Wow! You just gave me the date my 4th-g-grandfather Isham B. Mason helped build the old courthouse!!!! He was a brickmason. He also helped build St. Stephen's Church, etc. He was also a jailer in Culpeper and I am wondering if there are any records on that. Did they hire jailors, or were they just volunteers? Any guesses???? I found an ad in a newspaper December 30, 1815 for a runaway slave he was looking for. Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cpzb4@aol.com> To: <VACULPEP-L@rootsweb.com> > This is a take-up where I left off on the last email: > At the May Term, 1807, it was ordered that "the sessions of this Court shall > hereafter be held in the Masonic Hall in the Town of Fairfax in this county > until the Court House be repaired or rebuilt." At the Sept. Term, "it was > determined to build a new one of brick, not over a greater superspices (sic) than > the present Court House; that it be two stories high, and the foundation stone > to be as high as the water table. "The second Court House stood on the same > site as the first. When it was first ordered built, there was made an initial > appropriation of $1,500. > At the May term, 1809, it was ordered that the Fairfax Lodge be paid the sum > of $156 for the use of their Hall for 78 days, at $2. per day. The Masonic > Hall was then located at 126 N. Main St. in the building now owned by Larry > Levy. In 1795, the Masons had built on this lot which had been given to them by > General Edward Stevens. > The August, 1809, term was held in the new building. This building was torn > down in 1870, and the present Court House was built 1870-74 at a cost of > $18,700. It was first occupied in 1873 > > June