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BY MISTY HITT
Rappahannock News Writer
“We owe it to our ancestors to preserve entire those rights which they have delivered to our care; we owe it to our posterity not to suffer their dearest inheritance to be destroyed.” - Junius
Montpelier is one of the tnost historically noted and architecturally imposing structures still remaining in Rappahannock. The recent vandalism damaged not only a building but could be considered an attack on our heritage.
Pnor to 1714 attempts to settle in the area were unsuccessful due in part to Indian resistance. German immigrants were introduced to the area by Alexander Spotswood. They mined for iron and served as a buffer between the Indians and English settlers. They received land for their service and built homes in present day Fauquier and Madison counties.
Around 1740 Francis Thornton who had obtained a royal land grant came to this area bringing carpenters, blacksmiths, stone masons, slaves and preceded to build three homes; Thornton Hill for his son John, Champlain for
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