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Who was Tankerville? Part VI: The Slow but Certain End of the Feudal Land System in North Loudoun
By Edward Spannaus At the end of the American War of Independence, the Earl of Tankerville’s family was still anxious. Land was everything for the British nobility, yet the Tankerville land…
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Who Was Tankerville? — Part V: The Manor System Nears its End
By Edward Spannaus In Part IV of this series, we learned how some of the tenants on the Tankerville lands in the eastern part of the German Settlement began to…
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Who was Tankerville? — Part IV: The Tenants Speak
By Edward Spannaus In Part III of this series, we “listened in,” so to speak, on discussions between the 4th Earl of Tankerville (Charles Bennett), his brother Henry A. Bennett,…
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Who was Tankerville? Part III: The Revolution Puts Tankerville Lands at Risk
By Edward Spannaus In Part II of this series, we learned that the Tankerville lands, as Loyalist properties, had been “sequestered” during the Revolutionary War, and saw how the Dowager…
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Who was Tankerville? Part II: The Dowager and the General
By Edward Spannaus (Part I of this series, updated, may be found here.) In June 1783, as the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary War was being finalized, the…
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The British Lords of the Manor in the German Settlement: Who was Tankerville?
By Edward Spannaus [Updated December 17. 2023] (This is one of an occasional series of articles concerning the impact of the American Revolution on the Lovettsville area, formerly known as…
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The Thomas Cost Homestead, Part II:
From the Earl of Tankerville, to Conrad Hickman, to Thomas Cost By Edward Spannaus In our January newsletter, we traced the history of the house at 25 East Broad Way…
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33 Revolutionary War Patriots to be honored at New Jerusalem Cemetery
By Edward Spannaus Thirty-three Revolutionary War Patriots will be honored at a special ceremony at New Jerusalem Lutheran Cemetery in Lovettsville on November 2, during which a monument listing the names of all 33 Patriots will be…
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“It’s Really a Museum”: The Hidden Treasures of Loudoun’s Courthouse Archives
By: Edward Spannaus Did you know that Loudoun County is one of the few counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia that has retained its historic records intact? And, did you…
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A Hessian Soldier’s Journey to the German Settlement and Beyond
By Edward Spannaus Another German Auxiliary soldier who settled in Lovettsville has been discovered. (We have previously reported on about a dozen “Hessians” who settled here after the Revolutionary War, see article here.) What is particularly notable about this Hessian, is that…
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A British Lord of the Manor in the German Settlement
By: Edward Spannaus Part 1: Who was Tankerville? People coming into the Lovettsville Museum often ask: “Who was Lovett?” Our answer is generally that he was a land speculator who…
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Gone in a Flash: The Historic Fry-Sanbower House
By Lori Hinterleiter Kimball If you are a frequent driver on Lovettsville Road, you might have noticed a stone and frame house and a sunken stone springhouse along the side…
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Fall 2022 Mini-Course — Where We Live: The German Settlement
Press release What: Lovettsville Historical Society Fall 2022 Mini-Course— Where We Live: The German Settlement When: Monday nights October 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 6:30-9:00 p.m.. Where: Meeting at…
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Five More Revolutionary War Patriots Honored
Five more Revolutionary War Patriots were honored in an April 10 ceremony at the New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery in Lovettsville. The grave-marking event was sponsored by three local chapters…
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Charlotte and Emanuel
By Lori Hinterleiter Kimball There are times when doing historical research that something – a person, an event, a reference – grabs the researcher’s attention and beckons to be investigated. …
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The Luther Potterfield Stable, and The Block That Was Too Big for Itself
Some of you may have noticed the restoration work being done on the red barn at the corner of Locust Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. That structure was once a livery…
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Honoring Former Mayor Elaine Walker
Memorial Address for Elaine Walker Delivered by Michael Zapf on behalf of the Lovettsville Historical Society, October 10th, 2020 at the Walker Pavilion, Lovettsville Elaine Walker’s career in the administration…
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Capt. Luther W. Slater: A Life of Service
By Edward Spannaus Luther Slater is the only commissioned Union officer from the Civil War who is buried in Lovettsville. He was the highest-ranking elected officer in the Independent…
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Lovettsville History Mystery: The 1868 Fire At New Jerusalem Church
by Edward Spannaus, Board Member, Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum 150 years ago, on October 19, 1868, the congregation of Lovettsville’s largest church, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, laid the cornerstone…
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The Civil War Letters of a Lovettsville Pastor, Rev. Xenophon J. Richardson
Introduction: The following letters, written by Rev. Xenophon J. Richardson from New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia, were published in The Lutheran Observer in the winter of 1864-1865.…