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Easement
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Gordon Manor of 1860 (including “Wakefield”) is now protected by conservation easements.
The Wakefield name came e^rly to what is now Rappahfhnock County. In 1734, the Colony of Virginia granted land here to William Beverley of Essex County; he was calling it Wakefield by 1752. A later Beverley sold the tract in 1808 to Joseph Lewis, Jr., for “7,843 pounds and four shillings, Virginia currency.”
Lewis, a US Congressman from Loudoun County, bought adjacent properties — the last in 1820. In 1822, Lewis sold his entire holding — then 8,208 acres — to Basil Gordon for $15 per acre.
The new owner dubbed the place “Gordon Manor,” and used names including Wakefield to designate component farms where he planned to raise tobacco and cattle.
Colonel Robert Dickey (USMC, Ret.) is the greatgreat-grandson of Basil Gordon.
No one can know how many more generations of the Gordon line will operate Wakefield Manor, but Col. Dickey’s easement signature assures that the landscape which gave its name to northern Rappahannock will remain forever unspoiled, for enjoyment by future County citizens.
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