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were due was September 29, St. Michaelmas Day. (For new County residents, quitrents are now due on December 5.) Leases from the Lord
Lord Fairfax, the Northern Neck Proprietor (his lands encompassed present day Rapp. Co.), wasn’t giving any land away either (except to friends and relatives who didn’t need it) but he did accommodate the masses by ‘renting’ them land under certain conditions. (Actually, as the land barons of history go, Fairfax is thought to be one of the kindest and gentlest.) He had two types of arrangements. The simpler form of lease could be had for one-shilling/100 acres for a term of 21 years. After that, well, you’re out on your ear, I suppose. Another, more generous proposition was the ‘three-life lease’ that gave three parties use of the land through their lifetimes. To get the maximum benefit from such an arrangement, it was obviously best that the party of three span at least two generations. Conditions were similar to those of the Crown patents. Build a cabin with a masonry chimney, plant some fruit trees, fence and cultivate some of the land, no rent for the first year. All is hunkydory through the three lifetimes. Then, the ole home place goes back into the Squire’s inventory. Just dandy if you are
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