Germantown, Virginia

Germantown, Virginia

Germantown is a historic unincorporated rural community in Fauquier County, Virginia. It is the resting place of John Jacob Richter (also spelled Rector). He was buried there in 1729. It is located in and around current-day C. M. Crockett Park, which contains the popular local fishing destination of Germantown Lake. Chief Justice John Marshall was born in Germantown.

History

In 1718 twelve German emigrant families left the employ of Governor Alexander Spotswood and the mining settlement of Germanna for a convert|1805|acre|km2|0|sing=on parcel of land in modern southern Fauquier County. The parcel was divided equally between the settlers: Barry Brumbockily, Melchior Brumback, Joseph Coons, Harman Fishback, John Fishback, Peter Hitt, Jacob Holtzclaw, John Henery Hoffman, John Kemper, John Joseph Martin, Jacob Rector, John Spilman, and Tillman Weaver. All the homes were built on the southern side of Licking Run which flowed through each farm.

Each landowner also donated 10 areas to form a glebe where the first church, parsonage, and school in Fauquier County were constructed. German Rolling Road was constructed by the settlers to enable them to reach the market of Falmouth. A saw mill and a grist mill also operated in this town as well. The mill pond lies under Germantown Lake named in honor of the settlement.

By the time of the American Revolution the prosperous settlers had all acquired other land and the settlement was defunct.

References

Germantown. Daine Gulick. The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc.. Fauquier County Parks and Receation. 1993.

[http://photos.historical-markers.org/v/virginia/va-fauquier/163_6306.jpg.html?g2_enterAlbum=0|Historical Marker]

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