.  Richard Stonnell's loss to his crop is about $500.  Z. Kankey had nearly his entire corn crop destroyed and loses about $1000.  The gardens in the village of Dumfries were completely destroyed, and all the inhabitants of the village suffer more or less loss.  The crops all along the path of the storm were very much injured.

May 24, 1874 – Alexandria Gazette

During the thunder storm on Saturday last, a large locust tree, in Mr. John T. Leachman's front yard was struck by lightning, tearing it into fragments and throwing the debries  on and over the house.  Several members of Mr. Leachman's family were very much shocked.  So great was the shock that articles in the house were thrown down.  The rain was very heavy in that section, raising the streams unusually high, and washing away water gaps fencing & c.  Lightning also struck a tree near the house of Mr. Mankins, a quarter of a mile outside the village, and severely stunned his daughter.

Real Estate in 1907

Here's an interesting peek at the Prince William County real estate market more than 100 years ago, when the county was still largely farmland.

Washington Post – March 31, 1907

VIRGINIA ESTATE SOLD.  "Waverly" Bought by Baltimore Business Man for $10,000 Cash.

Country as well as city property is reported to be in active demand.  The betterment of railroad and electric traction facilities in the territory around Washington has made property in this vicinity especially attractive.

The Soule Company has sold, for Edward O'Kolb, of Philadelphia, his plantation, in Westmoreland County, Va., known as "Waverly," containing 1,500 acres.  The purchaser was a Baltimore business man, who paid $10,000 cash for the property.

Among the other recent sales made by the Soule Company are the following:

For D. D. Pierce, mill property in Clark County, Va., $4,500.

For Virgil G. Williams, 500 acres in Prince William County, Va., $2,500.

For Lucy A. Platt, house in Kensington, $1,500.

For James P. Tolman, two acres and house at Suitland, $1,200.

For Georgie H. Hale, thirty-five acres at Glendale, $2,500.

For Charles Ennis, 152 acres in Prince William County, Va., $1,300.

For Samuel J. Trammell, farm in Fairfax County, Va., $1,200.

For James Kagle, farm in Prince George County, Md., $750.

For Mrs. A. Denty, thirty acres at Pohick, Va., $700.

For C. A. Czarra, house at Mount Rainier, $4,500.

For J. A. Japhet, house at College Park, $7,000.

For Mary E. Johnson, 200 Bryant street, $4,500.

For C. J. Hess, house at Ballston, $2,000.

For Helen M. Soule, house at Berwyn, $1,800.

For Ella J. Jones, two lots at Berwyn, $400.

For George McvDaniel, farm near Herndon, Va., $3,500.

For Henry S. Crowell, 20 D street southeast, $1,800.

For the Stonnell heirs, 643 acres in Prince William County, Va., $4,000.

For Mrs. A. E. Remsberg, fifty-seven acres in Fairfax county, Va., $1,500.

For Anton Texter, 705 acres in Prince William County, Va., $4,000.

For Mrs. Alex Denty, farm in Fairfax county, Va., $2,000.

For M. L. Croxall, 150 Francis street, $700.

For O. H. Post, house at Glendale, $1,400.

For Elizabeth F. Caldwell, 3136 T street  northwest, $2,500.

For Mrs. M. E. Miller, house at Woodside, $2,000.

For Alice G. Wormwood, fifty acres in Prince George County, Md., $2,500.

For Dr. H. A. Johnson, fifty-seven acres at Herndon, Va., $5,000.

For the heirs of Anna A. Walshe, house at Wesley heights, $4,000.

For William P. Frye, farm in Berkley County, Va., $6,500.

For the Stonnell heirs, 210 acres in Prince William County, Va., $600.

For Dr. H. A. Johnson, thirty-seven acres at Herndon, Va., $6,000.

Will: Jesse Warder

JESSE WARDER Will

Prince William County Will Book M, pg 164

03 Nov 1823; proved 02 Feb 1824

No all persons that I JESSE WARDER of the County of Prince William & State of Virginia doath this third day of November eighteen hundred & 23 make this my last will and testament whereas, I give to my son WILLIAM one bed & furniture thereto & one cow & calf.  I allso give to my sun WALTER WARDER one bed & furniture & one cow & calf.  I also give to my daughter ELIZABETH one bed and furniture and one cow and calf, and I allso give my daughter ELIZABETH forty dollars in cash.  I give and bequeath unto my afectionate wife MILFOARD WARDER all the balance of my stock househoalds and kitchen furniture and crop on hand and allso my negroes JAMES, JACK and MARIAH all of which she is to have and to hoald for her oan support during her natural life, that is after all my just debts are paid and after my wifes death, my desire is that the property may be divided between my five children, to my daughter MARY STONEL, JNO. WARDER, and his wife, WILLIAM WARDER, WALTER WARDER and ELIZABETH WARDER.  At the death of my sun JOHN and his wife the property shall go to their children.  I allso give to my sun JOHN WARDERs children two beds and furniture two tables to chairs one lume one spining wheal and cords and one iron pot.  Such said utensils are now in the possession of my sun JOHN for the benefit of his children.  This being my last will and testament I now appoint my suninlaw RICHARD STONAL and my sun WALTER WARDER as my soal executors as witness whereof I have hereunto afixed my mark as the day and date above menchioned.

JESSE WARDER

Teste,

JOHN WILLIAMS, JAMES WILLIAMS, THOMAS LINDSAY

At a Court held for Prince William County February 2 1824.  This last will and testament of JESSE WARDER decd. was presented to the Court and being proved by the oath of JOHN WILLIAMS is ordered to be certified and at a court of quarterly sessions held for said county June 7^th 1824.  RICD. STONNEL one of the Executors named in the last will and testament of JESSE WARDER decd. came into court and having made oath to the same and taken the oath of an Exor. and performed what is usual in such cases, certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

Teste, P. D. DAWE