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This is a copy of the 1850 census which lists Samuel Birch and the members of his family. The second page has a son listed as well.

While the majority of headstones we removed from the cemetery, this is the only original stone left. While the stone is now unreadable, one source has identified it as Sarah J. Sarah Jane Birch was the daughter who was bequeathed the cemetery by…

This is a map from 2002 that show the planned revisions to Frying Pan Park. It shows the main historic places such as the Baptist Cemetery and the Old Floris Schoolhouse.

Hudson Bennett

Owned five slaves:
36 year old black female
17 year old black female
8 year old black male
5 year old black female
2 year old black female

Hudson Bennett

Owned three slaves:
25 year old black female
16 year old black male
5 year old black female

Headstone belonging to DeAlmon Robey (Nov 22, 1868- June 6, 1895).

Located at Frying Pan Baptist Church, Herndon, VA.

Ruins of Meadowland, the home of the Chapman/Beverley family at Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia. This undated photograph from the Library of Congress is part of the Historic American Buildings Survey.

Photograph of Beverley's (Chapman's) Mill, Broad Run, Virginia, from the Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress). No date is included in the record at the Library of Congress. Beverley Mill is considered to be the tallest stacked…

This is the marker placed outside the Chapman Family Cemetery by the Friends of Bull Run, the conservancy group that administers the land on Bull Run Mountain above historic Beverly Mill.