The Early People of Madison County, Virginia
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Transcript of The Early People of Madison County, Virginia
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Famous Madison Stories
Gov. Spotswood and the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe – 1716
James Madison’s ancestors settled on the banks of the Rapidan River
Herbert Hoover’s Rapidan Camp near Syria – 1929
Home of Andi Cumbo-Floyd and Philip Floyd.
The German Settlers
First German settlers arrive from Germanna in 1725
Built Hebron Lutheran Church as log structure in 1727
Current building finished in 1740
Quaker and English Settlers
Quaker William Rush patented 400 acres near Criglersville
English colonists Joshua Fry patented 1000 acres in Locust Dale (on contemporary Route 15). His son Henry built Meander Plantation (nee Elim)
Slavery in Madison
In 1860, ~4700 people were enslaved.
Total population in 1860 – 8, 854
Percent of population enslaved in 1860 – 53%
Some names of large slave-holding families Fry Davis Reid Shepherd
Madison Today
Population in 2010, ~13,200
African American Population in 2010 - ~1,250 (9.5%)
Many roadways are still intact.
Much of the land is still rural with many farmsteads similar to their early 19th century surveys
A great deal more research on early settlers and enslaved individuals is warranted
My House
Built around 1800 by the Berry Family
One of the Berry daughters married Waller Yowell.
William Berry and Waller Yowell enslaved 13 people on the 100 acres that was this farm.
We have the foundation, supposedly, of the slave quarter, but no other remnant of slave dwellings as far as I know.