His family was one of the earlier settlers and since his sons were in the Dry Goods business they needed to tell suppliers where to ship stock so they told them to just ship it to Leesburg. The original land grant for the area was given to Thomas Robertson and his family as well as the Fussell's and other families settled Leesburg.
His family was one of the earlier settlers and since his sons were in the Dry Goods business they needed to tell suppliers where to ship stock so they told them to just ship it to Leesburg. The original land grant for the area was given to Thomas Robertson and his family as well as the Fussell's and other families settled Leesburg.