One of Salem's First trustees (Marshall is "Old Salem")3
From: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0088/g0000054.html55
(p. 315). A History of Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia
"In 1772, John Rector had secured an Act to establish the first municipality in Fauquier County, which was previously Maidstone and later changed to Rectortown. Salam (Marshall) had the hororof being the second town, still in existence, in the county to achieve legal standing by an Act of the General Assembly.
The thirty acres to be laid off into lots of half an acre each, composed part of a 142 acre tract John Monroe purchased from Samuel Pepper and Elizabeth, his wife, on 25 April 1786, the entire cost being 142 pound sterling, or about $2.80 per acre, at today's rat of exchange.
This tract had been sold to Samuel Pepper, of Fauquier, by Rev. James Scott, of Prince William County, 12 September 1776. The Rev. Mr. Scott had inherited the land from his older brother, the Rev. Alexander Scott, in 1738. It formed a tract of the Manor of Leeds reported in 1774 to have been 3533 acres, granted to Parson Scot by the Lord Propietors, on 10 August 1728 and 10 July 1727. This property later became known as "Gondonsdale", the seat of the Scotts and Peytons. From the former family the surrounding magisterial district (Scott) derives its name. The Rev. Alexander Scott had originally came from Scotland to Virginia and settled in Stafford County, where he was Rector of Overwharton Parish." [S763 -
"Colonial Families of the United States", Vol V.] |