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By Briar S. Bogin
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Prince William County Historical Commission unveiled a highway marker on Sunday, Oct. 12, honoring the Free People of Color who founded Thoroughfare, Va. after the Civil War.
Former residents and descendants of residents worked diligently to ensure that the 100 year old community was not forgotten. The new marker offers a brief account of Thoroughfare’s history.
Families of African-American, Native-American and mixed ancestry from Rappahannock, Fauquier, Warren and Culpeper counties worked to establish the Thoroughfare area.
Rappahannock native Frank Fletcher left the tiny town of Scrabble in 1855 and walked nearly 45 miles to The Plains. There, he met Kate Vass, an enslaved black American Indian. The two had children whose descendancy can be traced to Seattle resident Pat Fletcher and Maryland resident Victoria Price.
As a free person of color prior to Emancipation, Fletch
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