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Lancaster county was first mentined in the Acts of Assembly with Gloucester and Surry, in 1652, and must have been formed in that year from Northumberland county. It lies on the north side of the Rappahannock, which separates it from Middlesex county on the south; a portion of the eastern part of the county is bounded by the Chesapeake bay, with Northumberland and Richmond counties on the north. The court-house is situated in the northern part of the county, and about eighty-three miles northeast of Richmond. The population has increased several hundred in the last two years, and is increasing rapidly. Many Marylanders and citizens of Gloucester county, Va., are making Lancaster their home, attracted by the oyster and fish industries. The lands produce fair average crops of corn, oats and wheat. The surface is rolling and well watered. Its contiguity to navigable waters renders transportation cheap. The area of the county is 128 square miles--77,957 acres--and the average assessed value of the lands is $8 per acre.

Post Offices

Carter's Creek, Thomas Willing
Chase's Wharf
Chesapeake, J. F. Snow
Kilmarnock, Jos. B. Cralle
Lancaster C.H., Wm. Brent
Litwalton, L. T. Rock
Lively Oaks, R. O. Norris, Sr.
Merry Point, J. T. Sullivan
Millenbeck, John S. West
Monaskon, B. H. Morgan
Ottoman, G. Cottingham
Treakles
Weems
Westland
White Stone, G. W. Sanders

Courts

The Circuit Court of the Ninth Circuit meets at Lancaster C.H. on the Friday next after 4th Monday in April and October.

Judge, James M. Jeffreis
Clerk, S. P. Gresham

The County Court meets at the C.H. on the third Monday of each month.

Judge, John C. Ewell
Clerk, Samuel P. Gresham

County Officers

Sheriff, John S. Channing
Surveyor, T. B. Robinson
Treasurer, R. M. Saunders
Commissioner of Revenue, W. R. Gresham
Commonwealth's Attorney, T. S. Curlett

Attorneys at Law

Curlett, T. S., Litwalton
Downing, Samuel, Lancaster C.H.
Ewell, John C., Millenbeck
Mayo, Joseph, Litwalton
Robinson, Harry, Merry Point

Auctioneers

Brown, Thomas, Lancaster C.H.
Harper, C. R., Litwalton
Rice, John W., Lancaster C.H.
Treakle, H. W., Lancaster C.H.

Coach and Wagon Builders

Doublin, John, Lively Oaks
Ingram, John R., White Stone
Miller, T. F., Litwalton
Mozingo, F. W., Merry Point
Mozingo, J., Lancaster C.H.
Pitts, George, Merry Point
Revere & Carlton, Millenbeck

Dentists

Bruce, M. W., White Stone

Distillers

Clark, E., Lively Oaks
Haynie, James, Lively Oaks
Mitchell, L. D., Lively Oaks
Mitchell, R. J., Litwalton
Pierce, R. T., Litwalton

General Merchants

Banks & Co., White Stone
Barnett, William T. & Co., Merry Point
Beane, George E., Lancaster C.H.
Bonner, T. W., Kilmarnock
Brent, J. M., Lancaster C.H.
Brent, Thomas, Kilmarnock
Brent, William, Kilmarnock
Buckan, J. S., Lancaster C.H.
Chase, William F., White Stone
Cornwell, George R., Lancaster C.H.
Cralle, J. B., Kilmarnock
Davenport, W. W., Millenbeck
Edmonds, H. J., Kilmarnock
Ewell & Co., Millenbeck
Fleming, L., agt., Monaskon
Ficklin, T. D., Litwalton
Foster, Noah & Son, Millenbeck
Grover, J. B., Carter's Creek
Irving, L. H., Carter's Creek
James, D. R., White Stone
Keyser, G. W., Millenbeck
Leland, L. C., Carter's Creek
McKenney, C. L., Carter's Creek
McKenney, G. R., Lancaster C.H.
Mason, Heath & Co., Carter's Creek
Mitchell, J. W., Lancaster C.H.
Norris, R. O., Lively Oaks
Palmer, J. C., Monaskon
Robertson, J. W. & Bro., White Stone
Rock, L. T., Litwalton
Sanders, G. W., White Stone
Sanders, R. M., White Stone
Sanders & Dunaway, White Stone
Saunders & Rogers, Litwalton
Seger, John E., Millenbeck
Sherman, R. M., Kilmarnock
Smith, James, Kilmarnock
Smith, James, Klimarnock
Snow, J. F., Chesapeake
Stakes, William J., Rehobeth Church, Northumberland Co.
Stonham, H., Monaskon
Sullivan, John T., Merry Point
Tapscott, C. F., Kilmarnock
Willey, J. H., Carter's Creek
Williams, Bettie, Mrs., White Stone
Willing, T. J., Carter's Creek
Wright, R. C., Monaskon
Yerby, Dunaway & Co., White Stone

Hotels

Chance, Chas. H., Litwalton
Ficklin, T. D., Litwalton
George, Sarah, Mrs., Lancaster C.H.
Sanders, George W., White Stone
Smith, Jacob, Chesapeake

Land Agents

Downing & Brown, Lancaster C.H.

Mills--Corn and Flour

Bradley, G. M., & Co., Millenbeck
Bush, James, Litwalton
Dunton, C. S. & Son, White Stone
Norris, R. O., Lively Oaks

Mills-Saw

Bradley, G. M. & Co., Millenbeck
Cannon, J. C., Litwalton
Currie, L., Merry Point
Davis, Wilbur F., Chespeake
Jesse, W. H., Litwalton
Norris, R. O., Lively Okas
Sanders, James E., White Stone

Oyster Planters and Shippers

Chilton, W., Litwalton
Millenbeck Oyster Co., Millenbeck
Whealton, C. E., Litwalton

Physicians

Edmonds, H. J., Kilmarncok
Kirk, W. M., White Stone
Lewis, F. W., Litwalton
Newbill, C. F., Millenbeck
Simmonds, ______, Merry Point

Saddlers and Harness Makers

Harmon, B. B., White Stone
Jeffries, Charles H., Litwalton

Saloons

Chance, C. H., Litwalton
Davenport, W. W., Millenbeck
Hunt, T. H., White Stone
Leland, John G., White Stone
Hubbard, B. H. B., White Stone
Jordan, Alonzo, Kilmarnock
McKenney, J. A., White Stone
Morgan, B. H., Monaskon

Schools and Academies

Hathaway, F. T., Mrs., White Stone

There are thirteen white and ten colored public schools in this county. Superintendent, F. W. Lewis, Tidewater.

Undertakers

Miller, T. F., Litwalton
Revere & Carleton, Millenbeck

Principal Farmers

Carter's Creek--Willie A. Leland, Maria Davenport, William H. Davenport, Marietta LeLand, James R. Gresham

Lancaster C.H.--Samuel Downing, Thomas H. Pinchard, James L. Sullavan, John D. Gorgas, James Simmonds, Thos. Brown, Elias J. Carter, Robert Carter, Skipwith Gordon, H. S. Worth, Sophia P. Avis, Warner Eubank, J. R. Gresham, Saml G. Eubank, W. C. Stonich, Jno. C. Thom, C. D. Yale, George W. Hyde.

Litwalton--R. T. Pierce, William H. Jesse, R. J. Mitchell, R. F. Mitchell, R. J. Mitchell, William Chilton, Jas. Bush, Jos. L. Webb, Wm. E. George, Wm. H. Bromley, G. W. Thompson, F. W. Hooper, T. S. Curlett

Lively Oaks--Steptoe Haynie, James B. Haynie, W. W. T. Clark, Leonard Barker, Robert O. Norris

Merry Point--F. P. McGinnis, C. L. Brown, J. L. Sullivan, Lat Curin, W. Slater, R. H. Chilton, Tom Brown, J. S. Chowning

Millenbeck--J. E. Blakemore, J. William Chowning, John A. Rogers, Z. Keyser, J. C. Towles, H. L. Towles, J. C. Ewell, D. S. Stevens, J. S. Dogett, G. M. Bradley & Co., S. Lewis

Monaskon--John E. Sullivan, John W. Chewning, Mrs. Mary D. Carter, Jas. H. Chewning, Col Harrison, John R. Chilton, David Landreth, Farinholt & Wright, Wm. T. Snead.

White Stone--H. S. Hatha way, G. W. Mercer, R. M. Sanders, E. W. Lawson, J. O. Lawson, Warren Hubbard, John F. Hughlett, J. T. Yerby, S. P. Simmons, G. W. Sanders, C. S. Dunton, G. W. Dunton, L. L. Ingram.

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