The last few days there has been several msg. about the Manor and the Leeds Manor house, which is for sale again. I feel the need to get some facts out about the house. In the 1820-30 time frame, Chief Justice John Marshall gave each of his children a substantial piece of the Leeds Manor, which he had purchased from Denny Martin Fairfax (along with his brother James and bro-in-law Raleigh Colston). The children proceeded to build homes on thier respective properties and to give them names. His son James Keith got about 1,500 acres on which he built a modest home about 1820 and named it LEEDS. It stayed in his family until the 1930's. At no time was it ever referred to as "Leeds Manor". When the house and farm was placed on the market a few years ago, a realtor added the "Manor" to the name to give it a more splendid sales appeal. In order to keep historical accuracy, please refer to the Marshall home as "Leeds". If the new owners want to change the name, so be it. A realtor should not have that privilege, in my humble opinion. Bill Stribling a Marshall descendant and local family historian