by John Blankenbaker As a result of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 in Scotland, George Hume spent nearly all of his adult life in Virginia where he became a respected surveyor including areas inhabited by Germanna people. Also, he was an ancestor of several Germanna families that makes him of special interest to Germanna historians. […]
Culpeper Star Exponent Article on Stevensburg, Salubria, Germanna
By ZANN MINER Published: December 15, 2008 Culpeper Star Exponent Ah, Stevensburg, the once flourishing crossroads of young America! Our path will leave present-day Route 3 with a left turn onto York Road (Route 600) just after the rock quarry; immediately on the left is St. Stevens Baptist Church. Stevensburg may seem insignificant now, but […]
John Fontaine and The First Germanna Colony, Part III
And Then What Happened? John Fontaine Part III Further Insights Into John Fontaine and The First Germanna Colonyⓒ By Craig M. Kilby May 2009 Part I | Part II Part III And Then What Happened? Having brought John Fontaine’s story this far, it would not be fair to ignore the rest of it. Unless otherwise […]
John Fontaine and The First Germanna Colony, Part II
Did Someone Say Miners? Golden Horseshoes? John Fontaine Part II By Craig Kilby May 2009 Part I Part II Fontaine’s Two Trips to Germanna Before we resume with John Fontaine’s journal and his first trip to Germanna, a brief background of the site itself is necessary for those readers not necessarily well versed in its […]
John Fontaine and The First Germanna Colony, Part I
Further Insights Into John Fontaine and The First Germanna Colony, Part Iⓒ By Craig M. Kilby May 2009 Part II | Part III In 1853, Miss Ann Maury (1803-1876)1 [2] wrote Memoirs of a Huguenot Family which included a much abridged version of John Fontaine’s journal, which she had transcribed from the original. It was […]
Mother’s Day: A Celebration rooted in a Germanna mother’s life
by Dr. Katharine L. Brown 1st Vice President and Trustee, Germanna Foundation The mother in whose honor Mother’s Day was established was a Germanna descendant born and raised in Culpeper, Virginia. Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mother’s Day, devoted years to gaining national recognition for a day to honor mothers, as a fulfillment of an […]