Franklin Farms history

Rowles died of typhus in Georgetown in 1811.

25, 20 July 1812), and her own two children by Joseph Rowles, Joseph R. and Susan, who was born after her father's death in March, 1812.

The property was first identified as "Oak Hill Farm" in the Land Tax Rolls of 1814.

As you may remember, Sallie Lane Lewis' Uncle Ben Higgs told her that "Oak Hill" had been given to another Sally Lane, born almost 200 years ago, by her father William Lane when she married Benjamin Higgs in 1816.

The original tax rolls, located at the State Historical Library in Richmond, need to be investigated to see whether a house was part of the assessment.During the 1798-1818 time period, the taxable property valuation does not indicate a house was added.

The Franklin family descended from James Franklin, the older brother of Benjamin Franklin. (Yes, THE Benjamin Franklin!) In 1825, Ruffin’s great-great-grandfather, Burrell Franklin, came from Virginia and bought 330 acres in the Swift Creek area of today’s Cary.

161-65) William Carr Lane, Jr. died in Scott County, Kentucky, around 1830.

Elizabeth Ford Higgs and Benjamin Rose were married at Oak Hill in 1848 and went to live in Texas.

185-86) If these were Joseph Rowles' daughters mentioned earlier, they would have been middle-aged spinsters by 1849, so presumably they needed it.

In the spring of 1865, after the surrender, most Union soldiers left the area, but a few deserters stayed and were causing trouble.

Sarah Higgs died at the end of the Civil War years in 1866.

In 1917, the continuity of ownership of Oak Hill Farm, dating from the late 18th century, came to an end.

Farming at Oak Hill was on a very small scale in the 1920's, according to Mr.

The Franklins started with 100 acres that went with the house in 1937.

By 1979, they had accumulated 827 acres, making it the largest dairy farm in Fairfax County.

Frogs and turtles: Located near Dulles International Airport, present-day Franklin Farm began to take shape in 1980 and has steadily grown, said Deb Frank, principal broker of Deb Frank Homes.

Construction of our school was funded by the November 1981 school bond referendum.

On June 24, 1982, the Fairfax County School Board awarded the construction contract for Franklin to Fletcher and Sons, Inc., in the amount of $7,183,000.

During the school naming process, other names considered by the School Board were Emily Dickenson and Carl Sandburg. It wasn't until May 1984 that our building was officially named for Benjamin Franklin.

“The neighborhood is just so family friendly and inviting that it immediately won me over,” said Mahan, who moved in 2006 to a 4,700-square-foot, five-bedroom, five-bathroom Colonial.

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