Greenway Court
Posted by: 
flyingmoose
N 39° 04.994 W 078° 05.036
17S E 752233 N 4330061
Located on the NW corner of Routes 340 and 50 in front of a gas station.
Waymark Code: WMKGQ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2006
Views: 21
Three miles south is Greenway Court, residence of Thomas, Sixth Lord Fairfax, Proprietor of the vast Northern Neck Grant, which he inherited. Born in Leeds Castle, England, in 1693, Fairfax settled in Virginia. In 1747, for the rest of his life, he made Greenway Court his home. In 1751, George Washington, employed as a surveyor on this grant, was there frequently in his youth. Fairfax died there, December 8, 1791.
Marker Number: T 3
Marker Title: Greenway Court
Marker Location: Greenway Court
County or Independent City: Clark County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Virginia Conservation Commission, 1948.
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