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Title: A History of the Town of Fairfax

Author: Jeanne Johnson Rust

Release Date: April 14, 2010 [eBook #31990]

Language: English

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A HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF FAIRFAX

[Illustration: _Sketch by John H. Rust, Jr._]

by

JEANNE JOHNSON RUST

1960

Illustrations by Paul R. Hoffmaster

First Edition
Second Printing

Copyright 1960, by Jeanne Johnson Rust
All rights reserved

Printed by Moore & Moore, Inc., Washington, D. C.

Designed by William M. Guillet

To My Husband

_and his favorite town--his birthplace_.

[Illustration: Map of Fairfax]

MAP LEGEND

1. _Court House_ Pages 29, 33, 57
2. _Duncan's Chapel_ Pages 39, 43
3. _Payne's Church_ Page 19
4. _Store Site_ Pages 25, 31
5. _Ford Building_ Page 25
6. _Rose Bower_ Page 38
7. _Site of Willcoxon Tavern_ Pages 24, 32, 48
8. _Rectory_ Pages 25, 48
9. _Truro Church_ Pages 20, 38, 61
10. _Coomb Cottage_ Page 36
11. _Coomb Cottage Building No. 1_ Page 36
12. _Coomb Cottage Building No. 2_ Page 36
13. _Cooper Carriage House_ Pages 37, 45
14. _Confederate Monument_ Page 6