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who bought the home in 1871, had difficulty keeping maids because of persistent rumors about ghosts and spirits. He laid the stories to rest with one of his own — that he had personally shot each of the apparitions with a silver bullet. Not doubting the word of a judge, the maids returned and there was no further trouble with spirits disrupting the household.
Judge Strother and his wife had seven children. Both sons became lawyers and the younger, Andrew Botts Strother, followed his father and became Rappahannock County’s juvenile court judge. He claimed a place in local folklore when he used his law books to stoke the fire in his courthouse office.
One of the judge’s daughters, Belle, never married and stayed at The Meadows to take care of her father. She inherited the property
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