Sunday's Obituary: Judge W. E. Lipscomb

Free Lance (Fredericksburg, Va)
28 March 1911

JUDGE W. E. LIPSCOMB DEAD

Judge W. E. Lipscomb, aged 78 years, died at his home at Manassas Sunday, after an illness of two weeks.

Judge Lipscomb is survived by his wife and three sons, W. N. Lipscomb and Philip Lipscomb, of Manassas, and Charles E. Lipscomb, of Plainfield, N.J., and two daughter, Mrs. Ella Weedon and Mrs. F. E. Garrison.

Judge Lipscomb was born in Brentsville, Va. At the age of 14 he entered the clerk's office of Prince William county, as an assistant. In 1861 he was elected clerk. Under the advice of Col. Eppa Hunton, he resigned his commission of lieutenant in the Confederate army to take chare of the office, in which he remained until shortly before he was elected judge of the county court in 1882. He remained upon the bench until the judgeship was abolished in 1904.

In 1904 he again entered the clerk's office as deputy clerk and later became clerk.

In 1859 he married Miss Henrietta Holland.

(Judge William Edward Lipscomb is buried in Manassas Cemetery beside his wife.)

Friend of Friends Friday: Ranaway - Thomas & Suana Bredon

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
19 August 1848

$30 REWARD -- Ranaway from the subscriber's farm, lying on the Potomac river, near Alexandria, on the night of the 11th instant, two negroes, THOMAS BREDON and his wife SUANA. Thomas is between 45 and 50 years of age, and about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches in height; he is of dark complexion and has an impediment in his speech, and is a little gray.  Suana is of a ginger color, and is about 35 or 40 years of age, and about 4 feet 6 or 7 inches in height.  The jawbone of the right side of her face has no flesh on it. They were formerly the property of Miss Tolson, of Prince William county, Virginia. The said negroes I purchased from Dr. Alexander H. Tolson, of Prince George's county, Maryland, who brought them from near Haymarket, Prince William county, Virginia. These are the same negroes which I advertised on the 27th of March last. I will give the above reward if returned to me, or secured in jail so that I get them again.

Zachariah Berry

Blue Plains, near Alexandria, Va.
aug 17--eo3t

Friend of Friends Friday: Sale of Negroes (1816)

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
24 January 1816

Sale of Negroes

WILL be sold for cash, on Tuesday 6th day of February next if fair, if not, the next fair day, at the tavern of George Williams, in the town of Dumfries, 25 or so likely young slaves, men, women and children--among them are a parcel of most valuable house servants, male and female; and, also, valuable plantation slaves. At the same time and place will be sold for cash, a tract of land, near Dumfries, containing about 170 or 80 acres.

The sale is made under two several decrees of the county court of Prince William.

T. Harrison,
T. Chapman,
P. Harrison,
R. H. Henderson
Jno. Gibson,
    Commissioners

Dumfries, January 5-6.   eots

Church Record Sunday: Deed: Johnson to Bethlehem Church

Johnson to Bethlehem Church
PWCo Deed Book 28, pg. 433

This deed made and entered into this 15^th day of November 1871 between Emily E. Johnson of the one part, and F. A. Weedon, George W. Hixson, Francis M. Lewis, Henry C. Steers & Benjamin F. Lewis, Trustees for the Bethlehem Church of the second part all of the County of Prince William & state of Virginia, Witnesseth, that the said Emily E. Johnson hath this day sold to the said Trustees a certain lot or parcel of land (being a part of the land bought of Geo. W. Mitchell adjoining the land belonging to the heirs of Joseph Johnson) as site for a meeting house for the exclusive use of the old school or Primitive Baptist church called Bethlehem, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and bounded as follows, viz., Beginning at A (on plat) a stone at the angle of the road a corner to entire lot thence along the west side of the road with a line of said lot S20’ W31 poles to B a stone S30 ½ W12 poles to C another stone in a line of the entire lot, thence leaving the road N29 ¼ W52 pole to D a large water oak & gum on the east side of a branch, thence w/i the said branch making the meanders thereof the boundary N11 ¼ W10 poles N23E15 poles, N46E12.32 poles to F w gum on the east bank of the branch, thence leaving the branch N68 ½ E7 poles to the beginning, containing two acres and nineteen poles, to have and to hold the said lot of land for the only proper use & behoof of the said Bethlehem Church, and I the said Emily E. Johnson do hereby warrant and defend the said lot of land against all claims or claim whatsoever.  Given under my hand and seal the date above written.

Emily E. Johnson {seal}

Prince William County Court to wit

   I hereby certify that Emily E. Johnson whose name is signed to the within deed bearing date on the 15^th day of November 1871, personally appeared before me in my said County and acknowledged the same. Given under my hand this 5^th day of December 1871.

W. McLean J.P.

In the Clerk’s Office of Prince Wm. County Court Decem. 11^th 1871

   This deed from Johnson to Weedon & others Trustees for Bethlehem Church with certificate annexed was received and admitted to record.

Teste, L. A. Davis  Clerk

 

 

Sunday's Obituary: William Washington (1867)

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
28 June 1867

OBITUARY.

Died, at his residence, near Brentsville, Prince William county, Va., on the 21st instant, after an illness of some two or three months, WM. WASHINGTON, aged 74 years, son of Bailey Washington, of Stafford county, Virginia, dec'd, of the Revolution, and third cousin of General George Washington. His brother, Col. Henry Washington, of the District of Columbia, survives. He was noted in early life for versatility of talents, at which time he studied medicine; afterwards entering the regular army as an officer in the war of 1812; in which he served with honor and distinction, and, at the close of the war, was honorably discharged. After the war he engaged in private pursuits. He was a warm friend, and an affectionate relative, and with kind feelings for all.

Newspaper Tidbit: Alexander Bennett "Ben" Sanders

Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)

14 April 1889

The careers of few professional ball players are more interesting than that of Sanders, the strapping Philadelphia pitcher who is paired with Clements. He comes of a highly respectable family and resides at Sudley, Prince William county, Va., where he was born. He graduated from Roanoke college with high honors, and left there with the intention of studying for the ministry. He taught a country school for one year, and joined the Philadephias in the spring of 1888.  Last winter he attended Vanderbilt university, Nashville, Tenn., where he is studying to become a civil engineer. Sanders, who is 28 years of age, made a phenomenal record as a pitcher for the Carthapins, a Virginia country nine, which defeated some of the best amateur clubs of the country in 1885 and 1886.  ~ Baltimore Herald.

Ben Sanders (Feb. 16, 1865 - Aug. 29, 1930) is buried in the Sudley United Methodist Church cemetery.

Friend of Friends Friday: Ranaway: JOHN and HARRY

National Intelligencer
23 October 1813

TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD

RAN-AWAY from the subscriber in Prince William county, near Dumfries Virginia, two Negro Men,

JOHN AND HARRY,

Both of black complection. John absconded about the 25th of May last; he is about 5 feet 6 inches high, short and thick set, of bad countenance and has an uncommon look out of his eyes, one of which is defective in sight; he is between 45 and 50 years of age; a carpenter  by trade; he had on a long drab colored coarse cloth coat, a pair do__ green trowsers, one blue ditto waistcoat, but as he has other clothes, it is probable he will change them. He was hired from the representatives of the estate of the late Mr. Thomas Mason of Woodbridge, on the 1st January by my overseer for the present year for me.

HARRY absconded about 15 August; he is about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high; 25 years of age, though very small of his age and has very much the appearance of a ad; has several marks of the small pox in his face, and on one of his hams has a considerable scar occasioned by a scald; he is a cooper by trade; had on a pair of yellow and blue mixed trowsers, a striped blue and yellow twilled waistcoat, a wool and cotton dark mixed twilled short coat, all of domestic manufacture; but as he is a fellow of considerable smartness he may change his clothing. I will pay the above reward to any person who will deliver them to me or secure them in Jail so that I get them again or ten dollars for either of them. 

THOS. HARRISON

N.B. it is probable Harry is in Richmond as he has connections living with Mr. James Smith of that place, who formerly lived in Dumfries.  T.H.

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