Gentlemen Freeholders in Virginia: Moss Family of Green Spring Farm
GENTLEMAN FREEHOLDERS: THE MOSS FAMILY (1770-1835) John Moss built the mansion house in Fairfax County about 1760 and lived in this house until his death in 1809. He raised four sons—John, Samuel, William, and Thomas—the last two of whom successively inherited and worked the farm from 1809 until 1839. On the death of Thomas Moss […]
