Index of Contents From Past Brentsville Neighbors Newsletters
- January, 2012
- - Flashback Brentsville Notes The Manassas Journal, January 30, 1947
- - Where Wild Things Live Early Saxifrage photo
- - Photo group: 1) Dave and Avery Born with Santa in the Brentsville Courthouse; 2) Agnes with her dog; 3) computer art by Lance Webster; 4) Christmas
Program
- - A Letter From Brentsville January 1848, W. W. Thornton to Reubin T. Thornton
- - Snippets from the County School Board Minutes August 1883
- - When War Came to Brentsville The Tenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1861 1864
- - Reader feedback
- February, 2012
- - Flashback Brentsville Notes August 10, 1945, The Manassas Journal
- - Where Wild Things Live Mallard Duck photo
- - Snippets from the County School Board Minutes March 2, 1874
- - The Brentsville School A Quest for a Connection by Dennis Van Derlaske
- - Carry Wolfe Catches 74-lb Stripped Bass photo
- - When War Came to Brentsville March 8, 1864, Capt. Andrew H. McHenry, Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry
- - Reader feedback
- March, 2012
- - Flashback Prince William County Schools, The Manassas Democrat, April 20, 1911
- - Snippets from the County School Board Minutes June 11, 1928
- - The Prisoners Church Rev. George W. Crabtree
- - History of the New Hope Baptist Church
- - Where Wild Things Live Cut-leaved Toothwart
- - When War Came to Brentsville HDQRS. Eleventh Corps, Army of the Potomac, Stafford Court-House, December 19, 1862
- - Reader feedback
- - As Seen in the Weekly Star March 15, 1955
- April, 2012
- - Flashback Public Sale of Courthouse, Jail and Lot; Prince William Normal School; 27 February 1897, Sale of Brentsville Courthouse; and Normal School
Commencement, The Washington Post, May 27, 1898
- - Snippets from the County School Board Minutes August 4, 1884
- - Public Free Schools in Virginia, 1885
- - A Shocking Death! by Andrew C. Banks
- - Where Wild Things Live Turkey Tail Fungus
- - When War Came to Brentsville Headquarters Brookes Station, July 26, 1861
- - Reader feedback
- - As Seen in the Weekly Star April 19, 1955
- May, 2012
- - Flashback Notes From Brentsville, The Manassas Journal, May 3, 1912
- - Where Wild Things Live Gray Tree frog photo
- - Application for Merit Badge Donald Carter, January 24, 1957
- - Snippets from the County School Board Minutes June 6, 1928
- - A Brentsville Citizen of Note Robert H. Hooe
- - An Afternoon in Jail, Brentsville Jail Visit, April 14, 2012 by Carolyn Lynn
- - When War Came to Brentsville Headquarters Second Division, Twentieth Corps, Near Bladensburg, MD, May 31, 1865
- - Reader feedback
- June, 2012
- - Flashback School Exercises at Brentsville, The Manassas Democrat, June 15, 1911
- - Where Wild Things Live Dutchmans Breeches photo
- - Snippets from the County School Board Minutes August 16, 1923
- - Brentsville School to Undergo Interior Restoration by Dennis Van Derlaske photos
- - Poem: 1) My Mother at the Gate by Matilda C. Edwards; 2) At Harvest Time by Olivia Bush; and 3) Driving Home the Cows by Kate Putnam Osgood
- - Very Old Desk Donated to Brentsville by Nancy and Ken Lindgren
- - New School Desk at Model School of the Jamestown Exposition by Mrs. Eugene B. Heard, July 6, 1907
- - Reader feedback
- July 2012
- - Flashback The Manassas Journal, Brentsville News, July 27, 1945.
- - Where Wild Things Live Wild Ginger
- - Snippets from the County School Board Minutes May 4, 1927
- - To Build a Jail by Morgan Breeden Part 1, Background.
- - When War Came to Brentsville Company A, 53rd Pennsylvania, April 15, 1862
- - Brentsville One-Room School, September 1936
- - The Health School Desk, June 9th, 1909
- - J. Charles Beahm photo
- - Reader feedback
- August 2012
- - Flashback The Manassas Journal, Brentsville News, August 17, 1945
- - Where Wild Things Live Hackberry emperor
- - Snippets from the County School Board Minutes August 10, 1885
- - To Build a Jail by Morgan Breeden Part 2, The Foundation
- - A Brentsville Citizen of Note Arthur Williams Sinclair - photo
- - Calmness of Woods by Victor Rook
- - Reader feedback
- January, 2011
- - Flashback Brentsville - The Manassas Journal, January 9, 1947
- - Photo group Christmas program: Sitting with Santa is Rachel Mehr, soprano, standing Debbie Fancer, Tenor, Tom Mehr, Bass, Kevin Stohl, Bass or Tenor,
Chris McConnell, organ player, Bernie McConnell, alto, Nancy Bennett, soprano, and Bob Bennett (not in costume); 2) The ghost of Christmas Present AKA Daniel
Breeden; 3) Gladys Eanes making a Pomander ball with citrus fruit and cloves; 4) the Woolfrey family with Santa; 5) Bonnie Swank demonstrated tatting; 6) Mrs.
May Bradford enjoys a secret chat with Santa (Rex Born)
- - Photo group: 1) The Brentsville District High School Womens Treble Ensemble; 2) The Australian touring group; 3) The Brentsville District Mixed Vocal Ensemble
- - Brentsville Memories by the Janay Family
- - A Citizen of Note James R. Purcell photo
- - When War Came to Brentsville The Third Regiment of Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861 1865, Taken from pages 332 & 333
- - Reader feedback
- - Where Wild Things Live - Common Checkered Skipper
- February, 2011
- - Flashback Brentsville Union Church Bulletin, March 16, 1952
- - Where Wild Things Live Red-Spotted Purple Butterfly photo
- - Photo group: 1) Ailine and Myrtle Keys (sisters); 2) Thelma Ellen (Landis)Wade on her wedding day, March 21, 1935; 3) Ermine and Thelma Wade, taken when Kelly Lynn Wade (their granddaughter) graduated from Radford in 1991
- - Photo Group Three Generations of Service: 1) Troy Counts (lower right) while serving as a mule skinner with the U. S. Army, Douglas, AZ, 1916; 2)
Howard Elgin Counts while serving in the U.S.C.G.; 3) Howard Elgin Counts, II serving in the U.S.N. SeaBees
- - Brentsville Memories by Jennings Breeden Photo
- - A Citizen of Note Robert Molair, The Manassas Democrat, February 26, 1914
- - When War Came to Brentsville GENERAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, Numbers 29. } February 28, 1863. Signed by Gen. R. E. Lee
- - Poem, THE LAST CONFEDERATE VETERAN by Beverley R. Dudley
- - Reader Feedback
- March, 2011
- - Flashback Brentsville The Manassas Democrat, March 3, 1921
- - Where Wild Things Live Common Blue Violet photo
- - Photo group: 1) Haislip-Hall home in winter; 2) Courthouse in winter; 3) Elaine Visger, Ben Payne and Peggy Breeden, Christmas 1952
- - Photo group: Artifacts found by Harry Visger in the Breeden Lot
- - Spirit of the White Stallion by Martha Breeden
- - When War Came to Brentsville A Spirited Dash Into Enemy Lines by MARGINALIA
- - Reader Feedback
- April, 2011
- - Flashback Big Fire at Brentsville Old Reid Hotel; The Manassas Journal, April 27, 1910
- - Where Wild Things Live Trout Lily photo
- - Photo group: 1) Remembering You 2) Family of John White, April 26, 2008; 3) John White; 4) Celebrating Mothers Day at Brentsville
- - Photo group: 1) Jack Shoolbred; 2) Mary Louise Keys, April 24, 1944; 3) Jimmy, Mary Lou and Mary Katherine Burdette; 3) Jimmy, Mary Lou and Kay
Burdette, March 1946
- - Remembering Mama (Part Three) by Kay Breeden
- - A Letter from Brentsville by Lucy A. Williams, April 22, 1849
- - Before War Came to Brentsville Virginia Secession Convention
- - Reader feedback
- May, 2011
- - Reader feedback
- - Flashback The Countrys Call by Margaret H. Bowen, The Manassas Journal, April 20, 1917
- - Where Wild Things Live Eastern Painted Turtle photo
- - Photo group: 1) Charles A. Sinclair as student in Brentsville; 2) Charles A. Sinclair
- - Photo group 1) Charles T. Iardella; 2) Annette G. Iardella; 3) Walter L. Iardella; 4) Ella S. Iardella Southcomb
- - Brentsville and the History of Prince William County by Charles A. Sinclair
- - The Family of Charles T. Iardella by Andrew C. Banks
- June, 2011
- - Flashback Saturday Night Storm The Manassas Journal, June 24, 1910
- - Where Wild Things Live Common Whitetail Dragonfly photos
- - Photo group: 1) Replica of Prince William Cavalry flag; 2) demonstrating a field piece; 3) Supervisor Covington; 4; Ladies presenting the Prince William Calvary their flag
- - Photo group: 1) Harry Visger, February 27, 2011; 2) the house Harry Visger built; 3) Harry & Angie Lee marriage certificate; 4) Harry & Angie Lee
wedding reception; 5) Ethel Burke and Bennie Breeden; 6) Angie Lees senior school picture.
- - Harry Visger Remembers Brentsville
- - Brentsville A Look Back in History by Ronald Turner Fewell vs. Latimer
- - Would Defend the Flag The Manassas Journal, May, 18, 1917
- - Reader feedback
- July, 2011
- - Resurrection by Margaret H. Bowen, The Manassas Journal, June 1, 1917
- - Flashback Brentsville News The Manassas Journal, July 7, 1916
- - Where Wild Things Live Leaf Footed Bug photos
- - Photo group: 1) Don Wilson How to Research the History of Your Home, June 18, 2011; 2) Libbie keys Whetzel grave covered in buttercups, May 8, 2011;
3) Last Flowers of Summer by Bobby Ratliff
- - Photo group: 1) Extended Shoemaker family Jim and Mammy Fletcher, Ben Shoemaker, Marie Shoemaker Fairburn, Ann Shoemaker Pope, Jim Shoemaker, Daisy
Shoemaker, Grady Shoemaker, Frank O. Fairburn and John D. Jack Pope; 2) Ben Shoemaker, Jim & Manny Fletcher and Jim Shoemaker
- - Ready to Fight Again The Manassas Journal, May 4, 1917
- - Brentsville A Look Back in History by Ronald Turner Brentsville Jailor
- - Brentsville Jail Inspection July 10, 1888
- - Reader feedback
- August, 2011
- - Flashback Brentsville Notes The Manassas Journal, August 6, 1909
- - Where Wild Things Live grasshopper facts photo
- - Photo group: 1) BG James F. Rusling; 2) Donald and Susan Golladay; 3) Counts family John Counts, Joe Worsham, Minnie and Troy Counts, Hazel Counts
Worsham, Catherine Counts Corner, Howard & Gilbert Counts.
- - Photo group: 1) Herbert Keys 2) Troy and Verona at their fathers grave, 1987; 3) Ethel Breeden (mis-identified actually Ethel's mother, Mamie Mae
Ledman Burke Cooper (1891-1974); 4) Herbert and Lillie Keys; 5) Ollie Beavers; 6) Rome Counts
- - A Brentsville Citizen of Note James J. Davies The Manassas Journal, August 13, 1909
- - When War Came to Brentsville Men and Things I Saw in Civil War Days by James F. Rusling
- - Brentsville A Look Back in History by Ronald Turner Jesse Fouks
- - Reader feedback
- September, 2011
- - Flashback Brentsville Notes The Manassas Journal, September 1, 1916
- - Where Wild Things Live black and yellow garden spider photo
- - Photo group: 1) Isaac Bucky Golladay school picture; 2) Edith Sissy Melvin graduation picture.
- - Photo: Document: Brentsville to Bristow road development courtesy Linda (Shoemaker) Pyer
- - The Brentsville High School, July 27, 1906, The Manassas Journal; September 7, 1906, The Manassas Journal; December 7, 1906, The Manassas Journal; and
November 2, 1906, The Manassas Journal
- - When War Came to Brentsville September 27, 1862, F. Sigel to George G. McClellan
- - A Look Back in History by Ron Turner The Dennis McCarty Story
- - Photo Morgan Breeden briefing a bus tour
- - Reader feedback
- October, 2011
- - Flashback Brentsville Notes The Manassas Journal, September 29, 1916
- - Where Wild Things Live Cow Killer or Velvet Ant photo
- - Photo group 1) Fritz Korzendorfer examines jail beams; 2) Churning butter during the farm tour; and 3) Dennis Van Derlaske discussing Rosenwald
Schools
- - Poem The Old Stone Church at Brentsville by Margaret H. Bowen, May 9, 1914
- - Unraveling History by Morgan Breeden Purchase of Hatchers Memorial Church
- - When War Came to Brentsville April 1862, Correspondence of the Sentinel: Letter from Gen. McDowells Army
- - Reader feedback
- November, 2011
- - Poem In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, 1919
- - Flashback Brentsville Notes The Journal Messenger, November 12, 1964
- - Where Wild Things Live Groundhog photo
- - Photo group 1) Volunteers display collection of WW-II items, 2) Volunteers from the USMC Museum; 3) Silver pieces from the St. James Church in
Brentsville
- - Remembering Hatchers Memorial by Mary (Pearson) Pumphrey
- - When War Came to Brentsville History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps by J. R. Sypher, Esq., 1865
- - Four Pieces of Silver by Morgan Breeden
- - Reader feedback
- December, 2011
- - Flashback Christmas pageants bring back memories by Betty Gutschmidt, Potomac News
- - Where Wild Things Live Rabbit Tobacco photo
- - Photo group: 1) Renee Schockley and Mary and Mark Hedges and Joseph; 2) jail restoration photographs; 3) Christmas in Brentsville with the Eanes Family
- - Sisters Remember Christmas in Brentsville by Ruth (Bean) Dotson and Dorothy (Bean) Furrow
- - When War Came to Brentsville December 21 23, 1862, Report of BG William W. Averel
- - Boys will be Boys by Morgan Breeden
- - Reader feedback
- January, 2010
- - Flashback - Death of Joseph B. Reid, The Washington Post, January 22, 1905; Brentsville Jottings, The Manassas Democrat, January 13, 1910
- - Where Wild Things Live bristly buttercup photo
- - Photo I. N. H. Beahm
- - Photo - 12410 Bristow Road
- - Photo group 1) Julie visiting Nick in the nursing home; 2) Nick and his family on the steps of the White House; 3) Nick with Julie and DeLancey in
Brentsville; 4) A fun time at home in Brentsville 5) A proud father!
- - Remembering Nicholas Webster 1912 2006 by DeLancey Webster - photo
- - A Citizen of Note - Isaac Newton Harvey Beahm
- - A Brentsville Building The Bessie Minor Home 12410 Bristow Road
- - When War Came to Brentsville Annals of 10th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers
- - Death of a Stranger by Morgan Breeden
- - Reader Feedback
- February, 2010
- - Flashback Brentsville - The Manassas Journal, February 6, 1947
- - Where Wild Things Live The Canada Goose photo
- - Photo Grady Shoemaker holding his puppies
- - Photo The extended Joe Keys Family
- - Photo group: 1) Temporary home where Grady& Violet lived while their new home was built; 2) Front of the Shoemaker Home 3) Back of the Shoemaker Home
- - Skating on Websters Pond by Morgan Breeden
- - A Citizen of Note - LAURA R. FEWELL
- - A Brentsville Building The Home Grady Shoemaker Built
- - When War Came to Brentsville The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 5, February 3, 1862 (in part)
- - Reader Feedback
- March, 2010
- - Reader Feedback
- - Flashback Brentsville News - The Manassas Democrat Brentsville News October 6, 1910
- - Where Wild Things Live The Common Snapping Turtle photo
- - Photo Bobbie Ratliff Wishes Everyone a Happy Easter
- - Photo a social invitation to the ladies of Brentsville from Jos. B. Reid
- - Photo - A document written in the Summit House on April 5, 1889
- - Photo - Sgt. John Thomas Williams, Company A 4th VA Cavalry, Commissioned art by Madelyn Winslow
- - Keeping Brentsville Under a Basket by Morgan Breeden
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner William Long of Dumfries
- - When War Came to Brentsville - HISTORY OF THE PRINCE WILLIAM CAVALRY, Part One, By Mrs. Margaret Williams Barbour and Miss Laura Lion
- April, 2010
- - Flashback Death of Mrs. Breeden Journal Messenger, April 7, 1911
- - Where Wild Things Live Black Mustard photo
- - Computer Art Birds and Bloom by Bobbie Ratliff
- - Photo - Mr. John Donovan with his great-granddaughter, Brenda Melvin, on the porch of their home (previously the Dawson home), on what is now Izaak
Walton Drive, Brentsville.
- - Note and poem from Cathy Wolfe to her father
- - Photo - The Virginia Seal as it appeared on the Prince William Cavalry Flag
- - Photo - Mr. Solomon B. Spitzer, born February 8, 1857, in Rockingham Co., VA, died March 12, 1929, at his home in Brentsville with his 2nd wife, Martha
Mattie Jones, born August 14, 1858 and died July 8, 1941, at her home in Brentsville.
- - Spring Greens by Morgan Breeden
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner The Controversial Daniel Whiting
- - When War Came to Brentsville - HISTORY OF THE PRINCE WILLIAM CAVALRY, Part Two, By Mrs. Margaret Williams Barbour and Miss Laura Lion
- May, 2010
- - Reader feedback
- - Flashback Brentsville - The Manassas Journal, May 8, 1947
- - Where Wild Things Live Wild Pansy photo
- - New York Times, May 30, 1886 A Virginia Snake Story
- - Photo group A few mothers from Brentsville: 1) Amanda Breeden 2) Angie Visger 3) Bessie Shoemaker 4) Bobbie Ratliff 5) Florida Donovan 6) Hazel
Stephens 7) Gladys Eanes 8) Lucy Hartman 9) Helen Keys 10) Marye Breeden 11) Mattie Speakes 12) Jackie Braden 13) Connie Hollins 14) Dorothy Pearson 15) Cathy
White and Hazel Wolfe
- - Photo - Four generations: Louise Bell, Kay Breeden, Martha Breeden and Aurora & Alanna Breeden
- - Remembering Mama (Part One) by Kay Breeden
- - A Letter From Brentsville Brentsville Va., Dec. 4, 1865, to Lieut S.W. Campbell from P. H. Andrews, 2 Lieut, 11 Me. Vols, Provost Marshal, Comdg,
Prince William Co.
- - When War Came to Brentsville - HISTORY OF THE PRINCE WILLIAM CAVALRY, Part Three, By Mrs. Margaret Williams Barbour and Miss Laura Lion
- June, 2010
- - Reader feedback
- - Flashback A Pretty Wedding at Bradley, The Manassas Journal, October 4, 1912
- - Where Wild Things Live Black Rat Snake photo
- - Photo group: 1) Louise Keys Bell, September 2003; 2) Louise Keys Burdette and Kay in Hyattstown; 3) Sitting on the back porch of our Hyattstown home
with Trixie
- - Photo - Grady Shoemaker with his granddaughter, Jackie Pope, grandnephew William Billy Norton Wade and grandniece Barbara Ellen Wade
- - Photo - Grady Benjamin Shoemaker and his second wife, Violet Louellen (Keys) Shoemaker
- - Photo - David Landis and Louise Keys, 1942/43
- - Remembering Mama (Part Two) by Kay Breeden
- - A Letter from Brentsville - July 18th 1830, from W. W. Thornton to his Uncle in Kentucky
- - When War Came to Brentsville - Manassas Junction, June 17, 1861, G. T. BEAUREGARD
- July, 2010
- - Reader feedback
- - Flashback Brentsville The Manassas Journal, July 24, 1947.
- - Where Wild Things Live Corn Snake photo
- - Photo Zak Pryor with Troop 1360 working on his Eagle Project along Broad Run.
- - Photo group: 1) William Wallace Cookson, Cash, Patsy, and Gary Keys; 2) Helen Keys; 3) Cassius T. Keys
- - Photo Birth Certificate for Eugene Wolfe
- - Photo - Loan note dated 1908 signed by Ben Smith and his wife, Lucinda.
- - I Inherited My Mother by Dorothy Lee (Bean) Furrow Part Four
- - A Letter from Brentsville - Oct. 22 1930, to Ermine [Wade] from Auntie & Uncle [Mrs. Laura Seymore]
- - When War Came to Brentsville Ninth Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry, IN FRONT OF WASHINGTONNEW RECRUITS ARRIVE
- - MURDERED AS THEY SLEPT Story of the Assassination of Runnels and Davis in Dumfries by Two Negro Prisoners, The Manassas Journal, April 25, 1913
- August, 2010
- - Flashback - District Man, Fairfax Friend Drown at Lake Jackson, Va., The Washington Post, August 28, 1950
- - Where Wild Things Live Asiatic dayflower photo
- - Photo - Joseph White Latimer
- - Photo - Wedding photo of Anita Bayne and Benjamin Thomas Whetzel
- - Photo - Lise Marye Eanes learns the proper way to pet a snake during the July 8th presentation by Tony Bulmer
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner December 1836 Commonwealth vs Abram a Slave
- - When War Came to Brentsville CONFEDERATE BOY-MAJOR, Sketch of War Record of Major Jos. W. Latimer Who Sleeps in Harrisonburg Cemetery
- September, 2010
- - Flashback: 1) Mr. E. V. Spitzer and Miss Annie Cornwell, of Brentsville, were married, The Manassas Journal, September 11, 1914; 2) Schools will open for
Fall Term, The Manassas Journal, September 18, 1914; 3) A temperance rally was held in The Old Stone Church, The Manassas Journal, September 25, 1914
- - Where Wild Things Live Common Honey Bee photo
- - Photo group: 1) Nelson Joseph Keys, February 16, 1926 - August 26, 2010; 2) Johnny Bigelow, Charles Bean & Nelson Keys home for Christmas, 1945; 3)
Georgie (Bowman) and Nelson Keys on their wedding day, August 9, 1952
- - Photo - Oswell B. Eves gravestone
- - Photo - Stephen W. Fletcher, U. S. Army, 1944
- - Photo - The Keys Family, April 16, 1966
- - Remembering my Father by Stephanie Davis Fletcher photo
- - When War Came to Brentsville - Oswell Bones Eve photo
- - Reader feedback
- October, 2010
- - Flashback Brentsville - The Manassas Journal, October 30, 1947
- - Where Wild Things Live Mantis photo
- - Photo - The Eanes Family-Late 1959 - Early 1960
- - Photo - Five Point Standard Certificate for George Wolfe, Red Star 1937
- - Photo - George William Wolfe plays his guitar in the front yard of the Wolfe home
- - Photo - Stone marking the grave of Capt. Lucien Davis in the John Williams Family Cemetery
- - Photo - Essie Cornwell (born July 1893)
- - Photo - Believed to be Solomon Spitzer and two of his grandchildren, Sidney and Helen
- - Remembering Dorothy (Foster) Pearson By Bobbie (Boyd) Ratliff photo
- - When I Die by Bobbie Ratliff October 27, 2001
- - The John Williams Family Cemetery, Brentsville, VA, by Howard Churchill
- - When War Came to Brentsville - HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, October 12, 1863
- - A Note from Rob Orrison
- - Died A Collie, The Manassas Journal, March 12, 1915
- - Reader Feedback
- - The Brentsville Honey Bees, The Brentsville Weekly August 15, 1956
- November, 2010
- - Prince William Cavalry Exhibit Curator Seeks Information
- - Flashback - Prince Williams War Record, The Manassas Journal, November 30, 1906
- - A Note from Mike Riley
- - Photo Re-enactors of the 49th Virginia Infantry enlist recruits in the Brentsville Courthouse as it actually was done almost 150 years ago.
- - Where Wild Things Live Stink bugs photo
- - Photo group: 1) Hazel, Cathy and Freddy Wolfe, 1978; 2) the Brentsville Wolfe home since October 1961; 3) Cathy and her dad, Freddy on a plane
- - The Green Grass of Brentsville by Cathy (Wolfe) White
- - When War Came to Brentsville - 49th Virginia Infantry Regiment, COMPANY A, EWELL GUARDS, (Formerly Company F)
- - Reader feedback
- December, 2010
- - Flashback Brentsville by Mrs. Agnes Webster, The Journal Messenger, December 20, 1951
- - Photo Eppa Hunton, Jr.
- - Where Wild Things Live shelf fungus photo
- - Photo group hearth cooking class: 1) Barbara Ziman (in apron) with Mike Riley (to her right )and the cooking students; 2) Hearth roasted hen; 3) Bread Pudding and Sweet Potatoes
- - Photo group A visit with the Keys Sisters 1) Nancy Shely, Joyce Smith and Frances Duckett; 2) Joyce Keys on Lucasville Road (corrected: Jean
Keys); 3) James Mifflin Keys, Jr. and Mamie Atlee Counts on their wedding day, Sep. 5, 1922; 4) John & Victoria Counts, Fall 1902; 5) Johnnie Melvin, Gladys
Wolfe, Eugene Wolfe, Joyce Keys, Mattie Whetzel & James Cookie Wolfe
- - Brentsville Memories by Flossie Wilson
- - A Citizen of Note Eppa Hunton, Jr.
- - When War Came to Brentsville - WILLIAM G. BRAWNER, Captain, Prince William County Partisan Rangers.
- - Feedback
- January, 2009
- - Jacob B. Garber
- - Where Wild Things Live Camel or Cave Cricket - photo
- - Flashback Brentsville The Journal Messenger, November 12, 1964
- - Photo A Young David Eanes
- - Photo Earle Wolfe authorizes an allotment for the purchase of War Bonds, August 1944
- - Photo A physical fitness Star award issued to Clyde W. Wolfe during 1937 at the Brentsville School
- - Photo Gill Machens first business card
- - Photo Jane MacDonald with her family visiting the Brentsville Courthouse, October 11, 2008
- - Photo Rob Orrison, Brentsville Site Manager, explains the Clerks Ledger to Jane MacDonalds family
- - Jane MacDonald Remembers Brentsville Photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner The Records Are All Gone
- - Auction, Town of Brentsville The Alexandria Gazette, December 13, 1822
- February, 2009
- - Where Wild Things Live Osage Orange photo
- - Flashback Brentsville School, The Manassas Journal, Brentsville School News, January 28, 1926
- - Photo Raymond Keys with Barbara Wade at the Wade home, Nelson Ave., Alexandria, Va.
- - Photo Olive Marye Wolfe while a student at the Brentsville two-room school
- - Photo January 6, 2006, Justin and Heather discuss their findings from one of the STPs
- - Photo group 1) Eyes on the Ground Item #1; 2) Eyes on the Ground Item #2
- - Eyes on the Ground by Heather Hembrey - photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner Slaty Run Church & The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
- - A Brentsville Neighbor Remembered Miss Naomi C. Pearson, teacher.
- March, 2009
- - Where Wild Things Live Green Metalic Bee photo
- - Flashback Brentsville The Manassas Journal, September 27, 1934
- - Photo Mattie Speaks and Frederick Whetzel, April 15, 1951, the day Frederick came home on his boot leave
- - Photo Lucy Bean, 1925
- - Photo James Theodore Bean and his wife, Talithia, with James sister, Cora Fairburn
- - Photo Benjamin Wynnett Wolfe while at student in the Brentsville school held in the former courthouse
- - Photo Wynnett Wolfe sitting on the porch of the Willard Fogle home in Brentsville
- - Becky Noonan remembers Brentsville photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner The 1863 Election
- - A Brentsville Neighbor Remembered Miss Katherine D. White, teacher.
- April, 2009
- - Flashback A Letter From Brentsville by Agnes Webster, February 7, 19??
- - Photo group 1) Agnes by the old apple tree; 2) Gill watching Agnes feed DeLancey; 3) Agnes with DeLancey; 4) Gill with DeLancey and Juliet; 5) Agnes and Nick with DeLancey, Juliet and their dog; 6) Gill
- - Photo group: 1) Gill and DeLancey crossing the dirt road to the courthouse; 2) Nick with DeLancey and Juliet; Agnes, 3) Juliet and DeLancey; 4) Gill,
DeLancey and Juliet; 5) Juliet with her grandmother, MiMi; 6) Nick holding DeLancey as an infant
- - Interview with Agnes Webster at the White House, Brentsville, on Sunday, April 24, 1988 photo
- - A Brentsville Home The White House
- May, 2009
- - A New Beginning by J. C. Breeden
- - Where Wild Things Live Black Rat Snake photo
- - Photo group: 1) Lucy Bean, 1941; 2) Lucy Bean with her dog, Shep, 1943; 3) Charles and Lucy Bean, 1930
- - Photo John Fewell Patton and family
- - Photo TAPS and the Ghost Hunters TV Crew
- - Photo Saturday, April 18, 2009, Capt. Tony Meadows displays a Virginia flag
- - I Grew Up During The Great Depression Part I by Lucy Hartman photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner Brentsville, The First Five Years
- - Reader Comments
- June, 2009
- - Where Wild Things Live Eastern Forktail Damselfly photo
- - Reader Feedback
- - Flashback Brentsville The Prince William News, June 2, 1921
- - Photo Family starting new Mothers Day tradition of lunch at Brentsville
- - Photo computer generated art by Bobbie Ratliff
- - Photo Staff and volunteers working in the Haislip/Hall kitchen garden
- - Photo group: 1) Red Kurnel Major Hartman and Lucy Bean 2) Clyde Bean shearing sheep, 1937
- - I Grew Up During The Great Depression Part II by Lucy Hartman photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner The Eastman Letter
- - The Story of a Scout Told in His Own Way, by Hugh Henderson Scott, Edgefield, S. C. Butler and His Calvary in the War of Secession, 1861-1865 by U. R. Brooks, 1909
- July, 2009
- - Where Wild Things Live American Toad photo
- - Flashback Brentsville The Prince William News, July 7, 1921
- - Photo group: 1) Ada Davis; 2) French Jackson Davis
- - Photo Alex and his father, Christopher Neave, of Sidney, Australia, visit Brentsville as part of their 3-week vacation in America
- - Photo Women of the Brentsville Presbyterian Church: 1) Patsy (Keys) Blake; 2) Jean (Keys) Dunn; 3) Mattie (Whetzel) Speakes; 4) Joyce (Keys) Smith;
and 5) Gladys (Wolfe) Eanes
- - Photo Mrs. Tracie (Spitzer) Whetzel
- - Photo Elizabeth Keys and Mattie Whetzel
- - Growing up in Brentsville by Stanley Keys Photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner George Henderson
- - The 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
- - Reader Feedback
- - Little Leaf by Janice Speakes
- - School Year, 1924-25, Brentsville Graded, Mrs. Tracie Whetzel, teacher.
- August, 2009
- - Where Wild Things Live Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly - photo
- - Flashback Brentsville The Manassas Journal, August 28, 1947
- - Photo R. H. Keys store receipt
- - Photo unidentified picnic being held at the courthouse
- - Photo Brentsville Girl Scout picnic at Seymours Island
- - Photo The Whetzel Family Reunion
- - Photo A Girl Scout Troop from Gainesville looks over the Haislip/Hall kitchen garden
- - Remembering Mama, Mattie Katherine (Whetzel) Speakes by Janice Speakes
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner Charles Keys Dog
- - Reader Feedback
- - When War Came to Brentsville August 2, 1863, The Civil War Letters of Joseph Perrin Burrage and William Allen Burrage, The Thirty-Third Massachusetts
Volunteers in Northern Virginia, 1862-1863
- September, 2009
- - Where Wild Things Live The Imperial Moth Photo
- - Flashback Brentsville The Manassas Journal, September 26, 1946
- - Photo group: 1) The Joe Keys Family; 2) Easter Sunday, 1953, Joe and Ora Keys (holding Joe Braden) with Kay Burdette, Cheryl and Bo Counts
- - Photo group: 1) Rob Orrison talks with TAPS investigators; 2) Morgan Breeden and Georgia Meadows talk about their experiences
- - Brentsville in the Summer by Kay Breeden
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner Slave Mary
- - When War Came to Brentsville August 8, 1863, The Civil War Letters of Joseph Perrin Burrage and William Allen Burrage, The Thirty-Third Massachusetts
Volunteers in Northern Virginia, 1862-1863
- - Reader Feedback
- October, 2009
- - Where Wild Things Live The Raccoon
- - Flashback Miss Counts a Bride
- - Photo Mrs. Martino (age 91) adjusts the curtains she made for the Haislip/Hall log home where she lived as a girl.
- - Photo Clyde and Verona Bean on their wedding day, March 21, 1923
- - Photo the Clyde Bean family
- - Photo Talithia Magdolia Gordon Bean holding her grandson, Robert Horace Bean
- - Photo Brentsville School 2009 Class Reunion
- - Photo group 1) Rob Orrison looks at the Bible that Joyce Smith donated to the Union Church; 2) Inscription inside the Bible
- - I Inherited My Mother by Dorothy Lee (Bean) Furrow Part One photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner A Day at the Brentsville Court
- - When War Came to Brentsville Headquarters Cavalry Corps, October 12, 1863
- - Reader Feedback
- November, 2009
- - Where Wild Things Live Northern Walking Stick photo
- - Flashback Criminal Charge Against Horse Trader The Washington Post, November 15, 1902
- - List of Teachers of Prince William County
- - Photo group: 1) Verona won a prize with her wheelbarrow of veggies at the fair. Dorothy and Ruthy are with her; 2) The Bean Home on Lucasville Road; 3) Verona c 1955
- - Photo Gen. Eppa Hunton, C. S. A., A distinguished Brentsville citizen
- - Photo First class of paranormal investigation was conducted October 9, 2009
- - Photo group 1) Visitors to the WW-II Living History Event conducted October 3 & 4, 2009; 2) Representatives from the National Museum of the Marine
Corps
- - I Inherited My Mother by Dorothy Lee (Bean) Furrow Part Two photo
- - A Citizen of Note Eppa Hunton
- - When War Came to Brentsville November 18, 1862, R. E. Lee to T. J. Jackson
- - Reader Feedback
- December, 2009
- - Flashback Fire Sweeps Home of Sergeant Newton by Agnes Webster
- - Where Wild Things Live Robber Fly photo
- - Photo Patsy Ann Keys at home in Brentsville by her Christmas Tree
- - Photo group 1) C.E. Nicol 2) envelope addressed to C. E. Nicol
- - I Inherited My Mother by Dorothy Lee (Bean) Furrow Part Three photo
- - A Citizen of Note Judge Charles Edgar Nicol
- - When War Came to Brentsville December 21-23, 1862, Scout to Catletts Station and Brentsville, Va.
- January, 2008
- - Featured Brentsville Building The House Where Buzzy Shoemaker Lives photo
- - Photos Jim and Bessie Shoemaker
- - Where Wild Things Live Black Walnut photos
- - photo - Murray W. Bradshaw, Bolivar Nelson Bradshaw, Kenrick Montague Bradshaw, Jr.& Virginia Elizabeth Bradshaw outside Hatchers Memorial Baptist
Church between 1928 1930
- - Photo - Ms. Linda Beville and the BDHS Mixed Choir perform Christmas Music in the Brentsville Union Church
- - Buzzy Shoemaker Remembers Brentsville photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner - James Cornwell
- - Flashback - BRADSHAW, KENRICK MONTAGUE Obituary, The Washington Post, January 5, 1958
- February, 2008
- - Featured Brentsville Building - Nelson & Roberta Nestors Home, 12214 Bristow Road photo
- - Photo group Featured Building: 1) Front view showing the oldest section with modern improvements; 2) Side view showing the first addition to the home.
The second addition is behind the tree on the right; 3) Edwin Nelson 1831 1911
- - Where Wild Things Live Question Mark Butterfly photo
- - Photo - Margaret Virginia Paynes family purchased the featured home during September 1950 from H.H. James. Her mother sold it to the Nestors on 24
August 1979
- - Photo group Margaret Paynes 11th grade classmates from Brentsville: 1) Audrey Rebecca Fogle; 2) Edward Lee Roy Croushorn; 3) Lorenzo Dow
Utterback; 4) Mary Virginia Utterback; 5) Betty Lee Liskey; 6) Garland Butler Green; 7) James Robert Shoemaker, Jr.; & 8) Rosa Lee Keys
- - Edwin Nelson, Clerk of Prince William County
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner - The Case of the Commonwealth vs Agnes
- - Flashback - Mr. H. C. Woodyard found dead in Washington, The Manassas Journal, February 11, 1916
- March, 2008
- - That Other Building in Brentsville The Hall Cabin? Part One - Restoration by Rob Orrison
- - Photo group The Hall Cabin: 1) The restored exterior during a small snow storm; 2) A warm fire makes it feel cozy inside; 3) The cabin before being
moved to Brentsville; 4) Installation of the floating floor
- - Where Wild Things Live The American Robin photo
- - Photo Howard Churchill
- - Photo - The Prince William Academy beside the old St. James Church
- - My Memories of Brentsville Church by Sue Compton Carter photo
- - Feedback
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner - John Wood Wanted For Murder and John W. Park -Wanted For Stealing
- - Flashback - Dr. McElroy to Preach. The Washington Post; May 18, 1918
- April, 2008
- - That Other Building in Brentsville The Hall Cabin? Part Two The Rest of the Story by Rob Orrison
- - Where Wild Things Live Bloodroot
- - Photo Joe and Ora Keys
- - Photo - David Eanes and Earl Parker work on a fence to protect the garden from deer
- - Photo Aerial Map of Hall Home location
- - Photo A magnified view of the circle in the map to the left
- - Photo The Prince William Academy with identification
- - Spring Planting by Kay Breeden
- - Flashback Wedding Ring Found Lost 25 Years Ago
- - Volunteers Needed
- May, 2008
- - Where Wild Things Live - Trumpet or Coral Honeysuckle - photo
- - Flashback Brentsville - The Manassas Journal, June 15, 1923
- - Photo - The 49th Va. Infantry preparing to swear in new soldiers
- - Photo - Members of John Whites family with his tree
- - Photo - Lucy Hartman celebrates her 84th birthday with her mother, Verona, sisters Dorothy Furrow and Ruth Dotson and brother Judge Roy Bean
- - Photo - Prince William Academy Diploma is displayed at the place where it was issued in 1904. Diploma courtesy of Nelson Bradshaw.
- - Photo - The Brentsville baseball team made up entirely of the Keys family.
- - Photo - Mrs. Nohe coordinates a visit of home schooled children to the Brentsville Historic Site
- - Howard Elgin Counts II Remembers Brentsville (Part 1) photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner - William Bevier
- June, 2008
- - Where Wild Things Live Luna Moth - photo
- - Flashback - Capt. A. J. Fair obituary THE MANASSAS JOURNAL, JUNE 10, 1910
- - Photo - Douglas Keys and Gill Machen having fun on Fairs Rock, 1943
- - Photo - John Thomas Williams Co. A 4th Va. Cavalry C.S.A.
- - Photo - Captain W. W. Thornton Co. A 4th Va. Cavalry C.S.A.
- - Photo group - Childrens Farm Day - May 17, 2008: 1) Jenn Garrot prepares wax for candle dipping; 2) Darlene Jones spinning raw wool; 3) Suzette Kapp
and volunteers from the PWC Animal Control Office; 4) Alanna and Aurora Breeden show the butter and candles they made
- - Howard Elgin Counts II Remembers Brentsville (Part 2) photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner - William J. Sinclair
- July, 2008
- - Where Wild Things Live Deptford Pink photo
- - Flashback School Boards Appoint Teachers - :The Manassas Democrat, July 6, 1911
- - Photo - The Bull Run Regional Library visits Brentsville June 26, 2008
- - Photo Miss Tracey Spitzer, school teacher, Coles District
- - Photo - Miss Tracey Spitzer and her students. School is not identified.
- - Photo group School Students of Brentsville: 1) Mattie Whetzel; 2) Miss Buckley (teacher); 3) Aliene Nolley; 4) Edith Melvin; 5) Frederick Whetzel; 6)
Gill Machen; 7) Gladys Wolfe; 8) Ira Whetzel; 9) Joyce Keys; 10) Leona Wright; 11) Lois Hedrick; 12) Thomas Whetzel; 13) Vada Mae Stultz; 14) Virginia Snyder
- - Elaine (Spittle) Yankee Remembers Brentsville photo
- - Culpeper Ezra Bauder - A Virginia Countys History Through 1920
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner - Eliza Barnes & Elizabeth Sewell
- August, 2008
- - Where Wild Things Live - The rosy maple moth
- - Flashback - Miss Elaine Visger celebrated her third birthday - The Journal Messenger, July 1954 and KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR- Mrs. J. J. Whetzel, The Journal Messenger, 1951
- - Photo - Robert Hilman Keys and Susan Emma (Beavers) Keys
- - Photo - Laura Seymore
- - Photo Violet Louellen Keys
- - Photo group Emma Wolfe watches construction of the Brentsville Presbyterian Church
- - Mike Simpson Reflects on His Young Life in Brentsville photo
- - A Call for Help History of the Brentsville Presbyterian Church
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner Landon
- September, 2008
- - Where Wild Things Live - Hickory Horned Devils
- - Flashback Brentsville - The Manassas Journal Brentsville News September 11, 1924
- - Photo - Ermine & Thelma Wade
- - Photo Shirley Spitzer at home in Brentsville
- - Photo - Tracie & Jesse Whetzel in Brentsville
- - Photo - Jessie Elizabeth Keys
- - Photo group 1) Bill Wade with his grandmother, Myrtle Keys Landis; 2) Bill with Mickey Winslow, artist, who made the pen/ink drawings for him
- - Bill Wade Remembers Brentsville photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner The First Brentsville Jail Escape
- October, 2008
- - Where Wild Things Live American Black Vulture - photo
- - Flashback Brentsville - The Manassas Journal, June, 1947
- - Photo group - 2008 Farm Tour attracts many visitors
- - Photo - A wedding at the Union Church, Saturday, September 27th.
- - Photo - Students who attended the 2008 Brentsville One-Room School Reunion: Raymond Fogle, Mildred (Fogle) McIntosh, Gladys (Wolfe) Eanes, Frances
(Keys) Duckett, John Freddy Wolfe, Catherine (Counts) Corner, Leonard Wright and Nelson Keys
- - Photo - Students, family and friends who braved Tropical Storm Hanna to attend the 2008 Reunion
- - Delores Counts Remembers Brentsville photo
- - Anniversary Event Planned for Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner Reuben Abel & Wm. Sinclair
- November, 2008
- - Where Wild Things Live - Eastern Gray Squirrel - photo
- - Flashback - Governor of Virginia, by Proclamation, Asks Armistice Day Observance, The Prince William News, October 27, 1921
- - Photo group pictures from Pat (Keys) Blake: 1) Patsy, Gary and Helen Keys, May 1943; 2) Helen Elizabeth (Cookson) Keys, Photo by Nick Webster, c1944;
3) Pat holding her parents wedding certificate, December 6, 2006; 4) Cassius Thomas Keys
- - Photo group (with poem, It Is The Veteran), Brentsville military: 1) Jimmy Shoemaker; 2) Howard Counts, II; 3) Benny Shoemaker; 4) Danny Shoemaker; 5)
Bobby Stephens; 6) Warren Wright
- - Pat Blake Remembers Brentsville photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner The Burning of Cherry Hill School
- December, 2008
- - Where Wild Things Live - Marmelade Fly - photo
- - Flashback Brentsville The Manassas Journal, December 5, 1946
- - Photo group Brentsville baseball: 1) Nelson Keys, 1st baseman, Brentsville Wildcats; 2) David Keys, 2nd baseman; 3) Cassius Keys, pitcher
- - Photo group provided by Mary Owens Flory: 1) John Nathaniel Owens and his wife, Lydia (Ellyson) Owens; 2) Martha Gertrude Via school teacher at
Brentsville during period 1911 1917. Mother of Mary Ellyson Owens Flory; 3) Eustace Conway Owens (1895 1960) Co. K 318th Infantry, 80th Division. WW-I; 4)
John Nathaniel Owens, his son, Eustace Conway Owens, and Eustaces two sons, John Nathaniel Owens and Eustace Conway Owens, Jr.
- - Mary Owens Flory Remembers Brentsville photo
- - A Look Back in History by Ronald Ray Turner The Murder of George E. Green
- January, 2007
- - Featured Building The Home Maurice Keys Built photo
- - Where Wild Things Live Crain Flies
- - Photo Maurice Keys Family
- - Photo Robert Hilman Keys with wife, Susan Emma (Beavers) Keys
- - Photo Elizabeth Frances (Smith) Chandler
- - A Letter to Gladys by Frances Chandler
- - Citizens at War The Story of Brentsvilles Civil War by Paul Spencer (Part 2)
- - Flashback Death of Francis Molair, The Manassas Journal, April 30, 1915
- February, 2007
- - People of Brentsville and Their Nicknames
- - Photo group People of Brentsville: Ardena Marye Eanes, Casper Whetzel, Cassius Thomas Keys, Catherine Lorraine (Counts) Corner, Charles Buddy
Pearson, Clyde Wesley Breeden, Cynthia Lenora Eanes, Daniel Jackson Breeden, David Lee Landis, Edith (Melvin) Turner, Ella Mae Hartman, Faye Golladay, Georgie
Lou (Bowman) Keys, Giuseppina Marie Bean, Homer Lee Pearson, Jr., Isaac Golladay, James Wesley Keys, Lilly Myrtle (Keys) Landis, Lloyd Glendon Keys, Lucy (Bean)
Hartman, Mary Katherine (Burdette) Breeden, Mary Louise Keys Bell, Maurice Rouzie Keys, Nelson Joseph Keys, Thelma Ellen (Landis) Wade, Violet (Keys) Shoemaker,
Virginia Amelia (Keys) Braden, William Golladay, William Norton Wade, and Josephine Molair.
- - Where Wild Things Live Dandelion photo
- - Citizens at War The Story of Brentsvilles Civil War by Paul Spencer (Part 3)
- March, 2007
- - People of Brentsville and Their Nicknames the answers
- - Where Wild Things Live Big Brown Bat
- - Photos courtesy of Harry Visger - Mary Lou Lipscomb, Student Pastor Warren Moody and wife Kristy, Pastor Ed Haney, wife Peggy and son Sammy, Student
Pastor Sam Hope and wife Nancy, and Judy Storch.
- - Photo - Bucky, Nancy and twins, Johnny and Frankie Golladay with Virginia Keys
- - Photo - The Hydro-electric power plant on Occoquan Run under construction, 1930
- - Photo - Conceptual drawing of what the Brentsville Clerks Office might have looked like.
- - Flashback Elmer Daniel Breeden died (family announcement); Mr. W. W. Kincheloe dies, The Washington Post, Mar 16, 1902; Will Present Flag to School,
The Washington Post, Nov 8, 1907
- - Citizens at War The Story of Brentsvilles Civil War by Paul Spencer (Final)
- April, 2007
- - Featured Building the home Homer Pearson Built, 12313 Izaak Walton photo
- - Where Wild Things Live Sassafras photos
- - Photo group Mrs. Dorothy Pearson, The Pearson Family soon after moving to Brentsville, Mary, Sam, Bud & H.L., 1958-1959, Sam, Mary, H.L. & Bud, late
80s, Mary and husband Dick Pumphrey, Mary with brother Buddy and Mary.
- - Brentsville Memories by Mary (Pearson) Pumphrey
- - Flashback Death, Dorothy Foster Pearson, The Washington Post, November 1, 1966; Rosier Woodyard licensed to marry, The Washington Post, May 4,
1915
- May, 2007
- - Featured Building the home Cash Keys built photos
- - Photo group: Cash and Helen Elizabeth Keys building their new home in Brentsville, Home in Brentsville that Cash built during the 1920s, Patsy at the
wood pile with her father, and Wood pile beside Cash Keys home
- - Photo Remembering You.
- - Where Wild Things Live Virginia Bluebells photo
- - Photo, 1927 the Beahm Family: Ella, parents George & Alverta holding Rosa Lee, Robert, Cora, Charles, Hazel, Early, and Ralph
- - Brentsville Memories by J. Robert Beahm photo
- - From the Brentsville Courthouse - Brentsville Trustees vs Hamilton, 1825 1826, Clerks Loose Papers, Volume I
- - Flashback Rebecca Ann Carter died, The Washington Post, September 19, 1962
- June, 2007
- - Brentsville Memories by Clyde W. Breeden
- - Photo group Pictures of Clyde 1) Emma Wolfe, Morgan E. Breeden, Ardena Eanes, Clyde Breeden, Jennings Breeden and Earle Wolfe; 2) Clyde while
stationed in Argentia, Newfoundland; 3) Clyde about one year old; 4) Clyde; 5) Clyde with his mother, Olive Marye Breeden at the Wolfe home in Brentsville where
he was born; 6) Clyde with his father at the Wolfe home.
- - Photo group Pictures of Clyde W. Wolfe 1) John F., Clyde W., Gladys L. Wolfe with their mother, Emma L. Wolfe; 2) Clyde Wolfe in his Army uniform;
3) Shooting pool at the home of A.V. and Gladys Eanes; 4) Clyde Wolfe with his grandson, Jamie, Christmas 1977; 5) A birthday wish from his family
- - Childhood Memories in Brentsville by Connie Dianne (Wolfe) Saylor - photo
- - From the Brentsville Courthouse - James W. Driscoll Declaration, 1 May 1826, Clerks Loose Papers, Vol. I
- - Where Wild Things Live Common Whitetail Dragonfly
- - Flashback Brentsville - The Manassas Journal, May 10, 1928; TO BRIDGE BUILDERS, The Alexandria Gazette, June 15, 1825
- July, 2007
- - Memories of Brentsville by Deanie Eanes photo
- - Photo group of Deanie Eanes: 1) Deanie and her sister Cindy, Acting Up 2) Deanie with her father, A.V., Christmas, 1971; 3) A young Deanie; 4) Gladys
&AV holding Deanie soon after she was born.
- - Photo Nokesville Homemakers Club: Photo by Linda Wilfong. And the ladies, left to right are: Anna Hooker, Dottie Hill, Grace Smith, Martha Whetzel,
Beverly Haas, Marilyn McClure (in back), Jeanne Adams, Pat Maxwell, Nancy Hedges - and Morgan Breeden
- - Photo - Juliet Webster remembers the design on the steps in her home (The White House) from which this pattern was taken.
- - Photo - Julie refreshing old memories of Brentsville
- - Photo - The Mystery Man
- - Where Wild Things Live - Eastern Garter Snake photo
- - Who Am I? Movie Star (?) and Hero
- - From the Brentsville Courthouse - Townsend vs Tyler, 1825, Clerks Loose Papers, Vol. I
- - Flashback - Death of Frances Molair, The Manassas Journal April 30, 1915
- August, 2007
- - A Brentsville Building The Home of Larry and Nancy Hedges photo
- - Photo - Selective Service Registration Card for Clyde W. Wolfe (front and back)
- - Photo - Instruction Permit issued May 15, 1937, to Clyde W. Wolfe
- - Photo - Dog License issued 2/25/1924 to Clyde W. Wolfe
- - Photo group: 1) Nancy at the Courthouse, May 3, 2003; 2) Nancy and Fran Hibbs volunteering at the Courthouse, September 29, 20; 3) Nancy in the one-room
school, March 9, 2002; 4) Catherine Counts Corner Celebrating 80 years! July 14, 2007
- - At Home in Brentsville by Nancy Hedges - photo
- - Where Wild Things Live - Red Raspberry photo
- - From The Brentsville Courthouse - Cahill & Company vs H.H. Love On Removal, PWC VA 1890-1891 Court Minutes
- - Flashback - Letter from Brentsville, Manassas Messenger, January 30, 1947, (Abbreviated)
- September, 2007
- - The Gathering by J. C. Breeden
- - Where Wild Things Live - Rough-stemmed Goldenrod photo
- - Photo group Students Who Attended School in Brentsville: Angie Lee Breeden, Bucky Golladay, Douglas Gilbert Keys, Elmer Daniel Breeden, Ethel Vivian
Breeden, Frankie Golladay, Franklin Cornwell, George Arthur Melvin, John Foley Melvin, Mary Louise Keys, Raymond Stewart Keys, Virginia Amelia Keys,
- - Photo - Paul Spencer, visiting from Adelaide, Australia, speaks of his research on Brentsville
- - Photo - 2007 Brentsville School Reunion
- - A Letter From Bonnie Leigh (Henderson) DeHart photo
- - Flashback - CARTER, MELVIN LEONARD (SPARKY). The Washington Post, August 19, 1964
- - From the Brentsville Courthouse - 24 August 1846, Keys vs Murphy, PWC VA Clerks Loose Papers, Volume IV
- - 2007 Brentsville School Reunion (with names)
- October, 2007
- - A Brentsville Building The Home Oscar Carter Built, 12304 Bristow Road photo
- - Where Wild Things Live The Locust Borer photo
- - Photo Daddy ordered me some new store bought shoes for school but they didnt come in yet Fred Wolfe
- - Photo Morgan and Nelson, Brentsville Neighbors!
- - Photo group: Locust Borer, Ailanthus Webworm Moth, American Hover Fly, Blue-Black Spider Wasp, Golden Northern Bumble Bee, Mydas Fly
- - Pictures from the school reunion: The Queen of the Party! Verona Craig - almost 102 Years Old; The quilt Edith (Melvin) Turner made; and Casper Whetzel
- - Brentsville Memories of Morgan Earle Breeden photo
- November, 2007
- - A Brentsville Building The Home Walter W. Keys Built 12334 Bristow Rd. photo
- - Photo group of the Walter Keys Home: 1) Shown here behind Patsy Keys and her father, Cassius Thomas Keys; 2) Photo taken by Helen Keys during January
1937, after the home burned; 3) Walter Wildman Keys; & 4) Dorothy Sylvia Keys born here March 20, 1922
- - Where Wild Things Live - Blue-Black Spider Wasp photo
- - Photo group Brentsville men in uniform: 1) Nelson Bradshaw; 2) David Landis, 3) George Melvin, 4) Johnny Melvin, & 5) Paul Ratliff
- - Brentsville Memories of John F. Wolfe (Part 1) photo
- - From the Brentsville Courthouse - George W. Tansill certified for Sheriff, Prince William County Virginia 1890 - 1891 Court Minutes
- - Flashback Brentsville, The Journal Messenger, Thursday, December 31, 1953
- December, 2007
- - A Brentsville Building The Old Cornwell Place (or The Little Red House), 12220 Bristow Road photo
- - Photo group The Old Cornwell Place: 1) Reportedly built in the 1830s, this small house was home to a number of families during the course of its
existence. Here, residents of Brentsville were born and died. It was small but, Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home! 2) National Register of
Historic Places, The Brentsville Historic District, File #76-338, Photo by N. Born 3) George Dewey Keys with daughter Elizabeth (Keys) Whetzel and her daughter
Sandra Whetzel.; 4) Rosie (Burch)Keys, wife of Dewey Keys and Violet Louellen Keys in front of Robert Hilman Keys home in Brentsville, located just to the right of the store; 5) The Final Day -- September 3, 2005
- - Photo Agnes Webster from a home movie taken in the 1940s Courtesy of Julie
- - Where Wild Things Live Ailanthus Webworm Moth photo
- - Photo copy of store receipt: From the Kincheloe Store, Courtesy of Ron Turner
- - Photo: Halls Log Cabin during restoration (back view), November 9, 2007
- - Brentsville Memories of John F. Wolfe (Part 2) photo
- - Roasted pumpkin seeds
- - From the Brentsville Courthouse: At the County court held in Prince William County, On Monday the 7th day of December 1891, Present, Hon. William E.
Lipscomb, judge of said court, PWC 1890 - 1891 Court Minutes
- - Flashback Brentsville The Manassas Journal, December 26, 1919
- January, 2006
- - Cartoon The Store by Agnes Webster as featured in The Weekly Star, February 7, 1955
- - Featured Building The Brentsville Store photo
- - Photo of R.H. Keys on front porch of store with Jim Black
- - Where Wild Things Live Five-lined Skink photos
- - Photo of George Reaves in the Brentsville Store
- - Going to the Brentsville Store by Juliet Webster photo
Flashback Letter From Brentsville by Agnes Webster, October 1946
- February, 2006
- - Featured Building the Whetzel/Eanes Home photo
- - Photo group Brentsville Weddings Clyde & Verona Bean, Lloyd & Doris Keys, AV & Gladys Eanes, Brian & Becky Noonan, Joe & Ora Keys, James & Mildred Wolfe, Richard & Cathy White, Joe & Melody LaGrave, Freddy & Hazel Wolfe, Nelson & Georgie Keys, David & Cathy Eanes, Kevan & Tammy Bean, Morgan & Marye Breeden, Ira & Libby Whetzel, John & Deloris Eanes, Joseph & Jessica Braden
- - Where Wild Things Live Wild Rose Rosa carolina L. photo
- - 100 Years of Memories by Verona (Counts) (Bean) Craig photo Flashback Heflin Keys Wedding Held
- March, 2006
- - Featured Building The Brentsville Presbyterian Church photo
- - Photo of the Union Church
- - Where Wild Things Live Celtis occidentalis (common hackberry tree)
- - Photo the congregation of the Brentsville Presbyterian Church (in the Union Church) with names
- - Remembering Brentsville by Catherine (Counts) Corner photo
- - Flashback Old Courthouse Is Dedicated The Manassas Journal, August 1930
- - Brentsville, The People, Places and Memories Request for information form
- April, 2006
- - Featured Building Hatchers Memorial Baptist Church photo
- - Photo Hatchers Congregation year unknown not identified
- - Photo Miss Minnie Smith with the Golden Stars
- - Photo news clip girls 4-H in front of courthouse courtesy Shirley Collins
- - Where Wild Things Live Eastern Boxelder Bug photo
- - Photo Flowering Cherry Trees on the Breeden property along Donovan Road
- - George Melvin Remembers Brentsville photo
- - Flashback Brentsville District 4-H Club Organized The Washington Post, May 27, 1944; The Brentsville Courthouse Committee will sponsor a movie, The
Manassas Journal, April 25, 1947
- May, 2006
- - The History of Mothers Day
- - A Few Brentsville Mothers photo Mrs. Mamie (Counts) Keys, Mrs. Annie (Cornwell) Spitzer, Mrs. Tracy (Spitzer) Whetzel, Mrs. Minnie (Keys) Counts,
Mrs. Helen (Cookson) Keys, Mrs. Ora (Heflin) Keys, Mrs. Esta (Rush) Golladay, Mrs. Emma (Smith) Wolfe, Mrs. Ethel (Burke) Breeden, Mrs. James, Mrs. Hazel
(Heflin) Stephens, Mrs. Hattie Petty, Mrs. Ethel Lefebvre, Mrs. Peterson & Mrs. Seymour. Also Miss Helen Peterson, Miss Edith Lefebvre, Miss Virginia Bradshaw,
Miss Anna Cornwell, and Miss Louise Keys.
- - Photo Mrs. Verona Craig and her family in the courthouse
- - Photo Mrs. John Donovan
- - Photo Brentsvilles Aircraft Observation Station with Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Helen Keys
- - Photo pages from the observers log courtesy of Frank Golladay
- - Photo Lucy Hartman holding observers badge
- - Memories of Growing Up in Brentsville by Edith Melvin Turner - photo
- - Aprons by unknown
- - U.S. Army Aircraft Warning Service
- June, 2006
- - Our Historic Courthouse Complex status of restoration actions
- - Where Wild Things Live Mourning Cloak Butterfly photo
- - Photo group People of Brentsville A.V. Eanes, Barry Braden, Bennie Breeden, Bucky Golladay, Casper Whetzel, Clyde Bean, Clyde Breeden, Clyde Wolfe,
Daniel Breeden, Douglas Keys, Eddie Powell, Franklin Cornwell, George Melvin, Gill Machen, Grady Shoemaker, Hilman Keys, Jennings Breeden, Jimmy Shoemaker, John
Donovan, John Eanes, John Wolfe, Joe Keys, Junior Wolfe, Morgan E. Breeden, Morgan H. Breeden, Bert Snouffer, Pete Collins, Robert A. Keys, Shorty Braden,
Sil Wellington Pearson, Steve Eanes, Harold Wright
- - Memories of Brentsville by Nick Webster photo
- - In Our Town Courthouse Examination, 7 October 1884 Clerks Loose Papers Vol. VII
- - Flashback Brentsville (Written by Nick Webster) The Manassas Messenger, January 1946
- July, 2006
- - Featured Building Wooly Booly Farm home of Michael and Barbara Janay photo
- - Photo Mrs. Laura Seymour (from Bill Wade)
- - Where Wild Things Live Eastern Box Turtle photo
- - Photo Susan Emma (Beavers) Keys with her Great-Grandson, Bill Wade, c1939
- - Photo Four Generations Susan Emma (Beavers) Keys, Lillie Myrtle (Keys) Landis, Thelma Ellen (Landis) Wade, and William Billy Norton Wade
- - Childhood Memories of Brentsville Part 1 by DeLancy Webster - photo
- - Flashback Prince William Group to Hold Annual Event at Brentsville The Washington Post, July 22, 1931
- - In Our Town Recovering Deed Book #25, 12 June 1975 Clerks Loose Papers, Vol. VII
- August, 2006
- - Featured Building The Harry Visger Home photo
- - Commonwealth vs Renoe August 8, 1843 Clerks Loose Papers, Vol. III
- - Photo Family of William Henry Breeden identified
- - Where Wild Things Live Common Mullein
- - Photo group Pictures from Harry Visger Angie Lee Breeden, Ethel Irene (Burke) & Benjamin Jackson Breeden, Elmer Daniel Breeden, Ethel Vivian
Breeden, Hazel Stephens, Oscar Carter, Grady Shoemaker, and The Willing Helpers Minnie Counts, Hazel Stephens, Ethel Breeden, Lila Landis, Angie Visger, Billie Burke, Fern Slusher, & Helen Slusher.
- - Childhood Memories of Brentsville Part 2 by DeLancy Webster - photo
- - Flashback Brentsville Has Farmers Class, The Manassas Journal, July 18, 1929
- - Thanks to Mary Staggs for donating Book of Remembrances of her mother, Dorothy Woodhouse Varner
- September, 2006
- - Photo copy of Davis Store receipt
- - Featured Building Home of Paul and Bobbie Ratliff, 12315 Izaak Walton Drive photo
- - Photo A V Eanes (in Brentsville Wild Cats baseball uniform) on front porch, 1949
- - Photo Gladys & A V Eanes with their first child, Ardena Marye in front of house, August 1949
- - Photo group pictures from Bobbie Ratliff Paul Ratliff (in uniform), Homer Pearson holding Rocky, February 1916, Martin, Vernon and Rocky at
Brentsville Supperette, The Ratliff Children.
- - Computer-generated art by Bobbie Ratliff
- - Where Wild Things Live Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
- - Ratliff Family Life in Brentsville by Bobbie Ratliff photo
- - Flashback (series of events): 01-05-1958 Ken Bradshaw dies; 02-11-1958 Ruth Alice Abner died; 07-12-1960 Bo Counts killed in fall from tractor; 11-12-
1960 dispute over compulsory school attendance; 09-19-1962 Rebecca Carter dies; 12-23-1962 plans for Christmas Program; 09-11-1963 Benjamin Wynnett Wolfe dies at home; 11-12-1963 George M. Brown dies; 08-19-1964 Sparkey Carter killed by drunk driver; 10-03-1964 Sammy Payne accidentally shot; 01-06-1966 Spicer Keys, Jr. dies; 01-11-1966 Dorothy Pearson dies; 04-02-1967 T. Clay Wood returns to School Board; 07-12-1969 Election results are in; and 12-22-1967 Supervisors refuse to endorse proposed 5-year park program.
- October, 2006
- - Featured Building The Brentsville Courthouse 4th County Seat photo
- - Photo group restoration of courthouse old and new
- - Where Wild Things Grow Paw Paw photo
- - Photo Smith family gathering at the courthouse
- - Lucy Mae Hartman remembers Brentsville
- - Flashback Ten Years in the Ranks U. S. Army by Augustus Meyers
- November, 2006
- - Featured Building The IOOF Lodge #77 pictures
- - Photo Grady Shoemaker and Violet Keys in front of the IOOF
- - Where Wild Things Live Pill bugs
- - Photo Bert Snouffer, Jimmy Shoemaker and David Landis on Berts 80th birthday
- - Photo Spicer Keys, Joe Keys, Cash Keys, Helen Keys, David Keys and Bobby Landis, March 25, 1926
- - Reflections of Lois Marie Compton Blankenship photo
- - Records of the Court 7 October 1912, sale of courthouse, jail and lot to I.N.H. Beahm, Clerks Loose Papers, Vol. V
- - Flashback Brentsville The Manassas Journal, June 15, 1923
- December, 2006
- - Childhood Memories of Brentsville by J. C. Breeden
- - Photo adult male coyote captured by Daniel Breeden
- - Photo Bill Wade mowing in front of old Keys/Molair home
- - Photo Barbara Wade in front of old Keys/Molair home
- - Where Wild Things Live persimmon tree pictures
- - Citizens at War The Story of Brentsvilles Civil War by Paul Spencer (Part 1)
- - Flashback Brentsville News The Manassas Journal, December 14, 1923
Note: publication of "Brentsville Neighbors" started in October, 2005
- October, 2005
- - Mrs. Helen (Newland) Hammond remembers teaching at the Brentsville One-Room School photo
- - Brentsville School Teachers Throughout The Years by Nelson Keys
- - Happy 100th Birthday to Mrs. Verona (Counts) (Bean) Craig photo
- - Nelson Keys Remembers Brentsville photo
- - Students who attended the 77th School Reunion photo with Edith Turners quilt
- - Reflections Heat Lamp Causes Destruction The Weekly Star February 7, 1955
- November, 2005
- - Union Church from Discover September 2005
- - Gen. Howard H. Cooksey
- - Flashback War Injuries Lead to Meeting of Brentsville Boy and Pal The Manassas Journal, October 20, 1950
- - Saluting Those Who Served (Pictures in uniform) Gordon Newland, James Wolfe, Earle Wolfe, A V Eanes, Franklin Cornwell, James W. Keys, Charles Bean, John Freddy Wolfe, Nelson Keys & Silas Bean, Clyde Wolfe, Darin Braden, Douglas Keys, Raymond Keys, Clyde Breeden, Donna Braden, John Eanes, Ruth Dotson,
Ernest Grant Dotson, Daniel Breeden, Sidney Spitzer, Eugene Flory, Morgan E. Breeden, Elmer Breeden, Melody Sue & Joe LaGrave, Cleveland Flory
- - Brentsville Memories by Eddie Powell photo
- - The Brentsville Union Church Restoration
- - The History Channel Visits Brentsville photo
- December, 2005
- - Featured Building Home of John F. Wolfe photo
- - Window Pane with Viola Davis name scratched in
- - Where Wild Things Grow Those Pesky Cockleburs photo
- - Photos Memories of Christmas Past
- - A Brentsville Christmas by Kay Breeden photo
- - Flashback Death of Millie Tyler Woodyard The Manassas Journal, June 4, 1915
