Notes for Thomas Richard Rixey

Notes for Thomas Richard Rixey

!US Census 1850 (23 August) Virginia, Culpeper Co., Roll M432_941, page 235, lines 19-22: Thomas R. Rixey (b. 1818 - 32 - in VA - Occ: Farmer - Property Value $8460) married to Ellen S. (b. 1820 - 30 - in VA). Child listed is: Thomas P. (b. Nov 1849 - 10/12 - in VA). ALSO LISTED are: Newman W. Green (b. 1822 - 28 - in VA - Occ: Farmer)

!US Census 1860 (17 July) Virginia, Culpeper Co., Southern Division, Roll M653_1341, Sheet 5, House No. 40, Lines 15-21: Thomas R. Rixey (b. 1818 - 42 - in Culpeper Co., VA - Occ: Farmer - Property Value $24,000 + $17,550) married to Ellen L.(b. 1822 - 38 - in Culpeper Co., VA). Children listed (born in Culpeper Co., VA) are: Thos. P. (son b. 1850 - 10); George W. (son b. 1853 - 7); Silas M. (son b. 1855 - 5); John B. (son b. 1856 - 4); and Edgar (son b. Feb 1860 - 4/12)

!Will Book U, page 542, Culpeper County Clerk's Office: Lived at "Falkland" a farm south of the town of Culpeper, owned by his father who bequeathed it to him in his will dated 5 April 1854. In 1932, farm was owned by JN Crigler. The original home was a large two-story frame house facing south.