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Orange County was formed from Spotsylvania in 1734, and derives its name from the color of its soil. The Rapid Ann river forms its northern boundary, separating it from Madison and Culpeper, with Louisa on the South, Spotsylvania county on the east and Greene on the west. The lands of Orange are based on a substratum of red clay, and are well adapted to the production of wheat, tobacca, corn and the artificial grasses. The raising of cattle and sheep is extensively carried on, and there is abundant water power on the Rapid Ann and North Anna Rivers. A vein of limestone passes through the county, which is used for agricultural and mechanical purposes. Gold and plumbago are also found, the former in that part of the county adjoining Spotsylvania. The other minerals are iron (brown and red hematite, magnetic), asbestos, marble, fire-clay. The timbes are hickory, oak, walnut, chestnut, and poplar. The Virginia Midland railroad traverses the county form the north to south, and the Potomac, Fredericksburg & Piedmont ( a narrow guage railroad) from Orange C.H. where it connects with the Virginia Midland to Fredericksburg in Spotsylvania county, connecting with the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R. Orange C.H., the county seat, is eighty miles northwest from Richmond, and ninety-two miles southwest from Washington city. It contains a population of about 800. Gordonsville, with 1,000 population, is situated in the extreme southern portion of the county, at the junction of the Chesapeake and Ohio with the Virginia Midland Railroad, is a flourishing and fast-improving town. Montpelier, in this county, was the residence and the place of death and burial of James Madison, President of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Orange has an area of 333 1/3 square miles, or 213,326 acres and the land has an average assessed value of $9.19 per acre.

Post Offices

Barboursville- G. L. Parker
Burr Hill, S. E. Bartley
Daniel
Danton
Golddale
Gordonsville- H. B. Linney
Granite Springs
Grassland, Lewis W. Graves
Indiantown, William A. Gordon
Lahore
Liberty Mills, W. H. Kite
Locust Grove
Madison Run
Mine Run
Nason's, D. Halle
Orange C.H., R. C. Macon
Rhoadesville, T. J. Hatch
Saint Just, Frazier Coleman
Somerset
Thornhill, J. P. Grasty
Unionville, E. H. Martin
Verdierville
Watkins, James A. Watkins

Courts

The Circuit Court of the Sixth Circuit meets at Orange C.H. on the 1st May and 1st October.

Judge: D. A. Grimsley
Clerk, P.H. Fry

The County Court meets at the Courthouse on the fourth Monday in each month

Judge: W. R. Taliaferro
Clerk: P. H. Fry

County Officers

Sheriff: W. H. Ricketts
Treasurer: Charles W. Woolfolk
Commissioners of the Revenue: Benjamin Rawlings, L. L. Coleman
Commonwealth's Attorney: John G. Williams

Magistrates

G. E. Head, Thos. S. Jones, B. F. May, Barboursville, P. M. Jackson, Lahore; W. H. Camper, Mugler; J. W. James, Lahore; B. T. Saunders, T. K. Row, T. B. Buckner, Locust Grove:
J. H. Houseworth, Orange C.H.; J. R. Gentry, James Michie, Gordonsville

Constables

B. J. Boatwright, Barboursville, D. P. Hughes, Unionville; A. T. Davis, Locust Grove

County Supervisors

J. M. Ship, Barboursville; Frank Cowherd, Gordonsville; W. T. B. Frazer, Lahore; B. R. Gibson, Racoon Ford

Agricultural Implements

Linney, J. H. & Co., Gordonsville

Attorneys at Law

Barbour, P. P., Gordonsville
Burgess, W. W., Orange C.H.
Field, J. G. & W. W., Gordonsville
Halsey, J. J., Mitchell's Station, Culpeper Co.
Kemper & Morton, Orange C.H.
Scott, W. W., Gordonsville
Shackleford, G. S., Orange C.H.
Williams, John G., Orange C.H.
Williams, Wm. C., Orange C.H.

Auctioneers

Houseworth, J. H., Orange C.H.

Butchers

Bell, J. G., Orange C.H.
Godwin, C. E., Orange C.H.
Lipscomb, Robert M., Orange C.H.
Schlosser, S. G., Gordonsville

Cattle Dealers

Block, Lewis, Gordonsville
Block, Henry, Gordonsville

Coach and Carriage Builders

Beckham, T. E., Gordonsville
Childress, J. A., Nason's
Clark, J. W. & Co., Unionville
Davis & Johns, Barboursville
Jordon, Wm. H., Gordonsville
Knightton, R. H., Thornville
Lancaster, M. J., Rhoadesville
Leathers, F. P., Watkin's
Martin, James, Nason's
Oden, Lewis T., Orange C.H.
Rhoades, W. H., Burr Hill
Rogers, Reuben, Nason's
Rohr, John F., Orange C.H.
Runkle & Swan, Gordonsville
Simpson, H. M., Granite Springs
Stribblings, A. P., Daniels
Tinsley, H. E., Burr Hill

Commissioners in Chancery

Chapman, Richard, Orange C.H.
Williams, John G., Orange C.H.
Williams, Wm. C., Orange C.H.
Williams, Wm. G., Orange C.H.

Confectioners

Stratton, Richard H., Gordonsville

Dentists

Perry, F. B., Orange C.H.
Smith & Smith, Gordonsville
Sprinkle, ______, Barboursville

Distillers

Clone, A. C., Liberty Mills
Cook, N., Indiantown
Hoffman, W. R., Unionville
Hume, B. J., Burr Hill
McAllister, T. C., Nason's
Robinson, G. H., Nason's

Druggists

Nelson, W. S., & Co., Gordonsville
Robinson & MacCoy, Orange C.H.
Stratton, Richard H., Gordonsville
Thompson, J. S. & Co., Orange C.H.

Dry Goods

Fite, W. W., Gordonsville

Furniture Dealers

Lenney, J. H. & Co., Gordonsville
Petty, L. L., Orange C.H.

General Merchants

Barham, W. J., Gordonsville
Bartley, U. T., Burr Hill
Bear, C., Mrs., Gordonsville
Blackey, W. O., Gordonsville
Bledsoe, J. F. & Bro., Burr Hill
Calvert, M. J., Madison Run
Clark, J. W., Unionville
Coleman, F., St. Just
Curtis, O., Mrs., Gordonsville
Dowell & son, Gordonsville
Eggleston, R. I., Gordonsville
Embrey, O. P. & Son, Somerset
Faulconer, J. W., Rhoadesville
Foulks, William H., Verdierville
Gordon, W. A., Indiantown
Grasty & Hughson, Thornhill
Graves, B. F., Granite Springs
Graves, L. W., Grassland
Halle, D. & Bro., Nason's
Harlan, M. J.,. Mrs., Gordonsville
Harris, R. B., Unionville
Hatch, T. J., Rhoadesville
Hughes, John R., Gordonsville
Kase, A. T., Barboursville
Kite, W. H. & Son, Liberty Mills
Lumsden, J. F., Granite Springs
McDonald, John & Son, Orange C.H.
McIntosh, E. F., Orange C.H.
McMurran, J. & Co., Barboursville
McMurran, J. & Co., Gordonsville
*Madison, Garland, Orange C.H.
Marcus, Samuel, Gordonsville
Marshall, R. F., Barboursville
Martin, N. B., Nason's
Martin, S. A., Unionville
May, D., Orange C.H.
Morris, J. F., Racoon Ford, Culpeper Co.
Mugler, H. M., Orange C.H.
Perry, L. L., Orange C.H.
Reynolds, C. P., St. Just
Richards, J. P., Mine Run
Richards, J. T., Daniel
Roberts & Petty, Orange C.H.
Robinson, G. H., Nason's
Shotwell, E. F., Barboursville
Stutz, J. A., Gordonsville
Vass, W. P., Lahore
Watkins, J. A., Watkins
*Willis, Marshall, Orange C.H.
Wood & Smith, Gordonsville
Yager, Wm. M., Gordonsville

Hardware

Sneed, W. T. & Bro., Gordonsville
Williams & Co., Orange C.H.

Hotels

Exchange, W. M. Gunn, Gordonsville
Munday, J. A., Mrs., Gordonsville
Orange, Wesley Stephens, Propr., Orange C.H.
Sts John, James Keegan, Gordonsville

Insurance Agents

Linney, C. B., Gordonsville

Insurance Agents

Yager, W. M. & Co., Gordonsville

Ladies Furnishing Goods

Beale, D. R. & Co., Gordonsville

Leaf Tobacco Dealers

Linnley, H. B., Gordonsville

Livery Stables

Fox, John H., Orange C.H.
Weaver, B. F., Gordonsville
Yager, W. M. & Co., Gordonsville

Millinery

Anderson, J. I., Mrs., Orange C.H.
Brown, M. F., Miss, Orange C.H.
Carter, Alice, Mrs., Gordonsville
Fite, W. W., Gordonsville
Harlan, M. J., Mrs., Gordonsville
Higgins, Belle, Miss, Orange C.H.
Noble, Alice, Miss, Gordonsville

Mills-Corn and Flour

Amos, G. A., Madison Run
Britton, G. S. T., Unionville
England, R. H., Racoon Ford, Culpeper Co.
Estes, W. B., Madison Run
Hammond, N. P., Nason's
Holliday, H. T., Rapid Ann Station
Jacobs, J. M., Vandierville
Kite, W. H. & Son, Liberty Mills
Kube, A. W., Rhoadesville
Mason, R. P., Nason's
Morris, J. E. & Co., Orange C.H.
Stevens, F. N., Nason's
Stubbs, Jesse H., Granite Springs
Tinsley, E., Burr Hill
Willis, J. C., Indian Town

Mills-Saw

Beaty, J. R., Barboursville
Borst, J. B., Burr Hill
Falconer, J. W., Rhoadesville
Goss, E. S., Barboursville
Hill, R. F. & W. P., Barboursville
Jones & Sisson, Burr Hill
Kendall, F. M., Nason's
Kube, A. W., Rhoadesville
Sims, J. C., Baboursville
Tinder & Craven, Burr Hill
Willis, E. H., Indian Town

Millwrights

Clarke, J. H., Liberty Mills
Lamb, E., Barboursville
Reynolds, B. R., Indian Town

Newspapers

Gordonsville Gazette (weekly), H. T. Cowherd, edr. and propr.
Orange Observer, J. J. Robinson & Sons, edrs and proprs, Orange C.H.
Piedmont Virginian, A. F. Stofer & Co., eds and proprs, Orange C.H.

Photographers

Roades, Wm. Gordonsville

Physicains

Coleman, W. J., Thornhill
Conway, C. C., Nason's
Cook, N. R., Burr Hill
Crittenden, W. J., Unionville
Ellis, T. H., Baboursville
Gordon, W. A., Indiantown
Grymes, Wm. S., Gordonsville
Moncure, Charles H., Orange C.H.
Newman, George S., Liberty Mills
Reid, James A., Liberty Mills
Rowe, E. W., Orange C.H.
Schlosser, G. W., Gordonsville
Stevens, W. L., Watkins
Woolfolk, John L., Lahore
Woolfolk, Ernest, Thornhill
Young, George B., Orange C.H.

Printers-Job

Piedmont Virginian, Orange C.H.

Saddlers and Harnessmakers

Downing, Virgil, Gordonsville
McLaughlin, J., Orange C.H.
Martin, Lewis A., Unionville
Stephens, Richard, Rhoadesville

Saloons

Edwins, T. H., Barboursville
Gaines, George A., Orange C.H.
Johns, F., Barboursville
Keegan, James, Gordonsville
Lichty, J. B., Orange C.H.
*Miner, L. M., Gordonsville
Robertston, W. H., Orange C.H.

Schools and Academies

Barbour, Jennie, F., Miss, Gordonsville
Central Female Institute, James Dinwiddie, Prin., Gordonsville
Chalk Level Academy, B. W. Thurman, Prin., Gordonsville
Frazer, W. T. B., Lahore
Gordonsville Grade School, John Hart, Principal, Gordonsville
Grasty, J. T., Miss, Rhoadesville
Hansborough, J. S., Rev., Orange C.H.
McComb, W. M., Gordonsville

There are thirty-eight white and twenty-four colored public schools in this county. Superintendent W. C. Williams, Orange C.H.

Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron Workers

Martin, James P., Gordonsville
Martin, L. J., Orange C.H.

Tanners

Johnston, J. M. & Bro., Burr Hill
Roberts, A., Daniel

Telegraph Companies

Western Union, Orange C.H.

Undertakers

Bickers, J. M., Nason's
Hughes, D. P., Rhoadesville
Johns, W. C., Barboursville
Morris, W. L., Orange C.H.
Rogers, Reuben, Nason's
Stribling, A. O., Daniel
Watkins, J. C., Watkins

Watchmakers and Jewelers

Clowes, A. K., Gordonsville
Faber, L. J., Rhoadesville
Payne, R. G., Burr Hill
Yager, C. C., Orange C.H.

Principal Farmers

Daniel--J. M. Henderson, R. B. Burruss, John H. Burruss, L. Burruss, R. C. Downer, J. B. Daniel

Barboursville--B. J. Barbour, J. B. Neuman, R. D. Douglass, H. E. Douglass, B. V. Johnson, C. M. Taylor, C. L. Grove, J. C. Grove, G. W. Goodall, D. H. Rhodes, G. E. Hood

Burr Hill, D. G. Mason, G. L. Tinder, Edward Tinsley, W. L. Davis, Noah Cook, Spencer Tender, G. W. Jones, T. P. Coleman, W. J. Hurlock

Gordonsville-R. M. Newman, F. B. Davis, W. J. Walker, T. S. Jones, W. W. Downer, Alex Cameron, W. M. Yager, B. W. Thurman, S. B. McElroy, W. J. Hall, C. B. Lenney, General W. M. McComb, H. C. Baker, R. P. Bell, Frank Lovelock, T. Lovelock, Jno. S. Murray, C. V. Catmers, J. P. Cowherd, C. Schwerckert, W. B. Bragg, S. H. Goodloe, B. V. Johnson, E. D. Eubank, J. W. Cheek, S. P. Wilson, B. F. Weaver, M. D. Cowherd, M. Wilkie, Frank Cowherd, R. J. Goodwin, F. A. G. Handy, H. P. Morris, P. J. Fulcher, P. P. Barbour, A. Palmer Morewood, General J. G. Field, R. H. Stratton, A. Davenport, R. W. Bury, Colby Cowherd

Grassland--Wm. G. Crenshaw, Jno. S. Graves, G. S. Grasty, James Martin, Geo. Lee, Thos. Austin, Sam Whorton

Indiantown--J. Lesson, E. S. Woodville, H. C. Woodville, Wm. Willis, Isaac Willis, E. W. Willis, R. T. Jones, Wm. M. Watson

Lahore--Wm. J. Stevens, C. A. Coleman, R. B. Burruss, George W. Morton, Oliver T. Terrill, Wm. T. B. Frazer, Beverly R. Daniel, John W. Richards, John Grasty, Ira. S. Brockman, Jno. Frayzer, Marshall E. Decker, Dr. J. L. Woolfolk, S. H. Sims, F. M. Kendall, P. L. Jackson, J. S. Jackson, H. P. Mason, W. S. Frazer, O. T. Terrell, John Maberry, O. Bullock, A. Brockman, L. L. Coleman, R. L. Coleman

Liberty Mills--Dr. J. A. Reid & Bro.,G. W. Reedy, J. A. Reedy, F. E. Graves, E. C. & B. F. Davis, H. D. Twyman, Geo. W. Barbour, S. M. Newman, C. J. Stovin, E. N. Bond, J. T. Bond, S. B. Henson, W. S. McGee

Madison Run--J. M. Scott, R. S. Bernard, W. W. Sanford, J. W. Scott, R. H. Campbell, C. Heflin, W. J. Askew, B. F. Gibson, J. F. Day, J. B. Moore, Jr., J. H. Donaghy, J. A. Thomas, J. M. Locker, A. D. Riner, J. D. Riner, E. Harper

Nasons--C. C. Taliaferro, John Taliaferro, R. H. Rogers, W. G. Taylor, P. B. Davis, J. W. Jacobs, W. H. Camper, John Jerdone, E. C. Terrill, John S. Graves, W. L. Bradbury, Thos. J. Shaw, A. S. Shaw, A. S. Jones, P. B. Jones, Z. Hopkins, J. A. Childress, W. P. Saunders, M. R. Taliaferro

Orange C.H.--N. P. Hammond, R. H. Housenworth, F. H. Kennedy, J. E. Sibert, H. E. Hatcher, I. N. Rogers, T. N. Macon, James L. Kemper, W. O. Bartley, James W. Morton, Dr. T. T. Slaughter, T. J. Shaw, J. E. Wambersie, Frank Jerdone, J. G. Williams, Benj. Rawlings, Thomas Dolan, Major E. Taylor, T. O. Gilliam, C. H. Moore, R. J. Farrar, J. W. Morton, J. L. Kemper, T. P. Wallace, J. H. Johnson, D. C. Mallory, Burruss Mundy, Dan'l Hubbard, Mrs. R. M. Higgins, Mrs. John M. Chapman, Wm. Graham, C. L. Bankhead, Mrs. Lewis H. Lee, E. C. Wambersie, John Willis, Jr., J. F. H. Kennedy, R. L. Nelson, James A. Madison, William J. Boswell, Wm. P. Cave, John Jerdone, W. W. Burgess, Wm. Parker, Dr. Chas. W. Hume, Thos. W. Bond, Joseph H. Houseworth, Linwood Brooking, Eug. Brooking, John H. Kenzer, Peyton Grymes.

Racoon Ford, Culpeper Co.--J. L. Lavis, Philip P. Pannill, C. C. Buckner, Geo. Pannill, R. H. England, R. B. & John Gibson, H. C. Eddins, James Smith, James H. Jones, W. D. Sale, Thos. D. Morton

Rapid Ann Station, Culpeper Co.--John A. Roberts, P. B. Jones, Jr., A. S. Jones, H. T. Holladay, John Terrell, E. E. Nixon, Albert Fletcher, O. F. Bresse, Wm. Henderson, Wm. G. Taylor, Mary F. Fitzhugh, B. F. Armentrout, Dr. Charles C. Conway, B. T. Trimmer

Rhoadesville--W. J. Bledsoe, R. Brockman, J. W. Bond, R. H. Bond, H. L. Crawford, James A. Clark, A. J. Carpenter, Wyatt Clark, J. L. Davis, J. W. Faulconer, Wm. Graves, J. T. Grasty, J. M. Gardner, S. C. Hopkins, C. F. Jones, Richard Martin, J. J. Mann, Wm. McIntosh, Dr. A. J. McBride, C. G. McKein, J. E. Newman, H. E. Tinder, J. F. Tinder, J. T. Weaver, Wm. Wright

St. Just--A. W. Biscoe, Thaddeus Herndon, Dan'l Quisenberry, Benj. Quisenberry, Benj. Wright, Q. Tinder, F. J. Sanders, James Coleman, M. F. Tinder, V. S. Reynolds, Joseph Seely, J. P. Wright, Benj. Reynolds, Joseph Seely, J. P. Wright, Benj. Reynolds, James Grasty, P. W. Chewning, A. Rhoades

Somerset--E. L. Goss, Mrs. M. V. Parham, E. B. Hughes, J. W. C. Graves, C. L. Graves, E. F. Gholson, Mrs. Martha Graves, C. T. Buddeck, O. P. Embrey

Thornhill--A. T. Brockman, H. C. Burruss, R. C. Cave, T. E. Graves, R. P. Graves, R. E. Graves, G. L. Grasty, W. P. Farish, D. M. Frazer, W. N. Green, F. N. Goodwin, Eustace Terrill, Thos. Terrill, J. H. Estes, J. F. King, V. B. King, J. H. Ellis, E. R. Sims, T. M. Mills, A. J. Goodwin, Ashby Waddy, T. C. Waddy, R. M. Bullock, Mrs. E. M. Daniel

Unionville--James H. Clark, Jno. W. Clark, F. W. Clark, S. S. Lee, Lawrence Sanford, R. O. Halsey, H. K. Martin, Lewis A. Martin, W. H. Jones, R. M. Martin, W. H., Martin, R. B. Harris, Edward Lee, Harry Lee.

Watkins--D. C. Matthews, J. C. Matthews, John Burruss, Chas. Payne

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