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1933 for $6,385.
Dade’s Mountain
As you proceed on, you will gradually be climbing “Dade’s Mountain.”
This mountain also has significant history, dating back to the original land grants from Lord Fairfax in the 1700’s. When Julia inherited the land in 1926, it was described in the Rappahannock County court deed records as “the Dade tract” and a 1844 County Court decree indicates sale of a 170-acre tract of land on the Blue Ridge near “Dade’s Gap,” 5 to 6 miles from Flint Hill.
The Dade family is mentioned as early as the 1650’s in land grant records. They were granted land in many areas of Virginia along the Potomac and Rappahannock river watersheds (then known as “the Northern Neck” extending to the headwaters of these rivers in the Blue Ridge mountains and thus including much more land than we now know as the Northern Neck).
Colonel Tbwnshend Dade owned land near George Washington’s father’s property in Stafford County in 1650; Francis Dade owned land in Westmoreland County in 1653. Another Francis Dade owned land on the Blue Ridge near Dickey’s Hill in 1768; it is also described as being near Bear Wallow in 1777 and on the Blue Ridge near the Peak Mountain and the Bluff Mountain in 17961798.
This is probably the land subsequently owned by Julia M. Settle.
After you reach the highest
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