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I'm throwing out newspapers and found this in the June 6, 2004 "Prince William Extra" of the Washington Post. I just had to stop and pass it along . . . Exerpts from: "FAUQUIER IS RICH IN UNUSUAL NAMES" By: Eugene Scheel ADA: Four miles southwest of Marshall and once a trading hub of Dixon Valley, named for Ada Payne who married Nelson DeNeale, son of George DeNeale, prominent landowner in the late 19th century. BOTHA: Midway between Fauquier Springs and Remington. Named for Louis Botha, a South African soldier-statesman in the Anglo-Boer War. When the village post office was established in 1903, Botha spoke in favor of reconcilliation [as it was after the Civil War]. The name is pronounced "Bo tuh" in Afrikaans, accented on the first syllable. CLEVER'S OAK: A Negro community a mile north of Goldvein, the worshiping ground for slaves in Colonial times, many of the slaves belonging to the Thompson family who gave them permission to practice their faith. CONDE: Three miles east of Orlean. Rome was the original name of the village and may suggest that someone familiar with ancient history renamed it for the Roman town of Conde-sur'l'Escaut in France. DUDIE: Midway between Conde and Warrenton, accessible only by a series of narrow roads. Tom Parr's water-powered Carter's Run mill was there. Parr - of Scottish background - said that "duddie" or "duddy" was Gaelic meaning "ragged" - the constant condition of the roads in the area. He suggested "Duddie" as the name of the village, but they left off the second "d". GOOD HOPE and HEART'S DELIGHT: Small Negro villages in the south of Fauquier, settled by freed slaves. The names speak to a new way of life. The Baptist church was founded by former slaves who had worshiped at Zoar Baptist church in nearby Bristersburg. HARDSCRABBLE: Small hamlet hanging onto the Blue Ridge slopes, once home of Rockland Methodist Church, of which the cemetery survives. The town earned it's name because "the place had to scramble [pronounced 'scrabble'] to keep its pearch on the mountain slope." The Rappahannock Co. village of Scrabble has the same meaning. MEETZE: Once a whistle stop on the Warrenton branch of the Southern Railway - named for Confederate veteran Capt. George Washington meetz. Meetze was wounded at Bull Run II, and was nursed by Mary Weimar at the Weimar house in the region. Mary and the Captain married. MOSBY: Near the crest of the Blue Ridge a few feet from the Warren Co. line. The post office was named "Mosby" at the suggestion of one of Mosby's men - Tom SEALOCK in 1900. It closed in 1909 but a shelter on the nearby Appalachain Trail now bears the Mosby name. PILGRIM'S REST: Group of small houses between New Baltimore and Thoroughfare Gap, settled by freed slaves who considered themselves pilgrims in a new land. PUNKINVILLE: The pre-1801 name for Paris [my hometown!] and still a revered nickname for the town. "Punkin" is a southern way of indicating an out-of-way place populated by hillbillies. Bluemont - across the mountain from Paris and in Loudoun Co. - was also often called Punkintown. Note: Being a girl from "Punkinville" isn't nearly as impressive as hailing from "Paris"! Personally, I'm rather relieved at that name change. And, don't believe any of that "hillbillie" stuff! ;-) SCUFFLEBURG: Four frame and log houses three miles northwest of Delaplane - had one passable road leading to it. Thus, you barely had room to "scuffle in and out" of the village. Scuffleburg was home to the shop of Benjamin O'Rear who locals claim invented the threshing machine about 1825. Sadly he failed to patent it. SHIPMADILLY: Group of homes west of the town limits of Warrenton. Scheel can't figure out the reason for the name. A "dilly" was an old VA word for cart or small vehicle. SKINKERTOWN: Four neat plastered frame houses midway between Middleburg and The Plains built by William Nathan "Will" Hall in 1930 on land purchased from William Skinker. SOWEGO: In the southeast portion of Fauquier, they could figure out a name for the new Post Office [1893] and someone remarked "So we go." It stuck. SWAMP: Known today as Belvoir, midway between The Plains and Marshall. A low place on the Thoroughfare Gap to Manassas Gap Road - today's Rt. 55. A wet-weather hazard on a major Vireginia road was called a "swam-poodle" - taken from "swamp puddle" ZULLA: No traces remain of Zulla the village midway between Belvoir and the Loudoun Co. line. The 1880's name for the area was Cotland [and old English word for cottage and five acres]. After resident George Zulla died while building the store and post office in 1890, the village was named after him. [Gone but not forgotten - the road is still known as "Zulla Road" and is a beautifully scenic drive if you need to go from Marshall to Middleburg.] MAIDSTONE: Early name for Rectortown. Not in the article but thought I'd throw it in for good measure. There it is! Now, back to cleaning out those newspapers and time for dinner! Sandy Adams