References:
(1) Some Prominent Virginia Families, page 338.
Historical Notes:
(1) It was at the house of Isaac Brown that the Society of Friends, exiled by
General Washington, from Philadelphia, during the Revolution, were entertained.
Their life in Virginia has been described in a very interesting way in a
Journal called, "Friends Exiled in Virginia,"References:
(1) Some Prominent Virginia Families, page 338.
Historical Notes:
(1) It was at the house of Isaac Brown that the Society of Friends, exiled by
General Washington, from Philadelphia, during the Revolution, were entertained.
Their life in Virginia has been described in a very interesting way in a
Journal called, "Friends Exiled in Virginia,"
References:
(1) Some Prominent Virginia Families, page 338.
Historical Notes:
(1) John Hite, Jr. the only son of Colonel John Hite of Springdale, lived for
some years near his father and was interested in the mill built in 1788. In
1773 he and his sister, then the widow of Mr. Hughes, became converts to
Methodism and built the first Methodist meeting house in the Valley, with their own means. The Methodists then, were abolitionists, so John Hite, Jr., in conformity to the rules of the church, set his servants free and settled them near his own home. In a short time they became idle and improvident and many of them vagrants, so he was compelled to take them back to his plantation and suume control of them. Some time later hye removed to Massanutten Spring, in Rockingham County, where he bought land and built a mill and a store. He was the father of a large family, all of whom removed further west, most of them settling on the Ohio river.
References:
(1) Some Prominent Virginia Families, page 338.
Historical Notes:
(1) John Hite, Jr. the only son of Colonel John Hite of Springdale, lived for
some years near his father and was interested in the mill built in 1788. In
1773 he and his sister, then the widow of Mr. Hughes, became converts to
Methodism and built the first Methodist meeting house in the Valley, with their own means. The Methodists then, were abolitionists, so John Hite, Jr., in conformity to the rules of the church, set his servants free and settled them near his own home. In a short time they became idle and improvident and many of them vagrants, so he was compelled to take them back to his plantation and suume control of them. Some time later hye removed to Massanutten Spring, in Rockingham County, where he bought land and built a mill and a store. He was the father of a large family, all of whom removed further west, most of them settling on the Ohio river.