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Danny Hitt, while researching Viewtown history, looked into the Culpeper Star Exponent records for the year 1918 and he reports the following:

On Sept. 12, 1918 the paper had a full page auction listing for the estate of Henry W. Spillman of Viewtown. The sale was to be held on Sept. 26 of that year at 10 a.m. The event was to be conducted by the American Realty and Auction Company, featuring The Thomas Brothers, billed as

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