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 […]
John Sevier, French Huguenot, Explorer, Soldier
John Sevier, of French Huguenot family (originally spelled Xavier), was born in Augusta County, Virginia, on September 23, 1745. In 1773, Sevier emigrated from Millerstown in Shenandoah County to the Watauga region. With his arrival there begins one of the most fascinating and romantic careers recorded in the varied and stirring annals of the Old […]
