This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swink, Kelsey, Gunnell, Kirby, Sutton, Machen, Throckmorton, Hunter, Davis, Ball, Dulin, Bailey, Powell, Halbert, Jones, Ayre, Moore, Worster, Sherman, Burke, Froble, Grigsby, Moss, Rumsey, Taylor, Ronk, Richardson, Conrad, Dulaaney, Harrison, Hunter, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SBC.2ACI/345 Message Board Post: Reprint 1852 Article from Alexandria Herald October 30, 1852 An Ante Bellum Glimpse of Fairfax Fairfax Courthouse was not alway know by its present name. The village was originally known as the Town of Providence. The magisterial District in which the historic old county seat is located is still known by the name of Providence, but an old newspaper Dated October 30, 1852, while styled "The Firfax News" carried the statement that it was published every Saturday morning at Providence, Virginia. The Editor and proprieter was E Hughes. Hiram Brown was the publisher and the issue now preserved in the old newspaper section of the Library of Congress carried the legend: Vol. 4 No 10, indicating that the paper had been established in 1848. The make up of the paper, its clear impression and standard width columns would do credit to a modern publication. Its four pages carry six columns each of interesting reading matter and it is well stocked with advertisements, especially from the City of Alexandria. The editorial records and death of Daniel Webster and quotes an eloquent eulogy from the Baltimore Sun. One of the leading news articles deals with the annual exhibition conducted by the Fairfax Agricultural Society, the officers of which are named and a list of prize winners denotes the progressive agriculturilists of that amiable period of Fairfax County's long and eventful history. The exhibition was held in the Courthouse on October 16 and 17, 1852, and the following exihibitors were awarded prizes on their respective exhibits: William Swink, ruben Kelsey, Dr. W P Gunnell, Chas Kirby, Chas. Sutton, James P Machen, R M C Throckmorton; G.W. Hunter, A G Davis, Mrs. S M Ball, William Y Dulin, O W Bailey, E O Powell, Mrs. Halbert, Com. Thos Ap. C Johnes, William Yre, Thomas Moore, Lewis Bailey, Tapley Worster, Jas Sherman, Mrs. Silas Burke, Miss S S Froble, Mrs. A S Grigsby, Mrs. Alfred Moss, Mrs. W T Rumsey, Mrs. J R Taylor, Mrs. Ronk, Miss E V Richardson, Mr. N Conrad, Mrs. D F Dulaney, Mrs. A J Harrison, Miss Mary Hunter, Miss Proctor, Mystic Fraternity of the Castle of Ehrenstein, Miss Cora D Pritchartt, Miss Ladoo, Mrs Mildred Ratcliff, Mrs J M Grandin, Mrs. William Swink, Mrs. E M Millan, Mrs. J t Murray, Mrs Jane Coffer, Mrs George Selecman, Mrs Middleton, F D Richardson, 6 years of age, for a wood chain and ball made by Jospeh Cooper, H T Monroe, ! H C Williams.