In 1724, John Ball acquired a 166-acre land grant along Four Mile Run from Lord Fairfax. He constructed a one-roomed log cabin with a loft. He lived there with his wife and five daughters farming wheat and corn and rearing sheep, cows, and pigs. He also ran a mill on Four Mile Run and kept some of the millstones on the property.
The Ball-Sellers House is in Arlington VAContinue reading
Reid Store was on Ox Rd in Lorton in 1969
Lorton is located in Fairfax County, Virginia and has a population of more than 18000. Lorton is named for a village in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, in England. Joseph Plaskett of the Cumbrian village settled in southern Fairfax County, running a general store and opening the Lorton Valley Post Office on November 11, 1875.Continue reading
