Green Spring Farm, Fairfax County, Virginia
by Nan Netherton Ross De Witt Netherton
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About This Book
This work is an in-depth historical study of Green Spring Farm in Fairfax County, Virginia. It depicts the different farmer-families throughout the years the farm was active, and their practices.
Chapters (75)
- GREEN SPRING FARM
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- HISTORICAL NOTES
- I. GENTLEMAN FREEHOLDERS: THE MOSS FAMILY (1770-1835)
- AGRICULTURE IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA
- THE MOSS FAMILY AS FARMERS
- GREEN SPRING FARM AND THE TURNPIKE ROAD
- THE MIDCENTURY YEARS. 1840-1880
- I. GENTLEMEN FREEHOLDERS: THE MOSS FAMILY (1770-1835)
- II. ORCHARD AND DAIRY: FOUNTAIN BEATTIE (1878-1917)
- NORTHERN VIRGINIA’S AGRICULTURE IN THE 1870’S
- MOSBY’S LIEUTENANT
- ORCHARD AND DAIRY.
- POLITICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE
- GREEN SPRING FARM AND ANNANDALE
- II. ORCHARD AND DAIRY: FOUNTAIN BEATTIE (1878-1917)
- III. THE END OF THE FARMING ERA: MICHAEL STRAIGHT (1942-1969)
- III. THE END OF THE FARMING ERA: MICHAEL STRAIGHT (1942-1969)
- ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION: THE MANSION HOUSE
- GENERAL SETTING
- HOUSE SITE
- GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND HISTORY
- TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION—EXTERIOR.
- TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION—INTERIOR.
- ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION: THE MANSION HOUSE
- ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS
- I. THE TOBEY HOUSE
- HISTORY
- GENERAL SETTING AND SITE OF THE HOUSE
- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
- EXTERIOR FEATURES
- ENCLOSURES
- LANDSCAPING
- INTERIOR FEATURES
- II. THE BARN
- III. THE LOG CABIN
- IV. THE SPRING HOUSE
- HISTORY
- EXTERIOR
- ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS
- I. THE TOBEY HOUSE
- III. THE LOG CABIN
- IV. THE SPRING HOUSE
- APPENDIX A
- COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA County of Fairfax HISTORIC LANDMARKS SURVEY
- APPENDIX B
- GREEN SPRING FARM HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP
- APPENDIX C
- WILL OF JOHN MOSS, 1809
- APPENDIX D
- SALES ACCOUNT OF THE PERSONAL ESTATE OF WILLIAM MOSS—1835
- FURNITURE
- HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS
- PICTURES, BOOKS AND PAPERS
- NEGROES
- FARM PRODUCE
- ANIMALS
- TOOLS, FARM EQUIPMENT AND IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY
- APPENDIX E
- Appendix F
- Fairfax County (Va.) Will Book T-1, page 223:
- APPENDIX G
- A Visit from Mr. Polevoy
- Editors’ Note:
- LIST OF SOURCE MATERIALS
- BOOKS
- ARTICLES
- OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND REPORTS
- NEWSPAPER
- MANUSCRIPTS
- MISCELLANEOUS
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