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('arson Johnson’s family lived on Pinev Run, above Old Hollow, before his heavily-populated area was claimed for park land. Piney Run was not so isolated as many of the higher hollows and people there had a sense of community, Johnson remembers.
Although his parents moved from Piney Run when he was a small child, Johnson lived at the edge of the park where his father ran a store in Old Hollow. He returned often to visit his grandfather, Captain Henry Johnson, who made harness, cabinets and coffins for the area, until he had to leave at the age of 85.
“They were well-satisfied up on Piney Run,” Johnson said. “They had plenty to do, plenty to eat. It was a l eal neighborhood.”
Most folks on Piney Run owned their land, and raised apples, large gardens, cattle and sheep. The youngsters went to Hull School until third or fourth grade, then walked out to Sperryville for the upper grades. School was a daily event for most Piney Run children.
Many of the men worked at the sawmills in addition to
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