The Story of Ravensworth: a history of the Ravensworth landgrant in Fairfax County, Virginia

by John Browne

The story of Ravensworth starts with William Fitzhugh's purchase of the Ravensworth landgrant in 1685, the largest colonial landgrant in Fairfax County, Virginia - 24,112 acres (37.7 square miles), about one-half the area of nearby Washington, DC. From a population of zero, not counting Native Americans who may have had encampments there, the 2000 Census recorded about 138,355 people living within Ravensworth's original borders. The land was repeatedly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1722037105
• ISBN13: 9781722037109
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"