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From: "Sarah Kincaid" <>
Subject: Re: [VACULPEP] Leeds Manor Road Byway
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 19:30:25 -0500


Merry Christmas , June,
Thanks for always sharing with us , it means a lot to me.
I would love to go into Madison Co.Va. to explore like
that. My husband is still a working person , and works away from home
and comes home on the weekends , I have never drove anywhere but I n
our little area . He usually does all the long distance driving.
I just wanted to say thanks for all that you do for everyone .
God Bless You , and have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS .
Sarah


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Sent: Saturday, December 11, 1999 6:48 PM
Subject: [VACULPEP] Leeds Manor Road Byway


> My husband and I just got back from taking a ride. We went to visit my son
> who lives in Clarke Co. and then decided to head towards Warrenton. So we
> took a new route. We went over the mountain where the Weather Station is
> located, Rt. 601, we came from 7 west. It took us to Rt. 50. I spotted
the
> road called "Leeds Manor Rd." I got all excited and talked my husband
into
> going to Rt. 29 that way. It is a two lane black top country road and it
> took us a little over an hour to go from Rt. 50 to Rt. 29 on Leeds Manor
Rd
> Byway. It is a very nice drive, beautiful homes and farms all the way and
> rolling pastures and woods. Saw cattle and sheep on the farms and a few
apple
> orchards. While traveling this road we saw Leeds Parish and the cemetery,
> next was Hume Rd. and Hume Church, and then Mt. Morris Church. There was
> still some very old homes. Saw a farm where the family was raking and
> cleaning up leaves in their yard on the mailbox it stated "Grimsley's"
> I told my husband that was a familiar name to the mailing list and we also
> saw the road called Holtzclaw Rd. It is pretty neat being able to
recognize
> names and know some of the history that was shared on the Internet, by
all.
> Each time we take a ride I try and go to take a different route. The
trees
> were pretty much bare, and in some areas you can tell logging has been
done
> on some of the big farms. Land is being sold here and there, and one farm
was
> being turned into a housing development. My friend Nancy who now lives in
> Madison Co, lived here in Fairfax most of her life. Nancy and her husband
> moved to Madison where most of their family is from. While working there
she
> shared that there is a lot of new people moving into the area. Retires or
> young couples just starting out. Although, the young couples have a ways
to
> travel back and forth to work, because there is really not that much in
the
> line of work that young couples are looking for or pay, there. I know my
son
> travels 1 hr. and 20 minutes each way from Clarke Co. to Washington DC.
but
> he doesn't mind it and car pooling makes it easier. There was one or two
> private cemeteries fenced off in a field, off of Leeds Manor Road Byway,
> couldn't get to it to read the tombstones, sorry everyone. I was so in
hopes
> to find some new names and places to report. In Leeds Cemetery I saw the
> name Strother, and Green. It was getting dark and didn't have time to
take
> notes. This was a last minute trip. When the Christmas season is over I
hope
> to visit an old cousin who has a big real estate co., he lives in
Warrenton
> on a farm and also has a house in Old Town, Alexandria, Va.
> I hope to use his resources for finding out some history on houses. That
is
> how I was told that Mr. Scheel gets some of his info. He too, is a Realtor
in
> Waterford, Va. Keep your fingers crossed that just maybe I will be able
to
> find out the location of some of the houses.
> Merry Christmas and Happy Y2K to all.
> June
>
>
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