Deed: Sale of Land for Poor Farm to Justices of the Peace of Rappahannock County
Identifier: 2017.1.634
Object titles: Sale of Land for Poor Farm to Justices of the Peace of Rappahannock County
Acquisition and Creation Dates:
Acquisition Date 1965 - 2012
Date Cataloged October 2 2017
Acquisition Date 1965 - 2012
Date Cataloged October 2 2017
Object Source Information: RHS Archives,RHS reference
Description: Rappahannock County Deed Book C. pgs. 60 & 70. Sale of land by John and Elizabeth Finnell to the Justices of the Peace for Rappahannock County. At the May 1837 term the County Court had selected William Fletcher, Richard P. Kinsey, and John H. Wood as commissioners to select a suitable site for a poor house and work house and a place "for the reformation of vagrants." This land that was selected was north of Flint Hill and was owned by John & Elizabeth Finnell. The owner of the original patent was Nancy Cheek who was granted a patent on August 28, 1778 for this piece of land.
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Flint Hill (is part of)Poor Farms/Poor Houses and Paupers (is part of)
Finnell Family (is part of)
Cheek Family (is part of)
Eastham Family (is part of)
Turner Family (is part of)
Rappahannock County Government (is part of)
Lane Family (is part of)
Spindle Family (is part of)
Shackleford Family (is part of)
Strother Family (is part of)
Park/Parkes Family (is part of)
Green Family (is part of)
Walden Family (is part of)
Mason Family (is part of)
Wood Family (is part of)
Browning Family (is part of)
Menefee Family (is part of)
Slaughter Family (is part of)
Amiss Family (is part of)
Kinsey Family (is part of)
Fletcher Family (is part of)
Jones Family (is part of)
Deatherage Family (is part of)
Jeffries Family (is part of)
Chancellor Family (is part of)
Partlow Family (is part of)
Duncan Family (is part of)
