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aperryvilie—tney just moved here because they liked it and wanted a good place for their flower shop. They may have, unknowingly, picked out the very site where one of the long-ago Chrisman relatives kept a post office. It’s kind of eerie when you think about it.”
Mr. Chrisman and the Borkowskis still have a lot of checking to do before they know enough about Nicholas Sperry and his Post Office to sustantiate this claim. They’ll be working with Sperryville historians Ned and Elizabeth Johnson to dig further. But all involved think that it’s probable that the Nick Sperry that ended up in Thornton Gap in 1814 was the same man that lived in Frederick County at least as late as 1790.
Why did Nick Sperry leave the prosperous Hite Chrisman - Sperry settlement for the rugged unpopulated mountains? Why isn’t more known about him locally? Why didn’t he pay taxes? To many, these questions are of no interest. But to a handful of Sperryville residents, each tiny clue is part of a fascinating puzzle that is just starting to come together.
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