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.
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).
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.
Box 1 Folder 1:
Amanda M. Gooding - Receipt from Jonathan Roberts, Sheriff Fairfax County, 1865 State Taxes and County Levy,
1865
Box 1 Folder 2:
Amanda M. Gooding - Letter from Thomas Moore, attorney, RE: Peter Gooding estate,
1886 January 27
Box 1 Folder 3:
Amanda M. Gooding - Letter from Thomas Moore, attorney, RE: Peter Gooding estate,
1886 May 24
Box 1 Folder 4:
Amanda M. Gooding - Letter from Thomas Moore, attorney, RE: Peter Gooding estate,
1888 July 21
Box 1 Folder 5:
Amanda M. Gooding - Receipt from Peter Bazzel on renting Sleepy Hollow Farm [fragment],
1889
Box 1 Folder 6:
Amanda M. Gooding - Receipt from Robert Wiley Jr., 1892 tax bill,
1893 August 21
Box 1 Folder 7:
Amanda M. Gooding - Receipt from Robert Wiley Jr., 1893 tax bill (paid by C.F. Slade),
1894 September 6
Box 1 Folder 8:
Amanda M. Gooding - Land survey plat of Amanda Gooding's land near Columbia Pike, Falls Church, Va. "Smith to Throckmorton",
Undated
Box 1 Folder 9:
Edwin C. Fitzhugh - Letter from J. Winston,
Undated
Box 1 Folder 10:
William M. Fitzhugh - Letter to "Dollie",
Undated
Box 1 Folder 11:
Mary A. Fitzhugh - empty envelopes,
1901-1907
Box 1 Folder 12:
Mary A. Fitzhugh - Letter from Elizabeth Watt of Oak Hill,
1903 August 23
Box 1 Folder 13:
Mary A. Fitzhugh - Receipts from Storm & Sherwood Lewinsville Farm Dairy,
1912-1913
Box 1 Folder 14:
Cook F. Slade - Receipt from Franklin Sherman, Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Loudoun County, Virginia,
1888
Box 1 Folder 15:
Cook F. Slade - Letter from James M. Love, attorney,
1889 May 3
Box 1 Folder 16:
Cook F. Slade - Receipt E.F. Cracker for building a house,
1893 October 6
Box 1 Folder 17:
Cook F. Slade - Receipt from Robert Wiley Jr., 1893 tax bill,
1894 September 6
Box 1 Folder 18:
Cook F. Slade - Receipt from Dr. W. Peyton Moncure, M.D.,
1896 January 1
Box 1 Folder 19:
Cook F. Slade - Receipt from James M. Love, attorney,
1897 January 7
Box 1 Folder 20:
Cook F. Slade - Receipt from Robert Wiley Jr., 1896 tax bill,
1897 July 14
Box 1 Folder 21:
Cook F. Slade - Receipt from F.W. Besley, Fairfax County Treasurer, paid taxes,
1898
Box 1 Folder 22:
Cook F. Slade - Receipt from F.W. Richardson, Clerk of Fairfax County Court, deed release tax,
1898 February 10
Box 1 Folder 23:
Cook F. Slade - Letter from F.W. Richardson, Clerk of Fairfax County Court, deed of release,
1898 August 10
Box 1 Folder 24:
Cook F. Slade - Receipt from F.W. Richardson, Clerk of Fairfax County Court, fee for land purchase from Henrietta Clowes (sister-in-law),
1899 March 16
Box 1 Folder 25:
Cook F. Slade - Receipt from E.M. Dunn Store, Merrifield, Va.,
1899 September 4
Box 1 Folder 26:
Cook F. Slade - Letter from Moore, Barbour, and Keith, Attorneys,
1909 May 13
Box 1 Folder 27:
Julian F. Slade - Summons from F.W. Richardson to testify in Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Hubert Sutton Jr.,
1931
Box 1 Folder 28:
Julian F. Slade - Statement for 1932 tax bill,
1932
Box 1 Folder 29:
Unidentified photograph of man, child, and cat in front of house (possibly Cook F. Slade),
Undated