TAILIEUCHUNG - Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia

These notes are part of a series of research reports on the historic and architectural landmarks of Fairfax County, Virginia, prepared pursuant to a resolution of the Board of County Supervisors calling for a survey of the county's historic sites and buildings. Green Spring Farm was selected in 1967 by the Fairfax County Historical Landmarks Preservation Commission as a subject to be researched, and was later incorporated into a successor research program sponsored by the Division of Planning in cooperation with the Fairfax County History Commission. The authors of this report wish to acknowledge with special thanks the assistance of the following: Mr. and Mrs. John Mosby. | Spring Farm by Ross Netherton and Nan Netherton 1 Spring Farm by Ross Netherton and Nan Netherton Project Gutenberg s Green Spring Farm by Ross Netherton and Nan Netherton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Green Spring Farm Fairfax County Virginia Author Ross Netherton Nan Netherton Release Date July 27 2010 EBook 33272 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREEN SPRING FARM Produced by Katherine Ward Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http GREEN SPRING FARM Fairfax County Virginia by ROSS AND NAN NETHERTON Spring Farm by Ross Netherton and Nan Netherton 2 June 1970 Illustration Map of COUNTY OF FAIRFAX VIRGINIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ILLUSTRATIONS iv PREFACE v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vi INTRODUCTION 1 HISTORICAL NOTES I. Gentleman Freeholders The Moss Family 1770-1835 3 II. Orchard and Dairy Fountain Beattie 1878-1917 19 III. The End of the Farming Era Michael Straight 1942-1969 31 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION THE MANSION HOUSE 36 ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS I. The Tobey House 51 II. The Barn 55 III. The Log Cabin 57 IV. The Spring House 59 APPENDIXES A. Fairfax County Historic Landmarks Survey Form 63 B. Summary of Ownership 64 C. Will of John Moss 1809 66 D. Inventory of Personal Estate of William Moss April 15 1835 68 E. Affidavit of Thomas Love and Alfred Moss October 29 1839 74 F. Inventory of Personal Estate of Thomas Moss December 2 1839 76 G. A Visit From Mr. Polevoy The New Republic July 16 1956 77 LIST OF SOURCE MATERIALS 81 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1 John Warner Survey Map 1740 4 2 John Halley Survey Map 1840 12 3 R. R. Farr Survey 1874 12 4 Hopkins Atlas Map 1879 20 5 Fountain Beattie and Annie Hathaway Beattie c. 1885 22 The Mosby and the Beatties c. 1890 .

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