The mill in Thoroughfare Gap belonged to her uncle John Chapman (1814-1866).
]]>Photograph of the headstone of Helen M. Swann in the Chapman Family Cemetery, Thoroughfare, Virginia (Bull Run Mountain). Helen Mary Swann (1855-1856) was the child of Thomas William Swann (1818-1860) and Helen Mary Chapman (1818-1895). Her brother <a href="http://mycemetery.org/items/show/3">Thomas William Swann</a> (1852) is buried next to her.
The mill in Thoroughfare Gap belonged to her uncle John Chapman (1814-1866).
According to the 1850 Federal Census, Williams was a farmer (farm valued at $2170, was married to Frances A. Williams, had two children (Chapman and Franklin, aged 13 and 10), was born in Georgia, and owned 10 slaves ranging in age from 31 to 3. Williams' two children were born in the District of Columbia.
According to the 1870 Federal Census, Williams was an "amateur fruit grower" who lived with his wife Frances and their son Franklin (a farmer). Williams' real estate was valued at $500, while his wife's real estate holdings were valued at $6000. Their personal effects were valued at $1000 and $400 respectively.
]]>The headstone of Maj. Hampton Cothran Williams (1806-1877) and his wife Frances Alexander Williams (1806-1890) in the Chapman Family Cemetery on Bull Run Mountain near the towns of Thoroughfare and Broad Run, Virginia.
According to the 1850 Federal Census, Williams was a farmer (farm valued at $2170, was married to Frances A. Williams, had two children (Chapman and Franklin, aged 13 and 10), was born in Georgia, and owned 10 slaves ranging in age from 31 to 3. Williams' two children were born in the District of Columbia.
According to the 1870 Federal Census, Williams was an "amateur fruit grower" who lived with his wife Frances and their son Franklin (a farmer). Williams' real estate was valued at $500, while his wife's real estate holdings were valued at $6000. Their personal effects were valued at $1000 and $400 respectively.
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.