Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None

Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Slade/Fitzhugh Family Papers, MSS 07-25, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

Acquisition Information

Donated by Connie Stuntz, March 2017

Processing Information

Chris Barbuschak, May 2017
EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024

Historical and Biographical Information

Connie and Mayo Stuntz acquired the papers in this collection in the late 1970s or early 1980s from a yard sale at a house in the community of Vale in Fairfax County, Virginia. The house, no longer standing, was located on Vale Road near what is today Silkwood Court, across from a field that was used as a landing strip for airplanes.

These papers originated from family members of the Fitzhugh and Slade families. Family members included in this collection are Amanda Gooding, Edwin C. Fitzhugh, Cook F. Slade, Mary Ann Fitzhugh, William Marbury Fitzhugh, and Julian F. Slade. They are all related and trace their genealogy back to a common ancestor, Col. Henry Fitzhugh.

Mordecai C. Fitzhugh (1767-1858) had nine children including Amanda Fitzhugh Gooding (1809-1893), Edwin C. Fitzhugh (1815-1880), and Juliana Fitzhugh Slade (1814-1861). All of Mordecai Fitzhugh’s children owned parcels of the Ravensworth tract after his death in 1858.

Juliana married William Otis Slade on April 22, 1847 and had a son named Cook F. Slade (1850-1937). Cook F. Slade was Amanda Gooding’s nephew, and was the executer of her will when she died.

Cook F. Slade married Sarah E. Fitzhugh (1859-1945) on June 2, 1887. Both of them descended from Col. Henry Fitzhugh (1723-1783). The couple had four children including Julian F. Slade (1889-1967). Sarah E. Fitzhugh’s sister was Mary Ann Fitzhugh (1840-1920) and her father was William Marbury Fitzhugh (1817-1878).

Scope and Content

The Slade/Fitzhugh Family Papers span the years 1865-1932 and consist of receipts, correspondence, envelopes, a hand drawn land survey plat, and an unidentified photograph. Subjects include Amanda Fitzhugh Gooding, Edwin C. Fitzhugh, William Marbury Fitzhugh, Mary Ann Fitzhugh, Cook F. Slade, and Julian F. Slade. All were descendants from Col. Henry Fitzhugh. Of particular note is a receipt from the E.M. Dunn store in Merrifield, Virginia and a letter from Elizabeth Watt owner of the Oak Hill mansion in Annandale, Virginia with a Burke’s Station post mark from 1903.

Related Material

MSS 06-27 Thomas Clowes Account Book

Separated Material

None

Index Terms

• Fitzhugh Family
• Fitzhugh, Edwin C. (1815-1880)
• Fitzhugh, Mary Ann (1840-1920)
• Fitzhugh, William Marbury (1817-1878)
• Gooding, Amanda Fitzhugh (1809-1893)
• Slade, Cook F. (1850-1937)
• Slade, Julian F. (1889-1967)

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