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70-466: Wodrow may refer to a number of things or people: Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House , built by Andrew Wodrow, an American Revolutionary patriot Robert Wodrow (1679–1734), Scottish historian Andrew Wodrow (1752–1814), Scottish American merchant, militia officer, clerk of court, lawyer and landowner Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

140-588: A justice of the peace for newly established Bedford County, Pennsylvania , in 1771. He was involved in the Pennsylvania–Virginia boundary dispute , and was also selected by the Pennsylvanian faction at Fort Pitt to supervise the election of delegates to the constitutional convention from Pennsylvania. Wilson encouraged support for the American Revolution and became the lieutenant colonel of

210-720: A Dr. McClinoch; and the Mytinger family, who retained the property for about 100 years. Manning H. Williams purchased the house and restored it in 1962. Dr. Herbert P. Stelling purchased the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House in 1973, and it opened as a museum and an arts and handicrafts shop known as Colonial Craftsmen. While under the Stelling family's ownership, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Its current owners, Old Hampshire Ltd., purchased

280-446: A growing economy based on agriculture. By 1790, the three structures constituting the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House probably assumed their present arrangement. The trustees of the Town of Romney commissioned John Mitchel to draft a cadastral survey map of Romney in 1790. Prior to this survey, Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, had commissioned a similar cadastral survey of

350-742: A land grant that the exiled Charles II awarded to seven of his supporters in 1649 during the English Interregnum . Following the Restoration in 1660, Charles   II ascended to the English throne. He renewed the Northern Neck Proprietary grant in 1662, revised it in 1669, and renewed the original grant favoring original grantees Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper , and Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington , again in 1672. In 1681 Bennet sold his share to Lord Colepeper, who received

420-506: A new charter for the entire land grant from James II in 1688. Following the deaths of Lord Colepeper, his wife Margaret, and his daughter Katherine, the Northern Neck Proprietary passed to Katherine's son Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron , in 1719. The area surrounding present-day Romney remained sparsely populated by European settlers until the middle of the 18th century, when tensions with Native Americans began to subside. Around this time, Lord Fairfax wanted to have

490-506: A new procedure in which, to create a new county, the Assembly would first create a new parish and then a new county whose boundaries were coterminous with those of the parish. In this manner, Hamilton Parish became Prince William County, Truro Parish became Fairfax County, and Cameron Parish developed into Loudoun County. The County of Fairfax was created by legislation introduced in May 1742, effective

560-524: A renovation of the kitchen building's crumbling stone chimney and a replacement of the 1962 roof shingles in December 2019. In a 2019 interview with the Hampshire Review regarding their continued maintenance and restoration of the property, Hott remarked, "It's really been a labor of love for us." Between 2009 and 2014, the kitchen building's stone chimney began to crumble, and it was rebuilt using some of

630-614: A tract of 12,588 acres (50.94 km ) near Great Falls, in what was to become Fairfax County. A second survey was conducted with great difficulty in 1746 (the Fairfax Line ) setting a line between the sources of the Potomac and Rappahannock . In 1747, Lord Fairfax came back to Virginia, two years after having won his claim before the Privy Council to the most extensive boundaries for the proprietary in exchange for certain land concessions to

700-568: Is a complex of three structures, built between the 1740s and 1780s, in Romney, West Virginia . The clerk's office, dating from the 1780s, is the oldest surviving public office building in West Virginia. The kitchen building (c. 1750) is the oldest remaining component of the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House and the oldest building in Romney. Throughout its history, the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House has been known as

770-423: Is accessible by an entryway on its southern façade, connected to the adjacent residential structure of the house by a covered porch. A large stone chimney dominates the kitchen structure's northern side, directly opposite the entryway on its southern side. One six-over-three-light wooden sash window is set in the center of the building's long sides on the ground floor, and two four-light wooden sash windows are in

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840-431: Is adjoined with a one-story shed-roofed porch supported by chamfered wooden columns. On the structure's eastern façade, the six bays are symmetrically placed with three six-over-six-light wooden sash windows in the second story and three nine-over-nine-light wooden sash windows in the ground floor. Each of the structure's floors is divided between a large room and a narrow stair hall (in a side-hall plan), which connects

910-414: Is adorned by a mantelpiece with a "wall of Troy" motif and a cornice containing dentils . The other interior walls within the clerk's office structure are painted plaster. The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House property formerly contained an old log house where George Washington purportedly stayed in 1770 during his final visit to Romney. The house stood at the northeastern corner of Lot Number 48 until it

980-552: Is built of frame construction containing brick nogging (brick infill), and its exterior is sheathed in white-painted, beaded weatherboard siding. A gable roof tops the structure. Its exterior is symmetrically arranged, except for the prominent double brick chimneys on its western side, connected by a chimney pent on the ground floor. Central entryways are positioned on both the rear (northern) and front (southern) façades, with six-over-six-light wooden sash windows positioned on either side of each respective doorway. The upper level

1050-408: Is framed by a bolection molding ; however, the fireplace lacks a mantel shelf . A cavetto cornice molding spans the length of the raised wooden paneling. Except for the fireplace wall, the interior walls of the ground-floor rooms are made of painted plaster, and the second-floor rooms' walls are made of painted flush boards. The structure's upper level is accessed by an enclosed staircase along

1120-403: Is illuminated by wooden sash windows in both its east and west gables. The two windows on the western gable with the double chimneys are small four-light wooden sash windows, and the two windows on the eastern gable are six-over-six-light wooden sash windows. The residential structure consists of four rooms: two each traversing the ground level and upper level lengthwise. The front room on both

1190-764: The 8th Pennsylvania Regiment during the American Revolutionary War . He died from an illness during the regiment's march to join Washington in New Jersey in January 1777. Wilson's daughter Mary Ann married Andrew Wodrow , and following Wilson's death, the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House passed to his son-in-law Wodrow. Andrew Wodrow was born in 1752 in Scotland. He immigrated to the Colony of Virginia in 1768, and during

1260-778: The Andrew Wodrow House , the Mytinger Family Home , and the Mytinger House . The earliest person recorded residing on Lot Number 48 in Romney was Hugh Murphy. In 1763, Colonel George William Wilson received a patent to Lot Number 48 from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron , to purchase the lot from Murphy. Wilson served in the Hampshire County militia as a major during the French and Indian War . He relocated to Pennsylvania, and in 1770, George Washington spent

1330-542: The House of Burgesses in 1764, Wilson served as a major in the Hampshire County militia during the French and Indian War , for which Washington praised him for his earnestness and courage. Wilson's residency in Romney was brief, and he relocated to Pennsylvania between 1764 and 1768. On October 9, 1770, George Washington purportedly stayed the night in an old log house at the northeastern corner of Lot Number 48. This

1400-674: The North Branch of the Potomac and the Rappahannock River (the " Fairfax Line ") would constitute the western limit of Lord Fairfax's lands. The unsettled portions of his domain were finally confiscated during the American Revolution by the Virginia Act of 1779 and when he died in 1781 the Proprietary effectively ceased to exist. A portion of this estate, however, was later the subject of

1470-684: The 1770s, Wodrow established and expanded a thriving import business in Fredericksburg . Following the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, he abandoned his business rather than import and sell goods from the Kingdom of Great Britain . Wodrow was then appointed to serve in the political post of clerk for the Revolutionary Committee for King George County on May 6, 1775. He arrived in Hampshire County near or after

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1540-600: The County of Loudoun. The dividing line between the two counties stood for 41 years, and then in 1798, the General Assembly of Virginia passed an act that provided a new dividing line, one which has remained to the present day as the boundary between Fairfax and Loudoun Counties. In 1736, three different survey expeditions were organized with all three having representatives of both the Colony of Virginia and of Lord Fairfax. One party

1610-626: The Hampshire County Chamber of Commerce. Across West Gravel Lane to the immediate south of the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House is the parking lot of the Romney Volunteer Fire Department, which was formerly the location of the town's Old Presbyterian Church and Cemetery on Lots No. 59 and 60. The land upon which the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House is located was originally part of the Northern Neck Proprietary ,

1680-471: The Virginia authorities. Virginia had won political control over the proprietary and its inhabitants in the seventeenth century. When Lord Fairfax died in 1781 in Virginia, the proprietary effectively ceased to exist. All the land which had been granted by Lord Fairfax remained in the hands of the grantees; the remainder of ungranted land came under the control of the new Commonwealth of Virginia. Prior to 1649,

1750-425: The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House complex is the two and one-half-story "clerk's office". This building is the oldest extant public office building in the state of West Virginia. Built of wooden frame construction, it measures 14 feet (4.3 m) by 26 feet (7.9 m), with its southern gable facing perpendicular toward Gravel Lane and its main entryway positioned on the structure's western (front) elevation. Both

1820-580: The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House in 1985. The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House property is at 51 West Gravel Lane in Romney, West Virginia , within the eastern section of town Lot Number 48 and the western section of Lot Number 58. Taggart Hall , a late 18th-century residence, is immediately east of the property, and serves as the headquarters for the Fort Mill Ridge Foundation, the Hampshire County Convention and Visitors Bureau, and

1890-457: The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House in October 1985. Hott and Eddis originally planned to convert the complex into a bed and breakfast ; however, since 1988, they have utilized the residential house as the Romney satellite office for their Augusta Animal Hospital veterinary clinic. Hott and Eddis have continued to maintain and restore the house, and have completed large construction projects, including

1960-429: The arrangement of the three sections of the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House and his association with the property lent the complex significance for its listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). In the 1780s, Wodrow built the frame structure (the last of the house's three structures) for use as a clerk's office. At that time, Gravel Lane was Romney's main street and the function and architectural beauty of

2030-450: The brick nogging, the double brick chimneys with a connecting chimney pent, and the medieval floor plan are architectural features not usually associated with present-day West Virginia. The residential structure may have been built for either Lord Fairfax or his land agent . However, it is not known whether the kitchen structure was an existing pioneer home or a contemporary kitchen. The largest and most imposing structure contributing to

2100-418: The clerk's office made it a center of activity in the town. According to West Virginia Antiquities Commission research assistant Phillip R. Pitts and historian James E. Harding, the clerk's office symbolized the end of Romney's frontier existence and the beginning of a more established disposition. By the start of the 19th century, Romney and the surrounding county had become an established and settled area with

2170-427: The complex as, "a charmingly informal assemblage" and "wonderfully forthright". The three component structures were built between the 1740s and the 1780s, and consist of the one and one-half-story kitchen structure (c. 1750), the one and one-half-story residential structure, and the two and one-half-story clerk's office (1780s). The kitchen structure is the rear (northern) component of the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House,

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2240-526: The construction of the church and the establishment of the cemetery. On April 1, 1816, Wodrow's executor, James Dailey, deeded the two lots on to Mount Bethel Congregation trustees James Beach, William Inskeep, Adam Hare, and John Lawson for these purposes. Wodrow was interred in this cemetery located at the top of the cemetery's hill. The Presbyterian church was built near the corner of West Gravel Lane and South High Streets between 1812 and 1816. The Old Presbyterian Cemetery fell into neglect by

2310-420: The cornice, including a "wall of Troy" motif. Fluted pilasters separate the fireplace wall into three sections. They consist of the segmental-arched fireplace with mantelpiece and the end segments of wooden paneling on either side of the fireplace. On the second floor, the wooden paneling is more simple in design, and the fireplace wall is divided into three segments with wooden paneling. The fireplace wall

2380-524: The eastern wall of the larger rear rooms opposite the paneled fireplace walls. According to Pitts and Harding, the architectural style and construction pattern of the residential structure were similar to buildings in Tidewater Maryland , built in the period before 1730. They stated that regardless of the structure's origin, it would have been "an expensive and pretentious structure" for the Romney area during that period. The half-timber construction,

2450-470: The end of the American Revolutionary War, and in 1782, he became clerk of court for Hampshire County. Although he was the third officeholder as clerk of court, Wodrow was the first clerk to reside in Hampshire County. As a key official, Wodrow played a significant role in the conveyance and settlement of lands and was a prosperous landholder in his own right. He is credited with giving the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House complex its current form. He completed

2520-459: The entire Northern Neck had been designated by the Assembly as one large county called Northumberland. In 1653, the majority of the northern portion of Northumberland was named Westmoreland County. In 1664, Stafford County was created from the northern portion of Westmoreland. What is now Fairfax was first in Northumberland, then Westmoreland, and from 1664 to 1730, Stafford. In 1730, there was

2590-575: The following December. It was most likely named for Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax. The dividing line was a line up Occoquan River and Bull Run, and from the head of the main branch of Bull Run, by a straight course to Ashby's Gap in the Blue Ridge. The decision was approved by the council and governor, and it became law 19 June 1742. The original Fairfax County only lasted until 1757, when the Virginia House of Burgesses passed an act cutting off from it

2660-435: The ground and upper levels is long and narrow. The double chimneys on the structure's western side allow for fireplaces in all four rooms. The western fireplace walls in all four rooms are enveloped by raised wooden paneling . The raised wooden paneling of the western walls is modest in design and includes a chimney pent closet flanking the left side of the segmental-arched fireplace in all four rooms. The fireplace opening

2730-474: The house from the Mytinger family in 1959. Efforts to restore the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House complex began in 1962 while it was under the ownership of Williams. The restoration project began with the clerk's office in June 1962. During its restoration, the structure's wooden floors, stairs, doors, woodwork , and most of its plaster were retained. Replicas of the second-story windows were fabricated, and old glass

2800-614: The landmark Supreme Court case Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816). In September 1649, King Charles II of England granted to seven Englishmen all of Virginia between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers as a Proprietary . The extent of the grant was hardly recognized by either the King or the grantees because most of it had never even been mapped. The proprietors thought little of their grant since Charles II, due to political struggles in England,

2870-530: The lands of his Northern Neck Proprietary used and enticed European settlers to move there. His initiative led to the establishment of population centers, such as Romney. After Lord Fairfax settled at Greenway Court , he oversaw the sale and settling of his proprietary lands. One of his surveyors, George Washington , stated that a sizable number of people were residing near present-day Romney by 1748. County records indicate that Lord Fairfax began selling land within present-day Hampshire County in 1749. However,

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2940-525: The late 19th century and was destroyed around 1940 when the hill on which it was located was cut away and leveled for the construction of a factory. Although some human remains and headstones were relocated to Indian Mound Cemetery , Wodrow's remains were likely lost during the destruction of the cemetery. The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House is a complex of three independent structures differing in size, type of construction, building orientation, and purpose. Architectural historian S. Allen Chambers characterized

3010-526: The lot's first occupant or builder is unknown. By 1754, Hampshire County was formed from parts of Frederick and Augusta counties. Gravel Lane, the present-day street where the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House is located, follows an old trail used by Native Americans prior to the arrival of European settlers. Gravel Lane was Romney's original main street, and according to the Federal Writers' Project in its Historic Romney 1762–1937 (1937), Gravel Lane "is

3080-463: The most historic lane in the town—and perhaps in the Northern Neck". The earliest known person to own Lot Number 48, where the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House is located, was Hugh Murphy. In 1763, Colonel George William Wilson received a patent to Lot Number 48 from Lord Fairfax and purchased it from Murphy. Wilson arrived in Romney between 1761 and 1763. According to George Washington's report to

3150-610: The museum and store. Colonial Craftsmen featured demonstrations of old craft skills and the sale of traditional craftsmen's wares. While under Stelling family ownership, the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on August 22, 1977 —only the second historic property in Hampshire County to be listed after the Sloan–Parker House . Old Hampshire, Ltd., Bob and Estelle Odle, Tom Stump, Lowell Hott, and Dottie Eddis, purchased

3220-410: The new Lord Fairfax her one-sixth share. Because he was only sixteen years old at the time, the affairs of the Proprietary fell to his mother, Lady Catherine Fairfax. When she died in 1719, the sixth Lord Fairfax came to control all six shares of the proprietary. As the Virginia government at Jamestown were losing control over a significant portion of Virginia held by Lord Fairfax, the feud between them

3290-494: The night in a log cabin on the northeastern corner of Lot Number 48. Andrew Wodrow arrived in Hampshire County near or after the end of the American Revolutionary War . In 1782, Wodrow became clerk of court for Hampshire County. He completed the clerk's office building in the 1780s, and the complex assumed its current configuration by 1790. Wodrow served as Clerk of Court for Hampshire County until his death in 1814, after which ownership passed to Wodrow's son-in-law, John McDowell;

3360-440: The original proprietors' rights had been lost, the collecting of taxes from settlers had been established through the efforts of their agents in Virginia and through Lord Fairfax himself to ensure that the proprietors received their income from their property. After Lord Fairfax died in January 1710, his son Thomas, the 6th Lord , inherited the title and his five-sixths shares in the Northern Neck. In May, his grandmother died leaving

3430-483: The original stones. The cedar shingles from the 1962 restoration were replaced in December 2019. Immediately south of the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House, across East Gravel Lane, is the former location of Romney's Old Presbyterian Church and Cemetery. They were associated with the house, as Andrew Wodrow was a dynamic and influential member of the Presbyterian Church and granted Lots No. 59 and 60 in his will for

3500-463: The porch, some of the original siding on the structure's northern side was kept; replacement siding was duplicated for the remainder of the exterior and it was painted white. The rear kitchen building was cleaned, repaired, and covered with new weatherboards, both its interior and exterior were painted white, and it was topped with cedar shakes . All the adjoining porches were rebuilt and their roofs were topped with cedar shingles. A white picket fence

3570-428: The property and in Romney. It is believed to have been a kitchen for most of its existence. The kitchen structure is one and one-half stories in height and measures 14 feet (4.3 m) by 16 feet (4.9 m). Constructed of hand-hewn logs, its exterior is sheathed in white-painted, beaded weatherboard siding, and its gable roof is topped by red cedar ( Juniperus virginiana ) roof shingles. The kitchen structure

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3640-449: The property until her death in January 1912. The house remained under the ownership of the Mytinger family until 1959. At the time of the property's 1959 sale, much of the complex structures' original building materials and architectural details remained extant, although in a state of deterioration. Modern conveniences , including electricity, plumbing, and a central heating system, had not been installed. Manning H. Williams purchased

3710-411: The rafters were replaced, and a new red cedar ( Juniperus virginiana ) shingle roof was installed. The majority of the brickwork in its double chimneys was repaired. In the large room on the first floor, a small section of the interior eastern wall was removed to unmask the timber framing construction, and another small section was removed to reveal the hand-riven lath . Having been protected by

3780-421: The rear (eastern) and front (western) façades are three bays wide, with nine-over-nine-light wooden sash windows in the ground-floor bays, and six-over-six-light wooden sash windows in the second-floor bays. The symmetry of the front façade's windows is interrupted by the main entryway in the most southern of the three bays, which is spaced slightly further to the right of the above bay. The structure's main façade

3850-418: The residential structure is the middle component, and the clerk's office is at the front (southern end) of the property along West Gravel Lane. The three structures are positioned near one another and are joined by porches on the ground level, which have enabled their use as a single building. The rear (northern) structure of the house dates from around 1750, and is thought to be the oldest extant building on

3920-500: The southern gable opposite the fireplace to provide light to the upper story. An enclosed staircase provides access to the upper story and is opposite the fireplace side of the building. The interior walls of the kitchen structure are painted white. The residential structure or "the dwelling" of the house is immediately in front of the rear kitchen structure. The residential structure is one and one-half stories in height and measures 24 feet (7.3 m) by 20 feet (6.1 m). It

3990-399: The three groups and the county surveyors lead to the preparation of a map of the Northern Neck in 1736 and 1737. This map shows the courses of the Potomac and Rappahannock and cites latitudes across the map. What the map does not show, however, is a western boundary line for the grant. A line connecting the head springs of the Potomac with those of the Rappahannock had yet to be surveyed. This

4060-492: The title Wodrow . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wodrow&oldid=710975416 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House

4130-495: The town before its incorporation on December 23, 1762. On June 30, 1790, Mitchel submitted to the trustees a "Plan of the Town of Romney" that divided the town into 100 land lots of equal size, including the two lots upon which the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House was located (Lots Number 48 and 58). Wodrow remained in his post as clerk of court for Hampshire County until his death in 1814. Successive owners included Wodrow's son-in-law, John McDowell; and Dr. McClinoch, who

4200-410: The two stories by an open dog-leg stairway. The large room on each floor has a paneled fireplace wall on its northern end. On the first floor of the clerk's office, the segmental-arched fireplace opening is bordered by a crossette architrave . Pitts and Harding describe the wooden paneling on the fireplace wall as being "exceptional". The fireplace mantel's bracket exhibits moldings identical to

4270-577: The western land was unoccupied by colonists at the time. In 1746 surveyors led by Colonel Peter Jefferson ( Thomas Jefferson 's father) and Thomas Lewis placed the "Fairfax Stone" at the source of the Potomac River, then made an approximately 77-mile line of demarcation known as the " Fairfax Line ", extending south-eastward from that Stone to the source of the Rappahannock River. Because the Potomac River initially runs westward from its source, and

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4340-488: Was a king without a kingdom. One of the seven grantees was John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper of Thoresway (1600-1660). Control of the Proprietary came to one man, his son Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper , who also received a new patent issued by King James II in 1688. Lord Colepeper died the following year. His 5/6th share of the proprietary was inherited by his daughter Catherine Culpeper and her husband Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron . While some of

4410-507: Was built around the property's exterior, and a brick walkway was installed along the western (front) side of the clerk's office and around the residential structure to the rear of the property. Dr. Herbert P. Stelling of Barre, Massachusetts , purchased the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House in May 1973, and in October it was opened as a museum and an arts and handicrafts shop known as Colonial Craftsmen. Stelling's daughters Rebecca, Deborah, and Rhetta Stelling, along with Gary Winkles, operated

4480-561: Was collected from around the area and placed in their wooden sashes . Some of the structure's weatherboards were also replaced, and then the exterior of the clerk's office was painted white. Electric heating was installed, and insulation was added between the walls. During the renovation, contractors made a concerted effort to match the original or period paint colors when painting the structure's walls and woodwork. The residential structure, also known as "the dwelling," required considerably more rehabilitation. The floor beams were rebuilt,

4550-407: Was demolished in 1932. Northern Neck Proprietary The grant became actual in 1660 when Charles was restored to the English throne. By 1719, these lands had been inherited by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1693-1781). By that time the question of the boundaries of the designated lands had also become highly contentious. It was decided in 1746 that a line between the sources of

4620-607: Was his final visit to Romney. In his diary, Washington wrote: Went up to Rumney in order to buy work Horses, and meet Doctr. Craik and my Baggage; arrivd there abt. 12, distance 16 Miles. In the Afternoon Doctr. Craik and my Servt. and the Baggage, arrivd from Pritchard's; said to be 28 Miles. Having purchasd two Horses, and recoverd another which had been gone from me near 3 Years, I dispatchd my boy Giles with my two Riding Horses home, and proceeded on my journey;... Wilson became

4690-592: Was one of the first physicians in Romney. Tobias Mytinger acquired the property in 1861. Mytinger was active in the community affairs of Romney. He was elected a town councilman in 1874 and 1884; appointed to a committee in 1875 to assess repairs needed for the Hampshire County Courthouse ; and elected to the Romney District Board of Education in 1879. Mytinger died in January 1908, and his wife Martha Virginia Mytinger continued to reside at

4760-411: Was significant. The specific issue at this time was the southern and western boundaries of the proprietary. In 1735 Lord Fairfax came to Virginia to see about a survey to settle the matter. The survey was undertaken in 1736 (see Fairfax Stone ) and the next year Fairfax returned to England to argue his case before the Privy Council. Before leaving, he rode over much of his domain, and set aside for himself

4830-531: Was to be the work of Colonel Peter Jefferson and Thomas Lewis — the " Fairfax Line " party — in 1746 and 1747, which finally settled the disputed claims. John Savage was an 18th-century surveyor who was part of this 1736 expedition. John Savage is the namesake of the Savage River in Maryland . The Fairfax grant extended westward to the boundary with the colony (later state) of Maryland , although much of

4900-637: Was to explore and map the Potomac to its head; this included Major William Mayo and Mr Brookes for the Colony (and King) and Mr Winslow and John Savage for Fairfax. A second party was to explore and map the North Branch of the Rappahannock (Mr Wood, Mr Thomas, Jr) and the final party was to explore and map the South Branches (Rapidan and Conway Rivers) of the Rappahannock (Mr Graeme, Mr Thomas, Sr). All parties consisted of surveyors and commissioners and their works were completed in all three cases. The work of

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