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    1. [VACulpeper] Little Fork Colony of Culpeper Co., VA in 1800
    2. By 1800 was the Little Fork Colony (LFC) still a cohesive community? By 1800 the LFC immigrant, Hans Henrick HOFMANN (aka Henry HUFFMAN), had died, but his son, Tillman was alive and married to his second wife, Margaret (Williams) FREEMAN, widow. Tillman's son, Benjamin, was about 37 and married as his first son, William Riley HUFFMAN, was b. 1792 in Culpeper Co., VA Nathan, seventh child of Benjamin HUFFMAN, was reportedly born near Culpeper Court House c1801. (based on 1850 age of 49). Also see Goodspeed, The Goodspeed Histories of Sabastian County, Arkansas, orig pub 1889, repub by Woodward and Stinson Printing Co., Columbia, Tennessee, 1977, p 1327 Using current day Jeffersonton, Culpeper Co., VA as a bench mark for the location of the LFC, I estimate that the Colony was about 10 miles from the Culpeper Court House (CCH). Alternatively, there is the FREEMAN-HUFFMAN House "located 4 miles west of Culpeper off Rt. 522 on 633, ******** For many years the place was owned by the Freemans and Huffmans." It is evident that the FREEMAN-HUFFMAN House is closer to CCH than the LFC and that Nathan's birth place may well have been the FREEMAN-HUFFMAN House. The history of the ownership of the FREEMAN-HUFFMAN House is of interest to me. Is there any detailed ownership information available? Best regards, Hugh

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