(William Gunnell the 3rd. 30 Jan 1750
son of Henry & Catherine (Daniel) Gunnell) (gravestone fragment mortared into interior chimney in the east wing of the house)
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NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET William Gunnell House name of property Fairfax County, Virginia County and State Daughters Sara, Elizabeth, and Catherine all married and moved away. Their sister Ann remained at home. Although it is not known exactly when they began their residence at the plantation, once they were there they stayed forever. Sara Coleman Gunnell died in 1812 and William Gunnell III followed her in 1820. They are buried in the family cemetery near their home along with their children Ann Gunnell, Elizabeth Gunnell Mix and her husband Lewis Mix, infant daughter Jane, and Dr. William H. Gunnell. Gunnell's estate included forty slaves and 2000 acres of land to be divided among his children. His daughter Ann received the portion with the house and 159 acres. 16 It was unusual for a daughter to inherit the house property, but 16 William Gunnell estate partition, Fairfax Deed Z2:51 (Oct. 17, 1820). Section 8
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NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET William Gunnell House name of property Fairfax County, VirginiaCounty and State December 1820 issue of the Genius of Liberty newspaper. When William's brother John died in 1800 he provided money for the education of one of his slaves together with specific instructions for his care. When William's brother Section 8 Page 17 Henry died in 1822, he recommended in his will that his children "use those negroes given to them in a human manner, for I think slavery a cruel thing in the reached (sic) world, who can account for it?" In addition to that instruction, he left provisions for his slave London to have his freedom and seventeen acres if the law would allow him to own it. He also phrased the will in such words that if London wanted to be free he would be free, and if he for some reason didn't want to be free, then he would be cared for. Giving London his choice of where he wanted to live and in what circumstances was an unusual and interesting idea. William's son, Dr. William H. Gunnell, at his death in 1834, freed his slaves to go to Liberia. ARCHEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL Archival evidence establishes the existence of a large farm with many outbuildings and slaves. Both slave and family cemeteries existed on the property. There are two known wells–one near the log cabin and one in the front of the house. After excavation of a leaking oil tank in 2001, Fairfax County archaeologist Michael Johnson discovered surface debris in the vicinity of the log cabin which included the neck and shoulder of an eighteenth-century wine bottle and numerous early-nineteenth-century pottery shards. The property owner has requested that Fairfax County carry out a Phase I survey.
Note - brother Henry Gunnell who died in 1822 would be
Henry (Major) M Jr Gunnell h/o Sarah West.
son of Henry & Catherine (Daniel) Gunnell) (gravestone fragment mortared into interior chimney in the east wing of the house)
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NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET William Gunnell House name of property Fairfax County, Virginia County and State Daughters Sara, Elizabeth, and Catherine all married and moved away. Their sister Ann remained at home. Although it is not known exactly when they began their residence at the plantation, once they were there they stayed forever. Sara Coleman Gunnell died in 1812 and William Gunnell III followed her in 1820. They are buried in the family cemetery near their home along with their children Ann Gunnell, Elizabeth Gunnell Mix and her husband Lewis Mix, infant daughter Jane, and Dr. William H. Gunnell. Gunnell's estate included forty slaves and 2000 acres of land to be divided among his children. His daughter Ann received the portion with the house and 159 acres. 16 It was unusual for a daughter to inherit the house property, but 16 William Gunnell estate partition, Fairfax Deed Z2:51 (Oct. 17, 1820). Section 8
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NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET William Gunnell House name of property Fairfax County, VirginiaCounty and State December 1820 issue of the Genius of Liberty newspaper. When William's brother John died in 1800 he provided money for the education of one of his slaves together with specific instructions for his care. When William's brother Section 8 Page 17 Henry died in 1822, he recommended in his will that his children "use those negroes given to them in a human manner, for I think slavery a cruel thing in the reached (sic) world, who can account for it?" In addition to that instruction, he left provisions for his slave London to have his freedom and seventeen acres if the law would allow him to own it. He also phrased the will in such words that if London wanted to be free he would be free, and if he for some reason didn't want to be free, then he would be cared for. Giving London his choice of where he wanted to live and in what circumstances was an unusual and interesting idea. William's son, Dr. William H. Gunnell, at his death in 1834, freed his slaves to go to Liberia. ARCHEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL Archival evidence establishes the existence of a large farm with many outbuildings and slaves. Both slave and family cemeteries existed on the property. There are two known wells–one near the log cabin and one in the front of the house. After excavation of a leaking oil tank in 2001, Fairfax County archaeologist Michael Johnson discovered surface debris in the vicinity of the log cabin which included the neck and shoulder of an eighteenth-century wine bottle and numerous early-nineteenth-century pottery shards. The property owner has requested that Fairfax County carry out a Phase I survey.
Note - brother Henry Gunnell who died in 1822 would be
Henry (Major) M Jr Gunnell h/o Sarah West.
(William Gunnell the 3rd. 30 Jan 1750
son of Henry & Catherine (Daniel) Gunnell) (gravestone fragment mortared into interior chimney in the east wing of the house)
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NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET William Gunnell House name of property Fairfax County, Virginia County and State Daughters Sara, Elizabeth, and Catherine all married and moved away. Their sister Ann remained at home. Although it is not known exactly when they began their residence at the plantation, once they were there they stayed forever. Sara Coleman Gunnell died in 1812 and William Gunnell III followed her in 1820. They are buried in the family cemetery near their home along with their children Ann Gunnell, Elizabeth Gunnell Mix and her husband Lewis Mix, infant daughter Jane, and Dr. William H. Gunnell. Gunnell's estate included forty slaves and 2000 acres of land to be divided among his children. His daughter Ann received the portion with the house and 159 acres. 16 It was unusual for a daughter to inherit the house property, but 16 William Gunnell estate partition, Fairfax Deed Z2:51 (Oct. 17, 1820). Section 8
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NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET William Gunnell House name of property Fairfax County, VirginiaCounty and State December 1820 issue of the Genius of Liberty newspaper. When William's brother John died in 1800 he provided money for the education of one of his slaves together with specific instructions for his care. When William's brother Section 8 Page 17 Henry died in 1822, he recommended in his will that his children "use those negroes given to them in a human manner, for I think slavery a cruel thing in the reached (sic) world, who can account for it?" In addition to that instruction, he left provisions for his slave London to have his freedom and seventeen acres if the law would allow him to own it. He also phrased the will in such words that if London wanted to be free he would be free, and if he for some reason didn't want to be free, then he would be cared for. Giving London his choice of where he wanted to live and in what circumstances was an unusual and interesting idea. William's son, Dr. William H. Gunnell, at his death in 1834, freed his slaves to go to Liberia. ARCHEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL Archival evidence establishes the existence of a large farm with many outbuildings and slaves. Both slave and family cemeteries existed on the property. There are two known wells–one near the log cabin and one in the front of the house. After excavation of a leaking oil tank in 2001, Fairfax County archaeologist Michael Johnson discovered surface debris in the vicinity of the log cabin which included the neck and shoulder of an eighteenth-century wine bottle and numerous early-nineteenth-century pottery shards. The property owner has requested that Fairfax County carry out a Phase I survey.
Note - brother Henry Gunnell who died in 1822 would be
Henry (Major) M Jr Gunnell h/o Sarah West.
son of Henry & Catherine (Daniel) Gunnell) (gravestone fragment mortared into interior chimney in the east wing of the house)
Page 13
NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET William Gunnell House name of property Fairfax County, Virginia County and State Daughters Sara, Elizabeth, and Catherine all married and moved away. Their sister Ann remained at home. Although it is not known exactly when they began their residence at the plantation, once they were there they stayed forever. Sara Coleman Gunnell died in 1812 and William Gunnell III followed her in 1820. They are buried in the family cemetery near their home along with their children Ann Gunnell, Elizabeth Gunnell Mix and her husband Lewis Mix, infant daughter Jane, and Dr. William H. Gunnell. Gunnell's estate included forty slaves and 2000 acres of land to be divided among his children. His daughter Ann received the portion with the house and 159 acres. 16 It was unusual for a daughter to inherit the house property, but 16 William Gunnell estate partition, Fairfax Deed Z2:51 (Oct. 17, 1820). Section 8
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NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET William Gunnell House name of property Fairfax County, VirginiaCounty and State December 1820 issue of the Genius of Liberty newspaper. When William's brother John died in 1800 he provided money for the education of one of his slaves together with specific instructions for his care. When William's brother Section 8 Page 17 Henry died in 1822, he recommended in his will that his children "use those negroes given to them in a human manner, for I think slavery a cruel thing in the reached (sic) world, who can account for it?" In addition to that instruction, he left provisions for his slave London to have his freedom and seventeen acres if the law would allow him to own it. He also phrased the will in such words that if London wanted to be free he would be free, and if he for some reason didn't want to be free, then he would be cared for. Giving London his choice of where he wanted to live and in what circumstances was an unusual and interesting idea. William's son, Dr. William H. Gunnell, at his death in 1834, freed his slaves to go to Liberia. ARCHEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL Archival evidence establishes the existence of a large farm with many outbuildings and slaves. Both slave and family cemeteries existed on the property. There are two known wells–one near the log cabin and one in the front of the house. After excavation of a leaking oil tank in 2001, Fairfax County archaeologist Michael Johnson discovered surface debris in the vicinity of the log cabin which included the neck and shoulder of an eighteenth-century wine bottle and numerous early-nineteenth-century pottery shards. The property owner has requested that Fairfax County carry out a Phase I survey.
Note - brother Henry Gunnell who died in 1822 would be
Henry (Major) M Jr Gunnell h/o Sarah West.
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