Historic Marker: Price's Ordinary

The historic marker reads: "PRICE'S ORDINARY...At the intersection of Backlick and Braddock Roads stood Price's Ordinary, established by David Price about 1773 and remaining in operation until 1802. Price's offered refreshment and shelter for travelers and a common meeting place for local residents. Here, on 2 October 1787, 29 freeholders unanimously approved the newly proposed Federal Constitution and resolved, in part, that: 'We, the Freeholders of the County of Fairfax, conceiving that the Peace, Security and Prosperity of the State of Virginia and the United States of America in general, do depend on the speedy Adoption of the system of Government recommended by the late General Convention of the United States...' Fairfax County History Commission, 1999"

Photo by Gilbert Donahue

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Historic Survey Report: Wakefield Chapel

Survey description of Wakefield Chapel, dated February 17, 1971, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory.

Historic Survey Report: Ravensworth

Survey description of Ravensworth mansion, dated February 24, 1972, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory.

Historic Survey Report: Ossian Hall

Survey description of Ossian Hall, dated February 25, 1972, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory.

Historic Survey Report: Oak Hill

Survey description of Oak Hill, dated February 13, 1970, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory.

Historic Survey Report: King's Grant

Survey description of King's Grant, dated July 17, 1974, for the Fairfax County Department of Historic Resources Reconnaissance Level Survey.

Historic Survey Report: John Marshall House

Survey description of John Marshall House, dated February 22, 1972, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory

Historic Survey Report: Aspen Grove

Survey description of Aspen Grove, dated September 1, 1970, for the Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory.

Historic Marker: The Guinea Road Cemetery Reinterment

This historic marker in Pleasant Valley Memorial Park Cemetery commemorates the reinterment of remains from the Guinea Road Cemetery. The marker reads: "The Guinea Road Cemetery Reinterment. Virginia aristocrat William Fitzhugh was granted 21,996 acres in 1694: The Ravensworth tract, which was divided into northern and southern halves in 1701 and subsequently subdivided among Fitzhugh heirs throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The cemetery located at Guinea Road and Little River Turnpike (Route 236) was part of the northern half of the original tract. The community of Ilda grew around this cemetery in the late 19th century. Families of local tenant farmers, African American slaves and Freedmen are believed to have been buried at the Guinea Road Cemetery. The remains were reinterred at this site by the Virginia Department of Transportation in 2006."

Photo by Mary Lipsey

Guinea Road Cemetery Excavation

The Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT) excavation of the Guinea Road Cemetery was conducted under the guidance of archaeologists, with care to identify and preserve all remains and artifacts. They discovered only one tombstone; the inscription which could be read was "S.A. Williams" "11 years" and "1851."

Tombstone image by Mary Lipsey; excavation image, courtesy, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)