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From: Richard Lee Hearn <>
Subject: [LDR] Hearn's Crossroads
Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 08:34:21 -0500
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The email below mentions "Hearn's Crossroads". That naturally piqued my interest. Can anyone provide any history about this landmark and the family it was named for?

Richard Lee Hearn

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Al Wootten wrote:

>
> In 1760 Isaac Wootten's grandfather John Wootten (ca 1701 - 1783)
> patented 256 acres called Sandowna tract located on the North side of the road
> from Laurel to Trussum's Pond.. This was near Hearn's Crossroads SE of
> Laurel on SR70 at intersection with SR68. SR 70 then curves S by a pond
> on the E side to join SR64, traveling EW at this point. The Wootten
> family graveyard is there. When John Jacob visited, this cemetery was owned
> by Arthur King. I don't have Rhoda in my database but one could surmise that
> she is closely related to Isaac, probably a cousin. Of this family, I
> know that William Wootten (son of John Wootten) had a son Elias Hitchens
> Wootten who went west through Indiana to California in the early 1840's;
> I have posted here before this family's story.
>
> I hope that this near miss helps some.
>
> Clear skies,
> Al
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> |Al Wootten, Slacktide, Sturgeon Creek at the Rappahannock|
> |Astronomer (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/) |
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> |Deltaville, Virginia (804)776-6369 |
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